flight recorder app

Your flight. Tracked. Shared. Free.

GApilots is the free flight tracking app built specifically for General Aviation pilots. Log every flight with precision GPS, share your journey live with friends and family, and monitor your aircraft's attitude in real time — all from your phone, with no subscriptions and zero ads.

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Key features at a glance

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Completely Free — No Ads

Download, use and enjoy every feature at no cost, forever. No in-app purchases, no premium tier, no advertising.

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Live Public Tracking

Anyone can follow your flight in real time on gapilots.org/livetrack/. Share the link before take-off and let your family watch you fly from any device.

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Public / Private Mode

Want to fly incognito? Toggle your flight to private before take-off and your position stays visible only to you.

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Takeoff & Landing Alerts

Configure the app to automatically email friends and family the moment you start or end your flight — no manual messages needed.

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Safety Watchdog

Set a timeout interval and the system sends a warning email if no GPS updates arrive within that window — peace of mind for loved ones back home.

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Live GPS Map

Watch your flight path draw itself in real time on a full-screen interactive map. Zoom, pan and review your complete route after landing.

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Artificial Horizon

A live attitude indicator driven directly by your phone's motion sensors — pitch, roll and yaw displayed graphically in real time.

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Live Camera Streaming

Watch your onboard camera feed live inside the app. Use any RTMP/SRT-capable camera, or our turn-key RPI Streamer solution.

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Flight Timer & Stats

Track airtime, Hobbs meter readings and get a sunset countdown so you always know exactly how much daylight you have left.

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Full Gyropedia Integration

Seamlessly connected to Gyropedia — the state-of-the-art flight management system. Create a flight on Gyropedia directly from the app, automatically start and stop the Gyropedia flight log as you fly, and upload your Hobbs directly from the app the moment you land.

Live camera streaming

📡 Bring Your Own Camera

If your camera, action cam or encoder supports RTMP or SRT output, you can stream directly into the app with no additional hardware needed.

  • Compatible with any RTMP/SRT-capable device or encoder
  • Works with action cameras, dedicated hardware encoders and OBS-based setups
  • Stream received and displayed in the built-in video player

🔧 RPI Streamer — Turn-Key Solution

Don't want to deal with encoder configuration? Our compact aviation streaming device handles everything straight out of the box.

  • Compact Raspberry Pi device with integrated UPS — handles unstable 12V aircraft power
  • Captures video from a camera + audio directly from your aircraft radio
  • Streams via your phone's 4G hotspot — no separate data plan required
  • Controlled entirely from within the app: power, reboot and manage the streamer without ever leaving the app
  • Automatic start & stop: streaming begins the moment you start your flight and stops when you land — zero cockpit workload
  • Your followers see live cockpit video and your GPS position simultaneously
Learn more about RPI Streamer →
Recorded flight with live GPS map, 3D playback and onboard camera video
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Example: a real flight with the RPI Streamer — GPS track on the map, 3D playback and live onboard camera recording, all in one view. Click to explore it.

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