APDL vs Flight Data Uploader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
APDL
This app serves as a comprehensive daily logbook for airline pilots, built by pilots for pilots. It offers detailed legality calculations, duty time management, schedule importing, and payroll tracking, all while ensuring compliance with Part 117 regulations.
- Part 117 legality calculations
- Duty time management
- Payroll tracking and calculator
- Schedule importing
- Flight logging and updates
- Customizable status board
- Exportable reports
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FIRST 90 DAYS FREE for new users: APDL is the one and only airline pilot logbook app built by airline pilots for airline pilots. APDL is designed specifically for Part 117 airline scheduled operations with full coverage of 117 regulations. APDL is not only an airline pilot logbook but also provides payroll tracking, comprehensive up to the minute legality calculations with complete 14 CFR Part 117 coverage, duty time management, crew tracking, schedule importing, reports, alerts, data everywhere sync and much more. Export flights easily on APDL.net for quick import into Logbook Pro if desired. - Flight Crew View direct integration to make schedule importing easy - Widgets for your iOS home screen, dynamic island (top notch) and live activities support with CarPlay integration - Payroll tracking and calculator with extensive payroll detail - Payroll View > Pay Period Charts now include Trip and Cumulative Totals - Notifications alert you with legality and ready to fly information - Customizable Status Board view to show relevant information important to you, duty aware - Instant logging and flight updates with APDL's cloud backed integrations - Get gate change and equipment change notifications - Safari share extension makes schedule importing seamless - Advanced Commute Tools - Comprehensive Flight Search for Deadheading - Extensive legality integration including What-If dynamic legality computations - Flight Search > Tap a result to view flight options in FlightAware - Default Rest Facility support - Exportable reports available in app and on APDL.net. Use macOS handoff to display a report on your device and then open the report in your default browser in macOS - Latest Available Takeoff Time (LATT) with planned taxi, estimated time enroute, planned taxi in times (add related Status Board widget as desired) - FAR 1.1 Flight time support - Color coded legality and projected delay information for real time status - Duty and rest charts and detail including color coded progress bars - Schedule and Calendar views for month view duty review and navigation, tap to add duty - Automatic resume generation - Data everywhere sync with automatic and included online backup - Familiar trip sheet format with intuitive information at a glance in the format airline pilots know and love. View gates, turn times, aircraft change indicators, and projected delays - Customizable Status Board allows you to add/remove widgets per duty phase - Cloud resources automatically retrieve gates, aircraft, and OOOI data making logging seamless - Extensive LEG resources for EDCT, diagrams, and more - Hotel management and van/shuttle departure alerts - Device integrated alerts keep you on top of changes and legality - Sync APDL flight activity with the Calendar of your choice - CrossCheck data validator monitors your entries for accuracy and completeness - Enhanced Weather for Airports: TAF, METAR, and Decoded Summary. - Weather map with planned and actual overlays, tappable endpoints for weather and FAA delay info - Automatic night calc - Extensive settings for complete control and customization - Data is linked to your airline/employer with archive capability - On-Time performance reporting - Extensive and informative Payroll and Summary views - Color coded "lozenges" help to quickly identify status - FREE use of our schedule importer with over 200 supported airline formats, time zone support, and export functionality - Automatic duty adjustments based on report/release configurations - Aircraft photos synced across devices - EDCT Status Board Widget - Share APDL with your friends and crewmembers using the share feature on the menu Subscriptions do not auto-renew. In-app purchases will be charged to your iTunes Account. Subscription terms and pricing may be found in the My Account area in the app. Privacy Policy: https://nc-software.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://nc-software.com/tos APDL is a registered trademark of NC Software, Inc.
Flight Data Uploader
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Skip retyping every flight into your logbook by hand. FlightUploader takes the CSV logs your Garmin avionics records on each flight and uploads them to your MyFlightbook logbook as pending flights — ready for you to review and confirm. Drop your SD card in once a week, point the app at the folder, and your logbook stays current. What it does • Scans a folder of Garmin CSV logs for new flights since your last upload • Filters out boot-up logs, taxi tests, and ground-only sessions automatically • Matches each flight's tail number against the aircraft in your MyFlightbook account • Uploads every selected log as a pending flight, with the original CSV attached so MyFlightbook can derive Hobbs, engine times, and route data • Optionally copies the same logs into a local folder of your choosing — handy for archiving to iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or anywhere else Designed for privacy • No backend, no analytics, no telemetry, no third-party tracking • Your account, settings, and upload history sync across your iPhone and iPad through iCloud, scoped to your Apple ID • The developer never sees your flight data Requirements • An aircraft equipped with a Garmin avionics unit that exports CSV flight logs • A MyFlightbook account (free at myflightbook.com)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flight Data Uploader at none against APDL's 4. APDL's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. APDL sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Flight Data Uploader asks for nothing beyond the download.
APDL ships an update every 3 months, Flight Data Uploader every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | APDL | Flight Data Uploader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (980 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 980 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 215 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NC Software, Inc. | ANDREW KARNANI-AXELROD |
Bugs and requests
APDL
Reported bugs
3 issues- Logbook data loss and login issues
- Unreliable schedule import and date changes
- Commute flight information duplication
Requested features
4 requests- Improved schedule import and sync capabilities
- Support for Part 135 and cargo operations
- Automatic sync with Logbook Pro
- Enhanced reporting and data export options
Flight Data Uploader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
APDL
- APDL 30 Days$51.99
- APDL 3 Months$103.99
- APDL 6 Months$151.99
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- APDL 1 Year$199.99
Flight Data Uploader
No in-app purchases
Questions
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