[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":388},["ShallowReactive",2],{"desk-guide-\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fiphone-and-ipad\u002F":3,"desk-guide-nav-\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fiphone-and-ipad\u002F":379},{"id":4,"title":5,"appVersion":6,"body":7,"date":353,"dateModified":354,"description":355,"draft":356,"extension":357,"faqs":354,"howTo":358,"keyTakeaways":365,"meta":371,"metaDescription":354,"navigation":372,"order":373,"path":374,"section":375,"seo":376,"stem":377,"__hash__":378},"deskGuide\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fiphone-and-ipad.md","Pilot EFB on iPhone and iPad","1.0.7",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":343},"minimark",[10,19,34,39,105,127,131,151,205,218,227,231,234,252,265,269,280,284,300,308,314,318],[11,12,13,14,18],"p",{},"Pilot EFB Desk is the browser edition of the same product you carry on an\niPhone or iPad. This chapter is the desk's view of the phone: what the iOS\napp is, how the two editions share one account and one set of records, and\nwhat only the phone can do. The full iOS User Guide lives at\n",[15,16,17],"a",{"href":17},"\u002Fguide",".",[20,21,24],"callout",{"title":22,"type":23},"Before you start","info",[11,25,26,27,33],{},"The iOS app needs iOS 16.4 or later and is on the App Store at\n",[15,28,32],{"href":29,"rel":30},"https:\u002F\u002Fapps.apple.com\u002Fgb\u002Fapp\u002Fpilot-efb\u002Fid6788846145",[31],"nofollow","apps.apple.com\u002Fgb\u002Fapp\u002Fpilot-efb\u002Fid6788846145",".\nIt works without an account; sharing records with Desk needs the same\nPilot EFB account signed in on both.",[35,36,38],"h2",{"id":37},"what-the-ios-app-is","What the iOS app is",[40,41,42,57],"table",{},[43,44,45],"thead",{},[46,47,48,51,54],"tr",{},[49,50],"th",{},[49,52,53],{},"Pilot EFB on iOS",[49,55,56],{},"Pilot EFB Desk",[58,59,60,72,83,94],"tbody",{},[46,61,62,66,69],{},[63,64,65],"td",{},"Download",[63,67,68],{},"Free, from the App Store",[63,70,71],{},"Signed-in web app at app.pilotefb.com",[46,73,74,77,80],{},[63,75,76],{},"Free tier",[63,78,79],{},"300 logged hours, 20 logged duties and 3 flight folders, with weather, NOTAMs, calculators and the airport reference free and unlimited",[63,81,82],{},"None",[46,84,85,88,91],{},[63,86,87],{},"Paid plan",[63,89,90],{},"Pilot EFB Pro, $39.99 a year or $4.99 a month via the App Store, no trial",[63,92,93],{},"Pilot EFB Desk, $99.99 a year (launch price) or $12.99 a month via Stripe, 3-day trial",[46,95,96,99,102],{},[63,97,98],{},"Data",[63,100,101],{},"Your records stay viewable, editable and exportable past a cap",[63,103,104],{},"Everything included while the subscription runs",[11,106,107,108,112,113,116,117,121,122,126],{},"Neither subscription opens the other: subscribing on iPhone or iPad does\nnot open the web app, and a Desk subscription does not give you Pilot EFB\nPro or affect your App Store billing. On Desk, an account whose Pro came\nfrom the App Store sees a ",[109,110,111],"strong",{},"Managed in the App Store"," card on\n",[109,114,115],{},"Settings > Subscription"," instead of the Stripe billing card.\n",[15,118,120],{"href":119},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fplans-and-billing","Plans, trial and billing"," has the Desk\nside; ",[15,123,125],{"href":124},"\u002Fguide\u002Ffree-vs-pro","Free vs Pro"," has the iOS side.",[35,128,130],{"id":129},"how-cloud-sync-joins-the-two","How Cloud Sync joins the two",[11,132,133,134,137,138,144,145,150],{},"Both editions keep a full local copy and work offline-first; ",[109,135,136],{},"Cloud Sync","\nis the bridge. It sends your latest changes up and brings other devices'\nchanges down, and if the same item changed in two places the most recent\nedit wins. Saved weather and ",[15,139,143],{"href":140,"className":141},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-notam",[142],"glossary-link","NOTAM"," briefings are copied up unchanged and\nnever overwritten. What travels is your logbook, flights and duties -\nbriefings included - plus, with attachment storage, the photos and PDFs\nattached to them. Home base, units and the ",[15,146,149],{"href":147,"className":148},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-ftl",[142],"FTL"," regime are local settings on\neach device.",[152,153,154,166,172,199],"ol",{},[155,156,157,158,161,162,165],"li",{},"On the iPhone, open ",[109,159,160],{},"Settings > Data & storage"," and sign in. Backup and\nrestore are free on iOS; ",[109,163,164],{},"Auto-sync in the background"," is part of Pro.",[155,167,168,169,171],{},"Turn on ",[109,170,164],{},". The phone then syncs when you\nopen the app or reconnect.",[155,173,174,175,178,179,182,183,186,187,190,191,194,195,198],{},"On Desk, open ",[109,176,177],{},"Settings > Cloud Sync",". The ",[109,180,181],{},"Sync status"," card shows\n",[109,184,185],{},"Online"," or ",[109,188,189],{},"Offline","; ",[109,192,193],{},"Sync now"," pushes and pulls at once, and\n",[109,196,197],{},"Restore from account"," pulls a fresh browser up to date.",[155,200,201,204],{},[109,202,203],{},"Your devices"," lists every signed-in device on either side.",[11,206,207,208,212,213,217],{},"The foot of both screens carries the same line: \"Cloud Sync is informational\nand is not a backup of record. Keep your own copies of anything you must\nretain.\" ",[15,209,211],{"href":210},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fsettings-and-sync","Settings and sync"," walks the desk\nside; ",[15,214,216],{"href":215},"\u002Fguide\u002Fsettings-and-sync","Settings, Backup & Sync"," walks the phone.",[219,220],"guide-shot",{"alt":221,"caption":222,"height":223,"src":224,"variant":225,"width":226},"The Desk Overview in a browser: a top bar with the search field reading Search airports, pages and actions, a bell with 6 unread, theme and help buttons and a clock at 12:30:48Z, a status strip reading WATCHING EGLL home + 3 chosen, FETCHED 12:26Z 3m ago, SYNCED 0m ago 0 pending, SINCE LAST LOOK 10 SEP 12:30Z with 6 alerts unread, seven stat tiles from FDP ELAPSED 4:54 to SECTORS 4, a Station board with EGLL home expanded to its raw METAR, decoded cells and a forecast outlook timeline above EHAM, LFPG and EDDF rows, and a NOTAM alerts wall on the right with priority counts CRIT 13 HIGH 46 MED 66 LOW 8 and EGLL runway NOTAMs, footed by Reference only - verify officially and May be incomplete - verify officially","The Overview strip's SYNCED cell is the desk's sync readout: how long since the last sync and how many changes are pending.",1800,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Foverview\u002Fhome","web",2880,[35,228,230],{"id":229},"what-stays-on-the-phone","What stays on the phone",[11,232,233],{},"Desk does not try to be a phone. These live only in the iOS app:",[235,236,237,240,243,246,249],"ul",{},[155,238,239],{},"Home and Lock Screen widgets, and the Live Activity",[155,241,242],{},"Siri Shortcuts, Spotlight and the Share extension",[155,244,245],{},"The app for Apple Watch",[155,247,248],{},"Downloadable offline map packs (Desk streams its chart data)",[155,250,251],{},"Photos inside an encrypted backup file (a web restore is data only; photos\nrestore on iOS)",[11,253,254,255,259,260,264],{},"Red-light mode exists on both, set separately on each. The iOS chapters\n",[15,256,258],{"href":257},"\u002Fguide\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets","Notifications & Widgets"," and\n",[15,261,263],{"href":262},"\u002Fguide\u002Faviation-map","Aviation Map"," cover the first four.",[35,266,268],{"id":267},"desk-in-a-phone-or-ipad-browser","Desk in a phone or iPad browser",[11,270,271,272,275,276,279],{},"Desk is built for a desk, but it opens in a phone or tablet browser too.