# Aer Lingus Play

> Personalize in-flight entertainment, control seatback screens, and track flights. (iPhone/iPad app by Aer Lingus.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aer-lingus-play/id1577201064 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Aer Lingus](https://appshunter.io/developer/450140046)
- Category: Entertainment, Travel
- Price: Free
- Rating: 1.70/5 from 126 App Store ratings · 69 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 29 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-12-03
- Data updated: 2026-08-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aer-lingus-play/id1577201064/reviews.md

## What is Aer Lingus Play?

With the Aer Lingus Play app you can you can personalize and view your in-flight entertainment content and create playlists prior to a flight. Once onboard, just connect your device with the in-flight entertainment screen and enjoy your flight.
Once you connect your device, you can also use it to control your seatback monitor, as a second screen to watch live television, and track your flight with the inflight map.

## Key features

- Personalize in-flight entertainment
- Create playlists
- Connect to seatback monitor
- Control seatback screen
- Watch live television
- Track flight with inflight map

## What do users think of Aer Lingus Play?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Can see available entertainment
- 👍 Works fine for some users
- 👍 Useful for choosing movies
- 👍 Good interface design

**Cons**

- 🐛 App doesn't work
- 🐛 Keeps disconnecting
- 🐛 Pairing issues
- 🐛 No signal connection
- 🐛 Useless functionality
- 🐛 Waste of time
- 🐛 Not worth the space
- 🐛 Terrible user experience
- 🐛 Doesn't recognize flight details
- 🐛 No content available
- 🐛 Embarrassing design
- 🐛 Cannot connect to seatback
- 🐛 Flight crew can't fix
- 🐛 Not available on flight
- 🐛 No place to enter code
- 🐛 Bluetooth doesn't connect
- 🐛 Junk app
- 🐛 Splash screen only
- 🐛 Functionally limited
- 🐛 Non-user friendly
- 🐛 Requires paid Wi-Fi
- 🐛 Endless launch screen
- 🐛 Frustrating to use
- 🐛 Does nothing
- 🐛 Not entertaining
- 🐛 Shoddy product
- 🐛 Laggy and gets stuck
- 🐛 Terrible, just terrible
- 🐛 Doesn't list flight
- 🐛 Redundant app
- 🐛 Cannot get past logo
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Terrible UX
- 🐛 Advertised but doesn't work
- 🐛 Epic fail
- 🐛 Inconsistent messages
- 🐛 Broken everything
- 🐛 Media only on seatback
- 🐛 No food menus
- 🐛 Only flight info

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App keeps disconnecting
- Pairing does not work
- Bluetooth connection fails
- App does not connect to seatback
- App does not recognize flight details
- No content available
- No place to input pairing code
- App does not load past splash screen
- App gets stuck or is laggy
- App shows "not available on this flight"
- App doesn't work on mobile data or plane Wi-Fi
- App doesn't work after takeoff
- App shows "This media is only available for playback on the seatback"

**Most requested features**

- Allow audio/video playback on device
- Integrate AirPlay natively on iOS
- Build in audio playback over Bluetooth
- Improve connectivity and pairing
- Fix content availability issues
- Make Wi-Fi connection clearer
- Allow offline viewing of content
- Improve user interface for pairing
- Ensure app works on all flights

## Recent user reviews (10 of 69)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aer-lingus-play/id1577201064/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Useless waste of megabytes

*2026-07-16*

Before proceeding it required me to enter my flight information.  It didn’t recognize my flight number and it said there were no matches for the departure city- Dublin.  Immediately deleted

### 1/5 — Does not work

*2026-06-22*

Does not work. Does not recognize that phone or tablet is connected to the on board WiFi Aer_Lingus_Wifi.  Just take old phone

### 1/5 — Won’t pair

*2026-05-02*

Used to pair but last few times it won’t pair or give me any option to pair. I have reinstalled but won’t work. I am on WiFi on the plane but the app is useless so I can’t use mt headphones.

### 1/5 — No obvious way to connect this when on flight

*2026-03-29*

Completely useless.

### 1/5 — Useless

*2026-02-17*

Was completely pointless, the app kept disconnecting. Served no purpose to the flight and was entirely pointless. Don’t download!

### 1/5 — Looks the part

*2026-01-03*

Doesn’t work!!!!stewardess told me takes a while after take off to get signal landed back in Dublin still hadn’t connected despite multiple attempts!!!! Rubbish!

### 1/5 — awful

*2025-07-20, version 1.0.36*

my airpods will not connect waste of time

### 4/5 — Worked fine for me

*2025-07-18*

Contrary to many other reviews, it worked fine for me on a transatlantic flight. Useful to control the music while keeping the map on screen, I guess?

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2025-07-01*

App doesn’t work, completely useless

### 1/5 — Do not download.

*2025-04-24*

Does not work.  Don’t waste your time downloading it.

## Frequently asked questions about Aer Lingus Play

### What can I do with the Aer Lingus Play app?

The app allows you to personalize and view your in-flight entertainment content, and create playlists before your flight. Once onboard, you can connect your device to the in-flight entertainment screen to control your seatback monitor, use it as a second screen for live television, and track your flight with the inflight map.

### Is the Aer Lingus Play app free to use?

Yes, the Aer Lingus Play app is free to download and use. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned.

### How do I connect the app to the in-flight entertainment system?

Once you are onboard your flight, you can connect your device to the in-flight entertainment screen. The description does not specify the exact connection method, but it is designed to integrate with the onboard system.

### What features are available once I'm on the plane?

After connecting your device, you can control your seatback monitor, watch live television on your device as a second screen, and track your flight's progress using the inflight map feature.

## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.39 — 2026-04-03

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

• Usability and stability improvements

### 1.0.36 — 2024-07-24

• Usability and stability improvements

### 1.0.17 — 2021-12-03

No release notes.

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