Comparison

PilotLink vs Planedock

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

Head to head
About

PilotLink

Connect with fellow aviators for career opportunities, training, and aircraft sharing. Find instructors, safety pilots, and recruiters within a tailored aviation network. Accelerate your aviation journey and build your community.

Highlights
  • Connect with aviators
  • Find instructors and schools
  • Discover corporate opportunities
  • Locate safety pilots
  • Aircraft owner partnerships
  • Integrated chat system
  • Map-based search
Features
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PilotLink – the first completely free aviation community app –is now available! This unique platform has been developed to unite aviators across North America. Whether you are just starting your aviation journey as a student looking for a school or instructor that can bring you successfully to your checkride or a seasoned type-rated contract pilot looking for corporate opportunities, PilotLink is your connection. Are you a CFI looking for students, a time builder or ferry pilot, looking to find your next relocation assignment? PilotLink is the platform that enables aviators to maximize their development and career opportunities through an extensive network of likeminded individuals. PilotLink offers a tailored suite of potential connections based on your specific aviation profile. Find yourself a safety pilot in your area that can help you to stay current, find a flight school or instructor to start your aviation journey or conduct your Biannual Flight Review. PilotLink also offers reminders for your Medical Certificate renewal, Biannual Flight Review and CFI Refresher alerts. The platform offers an Aviation Medical Specialist locator to connect you with a provider. PilotLink helps aircraft owners find time sharing partners to offset costs or partner in ownership. Maybe you are looking for another pilot that can give you a ride home so you can drop off your aircraft at a mechanic located outside your homebase airport. PilotLink offers a simple request and offering system to facilitate these connections. The PilotLink mobile application has a sophisticated map-search system that actively looks for matches in the designated area and radius based on the opportunities selected. PilotLink also offers features for aviation recruiters to identify interested pilots possessing the required flight time and ratings for posted job opportunities. Sign up today and increase your industry exposure to these potential job opportunities! Sign up if you are a pilot with specific type ratings that require maintenance, and you will be able to connection nation-wide with sim-buddies to share the cost of recurrency training. The integrated chat system in PilotLink allows you to find friends that match your search request and start a safe conversation through the apps. Join PilotLink today to accelerate your aviation career and be part of uniting this beautiful community. Blue skies and tail winds!

About

Planedock

Discover and reserve hangar space for rent, join waitlists, and find aviation services. Airport managers can list available spaces and manage reservations. Pilots can find instructors, mechanics, and aircraft for sale.

Highlights
  • Find hangars for rent
  • Join hangar waitlists
  • Make nightly hangar reservations
  • List available hangar space
  • Find flight instructors
  • Search for aircraft for sale
  • Create aviation business profiles
Features
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FIND HANGARS AVAILABLE FOR RENT, GET ON WAITLISTS AND MAKE NIGHTLY RESERVATIONS Planedock is the best app for finding hangar space available for immediate rent, or to get on hangar waitlists and reserve nightly hangar space. Airport managers and FBOs can easily list available hangar space, manage and download their hangar waitlists, and manage nightly hangar reservations. FOR FBOs and AIRPORT MANAGERS List your available hangar space and manage your hangar waitlists through the app. Receive and respond to nightly hangar reservation requests through the app. Get a beautiful profile to show off your airport, facility and amenities. (Requires a Planedock Pro membership) FIND FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, EXAMINERS, PILOT/MECHANIC/GROUND SUPPORT JOBS, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, AVIONICS, CHARTER, AMEs AND MORE! Planedock is THE place to find the specialty aircraft services you need, easily filtered by aircraft type, make or model. No place will find you the aviation services specific to your needs faster. FIND AIRCRAFT-FOR-SALE Find aircraft for sale using our quick and easy search. Pro members can chat with aircraft sellers through the app. LAUNCH YOUR AVIATION BUSINESS WITH PLANEDOCK PRO Planedock Pro profiles allow you to be found locally or globally by your aircraft expertise. Pilots looking for services specific to a particular aircraft type/make or model can find your business quickly and easily on our map. All aviation professionals need a Planedock profile including: flight schools, flight instructors, freelance pilots/mechanics and ground crew, AMEs, designated examiners, avionics technicians, aircraft charter operators, aircraft brokers, and repair stations. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PilotLink4 screens
Planedock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PilotLink at none against Planedock's 1. PilotLink also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Planedock sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. PilotLink 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 PilotLink against 5.0 for Planedock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
PilotLink versus Planedock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPilotLinkPlanedock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB103 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPilotlink LLCPlanedock

Customer experience

PilotLink

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Planedock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PilotLink

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Planedock

Subscriptions1
  • Planedock Pro Membership$4.991 Month

Questions

Is PilotLink free?
PilotLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planedock free?
Planedock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PilotLink or Planedock?
PilotLink and Planedock are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PilotLink or Planedock have ads?
Planedock shows ads; PilotLink does not.

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