Comparison

SafeWings vs FlightPlus+

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

Head to head
About

SafeWings

Features
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Search NTSB accident reports and view safety statistics for all airplane makes and models.

About

FlightPlus+

Organize and enrich flight photos and videos into professional, data-rich albums. Automatically tag every shot with accurate flight details and share your aviation journeys with a community of enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Batch import and auto-match photos/videos to flights
  • Automatic attachment of accurate flight data
  • Create data-rich flight albums with boarding pass summaries
  • Explore aerial photos and identify landmarks
  • Connect with an aviation community
  • Plan window seats for best views
  • Import flights from other aviation apps
Features
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FlightPlus — the aviator's must-have flight companion. Turn hours of flight photos and videos into a pro album in minutes. FlightPlus helps pilots, flyers and aviation enthusiasts organize, enrich and share every flight with accurate data, real insights and the moments worth keeping. Landed with hundreds of window-seat shots sitting unsorted in your camera roll? FlightPlus turns that pile into a professional, data-rich flight album, without spending your weekend on it. - Batch Import. Auto Match. Done. Import a whole flight's photos and videos in one tap. FlightPlus detects the flight and pins every shot to its route, altitude, heading and GPS position. Hours of tagging become seconds. - Accurate Flight Data, Attached Automatically Enter your flight number once. Every photo gets the flight number, route, date, airline, aircraft type, origin and destination airports, GPS position, altitude, heading, and left or right window seat. - A Boarding Pass for Every Flight Each flight becomes an album with its own boarding pass: route map, aircraft, seat, departure time and a full aerial gallery. Browse your flights on a departures board, or relive the route photo by photo on the map. - Discovery: Explore the World from Above Open the Sky Map to see aerial photos from flyers around the world, pinned where they were taken. Landmark Scout identifies the mountains, cities, coastlines and landmarks in your shots using altitude, heading and position, then adds descriptions and location hashtags. - The Club: Your Aviation Community Share flight albums with fellow pilots and flyers. See their journeys, like and comment, and swap stories from the right seat, the left seat and the window seat. - Window Seat Planner Pick the side with the view before you book. FlightPlus shows which window faces the best scenery on your route. - Journey Logs Import flights from ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, Garmin watches, GPX or KML. Your Flight Journal maps every route you've flown and counts your flights, miles, airports, countries and aircraft types, year by year. - Signature Flight Frames and Post Cards Combine your photo, route map and flight data into a framed shot or a boarding-pass post card, ready to post, print or gift. - Photos and Videos in One Place Keep airport shots, destination photos and in-flight videos alongside your aerial gallery for a complete record of each trip. - Privacy First Keep any photo private, or share it with the community. You're always in control. Designed For - Pilots logging routes, aircraft and milestones - Frequent flyers building a visual travel archive - Aviation enthusiasts exploring the world from above - Creators producing polished, data-rich content Download FlightPlus and turn every window seat into a story worth keeping. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SafeWings3 screens
FlightPlus+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SafeWings at none against FlightPlus+'s 2. SafeWings also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). FlightPlus+'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. FlightPlus+ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. SafeWings asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SafeWings ships an update daily, FlightPlus+ weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SafeWings versus FlightPlus+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafeWingsFlightPlus+
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLycheeApps Inc.Victor Liang

In-app purchases

None

SafeWings

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FlightPlus+

Subscriptions2
  • Insighter Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Insighter Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is SafeWings free?
SafeWings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlightPlus+ free?
FlightPlus+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SafeWings or FlightPlus+ have ads?
SafeWings shows ads; FlightPlus+ does not.
Which is updated more often, SafeWings or FlightPlus+?
SafeWings ships an update daily, and FlightPlus+ weekly. Most recently, SafeWings was updated on October 29, 2026 and FlightPlus+ on October 30, 2026.

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