Comparison

FlightCountdown.app vs Cockpit Log

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

Head to head
About

FlightCountdown.app

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Track all your upcoming flights in one place with real-time countdowns. See exactly how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds until departure. Add travelers to each flight, get push notification reminders 24h, 6h, and 1h before departure, and enjoy color-coded status indicators that show when your flight is approaching. Features include flight lookup by flight number, timezone-aware countdowns, custom flight naming, and swipe-to-delete for easy management.

About

Cockpit Log

Automatically log your flights using your iPhone's sensors. Scan your boarding pass to pre-fill flight details and record takeoff to landing. View your flight path, key metrics, and build a personal aviation logbook.

Highlights
  • Boarding pass scanning
  • Sensor-based flight recording
  • Automatic flight phase detection
  • GPS track mapping
  • Personal aviation logbook
  • Offline map packs
Features
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Scan your boarding pass, tap Start, and your iPhone's own sensors record the flight from takeoff to landing. Your flight record is not copied from third-party flight data. It holds only what your GPS, barometer and motion sensors actually measured. It is a record that you were there. ■ Recording · Scan the boarding pass barcode to fill in flight number, route and seat · Or share a booking confirmation email to add the boarding pass · One sample per second, takeoff to landing · Altitude, ground speed, G-force, cabin pressure altitude · Automatic phases: taxi, takeoff, cruise, landing, taxi · Keeps recording with the screen off or another app open ■ Before you fly, after you arrive · Home shows your next flight with its route map and a to-the-second countdown · Flight briefing: your aircraft, gate, and weather at the destination · Arrival guide: baggage belt, arrival gate, immigration hall, and where to catch your rideshare (some details aren't available at every airport) ■ After you land · Measured takeoff and touchdown times, and time airborne · Peak altitude, speed and G-force · Your actual GPS track on a map · Takeoff and landing runway identification · Arrival airport stats and carbon footprint ■ Logbook · Your flights add up into a personal aviation logbook · Keeps the aircraft you flew (type, registration, photo), seat and gate · Search by flight number or route · Import past flights from another app's CSV, and export all your flights as CSV ■ Records: collections and habits · Airlines and alliances, airports and runways, countries, and every aircraft you've flown become collections · Aircraft details: photo, specs, registration history, and your flights on it · Cabin pressure profile and personal records · Your seat habits, on-time rate, and a year in review that opens each December ■ Your data stays yours · Raw GPS coordinates stay on this device and in your own iCloud. They are never sent to our server · Only your boarding passes and flight summaries (flight number, times, peak values) are backed up · Email import sends only the text of the email you share, to read the flight details · Delete everything, or your whole account, at any time ■ About GPS in the cabin Reception depends heavily on where you sit. In our own measurements, window seats recorded 95-100% of the flight while non-window seats managed 14-53%. Sitting by a window and keeping your phone near it makes a large difference. A gap in the GPS track is not a failed recording. Altitude, G-force and flight phases keep recording from the barometer and motion sensors. ■ BUSINESS · Offline route maps so you can follow the route with no internet in the air · A full PDF of each flight record, and watermark-free share cards · See where the aircraft you flew is flying today · An aircraft's full registration history, and on-time rates by airline · A single-flight pass is available if you would rather not subscribe Available in English, Korean and Japanese. Subscription details Cockpit-log BUSINESS · Monthly — $3.99 per month · Yearly — $39.99 per year A BUSINESS subscription unlocks the offline route map you can use in the air without internet, a full PDF of every flight record, watermark-free share cards, today's flights for aircraft you've flown, full registration history, and on-time rates by airline. Recording, boarding passes, the logbook, stats, collections and the visited-countries map are free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your Apple ID is charged for renewal. You can manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions after purchase. Business Single Flight Pass — $1.99 (one-time, non-renewing. Applies to a single flight and unlocks that flight's offline route map, PDF and watermark-free share card) Terms of Use: https://www.cockpit-log.com/v1/policy/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.cockpit-log.com/v1/policy/privacy

Screenshots

FlightCountdown.app4 screens
Cockpit Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cockpit Log at Free against FlightCountdown.app's $4.99. FlightCountdown.app's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). On 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

Cockpit Log is free to download; FlightCountdown.app costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
FlightCountdown.app versus Cockpit Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlightCountdown.appCockpit Log
Price$4.99Free — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermohammad alosaimihyeongju park

In-app purchases

None

FlightCountdown.app

No in-app purchases

None

Cockpit Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlightCountdown.app free?
FlightCountdown.app costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cockpit Log free?
Cockpit Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlightCountdown.app or Cockpit Log have ads?
Neither FlightCountdown.app nor Cockpit Log shows ads.

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