Comparison

PaperPlane vs SkyLog

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

Head to head
About

PaperPlane

Features
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Your travels deserve more than a folder of booking confirmations. PaperPlane is the travel journal that builds itself. Forward a flight or hotel confirmation to your personal import address and we parse it, geocode it, and drop it on your globe as a draft trip, ready for you to review and publish in seconds. See your journeys on a stunning interactive 3D globe. Spin it, zoom in, tap any pin to revisit that trip. Every destination you have ever visited, plotted exactly where it belongs. Travel with others? Invite your group and share trips so everyone sees the same memories. See whose miles stretch furthest, whose passport is filling fastest, and which destinations you keep returning to together. Your stats update automatically as you add trips, total countries, distances, days abroad, and more, so the longer you use PaperPlane, the more it rewards you. Key features: - Interactive 3D globe with every trip pinned and connected by arcs - Email import: forward booking confirmations and trips log themselves - Travel groups: share trips with friends, couples, or family - Personal and group stats: countries, distances, days, and more - Lifetime access: one purchase, no subscription, no surprises - Private and secure: your journal is yours alone PaperPlane is free to get started. Unlock the globe, groups, and unlimited trips with a single lifetime purchase.

About

SkyLog

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SkyLog is a travel app that brings flight journaling and country stay-day tracking together in one place. FLIGHT JOURNAL • Add flight records manually without a subscription or usage limit. • Look up available flight details by flight number and travel date. • View all flight routes on an interactive 3D globe. • Record flight numbers, airlines, aircraft, airports, times, distance, and duration in one place. • Keep multiple flight legs with the same date and flight number as separate records. FOOTPRINTS, STAY DAYS & SCHENGEN • When enabled and permitted, Footprints can record visited countries and sampled cities automatically. • Review stay days by country and city in list and calendar views. • Import a Google Maps Timeline JSON file to add past country stay days and visited-city records to Footprints. Choose a date range and preview the records before importing. • Set an annual country goal or monitor Schengen days used and remaining under the 90/180-day rule. • Switch between the annual travel goal and Schengen status directly from the Footprints banner. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets can show your current country, current journey, D-day from the start of your record, and Schengen days used and remaining. Schengen calculations are reference information based on your recorded stay days. They do not replace official immigration records or legal or visa advice. YOUR TRAVEL STORY • Create a personal travel passport from your flight routes and visited countries. • View statistics for flights, distance, flight time, airports, airlines, aircraft, and visited countries. • Earn achievements and badges. • Revisit years with recorded travel through Year Recap cards. • Back up and restore supported travel data through your SkyLog account and sync it across signed-in devices. FREE FEATURES & OPTIONAL SKYLOG PLUS Core flight journaling, Footprints, and Google Maps Timeline importing are available without a subscription. Free users start with 30 base flight auto-lookups. This allowance does not reset monthly. After using the base allowance, users can watch rewarded ads to earn additional auto-lookups. SkyLog Plus includes: • 100 flight auto-lookups per service month • Regular banner ads removed • Premium map and theme colors • Flight data export in CSV and SkyLog JSON, plus SkyLog JSON import • High-resolution Year Recap cards • Detailed statistics and continent insights SkyLog Plus is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by country or region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account after purchase confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled in your Apple Account subscription settings. SUPPORTED LANGUAGES Korean, English, and Japanese. PERMISSIONS Some features may require location, photo, microphone, speech recognition, notification, or network access. Background location is used only when you enable Footprints and grant the required permission. Offline location samples may be kept temporarily in private on-device storage. Raw coordinates are not uploaded to SkyLog cloud services. LEGAL & SUPPORT Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ SkyLog Service Terms: https://kiserlunar-a11y.github.io/SkyLog-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://kiserlunar-a11y.github.io/SkyLog-legal/privacy.html Support: https://kiserlunar-a11y.github.io/SkyLog-legal/support.html

Screenshots

PaperPlane4 screens
SkyLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PaperPlane at none against SkyLog's 2. PaperPlane also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. SkyLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PaperPlane asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
PaperPlane versus SkyLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperPlaneSkyLog
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJake HoughtonSUNYOUNG PARK

In-app purchases

None

PaperPlane

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SkyLog

Subscriptions2
  • SkyLog Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • SkyLog Plus Yearly$24.991 Year

Questions

Is PaperPlane free?
PaperPlane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkyLog free?
SkyLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PaperPlane or SkyLog have ads?
SkyLog shows ads; PaperPlane does not.

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