Comparison

PilotAssist vs SoloTrack Pilot Logbook

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PilotAssist

This app provides essential aviation calculations and references for student and everyday pilots. It offers tools for fuel, temperature, and time conversions, runway headings, crosswind calculations, descent planning, and airport weather retrieval.

Highlights
  • Fuel, temperature, and time conversion
  • Landing crosswind calculator
  • Descent planner
  • Airport weather (METAR) retrieval
  • Runway reciprocal finder
  • Flight briefing tips
Features
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PilotAssist is built for student pilots and everyday flying—providing simple, reliable tools to support real-world decision making in the cockpit and during flight planning. Quickly access essential aviation calculations and references, all in one clean, easy-to-use app: • Fuel Conversion – Convert AvGas between gallons and pounds • Temperature Conversion – Instantly switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit • Time Conversion – Convert local time to Zulu (UTC) with ease • Runway Reciprocal – Find the opposite runway heading instantly • Landing Crosswind Calculator – Determine headwind, crosswind, and tailwind components with a visual wind indicator • Descent Planner – Know when to begin your descent based on altitude, rate, and groundspeed • Airport Weather (METAR) – Retrieve real-time weather observations by airport identifier • Flight Briefing Tips – Prepare for calls to 1800WXBrief with confidence PilotAssist is designed to help pilots answer common questions quickly: How much crosswind will I have on landing? When should I start my descent? What’s the current weather at my destination? How do I convert this fuel, time, or temperature? Whether you’re in training or flying regularly, PilotAssist keeps essential tools right at your fingertips. Important: PilotAssist is intended as a reference tool only. Always verify calculations, weather data, and flight planning information using official FAA sources, aircraft documentation, and proper instruction.

About

SoloTrack Pilot Logbook

This app helps student pilots log flights quickly and track essential currency and progress towards their private pilot license. It offers offline logging, optional cloud sync, and features like live flight timers and instructor signature capture.

Highlights
  • Quick flight logging with smart defaults
  • Day, night, and instrument currency tracking
  • Private pilot license milestone progress
  • Instructor signature and endorsement capture
  • Live flight session timer
  • CSV/PDF export for records
  • Offline functionality with optional iCloud sync
Features
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SoloTrack helps student pilots organize flight records and review selected hour goals for a U.S. Part 61 airplane single-engine private pilot certificate. Log lessons, record actual night and instrument portions, and bring clearer records to your next instructor review. Built for PPL training, SoloTrack helps you keep accurate records without digging through a paper logbook or rebuilding progress totals by hand. Daily logging works fully on-device, with optional iCloud sync for flights and templates when you want your logbook available across iPhone and iPad. What you can do: - Log flights with smart defaults, recent-route memory, Hobbs/Tach fields, and quick-entry backfill tools - Track day, night, instrument, and flight-review currency at a glance - Review selected PPL hour goals, recorded training details, and items to confirm with your instructor. - Capture instructor signatures, preserve locked endorsements, and export your logbook - Start a live flight session timer, then turn it into a prefilled flight entry when you stop - Add widgets for currency, PPL progress, recent flights, and the flight-session timer - Use App Shortcuts to open logging, check currency, review milestones, or control the timer - Import past flights from CSV and export CSV/PDF records for review Local-first by design: - No SoloTrack account is required - Daily logging works offline - Flights and templates can optionally sync with iCloud through CloudKit - Onboarding state, notification memory, and timer handoff state stay local to the device - RevenueCat is used for App Store Pro access entitlement, purchase validation, restore purchases, and Apple Ads attribution analytics through Apple's AdServices token SoloTrack Pro: SoloTrack is free to download. Unlock SoloTrack Pro with a one-time purchase of $9.99 in the U.S. Apple shows your local price before purchase. The lifetime unlock has no recurring charge and includes unlimited flight logging, selected PPL hour goals, CSV/PDF exports, instructor signatures, widgets, App Shortcuts, and the live flight session timer. Already a subscriber? Your active subscription still unlocks SoloTrack Pro and can be restored. Existing subscriptions renew under their Apple subscription terms unless canceled. Manage billing or cancellation in Apple Account Subscriptions. Refund requests are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. Privacy Policy: https://www.solo-track.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.solo-track.com/terms/ SoloTrack is focused on private pilot training, not airline ops or fleet management. It is a logbook and currency tracking aid. It does not certify completion, does not replace an instructor's judgment or signature, and does not connect to the FAA.

Screenshots

PilotAssist4 screens
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PilotAssist at none against SoloTrack Pilot Logbook's 2. SoloTrack Pilot Logbook's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 20 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SoloTrack Pilot Logbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. PilotAssist asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PilotAssist against 5.0 for SoloTrack Pilot Logbook. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PilotAssist ships an update every 20 months, SoloTrack Pilot Logbook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
PilotAssist versus SoloTrack Pilot Logbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPilotAssistSoloTrack Pilot Logbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKelly GayneauxHuggler Holdings LLC

In-app purchases

None

PilotAssist

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SoloTrack Pilot Logbook

Subscriptions2
  • SoloTrack Pro PPL Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • SoloTrack Pro PPL Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PilotAssist free?
PilotAssist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SoloTrack Pilot Logbook free?
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PilotAssist or SoloTrack Pilot Logbook?
PilotAssist and SoloTrack Pilot Logbook are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do PilotAssist or SoloTrack Pilot Logbook have ads?
Neither PilotAssist nor SoloTrack Pilot Logbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PilotAssist or SoloTrack Pilot Logbook?
PilotAssist ships an update every 20 months, and SoloTrack Pilot Logbook every 2 weeks. Most recently, PilotAssist was updated on October 2, 2026 and SoloTrack Pilot Logbook on October 8, 2026.

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