Features

One app for the parts of the duty day that are yours

One offline-first companion for the parts of the duty day that are yours: weather and briefing, NOTAMs, EASA and FAA duty limits, your logbook, an offline chart, descent planning, and the Flight Hub that ties them together. On iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, with Pilot EFB Desk for the browser.

It is not a certified Electronic Flight Bag, and that is deliberate: every number is yours to verify, and nothing is invented to fill a gap.

  • EASA + FAA duty engine
  • Offline-first
  • Raw weather & NOTAM text kept
  • SHA-256 immutable briefings
  • No account to start
  • Pilot EFB Desk on the web

One app, not a stack

Replaces the stack you juggle today

Count the icons you tap before a flight: a logbook in one app, duty limits in another, weather and NOTAMs somewhere else, descent maths on a card. Pilot EFB brings the parts of the duty day that are yours into one place that already knows your route.

Logbook appDuty / FTL calculatorWeather appNOTAM siteDescent plannerUnit converters Pilot EFB

One place for the whole duty day

Logbook, EASA and FAA duty limits, decoded weather, NOTAMs, and descent planning live behind one home screen, not four or five separate apps you switch between.

Set it up once, it flows everywhere

Enter your legs and the Flight Hub pulls weather and NOTAMs for your route, derives your FDP from the same legs, and turns the finished flight into logbook entries.

Yours, on your device

No account needed to start. Your logbook and briefings live in an on-device database, export as CSV whenever you want, and are never sold or mined.

Built around the day, not the airplane

It does the parts of the flight that are about you and your duty, and deliberately leaves the moving map, performance, and weight and balance to a certified EFB.

A general comparison with the usual mix of tools, not any specific product. For the side-by-side, see the table below.

At a glance

Pilot EFB against the usual setup

Pilot EFB against the usual setup: the four or five separate apps, the paper book or spreadsheet, and the big certified bags you only get at work. Pilot EFB is the highlighted column, and where it is strongest comes first.

The Flight Hub
Pilot EFB

Enter your duty day once and weather, NOTAMs, FDP and your logbook all flow from your legs

Other apps

Spread across a few apps you fill in one by one

Duty and fatigue (FTL)
Pilot EFB

Full EASA ORO.FTL and FAA Part 117 engine, with the maths explained

Other apps

A spreadsheet, a single-purpose app, or left to the roster

Working offline
Pilot EFB

Offline-first; saved data and every calculator keep working in airplane mode, fresh weather and NOTAMs wait for a signal

Other apps

Briefing apps often assume a live connection

Weather
Pilot EFB

Decoded METAR and TAF, flight-rules badges, winds aloft at 9 levels, SIGMET/AIRMET

Other apps

Decoding and coverage vary app to app

NOTAMs
Pilot EFB

Decoded into plain-language headlines, with the raw text always kept; the operational call stays yours

Other apps

Raw text sometimes discarded once summarised

Source and freshness
Pilot EFB

Every block shows its source and timestamp, with a stale badge offline

Other apps

Not always shown

When data is missing
Pilot EFB

Says 'No data available' with a timestamp, never a guess

Other apps

Often a blank or a stale value with no flag

Saved briefings
Pilot EFB

Immutable snapshots, SHA-256 verified, open offline a week later

Other apps

A screenshot or note that cannot be verified later

Logbook
Pilot EFB

Night time auto-calculated, currency countdown, PDF export styled after the EASA logbook layout (personal reference, not an approved logbook)

Other apps

Usually a separate logbook app or a paper book

Descent planning
Pilot EFB

CDFA profile with unstabilised-approach warnings, built in

Other apps

Worked out by hand, or left out

Quick tools
Pilot EFB

Crosswind, TOD/ROD, density altitude, TAS/Mach and more, all offline

Other apps

Scattered across separate converter apps

Your account and data
Pilot EFB

No account needed to start; your data stays on the device and exports as CSV

Other apps

Often cloud-first, behind an account

On the flight deck
Pilot EFB

Red-light night mode, widgets, Live Activities, Siri, Apple Watch

Other apps

Varies, and rarely red-light aware

At the desk
Pilot EFB

Pilot EFB Desk in the browser: the same records synced, plus the Watch Desk, the Ops Map workbench and wall displays (separate subscription)

