LogTen Pilot Logbook

It seems like many of the bad reviews I’ve read here have mostly to do with not learning the app (it’s like a complex airplane - you have to study it to know it fully) or just bad luck with an iOS device, or not utilizing support to its full advantage. I've had some tech issues with the app, but support has always been outstanding, even though sometimes there wasn’t a full resolution available (most were fixed in future updates). I encourage everyone who tries the app to fully engage with its capabilities and fully engage with Coradine’s support team. It takes some time but if you’ll do it, I think you’ll learn to love LogTenPro. I still keep paper logbooks but LTP is my on-the-go logbook. I use it at my airline on every leg. It takes just a minute or two but in that minute or two I record more data than I could ever manage with a paper logbook. I also tend to use LTP as a flying diary - not something all pilots would do, but being able to record data other than flying times all in one app, all on one device is simply amazing. Also, the data analysis available with LTP is extremely powerful. The smart groups alone are worth the subscription cost. My advice is to stick with it rather than abandoning it at the first sign of trouble (you know - unlike what most people do with their marriages). Also, if you’re really an airline pilot, consider stopping the complaints about the subscription cost and be grateful for how much money you make - not required folks, but just saying...gratitude really works.

It’s taken me a few years to write this review, but somehow inadvertently opened the app I’ve had for years, and realized again how upset I am about the changes. I purchased the app a number of years ago for a “one time fee” of something I considered ridiculous at the time (I believe it was $89 or $109) but I decided to give it a try. It wasn’t a spectacular app, but worked for what I needed. I continued to use it, until after one update they wouldn’t let me back in saying it required the even more ridiculous monthly cost of over $100/year. Well great. Now I can’t even print off my new pages to update the logbook for a major airline review. Fortunately I had a version on an old phone I hadn’t updated yet, and was able to use that version to print off the months of flying I had done that I needed to print off for an interview. No heads up, nothing. If I didn’t have that non-updated phone, those hundreds of hours would have been lost unless I payed the fee. When I purchased he app initially, I was told it was a one time fee. Then - oh - let’s make more money and lock them out unless a yearly fee is paid. There should have been a grandfather right for the ones that purchased it during the one time fee purchase. I now fly for a legacy and certainly don’t pay for the subscription. Shame on Coradine for taking advantage of instructors and students like this. $20/year? Maybe. But your prices are absurd for the occasional facelift. The app functions the same as it always has.

I have been using LogTen since 2013 and have absolutely loved it. I used it for about a year before it turned to a subscription based product which I was upset because I had to re-buy the app since the old version was not being updated AND pay however much it was to have it for a year. I contacted them and asked if there was anything they can do to help me out since I recently bought the old app then came out with ‘X’. They were able to throw in a year for free which I thought was very nice of them. Afterwards I bought the 3 year subscription so I wouldn’t have to worry about it for a while. That’s when I thought it was worth it. Now with the prices going up every year, I’m slowly starting to dislike it. It really is an amazing app, with awesome customizations and a lot of different ways to import and export schedules. It really has made tracking time A LOT easier. I just wish their payment system can go down a bit. I would hate to get another app in the future.