Comparison

Logbook Ultra vs Train RunBuddy

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

Head to head
About

Logbook Ultra

This app serves as a professional pilot logbook, offering advanced features for tracking flight history, planning future flights, and analyzing flight data. It includes automatic data import and sync options, with a free tier for limited use and a subscription for full functionality.

Highlights
  • Flight data analysis and insights
  • Forward flight planning and currency tracking
  • ADS-B flight radar autofill
  • Airline schedule import
  • iOS Calendar sync
  • Offline aircraft database
  • Professional PDF logbook export
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Logbook Ultra is a premium digital pilot logbook for airline, charter and private pilots on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with professional PDF logbooks in FAA format. Your flights are stored in your own iCloud, with no separate account to create. Keep one logbook across your devices with Device Sync, and access your flights offline. Import your existing pilot logbook from LogTen Pro, SafeLog, CrewLounge PILOTLOG, other logbook apps, or a spreadsheet - or start fresh with your existing totals. Then keep it current with airline roster import, FMC / ACARS Capture, ADS-B autofill, and calendar sync. Free roster import for worldwide airlines including British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Qantas and many more, or request your airline in the app. Engineered over many years and trusted by professional pilots worldwide. DASHBOARD | Your flights at a glance Totals, recent activity, upcoming flights, milestones, and logbook health. STATUS | Limits & Projections Plan ahead with limits and currency projections based on your logged flying and operating rules. INSIGHTS | Explore your flying Interactively analyze your flying with distributions across date ranges, roles, aircraft and time types. FLIGHT GLOBE | Your whole career, on a globe Every route and airport you've flown, drawn on an interactive 3D globe you can spin and zoom. Tap an airport to filter Insights, replay your flying period by period with Play Timeline, or export it to Google Earth. INTELLIGENT FLIGHT WIDGET | Your next flight at a glance Your upcoming flight, route and countdown on your Home Screen, with the flights that follow. FMC & ACARS CAPTURE | Times straight from the flight deck Reads OUT, OFF, ON and IN from your FMC or ACARS screen for you to check before saving. Recognition happens entirely on your device. FEATURES โ€ข Device Sync: your pilot logbook kept up to date across iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud. โ€ข Airline roster import. โ€ข FMC & ACARS Capture. โ€ข ADS-B flight radar autofill. โ€ข iOS Calendar sync. โ€ข Smarter flight entry: a default crew member, crew roles suggested from your most recent crewed flight, Pilot Flying or Pilot Monitoring by default, an optional PF/PM swap when copying a return sector, instrument time auto-fill, and IFR time in the editor. โ€ข Professional PDF logbooks in FAA (United States), CASA (Australia) and EASA (Europe) formats. โ€ข Intelligent night calculation. โ€ข Worldwide offline aircraft database. โ€ข Logbook health indicators. โ€ข Secure iCloud backup. More than a digital logbook. Built to help you understand your flying and plan ahead. Log up to 250 hours of flight time free. Subscribe to unlock advanced features, including ADS-B flight radar autofill, calendar sync, and unlimited logging. Secure discounted Version 3.5 launch pricing and keep your renewal price for as long as your subscription remains active (subject to App Store policy and regional pricing). Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Train RunBuddy

Features
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Your working week, sorted. RunBuddy is the work diary built for train crew. Plan your roster, record your runs and keep a clear history of your work, from your next shift to the months behind you. YOUR WEEK AT A GLANCE Keep shifts, standby, meals, leave, training and other duties together. Move between days and weeks, clone a shift, or change rostered work to leave while keeping the original details. EVERY RUN, EVERY DETAIL Record train describers, locations, departure and arrival times, stopping patterns and notes. Station and next-leg suggestions reduce repeated entry, and Save and Add Another helps you record multiple runs more quickly. YOUR WORK, IN PERSPECTIVE Explore hours, kilometres, runs, corridors and train types. Filter by operator or review combined totals. Distinguish observed travel from time actually worked at the controls. KEEP TRAINING IN VIEW Track training progress and keep upcoming assessments and important dates close at hand. DETAILS WHEN YOU NEED THEM Check your Next Shift, Next 5 Days and On Duty information with Home Screen widgets. Live Activities keep current shift and duty details in view. Use supported Siri and Shortcuts actions, and find saved shifts and runs through Spotlight. DOCUMENTS WITH THEIR WORK Attach photos, PDFs, diagrams and slips to the relevant shift or record. Record short workings with supporting documents and keep a history of changes. DIFFERENT OPERATORS, ONE DIARY Keep records for multiple rail operators and switch between them. Railway-specific station, route, line and fleet information makes entering your work more useful. COMPARE IF YOU CHOOSE The optional leaderboard lets participating crew compare kilometres worked. Participation is entirely opt-in. YOUR DIARY REMAINS YOURS No account required. No advertising. RunBuddy is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any railway operator. Operator names are used for identification purposes only.

Screenshots

Logbook Ultra4 screens
Train RunBuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Train RunBuddy at none against Logbook Ultra's 4. Train RunBuddy also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Logbook Ultra's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.5). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Logbook Ultra sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.95 per month. Train RunBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Logbook Ultra ships an update every 2 weeks, Train RunBuddy every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Logbook Ultra versus Train RunBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLogbook UltraTrain RunBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better18.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size119 MB50 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFuture Approach Pty LtdJack Jacobs

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Logbook Ultra

Subscriptions4
  • Launch Pass - 1 Month$5.951 Month
  • OLD - Test subscription$22.951 Year
  • Launch Pass - 12 Months$29.951 Year
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  • Launch Pass - 12 Months$29.991 Year
None

Train RunBuddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Logbook Ultra free?
Logbook Ultra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Train RunBuddy free?
Train RunBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Logbook Ultra or Train RunBuddy have ads?
Neither Logbook Ultra nor Train RunBuddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Logbook Ultra or Train RunBuddy?
Logbook Ultra ships an update every 2 weeks, and Train RunBuddy every 5 days. Most recently, Logbook Ultra was updated on October 24, 2026 and Train RunBuddy on October 24, 2026.

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