Looking for Decent Checklist Creation App or Website

As a few have mentioned we have over 350 aircraft in the fleet and the products are extremely durable. Over the years and through pilot feedback they are updated. The most recent design updates are now using more triggers and flows as well conversation prompts for better cockpit communication. Lots of modernization in the process with more new products in the works. New aircraft have also been added in recent months and others to be released soon.

If you fly multiple aircraft or just want something completely bespoke to yours we can make that happen.

I’m excited to be the new owner and working with the GA community.

Barry - instrument rated private pilot and 182 owner.
 
For multiple aircraft you will find the information is in the same layout and organization for all 350+ aircraft in the library. I have spoken with multiple ferry pilots that will make a purchase many days ahead of their flight, use the CheckMate during the transit, and leave it with the new owner of the aircraft. We also work with CFIs that fly with students in a variety of aircraft that keep one of each in their flight bags. CFIs receive discounts when ordering.
 
Leo Langston said:
I am not a Word or excell expert and don’t really care to become one
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Just so you know, using Excel for this purpose requires no Excel expertise beyond knowing how to type in boxes. Yeah, I guess maybe how to change fonts, apply bold, and maybe add some color. It's not like you need to know something more complicated like how to add 2+2 and get 4 (yeah, I know that sounds snarky, but it's really not).

And the one @flyingron linked only requires knowing how to type.
 
midlifeflyer said:
Leo Langston said:
I am not a Word or excell expert and don’t really care to become one
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Just so you know, using Excel for this purpose requires no Excel expertise beyond knowing how to type in boxes. Yeah, I guess maybe how to change fonts, apply bold, and maybe add some color. It's not like you need to know something more complicated like how to add 2+2 and get 4 (yeah, I know that sounds snarky, but it's really not).

And the one @flyingron linked only requires knowing how to type.
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I agree, and came here to say pretty much the same thing about Word. Or, for that matter, even Google Docs (or Sheets for their version of Excel) are easy to use and free.

I'd say that creating a checklist in either a "word processer" or a spreadsheet program only requires the most basic of skills with the software. It's the "making it look fancy" that can get complicated.

The OP mentioned exceeding the limits of the free flightchecklists.com, at 300 items which wasn't enough for his emergency checklists. Seems to me like you could do the normal checklists, then create another account using a second email address to create the emergency checklists. I'm not sure where that falls on anybody's personal ethics scale though.
 
RussR said:
I'd say that creating a checklist in either a "word processer" or a spreadsheet program only requires the most basic of skills with the software. It's the "making it look fancy" that can get complicated.
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To some degree, even that. There are lots of free checklists online, and many of them are already in Word or Excel format rather than printed to PDF. Just find one that you like from a format standpoint and type in the words.
 
RussR said:
I am partial to single-page checklists (two sides), like the Checkmate ones or make your own. Especially for someone making their own - because it’s really easy to just print a new one when you make changes. Laminate if you want, print on heavier paper if you want, or just print out a batch of them on normal paper. I do not like multiple-page “book”-type checklists, too easy to be on the wrong page in my experience.

Ours at work are single sheets, folded into quarters. These are our “backup” checklists since they are also built into the FMS displays, but we use them routinely for various operations. They are laminated, and get pretty beat up with use, but it’s simple and cheap to print new ones.

Notice they do not include emergency procedures, for those we break out the actual POH which is tabbed and structured for easy reference.

For the King Air, front and back (notice that much of the second page is briefing stuff, meaning they just filled up the white space with something useful but not really a “checklist”).

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Then for the Challenger:

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Notice that these checklists are pretty involved, commensurate with the lack of automated systems of either model. I would suggest that a checklist for a typical light GA airplane should be much much shorter.
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I was told back in February of this year by very experienced CFI of many decades, "Did you know that a check list is like a woman's black dress".

I said "nope--I did not know that"

He said "its like a woman's black dress because it has to be long enough to cover the essentials, but short enough to keep your attention".
 
Skymac said:
I make them for my aircraft in Canva. Such a handy web based program. Great for marketing materials, etc. it is subscription based but you can do similar in other programs. I made that based on a full 8.5x11 sheet, double sided and then print 60% to scale. Makes a nice little, clean, and useable list.

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This looks great!! I need to learn how to use Canva, Excel works but the merging is cells and spacing between phases of flight is very annoying and tedious.
 
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