Comparison

Air Smiles vs SkyDiary

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

Head to head
About

Air Smiles

Track your flight history and see how far you've traveled. This app provides approximate facts and figures about your flights, with a map view for each journey. Your flight data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Track flight history
  • Calculate distance flown
  • Import boarding passes
  • Map view of flight paths
  • Private data storage on device
Features
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Does your mum ever wonder how many flights you've taken this year? Or how far you've flown this decade? Well mine does, and she asks me all the time. Rather than continually invent numbers off the top of my head I made Air Smiles instead, so I can give her highly approximate facts and figures on how much damage I'm causing the planet. You too can stop lying to a close relative or boring friend by tracking your flights with Air Smiles. You can even import a boarding pass from Wallet if you find selecting two airports and a date too much hassle. Air Smiles shows a map view for each flight with a comically inaccurate flight path, so you can see which landmarks you flew over, near, or, more likely, dozens of miles away from. Your flight data never leaves your device, both because I care about your privacy and I couldn't care less where you've flown to (although if you do fly somewhere interesting, drop me a line; I'd love to hear about it). Safe travels!

About

SkyDiary

Log your flight history by scanning boarding passes or manually entering details. Visualize your travels on an interactive 3D globe and access detailed statistics about your journeys. Offers a free tier for limited entries with an optional premium upgrade for unlimited logging and advanced features.

Highlights
  • Scan boarding passes with camera
  • 7,900+ airports worldwide
  • 3D globe map with flight arcs
  • Detailed flight statistics
  • Home screen widget
  • Year in Review card
Features
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SkyDiary is your personal flight diary. Log every flight you've ever taken, scan your boarding pass to add flights in seconds, and watch your journey come to life on a stunning 3D globe. FEATURES - Scan boarding passes with your camera - 7,900+ airports worldwide - Beautiful 3D globe map with flight arcs - Detailed stats — distance, hours, countries - Year in Review boarding pass card - Home screen widget Free for your first 10 flights. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited flights, home screen widget, year in review card and CSV export — just £1.99/year. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Air Smiles3 screens
SkyDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SkyDiary at 100% against Air Smiles's 60%. SkyDiary also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 26 months). Air Smiles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). 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. SkyDiary sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. Air Smiles asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Air Smiles ships an update every 26 months, SkyDiary fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Air Smiles versus SkyDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAir SmilesSkyDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRich BartonThomas Shaw

Customer experience

Air Smiles

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

SkyDiary

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Air Smiles

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SkyDiary

Subscriptions1
  • SkyDiary Premium$1.991 Year

Questions

Is Air Smiles free?
Air Smiles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkyDiary free?
SkyDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Air Smiles or SkyDiary have ads?
Neither Air Smiles nor SkyDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Air Smiles or SkyDiary?
Air Smiles ships an update every 26 months, and SkyDiary fortnightly. Most recently, Air Smiles was updated on September 27, 2026 and SkyDiary on October 10, 2026.

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