DaPilot

How to manage your DaPilot Pro subscription

Pro is the way you unlock unlimited voice entry, unlimited paper-logbook OCR, and Airline Mode for FAR 117 tracking. Subscriptions are billed through the App Store; we never see your card. This guide covers how to start, cancel, change tiers, and what happens to your data when a subscription lapses.

Pricing recap

  • Free: complete manual logbook, currency, medical, import, export. Three voice entries and one OCR scan to try the AI features.
  • Pro Monthly: $9.99/month, recurring monthly until cancelled.
  • Pro Yearly: $99.99/year, recurring annually. Saves about $20 over twelve monthly payments. Pre-selected on the paywall.

Both plans include a 7-day Apple-managed free trial on first sign-up (Apple's standard subscription terms apply; trial details visible on the App Store sheet).

Start Pro

1Open the paywall

Tap your profile in the top-left of the dashboard, then Upgrade to Pro. Or use any of the AI features after your free trials and the paywall appears automatically.

2Pick a plan

Yearly is pre-selected. To switch to monthly, tap the monthly card. The price and renewal cadence update accordingly.

3Tap Start Free Trial or Subscribe

iOS shows the Apple App Store sheet with the actual transaction details. Authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your password. Apple processes the transaction.

4Wait for the entitlement to activate

DaPilot's entitlement service (RevenueCat) verifies the transaction with Apple and grants Pro within a few seconds. The dashboard updates: the Pro badge appears in your profile area, the AI usage counters disappear, Airline Mode unlocks.

Cancel

You can cancel any time from the App Store. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. Until then, Pro remains active.

1Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad

The iOS Settings app, not DaPilot's settings.

2Tap your name at the top

This opens your Apple ID settings.

3Tap Subscriptions, then DaPilot

You'll see your active DaPilot subscription. The screen shows the renewal date, the price, and a Cancel option.

4Tap Cancel Subscription

Confirm. Apple shows the date through which Pro remains active. You will not be charged again.

After the period ends, your account drops to the free tier. Your data is preserved in full. The currency, medical, import, and export features remain. Voice and OCR counters return; you'll have whatever trials you had not yet used (if you started Pro before using them, you get them back; if you used them, they stay used).

If you re-subscribe later, Pro reactivates immediately and your data is exactly as you left it.

Change tiers

Switch from monthly to yearly (or vice versa) from the same App Store Subscriptions screen. Apple prorates the change automatically.

If you switch from monthly to yearly mid-cycle, you usually pay the prorated difference and the new yearly cycle starts from the change date. The exact mechanics are Apple's; check the confirmation screen for the details before you tap Confirm.

Upgrade after a free trial

If you started a 7-day free trial and want to commit before it ends, you don't have to do anything. The subscription rolls into the paid plan at the end of the trial. To skip the trial conversion, cancel from App Store Subscriptions before the trial ends.

What happens to your data when Pro lapses

Your data is preserved in full. Specifically:

  • Flights, aircraft, FDPs, rest periods: all preserved. Visible on the dashboard. Editable. Exportable.
  • Currency and medical cards: keep working.
  • Imports and exports: keep working.
  • Voice entry: locks behind the paywall. Your remaining free trial count (if any) is restored.
  • OCR scanning: locks behind the paywall. Your remaining free OCR count (if any) is restored.
  • Airline Mode and the FAR 117 dashboard: locks. The data is preserved server-side. If you re-subscribe, it returns immediately. If you stay on the free tier, you can still see your past FDP and rest entries on the duty list, but the rolling-window dashboard is hidden and new FDPs cannot be created.

Refunds

Apple handles all refunds. The path is:

  1. Open reportaproblem.apple.com in a browser.
  2. Sign in with your Apple ID.
  3. Find the DaPilot purchase and tap Report a Problem.
  4. Pick the reason and submit.

Apple typically responds within 48 hours. We do not have control over Apple's refund decisions; the App Store guidelines are clear about that.

If you have a billing issue that Apple cannot resolve, email support@dapilot.pro and we'll help where we can.

Family Sharing

Apple's Family Sharing for subscriptions is supported. If a family group member purchases DaPilot Pro and Family Sharing is enabled on the subscription, all family members get Pro on their own DaPilot accounts.

Note that Family Sharing shares the subscription, not the data. Each family member's logbook is private to their own Apple ID.

Delete your account

If you want to permanently delete your account:

1Open DaPilot Settings → Account → Delete Account

The path is inside the DaPilot iOS app, not the App Store.

2Read the warning

Deletion is irreversible. Your auth record, profile, every flight, every aircraft, every FDP, every rest period are removed from the server. The local cache on your devices is cleared on next launch.

3Export your data first if you want a backup

Settings → Export → CSV. Save the file somewhere safe.

4Confirm

Type DELETE in the confirmation field and tap Delete. The deletion completes server-side immediately.

Cancelling your subscription does not delete your account. Deleting your account does not automatically cancel your subscription (you'd want to cancel from the App Store separately so Apple doesn't keep charging).

Tips from pilots

Pick yearly. The math is straightforward: $99.99/year is $8.33/month effective, versus $9.99/month for the monthly plan. The savings cover an annual checkride breakfast.

Cancel a few days before renewal if you're undecided. You don't lose Pro features during the remaining cycle, and you avoid a charge you'd then need to refund.

Family Sharing is a clean way to put Pro on a spouse's account if you both fly. One purchase, two accounts, two private logbooks.

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