\nBelow about 560 px the shell switches to a phone band: the sidebar becomes\na navigation drawer behind a menu button in the top bar (its close control is\nlabelled ",[109,273,274],{},"Close navigation menu","), the top bar prints the page title alone,\ntables reflow to fewer columns, the Station board pans sideways, and dialogs\nsuch as ",[109,277,278],{},"New duty"," stack to one column. An iPad gets the desktop layout at\nits own width. The subscription gate is the same in every browser, and it\nreads the same account, so a phone browser is a fair way to check something\non Desk between sectors - the iOS app remains the better tool in your hand.",[35,281,283],{"id":282},"troubleshooting","Troubleshooting",[11,285,286,289,290,292,293,295,296,299],{},[109,287,288],{},"A duty logged on the phone is not on the desk."," Check the phone is signed\nin to the same account and that ",[109,291,164],{}," is on;\nwithout Pro on iOS the phone syncs only when you press ",[109,294,193],{}," there.\nOn Desk, the Overview strip's ",[109,297,298],{},"SYNCED"," cell shows how many changes are\npending.",[11,301,302,305,306,18],{},[109,303,304],{},"Desk asks me to subscribe although I pay for Pro on my iPhone."," The two\nsubscriptions are separate by design; see\n",[15,307,120],{"href":119},[11,309,310,313],{},[109,311,312],{},"My photos did not come across to the desk."," Photos attached to entries\ntravel through attachment storage, not through an encrypted backup file. A\nbackup file restored on the web brings the data only; restore it on iOS for\nthe photos.",[35,315,317],{"id":316},"where-next","Where next",[235,319,320,325,330,337],{},[155,321,322,324],{},[15,323,120],{"href":119}," - the Desk\nsubscription beside the iOS plan.",[155,326,327,329],{},[15,328,211],{"href":210}," - Cloud Sync, devices\nand storage on the desk.",[155,331,332,336],{},[15,333,335],{"href":334},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Foverview","Overview"," - the since-last-look desk that shows\nwhat synced while you were away.",[155,338,339,342],{},[15,340,341],{"href":17},"The iOS User Guide"," - every phone chapter, from Quick start to\nFree vs Pro.",{"title":344,"searchDepth":345,"depth":345,"links":346},"",2,[347,348,349,350,351,352],{"id":37,"depth":345,"text":38},{"id":129,"depth":345,"text":130},{"id":229,"depth":345,"text":230},{"id":267,"depth":345,"text":268},{"id":282,"depth":345,"text":283},{"id":316,"depth":345,"text":317},"2026-09-14",null,"How the iOS app relates to Desk - its free tier and Pro plan, what Cloud Sync carries between phone and desk, and what stays on the phone.",false,"md",{"name":359,"steps":360},"Keep the phone and the desk in step",[361,362,363,364],"On the iPhone, open Settings > Data & storage > Cloud Sync and sign in with the account you use on Desk.","Turn on Auto-sync in the background (part of Pro on iOS) so the phone syncs when you open the app or reconnect.","On Desk, open Settings > Cloud Sync and check the Sync status card reads Online, or click Sync now.","Log on either side; the other has it on its next sync, and if the same item changed in two places the most recent edit wins.",[366,367,369,370],"The iOS app is a free download with a usage-capped free tier; Pilot EFB Pro is $39.99 a year or $4.99 a month with no trial, and it is separate from Desk.",{"Cloud Sync joins the two":368},"sign in on both, turn on Auto-sync in the background, and your logbook, duties and flight folders follow you.","Widgets, the Live Activity, Siri Shortcuts, Apple Watch, offline map packs and photos in encrypted backups stay on the phone.","Desk itself opens in a phone or iPad browser too, with a phone band and a navigation drawer instead of the sidebar.",{},true,190,"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fiphone-and-ipad","Account and data",{"title":5,"description":355},"guide\u002Fdesk\u002Fiphone-and-ipad","EE38RLhQ_hFX5crhTDO6Pyt8vy6QylEDjTUSR-Lhh1s",{"prev":380,"next":354,"position":387,"total":387},{"path":381,"title":382,"description":383,"section":375,"order":384,"appVersion":6,"draft":356,"minutes":385,"number":386},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Forganisations","Organisations","How an organisation seat works on Pilot EFB Desk, what admins and managers can see, and how to accept an invitation, hold a seat or leave.",180,6,"18",19,1789385115942]