DaPilot

How to manage your DaPilot Pro subscription

Pro is the way you unlock unlimited voice entry and unlimited paper logbook scanning. The rest of DaPilot, including Airline Mode for FAR 117, endorsements, and the checkride reference, is free. 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 logbook, currency, medical, endorsements and signatures, the Part 61 checkride reference, Airline Mode (FAR 117), import, and export. Limited free AI entries to try voice and scanning.
  • 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 upgrade screen.

Start Pro

1Open the upgrade screen

Tap your profile in the top-left of the dashboard, then Upgrade to Pro. Or tap voice entry or the scanner when you've used your free AI entries; the upgrade screen 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 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, and the AI usage counters disappear. Voice entry and scanning become unlimited.

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 scanning return to their free-tier limits: any free entries you had unused before going Pro are restored.

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.

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: returns to its free-tier limit. Any unused free entries from before you went Pro are restored.
  • Logbook scanning: same; returns to its free-tier limit with any unused entries restored.
  • Airline Mode and the FAR 117 dashboard: stay available. Airline Mode is free, so it does not lock when Pro lapses. Your FDP and rest entries, the rolling-window dashboard, and new FDP entry all keep working.
  • Endorsements and the checkride reference: stay available. These are free features and are unaffected by a Pro lapse.

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

Email support@dapilot.pro from the address tied to your DaPilot account. Include the word "delete" in the subject so it routes correctly. Within seven days we permanently remove your auth record, profile, every flight, every aircraft, FDP, and rest period. The local cache on your devices clears the next time the app launches and detects the missing account.

Export your logbook as CSV from inside the iOS app first if you want a backup (Settings → Export → CSV). Deletion is irreversible.

In-app one-tap deletion is on the roadmap and will replace the email path when it ships.

Cancelling your subscription does not delete your account, and requesting deletion does not automatically cancel your subscription. If you want both, cancel through the App Store first so Apple does not keep charging, then email us for the data deletion.

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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