Comparison

FlightStatus vs ShipTrip

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FlightStatus

Track your flights and those of your loved ones with real-time updates on departures, arrivals, and delays. Organize flights into trips and get notified of any changes. Share flight information easily with others.

Highlights
  • Search flights by route or number
  • Push notifications for changes
  • Share flight info via AirDrop
  • Connect TripIt account
  • Detailed flight information
  • Organize flights into trips
  • Automatic layover time calculation
Features
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This is FlightStatus, a simple and elegant way to keep track of your travels and the ones of your friends and family if you are their ride to or from the airport. FEATURES - Search flights by route or flight number - Get Push Notification about changes - Share flight info via AirDrop - Connect your TripIt account - Detailed flight information including: - Scheduled, estimated and actual departure and arrival time - Delays, cancellations and diversions - Terminal and gate information - Statistics around delays and cancellations - Save booking reference and press to copy - Organize flights into trips - Automatic calculation of layover time and total trip length

About

ShipTrip

This app helps you plan and document your cruise voyages. It allows you to record details about your ship, ports of call, excursions, expenses, and memories, creating a comprehensive travel logbook with an interactive map and visual timeline.

Highlights
  • Create detailed cruise entries
  • Track routes on an interactive map
  • Capture port photos and excursions
  • Import booking details with AI
  • Track expenses and budget
  • Private iCloud sync and backup
  • Export travel data
Features
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Your personal cruise journal. ShipTrip helps you plan every voyage, capture each port and turn your cruise history into a beautiful travel logbook. Routes, photos, excursions, expenses, journal entries and memories all live together in one private place. CRUISE JOURNAL • Create detailed entries for every cruise • Save your ship, cabin, cruise line and travel dates • Add personal notes and ratings • Browse upcoming and completed voyages in your travel logbook WIDGETS • Keep your next cruise in view with a countdown on your Home or Lock Screen • See the current port with time in port and the next stop at a glance • Four sizes in the "Dynamic Instrument" look, from a small tile to a round Lock Screen widget • Refreshes on its own whenever your cruise changes JOURNAL ATLAS • See your routes on an interactive world map • Explore more than 1,800 ports worldwide • Follow each voyage through an interactive stop timeline • Quickly see the countries and ports you have visited TRAVEL JOURNAL • Capture notes, mood and photos for every port and sea day • Add several entries per day, anchored right in your route • Included in backup and export PORT MOMENTS • Capture port photos, arrival and departure times • Keep excursions with the stop where they happened • Build a visual record of every destination SMART BOOKING IMPORT • Paste text from a cruise booking confirmation • Let AI extract the trip details for you • Review the result before saving it INSIGHTS AND EXPENSES • Track cruises, days at sea, ports and countries • Review your personal cruise history at a glance • Record onboard and travel expenses • Keep an eye on your budget SHARE A CRUISE • Send a single voyage as a .shiptrip file straight from the share sheet • Recipients import it with one tap from iMessage, Mail or the Files app • ShipTrip appears in the share sheet itself, ready to take in a received cruise file PRIVATE SYNC AND BACKUP • Sync travel data through your private iCloud account • Optionally add individual stops or whole cruises to a calendar you choose • Export your data as a ZIP archive and import it again when needed ShipTrip supports English and German. Your travel data is stored locally and, when enabled, synchronized through the private iCloud/CloudKit area of your Apple account. ShipTrip does not operate its own servers for your journal data. Start your personal cruise collection today.

Screenshots

FlightStatus4 screens
ShipTrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FlightStatus at 67% against ShipTrip's 33%. FlightStatus also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.5). ShipTrip's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

FlightStatus costs $4.99 and ShipTrip $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlightStatus ships an update every 2 months, ShipTrip every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FlightStatus versus ShipTrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlightStatusShipTrip
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.7 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim RoesnerAndre Jaszka

Customer experience

FlightStatus

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

ShipTrip

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

FlightStatus

No in-app purchases

None

ShipTrip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlightStatus free?
FlightStatus costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShipTrip free?
ShipTrip costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlightStatus or ShipTrip have ads?
Neither FlightStatus nor ShipTrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlightStatus or ShipTrip?
FlightStatus ships an update every 2 months, and ShipTrip every 3 weeks. Most recently, FlightStatus was updated on November 2, 2026 and ShipTrip on October 30, 2026.

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