# BetterPlane

> BetterPlane is a general aviation aircraft management platform. The mobile app (iOS and Android) lets GA owners digitize paper logbooks with AirWrenchAI™, search decades of handwritten maintenance records in seconds, track inspections and ADs with automated alerts, back up aircraft documents to redundant cloud storage, and collaborate with mechanics and co-owners. Subscriptions are per-hangar, not per-seat.

Last updated: 2026-08-16

## Key capabilities

- **Why records matter**: Aircraft maintenance logbooks hold 40-60% of an aircraft's resale value (per VREF); lost or incomplete records directly reduce what a plane is worth. BetterPlane keeps every page safe, backed up, and searchable.
- **Logbook digitization**: Scan handwritten logbook pages; AirWrenchAI™ extracts searchable text while preserving the original image as the source of record.
- **Instant search**: Find ADs, part numbers, dates, and keywords across all logbooks in seconds.
- **Maintenance tracking & alerts**: Monitor annuals, 100-hour inspections, oil changes, and recurring work with email, SMS, and push alerts.
- **Flight data tracking**: Log tach/Hobbs readings and fuel per flight, oil per engine; automatic fuel burn and oil consumption trends; per-cylinder compression history across annuals; CSV export of flight, oil, and compression logs.
- **Multi-engine aircraft support**: Track each engine as its own component, including multiple tach/Hobbs readings, per-engine oil usage, and engine-specific hour alerts.
- **Document backup**: Secure cloud storage replicated across two major providers with nightly database backups.
- **Collaboration**: Invite A&Ps, co-owners, and club members with role-based access (Officer, Manager, Read-only) — no per-seat fees.
- **Tail-number onboarding**: Enter a tail number once; BetterPlane auto-fills make, model, engine, and key dates.

## Pricing

- **T-Hangar** (1 aircraft): $11.99/month, $119/year, or $399 lifetime. Free 1-month trial on annual plans.
- **Box-Hangar** (2–3 aircraft): $11.99/month base + $8.00/month per extra tail, or $119/year base + $80/year per extra tail.
- All annual and lifetime plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee.

## Platform availability

- iOS: [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/betterplane/id6701693347)
- Android: [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chromolylabs.betterplane.android)

## Core pages

- [Home](https://betterplane.com/)
- [Pricing](https://betterplane.com/pricing/)
- [FAQ](https://betterplane.com/faq/)
- [Aircraft Logbook Digitization](https://betterplane.com/aircraft-logbook-digitization/)

## About

- [About BetterPlane](https://betterplane.com/about/)
- [Our Mission](https://betterplane.com/mission/)

## Projects

- [The Small Planes](https://thesmallplanes.com/) - BetterPlane's data journalism project analyzing the FAA registry of 268,000+ US light aircraft, with tracked registry updates at https://thesmallplanes.com/updates and machine-readable facts at https://thesmallplanes.com/llms.txt

## Support

- [Support](https://betterplane.com/support/)
- [Contact](https://betterplane.com/contact/)

## Optional

- [Product Updates](https://betterplane.com/updates/)
- [Account Deletion](https://betterplane.com/account-deletion/)
- [Comprehensive product reference](https://betterplane.com/llms-full.txt)