Comparison

Squawk vs Pilot Landing Spot

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

Head to head
About

Squawk

Features
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Stop Renting Your Logbook. Own Your Career. Squawk is the professional aviation logbook reimagined for the modern pilot. Built with banking-grade encryption and powered by astronomical algorithms, it automates the complex parts of logging so you can focus on flying. Most digital logbooks trap your data behind a monthly subscription. Squawk is different. You pay once, and you own the most advanced logbook engine on the App Store for life. Your data lives on your device and in your secure iCloudβ€”never on a third-party server. We cannot see your flights, and neither can anyone else. AUTOMATED NIGHT CALCULATION Never guess about Civil Twilight again. Squawk uses advanced astronomical algorithms to calculate your exact night flight hours based on the sun's position at your specific coordinates and date. Just enter your block times, and Squawk handles the solar physics to ensure your logs are precise and FAA legal. LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE SIGNATURES Lock in your training flights with secure digital instructor signatures. Squawk meets FAA AC 120-78A standards for electronic record integrity. Once an instructor signs an entry, the record is cryptographically locked to prevent tampering, ensuring your logbook stands up to any checkride or audit. IACRA READY Stop stressing about Form 8710. Squawk automatically compiles your flight experience into the exact grid format required for FAA certification. Generate reports instantly and walk into your checkride with confidence. PROFESSIONAL GRADE FEATURES Zero-Knowledge Privacy: Your data is encrypted in your iCloud. You own it completely. Seamless Import: Transition from other logbooks or spreadsheets in seconds with our robust CSV importer. Smart Currency: Track landing currency and instrument proficiency automatically. Interactive Global Map: Visualize your career history on a stunning 3D interactive globe. Secure Export: You are never locked in. Export your entire history to CSV or PDF at any time. Built for pilots. No subscriptions. No data mining. Just the best logbook on the market.

About

Pilot Landing Spot

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Pilot Landing Spot is a crowd-sourced map of off-airport emergency landing spots, built by and for general aviation pilots flying single- and twin-engine piston aircraft. Every cross-country leg has terrain where the nearest runway is out of reach. Pilot Landing Spot helps you build situational awareness ahead of time by showing pilot-reported open fields, roads, and clearings that other aviators have marked as potential precautionary or emergency landing areas β€” overlaid directly on the sectional chart you already fly with. A MAP BUILT BY PILOTS, FOR PILOTS Spots come from the flying community. When you find a field that could serve as an emergency option, mark it in one tap so the next pilot in that area benefits too. The more pilots contribute, the more useful the map becomes. CONFIDENCE THAT GROWS WITH USE Each spot carries a confidence rating. When more than one pilot reports the same location, its confidence rises β€” so you can quickly tell a well-corroborated spot from a single, unverified report. SEE WHAT MATTERS AT A GLANCE Tap any spot to see: β€’ Distance from your current position β€’ Field elevation in feet β€’ Confidence rating β€’ Exact coordinates β€’ When it was first reported SECTIONAL CHART OVERLAY Pilot-reported spots are drawn on top of a familiar sectional-style aviation chart, so you can read terrain, airspace, and nearby airports in the same view you already use for navigation. LIVE GPS POSITION Center the map on your live GPS location with one tap and instantly see which reported spots fall within range as you fly your route. ADD A SPOT IN SECONDS Spotted a long, open field on the ground? Double-tap the map to save it with its coordinates and elevation. Your report joins the shared map for every other pilot. BUILT FOR PISTON PILOTS Designed for the realities of single- and twin-engine piston flying, where knowing your off-airport options is part of good preflight planning and good airmanship. IMPORTANT β€” READ BEFORE YOU FLY Pilot Landing Spot is an advisory and situational-awareness aid only. It is NOT a navigation system, NOT an approved aeronautical chart, and NOT a substitute for official FAA charts, NOTAMs, proper preflight planning, or the pilot in command's judgment. Spot data is contributed by users, may be inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date, and is never a guarantee that any location is safe, legal, or suitable for landing. Always comply with all applicable regulations and exercise your own judgment as pilot in command. Use of this app is entirely at your own risk. Fly safe. Know your options before you need them.

Screenshots

Squawk4 screens
Pilot Landing Spot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pilot Landing Spot at none against Squawk's 1. Pilot Landing Spot also leads on iOS requirement (15.4 vs 26.1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Squawk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pilot Landing Spot asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Squawk versus Pilot Landing Spot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquawkPilot Landing Spot
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS26.115.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size14 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColeman HallsAnurag Shukla

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Squawk

One-time1
  • Squawk Pro$19.99
None

Pilot Landing Spot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Squawk free?
Squawk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pilot Landing Spot free?
Pilot Landing Spot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Squawk or Pilot Landing Spot have ads?
Neither Squawk nor Pilot Landing Spot shows ads.

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