How Flying School compares
We are biased - it is our website. So these pages are specific rather than vague, they say where the other product is the better choice, and they carry no invented pricing. Check anything that matters with the vendor.
At a glance
The seven things Australian schools ask about
| Product | Purpose-built for flight training | CASA syllabuses included | CASA-format logbook hours | Prepaid hour packages with drawdown | GST and ABN on tax invoices | Xero with account and tax-rate mapping | AI reads CASA licences and medicals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying School | ✓ | 10 programs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flight Schedule Pro | ✓ | FAA-oriented | FAA-oriented | Partial | ✗ | Not advertised | Not advertised |
| Flight Circle | ✓ | Not advertised | Partial | Partial | ✗ | Not advertised | ✗ |
| Flight Logger | ✓ | EASA-oriented | EASA-oriented | Not advertised | ✗ | Not advertised | Partial |
| Smart Aviation | ✓ | Partial | Partial | Not advertised | Not advertised | Not advertised | Not advertised |
| Avinet | ✓ | Not advertised | Not advertised | ✗ | ✗ | Not advertised | ✓ |
| Aviacore | ✓ | EASA-oriented | EASA-oriented | Partial | ✗ | Not advertised | Partial |
| Goboko | ✓ | Partial | Partial | Partial | Not advertised | Not advertised | Not advertised |
| FareHarbor | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | Partial | Not advertised | ✗ |
| Rezdy | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | Partial | Partial | ✗ |
| Wild Apricot | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| General schedulers | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | Partial | Partial | ✗ |
Verified August 2026 from publicly available information. "Not advertised" means we could not confirm the capability, not that it is absent. Confirm the specifics with each vendor before deciding.
Flight school software
Purpose-built aviation platforms. The real question is not whether they understand flying - it is whether they understand CASA, GST, and Xero.
Flying School vs Flight Schedule Pro
A capable US flight school platform - built around FAA training and US accounting.
Per-aircraft subscription with optional modulesFlying School vs Flight Circle
Simple, well-liked US scheduling and billing - light on training records.
Per-aircraft subscriptionFlying School vs Flight Logger
Strong European training records platform - built around EASA, not CASA.
Per-student or per-organisation subscriptionFlying School vs Smart Aviation
Aviation operations software aimed at larger organisations - enterprise pace, enterprise process.
Quoted per organisationFlying School vs Avinet
Aviation quality, safety, and compliance management - a different job to running a school.
Quoted per organisation, often per moduleFlying School vs Aviacore
European flight school management - the right shape, the wrong jurisdiction.
Quoted, commonly per student or per moduleFlying School vs Goboko
Newer flight school scheduling - lighter on training records and Australian accounting.
Subscription, commonly per aircraft or per userTour and activity booking
Excellent at selling seats to the public. They have no concept of a syllabus, a logbook, or a student who is halfway through a PPL.
Flying School vs FareHarbor
Excellent at selling trial flights to the public. Blind to everything after the first lesson.
Booking fee taken on each online bookingFlying School vs Rezdy
An Australian tour booking platform with real distribution - and no training records at all.
Subscription plus booking fees, with distribution commissionsGeneral scheduling and membership tools
Cheap, familiar, and everywhere. They will book an appointment, and that is where the help stops.
Why we usually win
What almost nobody else does
CASA content, pre-built
Ten CASA training programs with stages, lessons, units of competency, and milestones - mapped to the Part 61 Manual of Standards. Overseas products give you an empty framework.
GST, ABN, and mapped Xero
Tax-inclusive display pricing, your ABN on the tax invoice, and Xero connected with your real chart of accounts and tax rates. Not a CSV export.
Hours, not sessions
Prepaid packages built from hours of named services, drawn down against the Hobbs time actually flown, with overage repriced on the same invoice.
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