Comparison

Flight vs EK Crew Rest

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

Head to head
About

Flight

This app helps flight crews accurately calculate flight time, duty time, and rest periods. It offers advanced features for long-haul operations and ensures compliance with aviation regulations. Designed for professional pilots, it provides a flexible and user-friendly solution for time-based calculations.

Highlights
  • Calculate flight time
  • Calculate duty time
  • Calculate rest periods
  • Configurable rest segments
  • Exclude time for accurate planning
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Flight-Time II is a powerful and intuitive app designed exclusively for flight crews to calculate time intervals such as Flight Time, Duty Time, and more. Whether you’re tracking elapsed time, accumulated totals, or performing any time-based operations, Flight-Time II offers the tools you need to stay precise and compliant. This app includes advanced features for calculating in-flight rest periods, ideal for long-haul operations with 3 or 4 pilots. Configure 2 to 5 rest segments, and optionally exclude time after takeoff or before landing for more accurate planning. Built with the operational needs of professional flight crews in mind, Flight-Time II combines accuracy, flexibility, and ease of use in one complete solution. A subscription is required to use this app. All features and content are only accessible with an active subscription. — Annual auto-renewable subscription: $1.99 USD (or equivalent in your region). — The subscription includes all future updates, including new features and regulatory changes, during the active period. — Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

EK Crew Rest

This app helps flight and cabin crew plan onboard rest periods accurately. It automatically calculates equal break durations based on flight times and rest facility configurations, eliminating manual calculations. Features include customizable rest sequences, break alarms, and a time calculator.

Highlights
  • Automated break duration calculation
  • Customizable rest-service sequences
  • Break start and end alarms
  • Live progress tracking for crew groups
  • Time calculator for HH:MM operations
  • Shareable digital or printable break schedules
Features
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EK Crew Rest helps long-haul cabin and flight crew plan onboard break windows quickly and accurately — no spreadsheets, no mental arithmetic. Enter your break start time and top of descent, choose your rest-service sequencing pattern, and the app automatically calculates how long each rest block should be so every crew member gets equal, fair rest within the available window. CABIN CREW FEATURES · 10 rest-service sequences covering 2, 3 and 4 rest slots, filtered by aircraft (B777 / A350 / A380) and rest facility (CRC, LD-CRC, MD-CRC, crew seats) · Auto-calculated, equal rest blocks based on the available flight time — all times on the 5-minute grid · Middle + last service support; optional separate Business / Economy service timings with all cabins resting the same duration · First Class breaks on 2-rest sequences — window set relative to take-off and landing, with controllable FC break overlap so everyone keeps the longest possible rest · Force a target rest duration and see the schedule update live · Buffer settings and round-to-5-minute handover times FLIGHT CREW FEATURES · Dedicated flight crew break calculator — 2, 3 or 4 breaks · Break start (after takeoff) and break end (before landing) buffers · Equal rest blocks distributed across the available window BREAK ALARMS · Start tracking a schedule and get an alarm 15 minutes before each break ends (time to wake the crew) and 5 minutes before each break starts (get ready) — with sound, even while the app is open · Live progress for every crew group: which break is running and how long is left · Works in the clock you choose — UTC or Dubai time — whatever zone the device is showing TOOLS · Time Calculator: an HH:MM calculator that adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides times on the 24-hour clock and respects the day run · Share a full-colour digital card, or print A4 (1 page, or 2 copies with a cut line) · Redesigned iPad dashboard; compact, fast iPhone layout GENERAL · No account required. No data collected. No network requests. SEQUENCES SUPPORTED SRR · SRRS · SRSRS · SRRR · SRRRS · SRRRR · SRRRRS · SRRSRRS · SRSRRS · SRRSRS PRICING 10 free calculations included. Full access available as a one-time purchase — no subscription.

Screenshots

Flight4 screens
EK Crew Rest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: EK Crew Rest at free with in-app purchases against Flight's subscription. EK Crew Rest also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Flight's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Flight sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year and EK Crew Rest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Flight against 1.0 for EK Crew Rest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight ships an update every 3 months, EK Crew Rest monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flight versus EK Crew Rest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlightEK Crew Rest
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (5 ratings)1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPedro Jose Villarroel CuevasAyman Maklad

Customer experience

Flight

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

EK Crew Rest

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flight

Subscriptions1
  • Auto Renewable Subscription$1.991 Year
1 purchases

EK Crew Rest

One-time1
  • Full Access$5.99

Questions

Is Flight free?
Flight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EK Crew Rest free?
EK Crew Rest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flight or EK Crew Rest?
Flight and EK Crew Rest are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Flight or EK Crew Rest have ads?
Neither Flight nor EK Crew Rest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight or EK Crew Rest?
Flight ships an update every 3 months, and EK Crew Rest monthly. Most recently, Flight was updated on October 21, 2026 and EK Crew Rest on October 15, 2026.

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