SoloTrack Pilot Logbook vs Checkride Prep AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook
This app helps student pilots log flights quickly and track essential currency and progress towards their private pilot license. It offers offline logging, optional cloud sync, and features like live flight timers and instructor signature capture.
- Quick flight logging with smart defaults
- Day, night, and instrument currency tracking
- Private pilot license milestone progress
- Instructor signature and endorsement capture
- Live flight session timer
- CSV/PDF export for records
- Offline functionality with optional iCloud sync
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SoloTrack helps student pilots organize flight records and review selected hour goals for a U.S. Part 61 airplane single-engine private pilot certificate. Log lessons, record actual night and instrument portions, and bring clearer records to your next instructor review. Built for PPL training, SoloTrack helps you keep accurate records without digging through a paper logbook or rebuilding progress totals by hand. Daily logging works fully on-device, with optional iCloud sync for flights and templates when you want your logbook available across iPhone and iPad. What you can do: - Log flights with smart defaults, recent-route memory, Hobbs/Tach fields, and quick-entry backfill tools - Track day, night, instrument, and flight-review currency at a glance - Review selected PPL hour goals, recorded training details, and items to confirm with your instructor. - Capture instructor signatures, preserve locked endorsements, and export your logbook - Start a live flight session timer, then turn it into a prefilled flight entry when you stop - Add widgets for currency, PPL progress, recent flights, and the flight-session timer - Use App Shortcuts to open logging, check currency, review milestones, or control the timer - Import past flights from CSV and export CSV/PDF records for review Local-first by design: - No SoloTrack account is required - Daily logging works offline - Flights and templates can optionally sync with iCloud through CloudKit - Onboarding state, notification memory, and timer handoff state stay local to the device - RevenueCat is used for App Store Pro access entitlement, purchase validation, restore purchases, and Apple Ads attribution analytics through Apple's AdServices token SoloTrack Pro: SoloTrack is free to download. Unlock SoloTrack Pro with a one-time purchase of $9.99 in the U.S. Apple shows your local price before purchase. The lifetime unlock has no recurring charge and includes unlimited flight logging, selected PPL hour goals, CSV/PDF exports, instructor signatures, widgets, App Shortcuts, and the live flight session timer. Already a subscriber? Your active subscription still unlocks SoloTrack Pro and can be restored. Existing subscriptions renew under their Apple subscription terms unless canceled. Manage billing or cancellation in Apple Account Subscriptions. Refund requests are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. Privacy Policy: https://www.solo-track.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.solo-track.com/terms/ SoloTrack is focused on private pilot training, not airline ops or fleet management. It is a logbook and currency tracking aid. It does not certify completion, does not replace an instructor's judgment or signature, and does not connect to the FAA.
Checkride Prep AI
Practice your FAA oral checkride with an AI examiner that asks follow-up questions and provides instant feedback. Tailored to your aircraft's systems, gear, and avionics, it simulates a real DPE experience for pilot certification preparation. A free demo is available, with full access requiring a subscription.
- AI examiner for oral checkrides
- Follow-up questions and probing
- Instant feedback on knowledge
- Tailored to specific aircraft systems
- Covers Private, Instrument, Commercial
- Topic selection or random surprise
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Practice your FAA oral checkride with an AI examiner that asks follow-up questions, probes your knowledge, and gives instant feedback - just like a real DPE. Three certificates covered: • Private Pilot • Instrument Rating • Commercial Pilot Questions are tailored to your specific aircraft - systems, gear, and avionics. Choose a topic or let the AI examiner surprise you, just like the real thing. Free demo available - no account needed. Full access requires a subscription. Already have an account? Log in to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SoloTrack Pilot Logbook at 5.0 against Checkride Prep AI's 3.0. SoloTrack Pilot Logbook also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription). Checkride Prep AI's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. SoloTrack Pilot Logbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Checkride Prep AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook ships an update every 2 weeks, Checkride Prep AI every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SoloTrack Pilot Logbook | Checkride Prep AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Huggler Holdings LLC | Joseph Mattison |
In-app purchases
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook
- SoloTrack Pro PPL Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
- SoloTrack Pro PPL Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
Checkride Prep AI
- Checkride Prep AI$29.001 Month
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