Other apps

Often phone-only, or a web logbook on its own

What it is built around
Pilot EFB

Your duty day: briefing, NOTAMs, FTL, logbook, and descent planning

Other apps

Often built around a moving map and charts

What it leaves out
Pilot EFB

No moving map, performance, or weight and balance, by design

Other apps

Often try to cover the whole airplane

Status
Pilot EFB

An informational and organisational tool, not a certified EFB

Other apps

Certified EFB suites are typically issued by an operator

A general comparison with the usual mix of tools, not any specific product. Pilot EFB is an informational and organisational tool, not a certified EFB.

The modules

Eight core modules, built for the duty day

Each one does a real job a commercial or GA pilot reaches for, and they are wired together so you set things up once. Raw weather and NOTAM text is always kept, and every aviation data block carries its source and a disclaimer.

Module 01 / 8

Weather & Briefing

A full weather picture, decoded at a glance

Pull weather for your whole route and read it in seconds, with the raw text always one tap away. Pilot EFB decodes for readability; it never hides the original.

  • METAR and TAF decoded into VFR / MVFR / IFR / LIFR flight-rules badges, with ceiling and visibility called out
  • Winds aloft at 9 flight levels, FL030 to FL390, with global coverage
  • SIGMET and AIRMET alerts with severity and the full raw text
  • One chart gallery per station: meteogram, winds, radar, satellite, significant weather and PIREPs, with the raw text kept
  • Up to 30 days of METAR and TAF history with Pro
  • A personal-minimums checker that flags your own limits
  • Optional alerts when the flight category drops or a TAF is amended at airports you watch
  • Every block stamped with its source and time (METARs and TAFs arrive via SADIS, the UK Met Office feed), and a stale badge offline

Module 02 / 8

NOTAMs

Every NOTAM for your route, and what changed

Fetch all the NOTAMs for your route in one request, decoded into plain-language headlines with the raw text always kept, and a diff that shows exactly what moved since you last looked. The app decodes for readability; the operational call stays yours.

  • Route-based fetch for your whole route in a single request
  • Plain-language headlines and full Q-code decode, with the raw text always kept
  • Diff view marks what is NEW, CHANGED, or CANCELLED per airport
  • A NOTAM's schedule drawn on a 24-hour UTC strip, and an offline airfield diagram that highlights the runway a NOTAM actually closes
  • Time-window, category, and free-text filters, read tick-offs, and a focus filter that quietens the low-priority rows without hiding them
  • Optional alerts when new critical or high NOTAMs appear at airports you watch: one location free, every location with Pro
  • Save an immutable, SHA-256-verified snapshot to a flight folder

Module 03 / 8

FTL Calculator

EASA and FAA duty limits, with the maths shown

A full flight-time-limitations engine for both regimes, with the reasoning laid out so you can check the why, not just the number. It is a personal planning aid, not a statement that you are legal.

  • EASA ORO.FTL and FAA 14 CFR Part 117, both built in
  • Remaining FDP, cumulative limits, and a rest timer
  • A what-if planner for the extra sector or the late inbound, with an instant verdict
  • Augmented crew, split duty, and disruptive-schedule detection
  • Roster import from CSV, an iCal feed or a PDF roster, with a review step on every import (Pro)
  • Standby and reserve, acclimatisation state, and an operator configuration layer for your own OM-A deviations
  • A plain-English explanation behind every calculation

Module 04 / 8

Electronic Logbook

A logbook that follows you across fleets

Fast to fill, honest about night time, and yours to take with you. It carries your hours across aircraft and employers and warns you before your currency lapses.

