Flight night time vs CrewBriefing Application
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flight night time
This offline app helps pilots calculate their night flight time by inputting departure and arrival details. It uses complex algorithms for distance and sunrise/sunset calculations, with customizable night definitions. An integrated database can be expanded with user-added airports.
- Offline night flight time calculation
- Departure and arrival time input
- Orthogonal distance algorithm
- Sunrise/sunset calculation
- Customizable night definition
- Airport database with user expansion
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This offline application enables pilots to determine their night flight time. All you need to do is just to set the place and time of departure and arrival. The app uses algorithm to determine orthogonal distance and algorithm to determine sunrise or sunset. The definition of night can be modified in Settings according to user's national regulations. The Vincenty formula is used for calculation of distance. To calculate sunrise/sunset the Sunrise equation is used. The app contains the default database. The source of data for it is openflights.org database. If the airport you need is missing you can create it in user's database.
CrewBriefing Application
Access flight briefing packages, including operational flight plans, weather updates, and NOTAMs. Download documents for offline use, email, or print. Users with specific rights can also manage flight plans.
- Access flight briefing packages
- View operational flight plans
- Updated winds and temperatures
- NOTAM briefing
- Surface weather and wind charts
- Offline document access
- Email and print documents
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The CrewBriefing App is a light mobile version of the online CrewBriefing website. This new version update includes dark mode. Through a simple and intuitive user interface, your operational crew can easily access the latest briefing package for the flight, including the operational flight plan/flight log along with updated winds and temperatures, ATC flight plan, trip-tailored NOTAM briefing, surface weather, wind charts, cross-sectional wind chart, significant weather chart as well as company messages and company NOTAMS. After downloading and reviewing all necessary flight information, documents can also be mailed and/or printed as well as accessed later in offline mode. Users with additional rights can also cancel/delay flight plans.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flight night time at 63% against CrewBriefing Application's 0%. Flight night time also leads on rating (2.3 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). CrewBriefing Application's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
CrewBriefing Application is free to download; Flight night time costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flight night time holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Flight night time's written reviews are positive against 0% of CrewBriefing Application's.
Flight night time ships an update every 3 months, CrewBriefing Application monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flight night time | CrewBriefing Application |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrej Hyll | AIR SUPPORT |
Customer experience
Flight night time
CrewBriefing Application
In-app purchases
Flight night time
No in-app purchases
CrewBriefing Application
No in-app purchases
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