Comparison

SoftLog vs Crew Smart

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

Head to head
About

SoftLog

Features
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SoftLog is a clear, practical digital logbook built for pilots. Record ICAO or IATA routes, flight numbers, registrations, aircraft types, crew, PF/PM roles, Out/Off/On/In times, night time, PIC, SIC, PICUS, Dual, instructor time, deadhead travel, simulator sessions, Autoland, approach category, and notes. ICAO and IATA codes complete each other automatically. Key features: • a compact logbook grouped by flight date; • a dedicated two-column iPad experience; • a route map with great-circle paths and flight frequency; • statistics by year, period, aircraft type, airport, crew, and distance; • a calendar highlighting days with recorded flights; • crew, aircraft, airport, certificate, and note databases; • offline airport and aircraft-type catalogs; • Numbers, Excel, and CSV import and recognition of PDF and image flight tables, with a review step; • a default pilot role and date-based reassignment of past flight-time categories; • vacation periods kept separate from flight-time totals; • XML and Excel export plus printable PDF logbooks based on EASA FCL.050, FAA CFR 61.51, CAAC CCAR-121, and other layouts; • a pilot profile with a handwritten signature for PDF exports; • readiness, recency, duty-limit profiles, forecasts, and warnings; • historical METAR snapshots for the departure time, provided through MetarBot; • instructor and student training records kept separate from the instructor's personal logbook; • English and Russian interfaces; • light and dark themes with a custom accent color; • an optional account with protected synchronization across devices. Your data remains stored locally on the device. You decide whether to create an account and whether to upload existing flights. Records from different accounts are kept separate, and deleting an account does not erase the local logbook. SoftLog is not intended for navigation, flight planning, or operational decision-making. Regulatory profiles, weather, and PDF layouts are reference tools; always verify records and requirements with the applicable authority and operator before official use.

About

Crew Smart

This app helps flight crew find open, walkable, and recommended food options near their hotel during layovers. It also offers social features for connecting with other crew, a dating pool, and in-app games.

Highlights
  • Import and sync flight schedules automatically
  • Discover open restaurants near hotels with real crew ratings
  • Access crew-reported and partner discounts
  • Connect with other verified flight crew
  • Play in-app flight games
  • Share schedule with family
Features
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Crew Smart is a companion app for flight crew: pilots and flight attendants, at any airline. You land somewhere unfamiliar, at an hour when most things are closed, tired, and figuring out food is genuinely hard. Crew Smart already knows your schedule, knows where you're staying tonight, and tells you what's actually open, walkable, and worth it, before you even land. WHAT IT DOES - Import your schedule once, from a calendar export, your phone's calendar, or by hand, and it stays current. A real reroute or diversion gets caught and corrected automatically. - See what's open near tonight's hotel, ranked by what you actually like, with real photos, price tiers, and a one-tap directions picker for Apple Maps, Google Maps, or whatever you use. - Real ratings and Must Try picks from other crew who've actually flown the route, not a generic review site. - Crew-reported and partner discounts, clearly labeled so you always know which is which. - A real feed for crew. Post what's actually happening, react with a heart, and see an activity feed of your friends' trips and reviews. - Dating, but everyone here is actually crew. A badge-verified pool, matched from real flight crew, not strangers on a general dating app. - See when a friend is in the same city on the same night. Mutual accept only, and it's off by default until you turn it on. - Share a read-only view of your schedule with family, no account needed on their end, and never your hotel or live location. - Two real flight games for a slow layover, Canyon Run and Free Flight, plus a friend-vs-friend challenge sent right inside a chat. - Works at home, commuting, and on days off, not only on layovers. Crew Smart is free to use. An optional Crew Smart Pro subscription unlocks unlimited dating likes, direct friend messaging, and more nearby results. Invite two friends who join and get a free month of Pro automatically. The social feed may show an occasional sponsored post, always clearly labeled. Crew Smart is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated on behalf of any airline.

Screenshots

SoftLog3 screens
Crew Smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SoftLog at none against Crew Smart's 2. Crew Smart's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crew Smart sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SoftLog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoftLog ships an update every 2 weeks, Crew Smart every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SoftLog versus Crew Smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoftLogCrew Smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB141 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperArtem BystrovYaw Works

In-app purchases

None

SoftLog

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Crew Smart

Subscriptions2
  • Crew Smart Pro$3.991 Month
  • Crew Smart Pro$14.996 Months

Questions

Is SoftLog free?
SoftLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crew Smart free?
Crew Smart is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SoftLog or Crew Smart have ads?
Neither SoftLog nor Crew Smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoftLog or Crew Smart?
SoftLog ships an update every 2 weeks, and Crew Smart every 2 days. Most recently, SoftLog was updated on October 29, 2026 and Crew Smart on October 29, 2026.

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