For flight instructors and students
Debrief the flight you actually flew
CaptainVoice records the intercom, GPS and ADS-B on your iPhone and turns each flight into a record you can play back and share. Replay on the web and a logbook are coming.
What it does
Records the intercom
ATC and crew through a USB-C audio adapter, plus GPS, barometric altitude and motion. It keeps recording behind ForeFlight. Tap MARK at any moment you want to find later.
Saved, chained and signed
Every 15 seconds the phone saves a Chunk and uploads it when there's signal. No signal? It waits on the phone. The Flight Log is chained and signed by the phone, so any later change shows.
Summary and sharing
Hold STOP and see the flight at a glance: times, Pilot Marks, gaps, audio quality and upload status. Send the audio and GPS track by AirDrop, Messages, Files or Google Drive.
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Debrief on the web
The whole flight on a big screen: map, altitude, a timeline with takeoffs, landings and Pilot Marks, and the audio and transcript linked to all of it.
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Live View
Only if you turn it on: the people you choose follow the flight on a map and hear the audio, about 20 to 40 seconds behind. The map is not for navigation.
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Flight Alerts
Optional alerts in Live View when words like MAYDAY are heard or the flight data looks wrong, with the audio around each one. Not an emergency service.
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Logbook and signatures
Entries drafted from each flight, exports for ForeFlight, MyFlightbook and LogTen, and instructor signatures built to follow AC 120-78B.
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ACS practice
Tie each maneuver to the moment it was flown and see which ACS Tasks you've practiced. A record of what was flown, never a grade.
How it works
Plug in
Connect a USB-C audio adapter to your iPhone and a cable from the intercom's recording output. The level bar moves when people talk.
Slide to record
Pick Flight, the aircraft and the crew, then slide to record. Switch to ForeFlight. CaptainVoice keeps recording in the background.
Fly and mark
Tap MARK when something deserves a second look. Chunks upload every 15 seconds when there's signal and wait on the phone when there isn't.
Stop and debrief
Hold STOP for 2 seconds. Check the summary, then share the audio and the track with your student. Replay on the web is coming.
Hear how it really went
Before the first radio call, every instructor says it: put on your captain voice. Now you can both hear how it went. The call, the readback and the talk in the cabin are all there after you land, next to the GPS track.
CaptainVoice is an iPhone app (it works on iPad too). It's in a free TestFlight beta for flight instructors in the United States.
What CaptainVoice is not
- A certified cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder.
- A navigation or traffic avoidance tool. The map is not for navigation.
- An emergency service. Alerts can miss real events and raise false alarms.
- A grade. It records what was flown, not how well.
- A way around consent. You need the OK of everyone you record.
Flight instructors: try it free
The TestFlight beta is open to a small group of CFIs in the United States for about 30 days. Record your lessons and tell us what works and what doesn't.
Join the beta