Looking to convert hardcopy logs to electronic ones. Which one do you use and what do you like about your choice?

 

For a while I was using a Google spreadsheet, and google form for input and filtering... then I stepped it up and used a company called AppSheet to create an app I could put on my phone for easy inputs while on the go.

But recently I gave in and bought a subscription to LogTenPro, I already use a Mac, iPhone, and iPad and LogTenPro looks great has iCloud sync so you can pull up your full logbook on any platform. It's infinitely customizable, and has a lot of built in templates for printing your logbook, if you need to do that.

It doesn't quite have stuff built in for a military pilot, well it does have some things like NVG landings and time. I hope in the future I can get coradine to beef that functionality up, I mean all it would take is a little consulting with a military pilot.

Anyways, it can also track duty limits, per diem, and I think you can import your company schedule right into it.

It seems like coradine is here to stay so I feel like this may be my logbook through my military years and into my airline years down the road.

 

I'm currently in the process of converting to Log X Pro. First 250 hours are free, which gives you a great chance to get a feel for the software. I just wish I had done this four years ago... Taking foreverrrr

 

MccPilotLog, desktop version is free with unlimited entries so you can convert your whole logbook. You can just use desktop version until you decide to do mobile one as well. They will walk you through and convert other electronic versions or excel spreadsheets for you for free. The paid version is one time fee, 80.00, and you can connect to mobile version, download flights/schedules from your airline. Supports all mobile and desktop platforms. I used an older version of Logten Pro before they charged for subscription fee. MccPilotLog is a better product for much less. I use it on macbook and iPhone, but it’s also on windows and android.

To the first who replied. They can convert what you got on your logtenpro to MccPilotLog in like ten minutes.

 

I was thinking of just making an excel spreadsheet myself and using color to mark columns and different aircraft. Has anyone used excel like this?

 

LogbookPro or Airline Pilot Daily Logbook

LBP exports to excel CSV formats. Also prints pdf in standard jeppesen format suitable for binding. Email the file to Fedex Office and have them print/bind in before an interview.

 

I did Excel for a while. Excel is good at collecting data, but not always so good at reporting it. It can't automatically sort by colors, for example, so it'll be hard to report on hours by plane unless you're familiar with tables and filters.

In the end, it's way worth your money for something like MCCpilotlog. I made that move a year ago, and I don't regret it for a minute.

 

I kept my logbook on excel starting on 1998 when i became an instructor. Only just barely managed to maintain hard copy thru multiple computer crashes over the past 20 years. Forgot to back up once or twice, had hours worth of redo. Office backward compatibility failures and the money grubbing constant updates, and i converted to Google sheets. Never looked back since. **** Microsoft. Using filters is pretty easy once you set them up. Personally i wouldn't use more then 1 color for a professional look. .02

 

I used LogTen Pro for a year and found it was good but had some issues. It was very easy to create eroneous entries and input errors. I transitioned to Safelog (pilotlog.com)

I am very happy with it and the price is very good. What I like best is there is a web based way to input data, it also has data migration from other services, apps for all mobile devices, etc.

the link above is a link that will give you (and me) a subscription extension if you decide you like it. It is also free for quite a while too but I don't recall how long.

 

MyFlightbook. Free. Good control over your own data. Not sure why people pay for an eLogbook.