Flight Log vs Pilot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Flight Log
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The pilot logbook built for real operations. FTL countdowns, recency tracking, and night time calculations to EASA and FAA standards. Free to start. FLIGHT LOGGING Log sectors with departure and arrival ICAOs, block times, pilot role, crew, aircraft, and tags. Duplicate routes for repetitive flying. Search and filter by airport, registration, flight number, or tag. FLIGHT TIME LIMITATIONS Real time FDP countdown with colour-coded gauge (safe / warning / critical). Supports EASA Air Ops (ORO.FTL) and FAA 14 CFR Part 117 including augmented crew tables, split duty, commander's discretion, and acclimatisation states. 7 day, 28 day, and 12 month cumulative limit tracking. FDP alerts work even in Do Not Disturb. RECENCY & CURRENCY Automatic day/night currency (FAA ยง61.57) and IFR approach currency. EASA Part FCL.060 compliance. Visual status: green Current, red Lapsed. Shows exactly how many takeoffs, landings, or approaches you still need. NIGHT TIME CALCULATION Astronomically precise night computation using Spencer (1971) along the great circle route. Multiple definitions: EASA civil, FAA logbook night, FAA recency night. Polar day/night handled. CERTIFICATE TRACKING Add medicals, type ratings, LPCs, passports, and custom certificates. Expiry countdowns at 60, 30, 7, and 1 day local notifications even on new devices after iCloud restore. CAREER STATISTICS & GOALS Lifetime block hours, PIC time, night hours, and sector counts. Set ATPL, PIC, IFR, night, and multi engine milestones and track your progress. AVIATION WEATHER METAR and TAF auto loaded from your last flight's airports or home base no typing required. EXPORT TXT and CSV exports free. PDF export (Pro) generates an EASA style A4 landscape logbook with summary page, signature, and pilot name. PHONETIC ALPHABET (Pro) Live NATO phonetic and Morse converter type a registration or ICAO code and get radio ready readback instantly. PRIVACY & SYNC Signed in with Apple. All flight data encrypted in your private iCloud never shared, never sold. Works across iPhone and iPad. All FTL and recency calculations are advisory. They do not replace your operator's approved scheme of work or pilot in command responsibility. โโโ Privacy Policy: https://flightlog.zukasoft.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://flightlog.zukasoft.com/terms.html Support: info@zukasoft.com
Pilot
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Your logbook is your career. It should belong to you. Pilot is a pilot logbook built the way Apple apps should be: fast, fully offline, and yours. No account to create, no server holding your hours hostage, no subscription required to keep reading your own flight time. ONE FLIGHT, TWO RULEBOOKS EASA and FAA don't log the same PIC time. Pilot keeps both on every flight: log once, and switch authority any time โ columns, totals and currency rules follow, and nothing is ever lost. PICUS, multi-pilot time and the EASA "Name of PIC" column are built in. NIGHT TIME, COMPUTED Enter your off-block and on-block times and Pilot derives night time from the position of the sun along your actual route โ sampled minute by minute, on device, offline. It knows the difference between logbook night and FAA night-landing currency. CURRENCY AND EXPIRY DATES, WATCHED Passenger currency (14 CFR 61.57 / FCL.060) per category and class, tailwheel full-stop rules, instrument approaches and holds, flight review deduced from your logbook, EASA SEP revalidation-by-experience progress, medical and licence expiry alerts โ 30 days before they bite. YOUR DATA IS NEVER LOCKED IN Import your existing logbook from a CSV export โ columns are matched automatically, duplicates skipped, and a full backup is taken before anything is written. Export everything back to CSV at any time, or print a regulator-ready PDF logbook with page totals, carry-forward and a signature line on every page โ the format airline recruiters ask for. BUILT-IN SAFETY NET Deleted flights go to a trash you can restore from for 30 days. A complete backup of your logbook is saved on device every day and before any destructive action, and you can share or restore any of the last 14 copies. WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU FLY More than 72,000 airfields on board โ search by ICAO, IATA, name or city with no connection. iPhone, iPad and Mac. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL ONE-TIME UNLOCK Log up to 25 flights for free, with every calculation included. Imported flights never count toward that allowance, and export is never restricted. Pilot Pro unlocks unlimited logging for a single purchase โ no subscription, ever. Pilot provides information to help you track your own currency; checking your legal currency and eligibility remains the pilot's responsibility.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pilot at every 4 days against Flight Log's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Flight Log sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Pilot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flight Log ships an update every 6 weeks, Pilot every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Flight Log | Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 18.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaan Bas | Rija Ratinahirana |
In-app purchases
Flight Log
- Flight Log Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
- Flight Log Pro Yearly$149.991 Year
Pilot
- Pilot Pro$29.99









