If your airline is live-tracked, Jetlog puts the flight on your lock screen while it happens, using iOS Live Activities. It’s the same lock-screen surface as a live sports score or a delivery tracker, tracking your own leg instead.
You’ll see two cards over the course of a flight, never both at once.
The departure card
This appears first, roughly 90 minutes before scheduled off-blocks, and follows the aircraft from pushback through takeoff. Once airborne, the card doesn’t disappear. It settles into a lingering “Departed” state so you have a record of the takeoff time at a glance, without reopening the app.
The arrival card
A second, separate card takes over for the approach and landing. It appears around 30 minutes before the best available estimate for on-blocks, or immediately if touchdown or on-blocks has already happened by the time Jetlog would otherwise have shown it. It tracks touchdown through on-blocks (parked, chocks in).
The Complete prompt
Once the arrival card reaches on-blocks, it shows two buttons:
- Complete finishes the entry right there on the lock screen, without opening the app, using the times Jetlog already captured.
- Take-off / landing (or Review session for a simulator entry) opens the app instead, straight to the sheet where you record your takeoffs and landings.
If you don’t act on either button right away, nothing is lost. The entry keeps the times it captured, and you can complete it or record landings whenever you next open the app.
Why no cruise card
There’s nothing on your lock screen for the hours in between, on purpose. Departure and arrival are the moments that actually change. Cruise doesn’t, so a card for it would just be clutter to dismiss.
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