Comparison

Flight Buddy vs Trip Pot

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

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About

Flight Buddy

This app helps alleviate fear of flying by providing detailed flight information, professional insights, and educational content. It offers a comprehensive assessment, answers common anxieties, and includes a video course to build confidence and overcome aerophobia.

Highlights
  • Full assessment test for triggers
  • Answers to common 'what if' flight questions
  • Detailed flight information and turbulence tracker
  • Fear of flying video course
  • Insights from pilots and mental health professionals
Features
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Experience a strong sense of fear and panic when you fly, or anticipate flying? Does a tiny thought of getting onboard make your hands cold and shaking? Bad news is that you probably have an aerophobia. GOOD NEWS is that you can be cured once and forever! Flight Buddy app is what you need when it’s high time to say NO to your fear of flying. We know that crowded space, turbulence, taking off and landing can certainly be unpleasant. That’s why Flight Buddy app is developed by professional pilots and mental health professionals to help you manage alarm symptoms before and during a flight. HOW THE APP WORKS: Flight Buddy can become your personal assistant, a real friend, who is always there when you need him. It's like sitting next to a pilot with access to complete flight data! Flight Buddy is an expert. He knows everything about flight stages, aircraft details, turbulence, as well as the root of your fear and the ways to overcome it! Flight Buddy gives you more than you can expect: - FULL ASSESSMENT TEST. Take the first step towards knowing yourself and your triggers with the help of a detailed professional test with 30+ questions. Be honest and remember that phobias affect many people, so you are not alone. Find out more about yourself and the reasons of your aerophobia. Remember, that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. - ANSWERS TO “WHAT IF” QUESTIONS. Step onto the airplane with knowledge. Turbulence, panic attack, something will go wrong, malfunction and other common “what if’s” will be explained to you in details. Tune into audio guide or start reading while you are onboard. Knowledge is a power when it comes to conquering your fear of flying. Thus, eventually all you will get is confidence, calm and a great deal of knowledge. - FLIGHT INFORMATION. Make sure, that everything goes according to plan. Flight stages, turbulence tracker, weather conditions, aircraft details, aviation facts, flight speed and altitude, departure and arrival … all this information will help you challenge any irrational fears. - FEAR OF FLYING VIDEO COURSE. Take a real action towards conquering your fear of flying. Flight Buddy video course offers an easy-to-understand video explanations of how planes stay in the air, what causes turbulence, and what’s behind those scary sounds during takeoff and landing. Understanding how a plane can continue to fly even if an engine fails can help you feel less concerned about aircraft malfunctioning. Learning about safety regulations and pilot training can also present you with facts that challenge irrational fears. Aerophobia is nothing to be embarrassed about, but it is something to be honest about. Flying is essential to the modern lifestyle. Do not deprive yourself of the joy of traveling, meeting friends and family, discovering new places and career building. Download the Flight Buddy and let big changes come to your life right away! IN-APP PURCHASES: You can be a premium user through an auto-renewing subscription: 1 Year: $34.99 without trial period. Access to Audio, Exercise,Turbulence Forecast 1 Year: $95.00 without trial period. Full Access to All features - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during an active subscription period. LEGAL: Terms of Service: https://phobia.aero/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://phobia.aero/privacy/

About

Trip Pot

This app helps groups save money together for trips. Create shared savings goals, track progress in real-time, and plan trip details like hotels and activities within the app. It's a fun way to get friends, couples, or families from planning to vacation.

Highlights
  • Create shared savings pots
  • Track live progress and set goals
  • In-app group chat and polls
  • Budget breakdown for expenses
  • Countdown and recap modes
  • Home-screen widget for progress
Features
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Your next group trip shouldn't start with a spreadsheet. Trip Pot is the social savings tracker built for friend groups, couples, and families who want to go somewhere amazing — and actually make it happen. One person creates the pot, sets the destination and budget, and invites everyone with a shareable code. From there, it's shared goals, live progress, real excitement, and a countdown to something worth saving for. SET UP IN MINUTES, SAVE FOR MONTHS Creating a Trip Pot takes seconds. Name your destination, set a per-person budget, and choose a cutoff date. Send your invite code and watch your crew join — each member confirms their status, sets a personal pledge, and gets an auto-calculated monthly savings plan. No math on a napkin. No guessing. Just a clear path to the trip. EVERY DEPOSIT DESERVES A CELEBRATION Logging a deposit isn't just bookkeeping — it's a milestone. Watch animated progress rings fill in real time, confetti rain down, and haptic feedback confirm every step forward. The live activity feed inside each pot captures every deposit, new member, status change, and group milestone, with emoji reactions that keep the energy alive between save sessions. PLAN WHILE YOU SAVE Group chat and built-in polls mean your crew can vote on hotels, lock in dates, and debate activities without ever leaving the app. A colorful expense breakdown splits the budget into flights, stay, food, and fun — so everyone sees exactly where the money is going and nothing gets left out of the plan. THE RECAP IS THE REWARD When the cutoff date arrives, Trip Pot switches into Recap Mode. See your group's total saved, who hit their pledge, the biggest single deposits, and fun group stats — all served up with a final burst of confetti. You did that together. KEEP THE TRIP TOP OF MIND The home-screen widget gives you a live snapshot of your next destination, days remaining, and savings progress — no need to open the app. Monthly reminders nudge the whole crew to stay on track, so you're never scrambling in the final stretch. No real money moves through Trip Pot. It's a tracker, a motivator, and a group hype machine — designed to get your crew from "we should really plan a trip" to wheels up. Download free today. Your next adventure is already waiting.

Screenshots

Flight Buddy4 screens
Trip Pot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trip Pot at none against Flight Buddy's 6. Trip Pot also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Flight Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (129 vs 1) and chart position (#107 vs unranked). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Flight Buddy sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Trip Pot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trip Pot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Buddy has 129 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Flight Buddy versus Trip Pot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight BuddyTrip Pot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (129 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings129 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#107 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSergey LaptenokParwaz Labs LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Flight Buddy

Subscriptions6
  • Silver Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Bronze Plan - Annual$25.001 Year
  • Silver Plan - Annual3 Days trial$34.991 Year
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  • Silver Plan - Annual$34.991 Year
  • Gold Plan - Annual$55.001 Year
  • Gold Plan - Annual$95.001 Year
None

Trip Pot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flight Buddy free?
Flight Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trip Pot free?
Trip Pot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flight Buddy or Trip Pot?
Trip Pot is rated higher. Flight Buddy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 129 ratings, while Trip Pot averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Flight Buddy or Trip Pot have ads?
Neither Flight Buddy nor Trip Pot shows ads.

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