Comparison

Traction Connect vs Window Seat Pro

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

Head to head
About

Traction Connect

Features
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Traction Connect allows agencies to push relevant alerts, warnings, and traveler information to motorists in specific geographic areas.

About

Window Seat Pro

Identify cities, states, countries, and geographical features directly from your airplane window using your phone's camera and GPS. Explore the world from above, plan routes, and even record your journeys.

Highlights
  • Real-time geographical identification
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable flight plans
  • Flight recording and playback
  • User-added sites
  • Multi-activity recording
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Window Seat lets you see geographical information from your airplane window. Looking down and seeing a small town? Window Seat will label it for you. Wondering what's beyond the horizon? Window Seat will show you that too. Window Seat labels cities, states, and country boundaries, and more. Window Seat's database covers the whole planet, with 43000+ cities and sites, countries, territories, islands, states/provinces, rivers, lakes, major roads, mountains, and airports. Features will be drawn directly on the picture from your phone's camera. When you point the camera in a new direction, the labels and boundaries move and change with the picture. Window Seat is completely self-contained, and runs even in airplane mode. You do not need data. You do not need wi-fi. All you need is your phone's GPS and compass. (Although, your GPS will work better if you are next to a window.) Other features include: + View from other vantage points, not just your camera. You can see a perspective as if you were viewing from different altitudes or anywhere in the world. + Use the "curl up" feature to move labels and borders from below the horizon to up in the sky. So even if your destination is half way around the world, you can see it. + Create or import a flight plan, and see your route drawn in the sky. + Preview your flight plan with "play mode". Fast forward and rewind to see your future/past views. + Record your flight, and see your actual flight path drawn in the sky. + Turn your flight recordings into detailed flight plans for your next trip. + Add you own favorite sites to the database, and see your sites from the sky. + Use Window Seat's recorder for hiking, biking and car trips. Look back and see the path you've followed. + Share your flight plans and favorite sites with your friends or on the openingapps website. Window Seat is now completely free. There are no ads and no in-app purchases. Window seat requires GPS in order to work properly on a plane. While 100% of iPhones have GPS units, 99% of iPads do not have GPS units. As a result, this app is not supported on iPads. This app is for entertainment purposes only. Do not use it for actual navigation. All of the data is from public sources, and is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate.

Screenshots

Traction Connect3 screens
Window Seat Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Traction Connect at none against Window Seat Pro's 10. Traction Connect also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Window Seat Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 14.2). 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. Window Seat Pro sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Traction Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Traction Connect ships an update every 2 months, Window Seat Pro every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Traction Connect versus Window Seat Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraction ConnectWindow Seat Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.212.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKimley-HornRussell Segal

In-app purchases

None

Traction Connect

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Window Seat Pro

One-time7
  • 30 day free trial2 variantsFree
  • Test1Free
  • Unlock for unlimited use$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Activate for 30 days3 variants$0.99
  • Unlock for unlimited use$1.99
  • Unlock for unlimited use$2.99
  • Unlock for unlimited use$3.99

Questions

Is Traction Connect free?
Traction Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Window Seat Pro free?
Window Seat Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Traction Connect or Window Seat Pro have ads?
Neither Traction Connect nor Window Seat Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Traction Connect or Window Seat Pro?
Traction Connect ships an update every 2 months, and Window Seat Pro every 8 months. Most recently, Traction Connect was updated on September 24, 2026 and Window Seat Pro on October 10, 2026.

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