What's new, and what's next

Now in the app

Most of this is free: your renewal countdown and reminders, unlimited record-keeping, the medication reference, Health, and the AME directory, plus one free MedXPress autofill to try it. The items marked Guardian Pro are part of the optional subscription.

• FAA disposition tables: answer Yes on an Item 18 question, or search a condition like GERD, and the app lists the FAA's own disposition tables for it, each with its date, and opens the FAA's PDF right in the app. Free.
• Search by type: search "statin", "muscle relaxer" or "BP med" and see every medication of that kind, grouped under the FAA status line each one carries. Free.
• Did you mean: misspell a medication when you add it and the app suggests the name you probably meant. Nothing is linked until you tap it. Free.
• FAA MedGuide wait times: the medication reference now includes the FAA's new MedGuide (October 2026). For the drugs it lists you see the wait after your first dose, after each dose, and after you stop. If two FAA pages give different numbers, the app shows both with their dates. It doesn't pick one. Free.
• A bigger medication reference: almost 600 medications now. Each one shows what the FAA page that names it says, with the source, or tells you plainly when the FAA doesn't name it. That covers the Do Not Issue and Do Not Fly lists, the CACI worksheets, the FAA's biologics list and the OTC chart. Free.
• FAA reference search: ask a plain question, like how long a first class medical lasts or whether a medication is a problem, and get the FAA's own answer back with the citation, the date that entry was last verified, and a link to the FAA's page. It covers medications, thresholds, certificate durations, BasicMed, CACI, Special Issuance requirements, the Item 18 questions and the FAA's disposition tables. Searching runs on your device and never touches your records. Free.
• A Mac app: MedXPress is a desktop form, and now you can autofill it on the same machine you fill it out on. The same records and the same paperwork prep, on a full keyboard and a big screen. It syncs through your own iCloud exactly the way your iPhone and iPad already do, so nothing new leaves your devices.
• BasicMed (Part 68) support: a plain-language guide to the FAA's BasicMed requirements linked straight to the source, plus tracking for your medical-education course (every 24 months) and physician exam (every 48 months) with reminders before each is due. Tell the app how you fly (certificate, BasicMed, or both) and it tracks the right dates for your path.
• BasicMed CMEC form prep: Guardian Pro fills the pilot section of the FAA's Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist (Form 8700-2) from the records you've already entered, so you hand your physician a prepared form. You review and sign it yourself.
• Share with my AME: Guardian Pro bundle your records and saved documents into one clean PDF and send it to your AME from your phone; you choose what to include, and it's built on your device.
• Mail it to the FAA: Guardian Pro when you need to send documents to the FAA by mail, the app assembles a print-ready package: a cover sheet plus the documents you choose, with your name and date of birth on every page the way the FAA asks, so it's ready for the envelope.
• Bring in your documents: Guardian Pro add a PDF or photo from Files or Photos, or share one straight into the app from Mail (like a lab result your doctor emailed), alongside the camera scanner, and keep them organized in one place.
• Faster data entry: log a visit from Siri, Shortcuts, or the Action button; pull a provider's details from your Contacts; one-tap chips for recent reasons and common dosing; and add another visit from the same provider in a tap.
• Provider suggestions: when you log a visit, the app suggests the clinic names and addresses you've already saved, as you type. They come only from your own records, on your device.
• Apple Health Records import: pull your real medications and lab results from your healthcare provider, on your device, to speed up your prep.
• Home & Lock Screen widget: a glanceable countdown to your medical's expiration, right on your Home or Lock Screen.
• Siri & Spotlight: ask "when does my medical expire?" out loud, or jump into the app straight from search.
• Calendar reminders: add your renewal deadline to your own calendar so it reminds you however you've set it up.
• Save your MedXPress confirmation number: when you submit, one tap on the FAA's own confirmation page saves the number into the app, with the date you submitted and the date it expires. That page does not come back once you leave it, and your AME cannot open your application without the number. It shows on your Home screen ready to copy at the exam. Saving the number is free. It also prints on your Share with my AME packet, which is Guardian Pro.
• MedXPress autofill: Guardian Pro fills your medications and doctor visits straight into the FAA form so you don't retype them every cycle.
• CACI worksheet surfacing: Guardian Pro when you log a diagnosis the FAA's CACI worksheets cover, the app pulls up the FAA's own documents-required checklist so you walk in prepared.
• Prior-cycle answer check: Guardian Pro snapshots each cycle's prep and flags when this cycle's answers drift from last time.
• Special Issuance tracking: Guardian Pro keeps your SI requirements, checklist, and physician letters organized, with reminders for recurring tests.
• Health metrics vs. the FAA's own thresholds: charts your Apple Health data against the FAA's cited numbers, with the source shown.
• Renewal countdown: calculates your certificate's expiration from the real 14 CFR rules and reminds you before it lapses.
• AME directory: searchable, factual list of Aviation Medical Examiners, sortable by distance and plotted on a map.
• iPad layout: a proper sidebar on iPad, plus polish across the app.

In progress

What comes next is shaped by what pilots ask for. No dates, no promises, just steady work. Here's what's taking shape:

• Calendar import for your visits: if you keep doctor's appointments on a calendar, optionally connect one and the app can pull the dates and addresses to prefill your visit log, so you're not typing them in from memory. It reads only the single calendar you choose, and nothing unless you connect one.

Tell me what you need at support@pilotmedicalguardian.com.