  • Fast HH:MM entry with smart defaults
  • Night time auto-calculated from airport coordinates and actual block times
  • PDF exports in EASA, FAA, Jeppesen-style and FAA 8710-style layouts with Pro (personal reference only, not an authority-approved logbook)
  • CSV import and export with presets that recognise ForeFlight, LogTen Pro and mccPILOTLOG files and pre-fill the column map
  • Configurable currency rules for landings or approaches, with your own required count and rolling window, and a colour-coded countdown to expiry
  • Function-time totals including PICUS and SPIC, per-aircraft breakdowns, Smart Groups, and career carry-forward
  • Sim sessions, crew records, photo attachments, and a flown-airports world map
  • A Logbook Health Check that flags contradictions and likely gaps for you to review; it never rules on legality
  • Instructor signature capture that locks an entry, plus an FAA endorsement library

Module 05 / 8

Flight Hub

Your whole duty day, from one entry

Enter your legs once and the Flight Hub becomes your command centre for the day. Weather and NOTAMs pre-fill from your route, your FDP comes from the same legs, and finishing the flight writes your logbook for you.

  • Weather and NOTAMs pre-filled from your planned route
  • FDP derived automatically from your planned sectors
  • Weather, SIGMET, and airspace NOTAM map overlays for your route
  • Completion generates logbook entries in one tap and updates currency
  • An immutable, SHA-256 briefing snapshot saved for every flight
  • Expected runway, per-runway crosswind against your own cap, and sunset checked at your planned arrival time
  • A fatigue-awareness band that shows WOCL encroachment on the brief: an awareness aid, not a fitness determination
  • One place that ties briefing, NOTAMs, duty, logbook, and currency together

Module 06 / 8

Built for iPhone & iPad

Thought through for the flight deck

Small things matter on a dark flight deck and across your Apple devices. Pilot EFB runs on iPhone and iPad and puts the numbers you check most where your eyes already are.

  • Home and Lock Screen widgets for METAR, FDP, currency, and a Zulu clock
  • A Live Activity that counts your FDP down on the Dynamic Island
  • "Hey Siri, brief me on EGLL" reads the weather aloud
  • An Apple Watch app, Spotlight search, and Quick Actions on the app icon
  • A Share extension that sends a PDF or image from any app into a flight folder
  • Face ID or PIN app lock, and Stage Manager with a collapsible rail on iPad
  • Cockpit red-light mode to preserve your night vision

Module 07 / 8

Offline Chart Map

One offline chart engine behind every map

There is no map tab, on purpose. One offline aviation chart draws every map in the app where you need it: your route across the day's briefing, a NOTAM's closure, a station's surroundings. It renders from packs on the device, so the chart you briefed with on the ground is the same chart with no signal at altitude.

  • Real runway and taxiway geometry, navaids worldwide, and airspace with a name on every ring
  • Downloadable regional packs with freshness badges; downloads are free, the chart layers are Pro
  • Weather, NOTAM and SIGMET overlays drawn on your route, and an airport peek sheet with live METAR, TAF, frequencies and runways
  • US airspace, airways and obstacles, a winds-aloft overlay, ruler, search and an airspace inspector
  • Pan and zoom only: no ownship symbol, no GPS-follow, no routing. "Not for navigation" is pinned on the map and cannot be dismissed

Module 08 / 8

Your career and your day

The records that follow you, and the limits you set

The parts of a flying life that are yours and nobody else's: the medical and ratings that expire, the minimums you fly to, the expenses you claim, and a backup that goes with you when the phone does not.

  • Credential and expiry tracking for your medical, licence, ratings, OPC/LPC, line check, passport and visa, with reminders ahead of the date
  • Personal minimums for ceiling, visibility, wind and crosswind, checked against decoded weather and rolled up for your route; a comparison, never a go or no-go
  • A per-diem and layover tracker with a rate library and duty-based estimates for you to review (Pro); it keeps records, it does not give financial advice
  • Encrypted cloud backup and restore on the free tier, live multi-device sync with Pro, and an encrypted local backup file you can keep yourself
  • Custom checklists, a flight calendar with the next seven days on Home, and a Zulu and multi-base world clock

Why it's different

The promises the app keeps

Pilot EFB is built on three rules it does not break: Offline First, Data Integrity, and Never Invent Data. Here is what that means in the app.

  • Offline-first by design

    An on-device database is the source of truth. Your logbook, saved briefings, and every calculator keep working in airplane mode; fetching fresh weather and NOTAMs is the only part that needs a signal.

  • Saved briefings cannot be altered

    Flight folders are INSERT-only and sealed with a SHA-256 hash. A snapshot you took a week ago opens offline and verifies byte for byte, so what you briefed is what you can show.

