Comparison

Fly n Eat vs Rusty Pilot Reminders

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

Head to head
About

Fly n Eat

Plan flights with integrated meal stops using a real-time database of restaurants near airports. Find dining options on your route and connect with flight instructors. Enhance your flying experience with efficient planning and exciting culinary stops.

Highlights
  • Integrate meal stops into flight plans
  • Real-time restaurant database near airports
  • Find restaurants on your flight route
  • Connect with CFI/CFII instructors
  • Efficient flight and dining planning
Features
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Attention Pilots! Introducing the ultimate app to enhance your flight planning experience. This app helps you seamlessly integrate meal stops into your flight itinerary, with an up-to-date, real-time database of restaurants near airports. Park your plane and enjoy a quick walk to a quality meal – no need to go off course! Key Features: • Fly-Eat-Back: Efficiently plan your flight with easy navigation to and back from airports with great dining options. • Point-to-Point Search: Find airports with top-rated restaurants on your route. • CFI/CFII Database: Access a growing network of CFI’s and CFII’s to connect with when needed. We’re continuously improving the database to ensure that pilots and instructors can stay connected. Whether you’re planning your next stop or connecting with a CFI/CFII, this app will make your flying experience more efficient, exciting, and adventurous. https://fly-n-eat.com/terms-conditions.php

About

Rusty Pilot Reminders

This app helps pilots stay current and their aircraft airworthy by tracking all FAA currency requirements and maintenance deadlines. It provides a clear dashboard and automatic notifications to prevent expired documents and overdue inspections. Data is stored locally for privacy.

Highlights
  • Pilot currency tracking (BFR, IPC, medical)
  • Aircraft airworthiness & maintenance tracking
  • FAA Airworthiness Directive lookup
  • Expiry notifications
  • PDF export & sharing
  • Multiple pilots and aircraft support
Features
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Rusty Pilot Reminders requires an active subscription to access all features. A free 1-week trial is available for new subscribers. Rusty Pilot Reminders Stay current. Stay airworthy. Stay flying. Never get caught off-guard by an expired medical, a lapsed flight review, or an overdue annual again. Rusty Pilot Reminders is the all-in-one compliance tracker built by pilots, for pilots — keeping every FAA currency requirement and airworthiness deadline organized in one place. For Pilots Track everything that keeps you legal in the cockpit: Flight Reviews, Medical Certificates (Class 1, 2, 3, and BasicMed), Instrument Currency, and Day/Night Passenger-Carrying Currency. The app automatically calculates your expiration dates based on FAA rules — just enter your completion date and let it do the math. For Aircraft Keep your aircraft airworthy and inspection-ready. Track your Annual, 100-Hour, Transponder, ELT, and Pitot-Static inspections alongside engine hours, oil changes, magneto checks, and propeller time. Look up any aircraft by tail number to pre-fill make, model, and year — then add as many user-defined items as your aircraft needs. Always Know Where You Stand A color-coded dashboard gives you an instant green / yellow / red status for every pilot and every aircraft at a glance. Yellow means due within 60 days. Red means it's time to act. No more digging through logbooks or spreadsheets before a flight. FAA Airworthiness Directives Built In Search the FAA's AD database directly from the app. Applicable directives for your aircraft are fetched automatically and available offline, with one-tap access to the official PDF. Your Data, Your Device Everything is stored locally — no account required, no data sent to any server. Your logbook information stays private. More Features Push notifications before deadlines sneak up on you Export pilot and aircraft records as a shareable PDF Dark and light theme Supports multiple pilots and multiple aircraft Whether you're a weekend warrior keeping one Cessna current or a flight school managing a full fleet, Rusty Pilot Reminders has you covered — from preflight to sign-off. Fly legal. Fly safe. Fly often. SUBSCRIPTION INCLUDES • Pilot currency tracking (BFR, IPC, medical, endorsements) • Aircraft airworthiness & maintenance tracking • FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) lookup by make/model • Expiry notifications with custom lead times • PDF export & sharing • Multiple pilots and aircraft • Dark & light mode Getting Started Add a Pilot — Tap "Add Pilot" on the dashboard. Enter a name and certificate type. Then tap the pilot to fill in your Flight Review, Medical, and currency dates. The app calculates expiry automatically. Add an Aircraft — Tap "Add Aircraft" and enter your tail number. Hit "Look up" to auto-fill make, model, and year from the FAA registry. Add tachometer readings and any known hours while you're there. (Note: The N-number lookup feature only works for aircraft registered in the US with the FAA. If your aircraft is registered in another country, you can still enter the information manually.) Enter Your Dates — Tap any item on the pilot or aircraft detail screen to log a completion date. Green = current, Yellow = due within 60 days, Red = overdue. Check Your Dashboard — Every pilot and aircraft shows a single status badge so you know at a glance what needs attention before your next flight. Set Up Notifications — Go to Settings and turn on notifications to get reminders before something expires. View ADs — On any aircraft detail screen, tap "View Airworthiness Directives" to pull applicable ADs directly from the FAA database. Share Records — Tap the share icon on any pilot or aircraft screen to export a PDF summary. All data is stored on your device. Nothing is sent to any server. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fly n Eat4 screens
Rusty Pilot Reminders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rusty Pilot Reminders at 100% against Fly n Eat's 19%. Rusty Pilot Reminders also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.9). Fly n Eat's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (42 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Fly n Eat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Rusty Pilot Reminders sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rusty Pilot Reminders holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fly n Eat has 42 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Fly n Eat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rusty Pilot Reminders's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fly n Eat versus Rusty Pilot Reminders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFly n EatRusty Pilot Reminders
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (42 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB42 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFly n EatMichael Sage

Customer experience

Fly n Eat

All ratings21 ratings
Positive23.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative76.2%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive18.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative81.5%

Rusty Pilot Reminders

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fly n Eat

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Rusty Pilot Reminders

Subscriptions2
  • Rusty Pilot Reminders Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Fly n Eat free?
Fly n Eat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rusty Pilot Reminders free?
Rusty Pilot Reminders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fly n Eat or Rusty Pilot Reminders?
Rusty Pilot Reminders is rated higher. Fly n Eat averages 1.9 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Rusty Pilot Reminders averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fly n Eat or Rusty Pilot Reminders have ads?
Neither Fly n Eat nor Rusty Pilot Reminders shows ads.

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