Comparison

PlaneWatcher vs Arrived Outdoors Members App

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

Head to head
About

PlaneWatcher

Visualize aircraft around you in real-time, worldwide, without needing your phone. Explore detailed flight information and customize your view with various filters and complications. Designed specifically for the Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Real-time worldwide flight data
  • Visualize aircraft on watch
  • Detailed aircraft information
  • Aircraft following
  • Multiple filter options
  • Customizable view
  • Watch face complications
Features
Currently charting
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Flight Tracking for the Apple Watch • Visualize aircraft around you, without having to reach for your phone • Worldwide, real-time, unfiltered flight data by ADSBExchange • Explore all the aircraft details like flight name, registration, type, operator, altitude, speeds and more (depending on data availability) • Aircraft following • Filter by multiple criteria • Customizable view options • Complications to match your watch faces Requires WatchOS 10.0 or higher. Built for the Apple Watch PlaneWatcher was designed specifically for the Apple Watch, providing the best possible experience on this small device. The map rotates to align with the direction you're facing, so you can easily identify aircraft that you see around you. Use the digital crown to zoom in/out and touch & drag on the screen to move around the map. Unfiltered Flight Data PlaneWatcher shows you all aircraft, unfiltered, unlike most major flight tracking apps. Made possible by ADSBExchange, the world's largest source of unfiltered flight data. If you're a frequent user, please support them (adsbexchange.com/donate) or become a volunteer feeder to help expand the service. Local & Worldwide View aircraft around your current location or jump to any airport in the world. Use the digital crown to zoom in on a busy LAX or watch aircraft taking off and landing at JFK. Aircraft Details Simply tap on an aircraft to see all its details: flight name, registration, type, category, operator, altitude, speeds and more (depending on data availability). Aircraft Following Interested in a single aircraft? Follow it as it proceeds among the other traffic. Just tap the small blue dot to exit follow mode and return to the main map. Multiple Filters Just want to see aircraft below 10'000 feet, Boeing 747s or only planes from a certain airline? You can filter by altitude, type, callsign or registration. Filters can be combined, too. Customizability Customize the display using many options. You only want to see helicopters and hide all small airports? You can do that and much more... Complications Support With many different complications available, designed to fit into all color schemes, PlaneWatcher is always just a tap away. Privacy Policy: https://www.planewatcher.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.planewatcher.app/terms.html

About

Arrived Outdoors Members App

Features
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Stay up to date. Book conference rooms. And so much more.

Screenshots

Arrived Outdoors Members App3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Arrived Outdoors Members App at Free against PlaneWatcher's $9.99. PlaneWatcher's advantage is chart position (#76 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Arrived Outdoors Members App is free to download; PlaneWatcher costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlaneWatcher ships an update every 6 weeks, Arrived Outdoors Members App monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
PlaneWatcher versus Arrived Outdoors Members App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaneWatcherArrived Outdoors Members App
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#76 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB370 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGround Effect GmbHKyle Williams

In-app purchases

None

PlaneWatcher

No in-app purchases

None

Arrived Outdoors Members App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PlaneWatcher free?
PlaneWatcher costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrived Outdoors Members App free?
Arrived Outdoors Members App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PlaneWatcher or Arrived Outdoors Members App have ads?
Neither PlaneWatcher nor Arrived Outdoors Members App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlaneWatcher or Arrived Outdoors Members App?
PlaneWatcher ships an update every 6 weeks, and Arrived Outdoors Members App monthly. Most recently, PlaneWatcher was updated on November 7, 2026 and Arrived Outdoors Members App on October 28, 2026.

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