PreFlight - Drone Checklist
Drone Checklist & Flight Logs
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The fastest way to run pre-flight checklists for your drone. Offline-first, customizable per drone and mission, with timestamped flight logs.
PreFlight is the field-ready checklist companion for drone pilots. Whether you're a Part 107 commercial operator or a hobbyist, PreFlight keeps every flight safe and documented.
CHECKLISTS THAT ADAPT
Run structured Pre-Flight, Takeoff, In-Flight, Landing, and Post-Flight checklists. The app automatically adds context-based items when conditions change — windy, cold, night, over water, or urban environments.
YOUR DRONES, YOUR TEMPLATES
Create profiles for each aircraft with serial numbers, FAA registration, and photos. Build custom checklist templates or start with the built-in set.
FLIGHT SESSION LOGGING
Every session is timestamped and logged: drone used, mission type, conditions, location, completion stats, and any notes or skip reasons. Generate professional PDF flight reports to share with clients.
OFFLINE-FIRST
Checklists, flight logging, GPS, and sun times all work without an internet connection. Your data stays on your device — no account required. Only live weather needs a signal, and you can type it in when there isn't one.
PRO UPGRADE (one-time purchase):
• Unlimited drone profiles
• Custom checklist templates
• PDF & CSV flight report exports
• Photo attachments on checklist items
• Custom mission types & conditions
• Expiration & document tracking
• Maintenance reminders
• Template import/export
Free tier includes 1 drone profile, built-in templates, and up to 10 visible flight logs.
PreFlight has no accounts, no analytics, and no tracking. Your flight records stay on your device. Location is optional and used only to log where you flew and fetch local weather.
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SITE CONDITIONS
Capture where you're flying with one tap. PreFlight records GPS coordinates, altitude, and accuracy, then pulls local weather and calculates sun times for your exact position.
KNOW BEFORE YOU LAUNCH
Plain-language advisories for the things that end flights: sustained wind and gusts against your aircraft's limits, visibility below the Part 107 minimum, cold-battery conditions, high density altitude, and how long you have until civil twilight.
YOUR FLIGHT MAP
Every site you've flown, mapped. See your working area at a glance on the dashboard, open the full map, and tap any pin to jump straight to that flight's log. Already have flights logged? Add them to the map in one tap — PreFlight estimates their positions from the locations you recorded, and marks them as approximate so they're never confused with a measured GPS fix.
YOUR EXISTING LOGS ARE SAFE
Updating keeps every flight, drone, checklist, and setting exactly as it was.
CHECKLISTS THAT READ THE WEATHER
Observed conditions suggest your flight conditions with one tap, which automatically adds the matching checklist items.
BUILT FOR THE FIELD
No signal? GPS, sun times, golden hour, magnetic variation, and density altitude are all calculated on your device and keep working. Weather can be entered by hand when the forecast can't be reached.
FLIGHT LOGS AND PDF EXPORTS
Conditions are frozen into each flight record and included in your exported reports.
The developer, Scott Manley, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Scott Manley
- Size
- 6.7 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- PreFlight Pro $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Scott Manley
