The dashboard, which is available in the mobile apps as well, give me a quick and easy overview of my current status and days remaining until expiration - including my 3 landings last 90 days passenger requirement. Safelog was the only logbook that allowed me to add every single license, endorsement, stage check, exam, access card, or anything else that has a expiration date. I like adding as much data as possible, since it’s a lot harder to add at a later stage. No assumptions are made for me, and I can add whatever I want to my logs. The deciding factor was the ability to customize everything to match almost exactly what I want. The user interface is a bit dated, but it is very functional and surprisingly fast and easy to use. Except for the lack of GPX upload (which I can do in Flightbook) and the lack of tracking for the flight time required for EASA class rating renewal, it ticks most of the other boxes. None of the logbooks I tested could give me everything I wanted. I wanted more than just a digital copy of my physical logbook. Feature to upload tracklog from SkyDemon (.gpx file).Backup and export of data to other applications (to avoid vendor lock-in, and to be able to use the data for other fun things).The option to import my existing logbook (which I had a copy of in Excel).Support gliders, and whatever I might want to fly in the future.Tailored for EASA rules, not only for FAA.

Available on all platforms (web, PC, phone).

Easy to use, yet powerful in number of data fields and customization (including passenger tracking and custom data fields).

That being said, most of the options I tested, has endorsement features, and are perfectly legal to use. Since I still wanted to keep my physical logbook, and use that for endorsements, etc., I didn’t have to think about how to handle that part of this, or the legality of the digital logbook.

So I started looking for a digital logbook, with the intention to still keep my physical logbook as the primary. I use a basic Excel JAR-FCL Pilot logbook from Sola Flyklubb as a digital backup, but that is simply a digital paper copy, and doesn’t add much other value than helping me with the calculations. But I wanted to add more data than what my physical logbook could handle, and I like the idea of having a backup of it. Like many others I log all my flights in my physical logbook.

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