TruAirspeed vs Flight Times Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TruAirspeed
This utility calculates true airspeed, pressure altitude, density altitude, and Mach number. It accounts for compressibility effects and offers unit choices and keypad styles. Users can also input a correction factor for their airspeed indicator.
- True airspeed calculation
- Pressure and density altitude calculation
- Mach number calculation
- Compressibility effects accounted for
- Choice of input/result units
- Calculator or telephone keypad options
- Airspeed indicator correction factor
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TruAirspeed is a True Airspeed Calculator for the iPhone and iPad. It's a bit different from other true airspeed calculators, in which the pressure altitude is an input. This requires resetting the altimeter to the standard sea level pressure of 29.92"Hg to read the pressure altitude. With TruAirspeed, you input the indicated altitude and the Kollsman window's pressure setting — the app then calculates the pressure altitude, density altitude, true airspeed and mach number for you. The calculations involved take full account of compressibility effects, but not shock waves, so it's limited to subsonic, non-transonic flight only. You have a choice of units for inputs and results, and you may choose either a calculator-style keypad (top row: 7-8-9) or a telephone-style keypad (top row: 1-2-3). You may also set a correction factor for your bird's airspeed indicator/pitot-static system, if you know it (mine is 0.95).
Flight Times Recorder
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Minimize distraction when recording your flight times! Enter tach or hobbs times, simply tap to record off block and on block times, and manually or automatically record your airborne times. Easily keep count of your full stop landings, touch & goes, and go-arounds. The app keeps a history of your flights, which can be exported to a CSV file. Times may be shown and exported in either local time or UTC/zulu. Automatic takeoff and landing time detection is based on a ground speed which may be adjusted based on your aircraft's takeoff and landing speeds, and change in altitude. Recorded times may be shown as rounded to nearest 1 minute, 5 minutes, or tenth of an hour. Supports Apple Watch, where a simple tap on your watch starts and stops recording. Recorded times are synchronized across devices using iCloud. Any time pair may be entered - for e.g., glider flights, only airborne times are recorded.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TruAirspeed at Free against Flight Times Recorder's $1.99. TruAirspeed also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Flight Times Recorder's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 24 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
TruAirspeed is free to download; Flight Times Recorder costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TruAirspeed ships an update every 24 months, Flight Times Recorder monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TruAirspeed | Flight Times Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Petty | Small Aviation Tools |
In-app purchases
TruAirspeed
No in-app purchases
Flight Times Recorder
No in-app purchases
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