PaxLog vs Flight Log Folio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaxLog
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PaxLog is a personal flight logbook for passengers, aviation enthusiasts, and crew members who want to keep a detailed record of their journeys. Log your flights, explore your travel history on interactive maps, review detailed statistics, rediscover past journeys, save photos and travel memories, and build a personal archive of your flying history. Designed for iPhone and iPad, PaxLog combines detailed flight logging with powerful tools for exploring where, when, how, and on what you have flown. KEY FEATURES • Extensive aviation database with more than 60,000 airports • More than 5,500 airlines and operators, including current and historic entries • More than 2,000 aircraft types • Search online for flight numbers, routes, aircraft registrations, and additional flight information to help complete your entries • Enter scheduled and actual flight times in local time or UTC • Automatic departure and arrival delay calculation • Add terminals, gates, parking positions, runways, baggage belts, seats, travel class, ticket information, notes, and other details • Organize related flights into named Flight Groups for holidays, business trips, and multi-sector journeys • View historical and current weather information for logged flights • Set your home airport and use your current location to find nearby airports • Explore your flight history on an interactive map, including offline map support • Save aircraft photos, boarding passes, and personal travel memories • Search online for aircraft photos, including images closest to your flight date • Search your flight history by airports, routes, airlines, registrations, flight numbers, photos, remarks, special liveries, weather information, and more FLIGHT MEMORIES & YEAR IN REVIEW Rediscover your flying history with Flight Memories. Look back at flights from the same day in previous years, anniversaries, milestones, first visits, aircraft and airline memories, and other personal aviation highlights. Year in Review brings together your flights, map, statistics, favourite airlines and airports, aircraft, longest journeys, newly visited places, and photos for a personal overview of each year in the air. DETAILED STATISTICS & PASSPORTS Explore statistics for airports, countries, airlines, operating airlines, aircraft types, registrations, manufacturers, aircraft families and subfamilies, routes, flight numbers, distances, durations, seats, special liveries, records, milestones, and more. Dedicated Airport, Airline, and Aircraft Type Passports bring together the flights, routes, statistics, photos, and other information connected with each entry. YOUR PERSONAL AVIATION ARCHIVE PaxLog is designed as a detailed personal archive of your flying history. Whether you want to remember individual journeys, track the aircraft you have flown on, explore your travel patterns, revisit old memories, or simply watch your flight history grow over the years, PaxLog keeps everything together in one place. Sync your flight log across your devices with iCloud and create local backups to safeguard or transfer your data. Your flight data stays private. It is stored on your device and, when enabled, in your personal iCloud account. PaxLog does not transmit your personal flight log data to the developer. The free version allows you to add up to 50 flights. A one-time in-app purchase removes this limit and unlocks unlimited flight entries. Please note: PaxLog is intended for personal flight tracking and is not a certified or professional pilot logbook.
Flight Log Folio
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Flight Log Folio is a beautifully designed, feature-rich flight tracking app for aviation enthusiasts and frequent flyers. With a sleek dark mode that is gentle on the eyes during night flights, you can intuitively record professional-level flight data. [Key Features] - Boarding Pass Scanner Simply scan your paper or digital boarding pass (BCBP) with your camera to instantly autofill the flight number, route, seat number, and class. - Aviation-Standard OOOI Times Record Block Out (OUT), Takeoff (OFF), Touchdown (ON), and Block In (IN) times. The app automatically calculates and displays delay/early badges based on the standard 15-minute rule. - In-Flight Sensor Tracking Automatically record max G-force and cabin altitude using your device's sensors. Review beautiful charts of cabin pressure changes and takeoff/landing G-forces. - Flight Map & Statistics Great Circle Distance (NM) is calculated automatically. View your total flights, flight hours, and distance at a glance on the summary screen, alongside a beautiful flight route map. - Offline & Privacy-Focused No account required. All flight logs are stored securely on your local device and are never sent to external servers. Works perfectly offline in airplane mode. Keep your memories in the sky forever with Flight Log Folio.
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The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flight Log Folio at none against PaxLog's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PaxLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flight Log Folio asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PaxLog | Flight Log Folio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 176 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Ettelt | KUMIKO TSUKIMOTO |
In-app purchases
PaxLog
- Full Version Unlock$1.99
Flight Log Folio
No in-app purchases









