For flight instructors

You already debrief every lesson. CaptainVoice gives you the flight to debrief from: what ATC said, what your student read back, and what you said in the cabin, with the GPS track to match.

Why CFIs use it#

Debrief with the real audio#

By the time the airplane is tied down, half the lesson is gone from memory. With the intercom recorded, you and your student can play back the clearance, the readback and the moment it got busy, and talk about what actually happened.

Pilot Marks#

Tap MARK when your student does something worth talking about, good or bad. Each Pilot Mark shows in the summary with its time, so your debrief starts from a list instead of a blank page.

Solo students (coming)#

With Live View, your student adds you as a Watcher once. Then you can follow every solo from the ramp on your phone: where the airplane is, its altitude and track, and what ATC told them, about 20 to 40 seconds behind. Live View is off until the student turns it on. The map is not for navigation, and CaptainVoice is not an emergency service.

Share the flight#

Today: send the audio and the GPS track to your student by AirDrop or Messages before they leave the airport.

Coming: a Share Link that opens the replay on the web, with no app needed, until the date you choose.

Logbook and signatures (coming)#

CaptainVoice will draft your entry (dual given) and your student's (dual received) from the same flight. You'll sign training entries with a passkey (Face ID or Touch ID), and give AC 61-65 endorsements the same way. Signatures are built to follow AC 120-78B.

The TestFlight beta#

CaptainVoice is in a free beta through Apple's TestFlight, for a small group of flight instructors in the United States.

What you get

• The app free during the beta, with each new build as it comes out.
• A direct line to the people building it. CaptainVoice is built by a flight instructor.
• A say in what gets built next.

What we ask

• Use it for about 30 days.
• Record at least 5 lessons, in the air or on the ground.
• Tell us what happened: any gap, crash or lost audio with the time, the battery at start and end, the intercom and adapter you used, and anything that was hard to do in the cockpit.
• Read and sign the tester agreement.

What you need

An iPhone with iOS 18 or later, a USB-C audio adapter and a cable from the intercom. The gear page has the details.

Recording consent#

In plain words:

• You need the OK of everyone you record: your student, any passenger, anyone else on the intercom. That is your job as the instructor. The app reminds you under Crew, but it can't ask for you.
• For students, your school's training agreement can cover it. Check that yours does.
• Some states, California for one, require the consent of every person in a conversation.
• When Live View and Share Links arrive, more people may listen. Tell the people you record who else can hear the flight.

This is not legal advice. If you're not sure, ask your school or a lawyer.

Sign up#

Fill in the form below and we'll email you a TestFlight invite. Questions first? Write to [email protected].