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down2mins 07-11-2013 06:23 AM

Best Electronic Logbook for Regionals
 
Can anyone recommend an electronic Logbook for a 2 pilot household. We both work for different Regionals and want to find a program that best suits our needs. Ideally, we'd like to purchase 1, with the ability to run 2 active logbook files. We would also like the ability to sync from our phones ( 1 iphone and 1 Android based) to PCs (not Macs). Auto schedule updates from our companies would be great, but not required. Thanks in advance for any input.

soon2bfo 07-11-2013 07:12 AM

Regional or Major it's logbook pro. Except that to use your iphone and auto-update you have to subscribe (from what I understand, haven't done it yet- anybody with a work-around chime in) to the cloud service.

Hilltopper89 07-11-2013 07:15 AM

Log 10 Pro is what I use. I know it allows multiple users on one machine although I don't use it. Expensive but worth it I think if you're a career pilot. I wanna say it's iPhone, iPad, and Mac only but I'm not positive.

Coradine Aviation - LogTen Pro Pilot Logbook for iPhone, iPad and Mac - Welcome

Snickers 07-11-2013 07:43 AM

Logbook Pro without a doubt. I believe the top tier logbook they sell allows you to manage multiple pilots but I don't have that one so I am not sure. Soon2befo is correct the mobile apps are free but sync requires subscription to the cloud service. Crewtrac import is also an additional fee I believe. Nonetheless, totally worth the money.

EatMyPropwash 07-11-2013 07:55 AM

LogTen Pro (for Mac only users), and LogBook Pro for the PC users out there. I put all my hours in there, printed it out, and have only brought that to my interviews. I get more positive compliments on it during my orals than people that have regular paper logbooks. No pen marks, pilot math errors (cuz those never happen...), etc... Awesome tool to use. Also keeps track of all your hourly requirements (30 in 7, 100 in month, etc...)

Side note... There's a guy from I think United that has a separate program ready to go within hours of the new rest rules coming out that's more apt for airline guys on the go without putting in every flight day/leg and then getting the totals...

Cubdriver 07-11-2013 12:16 PM

LogTen truly appears to be the best turn-key pilot log software, but are you willing to only have McIntosh appliances for it? I downloaded one of the APC free pilot logbooks, modified it to do what I need. For the cost (nothing) it can't be beat. LogTen Pro requires a subscription and is closed-source software although I hear it is pretty complete. The APC logbook requires Excel and I think it only works with Windows PCs, and it requires some skill to operate, but it is the way to go on this unless you are a Mac user or dislike Excel for some reason.

todd1200 07-11-2013 02:43 PM

There are a bunch of logbook apps that only cost a couple bucks and easily export .csv files for use in Excel. I use one called "Aviation Pilot Logbook" for Android. You do have to mess with the settings a little bit to turn on/off the fields you want/don't want and you'll have to format the Excel document the way you want it when you export your times, but it doesn't take too much effort.

AviHaters 07-11-2013 04:35 PM

Logten from Coradine and Logbook Pro from NC-software are the leading ones.

I have used both. Started with logbook pro back before the company got greedy.. When they changed the fee structure to a subscription, I transitioned to Logten and will never go back!

Everyone talks about how expensive Logten is, but take a look at what you get.

To achieve the same services from NC software, you have to pay a yearly fee for the sync function and the schedule importer. That totals $70. I say again... $70 PER YEAR!


If you have a Mac or even consider getting one, the choice is easy.

block30 10-31-2013 12:39 PM

Does anybody just use an Excel spreadsheet? (yes I realize this is a semi old thread-but I do use the search function to avoid starting new threads)

Toonces 10-31-2013 05:30 PM


Originally Posted by block30 (Post 1511094)
Does anybody just use an Excel spreadsheet? (yes I realize this is a semi old thread-but I do use the search function to avoid starting new threads)

Yes, I used ZuluLog until the free trial ran out. I exported everything via CSV into Excel, and then spent some time messing around with formulas and conditional formatting to spit out the times and currencies I needed.

Upside: I can manipulate the data any damn way I please, and it's free.
Downside: I do all the work.


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