Flight Pass vs Borderapp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flight Pass
Easily book flights using prepaid flight credits with a user-friendly, one-handed design. Manage your bookings, view your flight passes, and even request upgrades. This app requires an active Flight Pass account.
- Book flights in as few as 6 taps
- Suggests optimal Flight Pass for booking
- Sort flights by duration and time
- Syncs website bookings automatically
- Change or cancel bookings easily
- Request complimentary upgrades
- Manage Flight Pass details and payments
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Welcome to the easiest way to book using a Flight Pass. Please note: You will need to have an active Flight Pass account to use this app. Wondering what a Flight Pass is? A Flight Pass is a prepaid package of one-way flight credits used for travel. Learn more about Flight Passes here: http://flyac.ca/flightpass. BOOK A FLIGHT - Complete a booking in as little as 6 taps of your thumb, with the Flight Pass App’s friendly one-handed design. - Tell us where you’re going, and the Flight Pass App will suggest which one of your passes to use. We took the guesswork out of it, so you can get where you need to go. - Find the perfect flight by quickly sorting through available flights by duration, and time of day. SYNC YOUR BOOKINGS - Book on the website? All of your bookings, just as you’d expect, now appear in the Flight Pass app. Easily see where you’ve been, and where you’re going next. MANAGE YOUR BOOKINGS - Change or cancel your bookings with ease, directly from the Booking Details screen. GET YOUR UPGRADE - Travelling on a Flight Pass that offers complimentary upgrade? Request your upgrade directly in the Flight Pass App (lucky you!) YOUR FLIGHT PASSES - A central place to review all of the Flight Passes you own, administer, or travel on. - See all the details of your Flight Pass, including credit balance, and booking history. - Have a Flight Pass paid over several instalments? Complete your payment directly from the ‘Your Flight Passes’ section. - Have a Flight Pass eligible for extension? Extend your Flight Pass directly from the 'Your Flight Passes' section. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES These functions apply when enabled: - Location: your location data is used to show the closest airport for booking. By pressing the “Install” button or by downloading the app, or setting up your device to do so automatically, you consent to the installation of the app, its future updates and upgrades and to the app Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) that govern the use of the app that are available here: http://www.aircanada.com/en/mobile/tc_ios.html. You can withdraw your consent at any time by uninstalling the app. For help uninstalling the app, please contact us at iphone@aircanada.ca. PRIVACY POLICY By downloading or updating this app, you understand that Air Canada may: collect data about your device in order to serve you the correct software, as well as maintain and develop its services; require that you change some of your device settings to use specific features; collect personal information as detailed in our Privacy Policy. For more information, please see http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/legal/privacy/policy.html Air Canada, PO Box 64239, RPO Thorncliffe, Calgary, Alberta, T2K 6J7 privacy_vieprivee@aircanada.ca
Borderapp
This app provides real-time border crossing wait times and traffic conditions for US and Canada borders, as well as entry into the US from Mexico. It combines government data, traffic maps, and camera images to help users choose the fastest crossing.
- Real-time border crossing wait times
- Traffic camera images
- Real-time traffic maps
- Government reported wait times
- Turn-by-turn directions to border crossings
- Location-based border display
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The only app to provide border crossing wait times for US and Canada borders and entering US from Mexico with cameras, government wait times and real-time traffic maps. Using this information combined will help you determine which is the best border crossing to go to at that time! Passively uses your location to display the border crossings closest to you with the option to view any other border crossings by country and destination. The app displays real-time traffic conditions as well as government reported border crossing times entering the US from Canada or Mexico and entering Canada from the US. You can now check crossing times and view traffic camera images and view real-time traffic data all in one place. Turn by turn directions to the border crossing using Google Maps navigation are also at your fingertips. WAIT TIME ACCURACY? We all know that the published wait times are often vague or inaccurate. Long line ups and waits lead to frustration for daily commuters as well as occasional travellers. BE INFORMED Informed decisions can help improve your border crossing experience. See the border wait times before you leave or as you travel for major borders entering the US from Mexico and Canada and entering Canada from the US. WHAT MAKES US BETTER Combining government, traffic, community and infrastructure data sources together will provide the most accurate crossing times than any where else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flight Pass at 4.4 against Borderapp's 1.0. Flight Pass also leads on ratings volume (189 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). Borderapp's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flight Pass holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Pass has 189 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Flight Pass's written reviews are positive against 0% of Borderapp's.
Flight Pass ships an update every 2 months, Borderapp every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flight Pass | Borderapp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (189 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 189 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Air Canada | Coulter Software Inc |
Customer experience
Flight Pass
Borderapp
Bugs and requests
Flight Pass
Reported bugs
16 issues- Login page redirect_uri error after updates
- App crashes on iOS 18 and iOS 15.1
- Calendar date picker fails to display or requires excessive scrolling
- Birth date field won't populate or load
- App signs out users unexpectedly
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- Network connection failures on login
- Black screen on app launch
- MFA verification code input not working
- JSON validation error (2035 error)
- App freezes when selecting Flight Pass
- Incorrect flight pass availability display
- Cannot find return flights while one-way flights work
- Specific airport (FLR) booking unavailable
- App stuck on login spinner indefinitely
- Personal information not retained between sessions
- Bad link to phony Air Canada website
Requested features
12 requests- Seat selection functionality
- E-upgrade availability display
- Ability to change seats after booking
- Seat preference options for elite members
- Flight availability viewing without active credits
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- Ability to change frequent flyer number during booking
- Meal preference modification
- Multiple login method options
- Stopover options for multi-leg trips
- Display of all current flight passes and remaining credits
- Boarding pass retrieval within app
- Flight status checking within app
Borderapp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flight Pass
No in-app purchases
Borderapp
No in-app purchases