  • It shows the data, it does not guess

    Weather and NOTAMs are decoded for readability, but the original raw text is always kept. We never interpret a NOTAM for you. That stays your call as the pilot.

  • It says when it doesn't know

    When a source returns nothing, the app shows 'No data available' with a timestamp instead of filling the gap. Partial data is never shown as if it were complete.

  • One engine for both regimes

    A single FTL engine covers EASA ORO.FTL and FAA Part 117, with the maths explained, rather than two half-built calculators. The US is in reach because the duty engine already speaks both.

  • Yours, and private

    No account is needed to start, and your data lives on your device. There are no ads and no advertising identifiers, your data is never sold, and you can export your records to CSV any time.

By design

What it leaves out, on purpose

There is no moving map, no takeoff and landing performance, no weight and balance. Those are aircraft-specific and certification-adjacent, and one wrong number can matter on the day, so they belong to a certified EFB. Pilot EFB is not one, and it does not pretend to be.

What is left is what you actually reach for on every duty: weather and briefing, NOTAMs, duty and fatigue limits, your logbook, descent planning, and the conversions you run without thinking. Fewer things, done properly.

Who it's for

Built for the pilot, not the operation

If your flying looks like one of these, it will feel familiar fast.

Airline and commercial pilots

Track EASA or FAA duty and FDP, keep a logbook that follows you across fleets and employers, and brief a sector without juggling apps.

GA and corporate pilots

Decoded weather, NOTAMs, descent planning, and a logbook in one place, with currency that counts down before it catches you out.

Instructors and students

A clean logbook with night time auto-calculated, a full set of quick references, and calculators that work without a signal on a quiet ramp.

Switching over is quick

There is nothing to migrate before you can start. Open the app and local storage works from the first launch, with no account required. A free sign-in unlocks the free logbook and duty allowances and backs them up.

Bring your logbook in from a CSV export and take it back out the same way any time; Pro adds the styled PDF reports. Your data stays yours, so trying Pilot EFB never means handing it over.

Dispatch, flight release, and your operator's OFP stay where they belong, in their systems. What lives here is the part of the day that is yours.

Inside the app

Screenshots

A quick look at the modules we show first, built for the cockpit on iPhone and iPad.

  • Flight brief screen showing FDP, weather and NOTAM status tiles for a route.

    Flight brief

    FDP, weather and NOTAM status for the route at a glance.

  • METAR detail screen with raw text and decoded weather fields.

    METAR detail

    Raw text on top, decoded fields below. Source + timestamp visible.

  • Duty dashboard showing a crew rest countdown, the duty sector, and a rest timer.

    FTL dashboard

    Crew rest countdown to next report, with a live rest timer.

  • NOTAMs list grouped by airport with decoded headlines, criticality badges, and raw NOTAM text.

    NOTAMs

    Decoded headlines and criticality badges, with the raw text kept.

  • Logbook totals dashboard with PIC, night, IFR and landing figures.

    Logbook

    Running totals with PIC, night, IFR and landings broken out.

  • CDFA descent profile diagram with a 3 degree glidepath and per-mile altitudes.

    CDFA descent profile

    3 degree glidepath visual with the altitude for every mile.

Also inside the app

Dozens more tools, all offline

The smaller references and calculators you would otherwise keep in another app, on a card, or in your head. A selection of what is already in the box.

Calculators

  • Top of descent
  • Required rate of descent
  • CDFA profile
  • Crosswind / headwind
  • Wind triangle
  • Track correction (1-in-60)
  • Holding patterns
  • Density altitude
  • True airspeed
  • TAS / Mach
  • Fuel uplift
  • EET / ETA
  • Speed, distance, altitude, temperature, mass and pressure

Quick reference

  • Phonetic alphabet
  • Morse code
  • Squawk codes
  • Light-gun signals
  • Wake-turbulence separation
  • Compass rose
  • SID and STAR reference
  • ICAO and NOTAM Q-code decoder
  • Paste-to-decode for raw METAR, TAF, and NOTAM text

Airport reference

  • Runways and frequencies
  • Airport timezone
  • Sunrise and sunset
  • All-runway crosswind matrix
  • Search and favourites

