Comparison

Time vs PilotCalc

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

Head to head
About

Time

Easily add and subtract hours and minutes without complex conversions. View calculations in real-time and save them for later. Convert time to decimal format and perform advanced operations with the premium version.

Highlights
  • Add and subtract hours and minutes
  • Real-time calculation display
  • Save calculations
  • Convert hours to decimal
  • Divide and multiply time (premium)
Features
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Our calculator is designed to help you add and subtract hours and minutes rapidly and without going into complicated conversions. Handy and user friendly, you will be able to see your calculations as you write them down and thus not loosing the thread during long additions. The App keeps all your calculations in memory after closing it. You can calculate up to hundreds of thousands of hours. You can easily convert hours in decimal for instance 2h30 = 2,5 With our Premium version you will also be able to divide and multiply your hours and minutes. The Premium version doesn’t have any adds.

About

PilotCalc

This utility app helps pilots log flight details and calculate various time durations. It offers a free version with core features and optional in-app purchases for enhanced customization and additional calculators.

Highlights
  • Flight log for basic flight information
  • Automatic calculation of block, airborne, duty, and tech log times
  • Departure countdown with customizable alerts
  • Time calculator for hours and minutes
  • Decimal time calculator
  • Basic arithmetic calculator
  • Customizable keyboard colors
Features
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PilotCalc is a utility comprising a mini Flight Log and Time Calculator.  The basic functionality of the Time Calculator and the Flight Log is free with no ads, but there are two one-off in-app purchases available to extend the usefulness of the app and to customise its appearance. The Flight Log is designed to enable pilots to log basic flight information and a few notes for a series of flights. It automatically calculates the associated block, airborne, duty and tech log times. If scheduled times are entered before flight, it also provides a countdown to departure. The Flight Log can be used in UTC or system time. Buying the Flight Log Preferences in-app purchase allows for customisation of the Flight Log. This customisation includes: - Tailoring the departure countdown, including adding and removing alert times, changing associated colours and the option to enable audio and/or background notifications for each countdown alert. - Displaying elapsed times in hours and minutes or in decimals. - Changing the default periods used for calculating the Duty Start and Duty End times. - Changing the tech log calculation to use block times instead of airborne times. The Time Calculator is designed to add up logbook entries with minimal keystrokes, but can be used for any hours and minutes calculations, including those involving elapsed time within a 24 hour period (useful for those duty time sums at the end of a long night). There are no practical limits to the number of hours that can be added, but time calculations resulting in negative time values are not supported. All calculations are held in a rolling tape for reference. The free version of PilotCalc offers three different calculator keyboard colour options and includes the hours and minutes time calculator. Opting to pay for the Calculator Preferences in-app purchase unlocks eight additional keyboard colours and two additional calculators - a decimal time calculator and a basic arithmetic calculator. With the Calculator Preferences enabled, hours and minutes calculations and decimal calculations are automatically converted when switching between the two time calculators. The app was developed to work well on the relatively small screen of an iPhone but scales effectively to the larger iPad screens. This version does not allow synchronisation between devices. Please visit www.coldaridcode.com for more information or follow us @coldaridcode for the latest news. If you find PilotCalc useful we would really appreciate a review on the App Store!

Screenshots

Time4 screens
PilotCalc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PilotCalc at none against Time's shown. PilotCalc also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Time's advantage is ratings volume (362 vs 8). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Time sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and PilotCalc sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Time against 4.9 for PilotCalc. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time has 362 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Time's written reviews are positive against 100% of PilotCalc's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time ships an update every 2 months, PilotCalc every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Time versus PilotCalc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimePilotCalc
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (362 ratings)4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings362 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrien BrecheteauIan Longshaw

Customer experience

Time

All ratings362 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral9.3%
Negative16.7%

PilotCalc

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Time

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App closes after 30 seconds of use
  • Background music stops when app is active
  • App doesn't rotate with screen orientation
  • Inconsistent UI rendering
  • Cannot handle subtraction of larger time values

Requested features

7 requests
  • Hours, minutes, and seconds display format
  • Dedicated hours tab for easier input
  • Multiply and divide time functions
  • Decimal point support for calculations
  • Screen rotation support for iPad
Show 2 more
  • Switch between hours and minutes output units
  • Minutes input above 99

PilotCalc

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Time

One-time6
  • Delete Ads$1.99
  • Tip 1$3.99
  • Tip 2$8.99
Show 3 more
  • Tip 3$26.99
  • Tip 4$45.99
  • Tip 5$89.99
5 purchases

PilotCalc

One-time5
  • Calculator Colour Pack One$0.49
  • Calculator Colour Pack Two$0.49
  • Countdown Preferences$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Calculator Preferences$1.99
  • Flight Log Preferences$1.99

Questions

Is Time free?
Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PilotCalc free?
PilotCalc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time or PilotCalc?
PilotCalc is rated higher. Time averages 4.8 out of 5 from 362 ratings, while PilotCalc averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Time or PilotCalc have ads?
Time shows ads; PilotCalc does not.
Which is updated more often, Time or PilotCalc?
Time ships an update every 2 months, and PilotCalc every 2 weeks. Most recently, Time was updated on September 21, 2026 and PilotCalc on June 1, 2026.

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