Your day

  • Flight calendar
  • Roster builder
  • Calendar (.ics) export of your duties
  • Custom checklists
  • Personal minimums
  • Per-diem and layover tracker
  • Scratchpad and timers
  • Zulu and multi-base world clock

On every Apple device

  • Apple Watch app
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Live Activities
  • Siri shortcuts
  • Spotlight search
  • Share extension
  • Quick Actions
  • Pilot EFB Desk in the browser

Good to know

The questions pilots ask first

Can Pilot EFB replace my logbook app?
For record-keeping, yes. You get fast HH:MM entry, night time auto-calculated from block times and position, configurable currency with an expiry countdown, and a Pro PDF export styled after the EASA AMC1 FCL.050 layout. You can import your existing logbook from CSV and export back to CSV any time on every tier, so nothing is locked in. It is a personal-reference logbook, not an authority-approved one.
Does it do EASA or FAA duty limits?
Both. The FTL engine covers EASA ORO.FTL and FAA 14 CFR Part 117, with remaining FDP, cumulative limits, a rest timer, and a what-if planner. Every figure comes with a plain-English explanation of how it was worked out. It is a personal planning aid, not a statement that you are legal, so always confirm against your operator's OM and rostering.
Can I import my roster?
Yes. You can import a roster from a CSV file or an iCal feed, and the FTL calculator builds your duties from it. Every import ends in a review step, so nothing lands in your duties unchecked.
Does it work on iPad as well as iPhone?
Yes. Pilot EFB runs on iPhone and iPad (iOS and iPadOS 16.4 and later) with home and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, Spotlight, Siri Shortcuts, Stage Manager on iPad, and an Apple Watch app. For the desk there is Pilot EFB Desk, the web edition at app.pilotefb.com, a separate subscription that syncs the same records.
Does it work offline?
Yes, by design. Your logbook, saved briefings, and every calculator stay on the device and keep working in airplane mode. To pull new weather, NOTAMs, or roster data you need a connection. Once fetched, it is cached with a source timestamp and a stale badge so you always know how old it is.
Is my flight data private?
Yes. Pilot EFB is offline-first, so your logbook, routes, and briefings live in an on-device database and never leave your iPhone or iPad unless you choose to export them or opt in to cloud sync. There are no ads, no advertising identifiers, and we never sell your data. In-app analytics are off by default and use no third-party analytics provider: if you opt in, a small set of event counts is stored on our own backend inside the EEA, never free text, names, ICAO codes or times, and you can turn them off at any time in Settings → Privacy → Analytics. See the privacy policy for the complete breakdown.
Why is there no moving map?
On purpose. A moving map, takeoff and landing performance, and weight and balance are aircraft-specific and certification-adjacent, where one wrong number can matter on the day. Those belong to a certified EFB, and Pilot EFB is not one. There is an offline aviation chart for reference - your route with weather and NOTAM overlays, airspace, navaids and airfield diagrams - but it is pan and zoom only, with no ownship symbol and a permanent "Not for navigation" badge, so nothing acts as a moving map to navigate by. It focuses on the part of the duty day that is yours: briefing, NOTAMs, duty limits, logbook, and descent planning.
Do I need an account to start?
No. Local storage works from the first launch, so you can use the app straight away with no account. A free sign-in unlocks the free logbook and duty allowances and backs them up, and your data still exports as CSV any time.
Is Pilot EFB a certified Electronic Flight Bag?
No, and that is deliberate. Pilot EFB is a personal, informational and organisational companion, not a certified Electronic Flight Bag. It is not approved or authorised by any regulator, and it is not for dispatch, primary navigation, or regulatory compliance. Every output, including weather, NOTAMs, and duty figures, is for personal reference and planning, and you always verify against official sources. That honesty is deliberate. See the disclaimers for the full detail.
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Free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Offline-first: every tool opens and your saved data stays usable before, during and after the flight; fresh weather and NOTAMs need a connection.

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Pilot EFB is an informational and organisational tool only, not a certified Electronic Flight Bag. Always cross-check against official sources. See the full disclaimer before flying.

Pilot EFB

One companion for every leg,on every screen.

Free on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Pilot EFB Desk brings it to the browser. Offline-first, so the tools work before, during and after the flight.

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