Comparison

Plane DB vs Aircraft

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

Head to head
About

Plane DB

Access a vast database of aircraft information, including sightings, museum locations, and production details. Track your personal sightings and discover planes you still need to see. Explore fleet lists and country overviews with extensive search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Access to Spottingmode plane database
  • Search individual planes and fleet lists
  • View sighting history and museum locations
  • Track personal sightings and highlight needed planes
  • Detailed plane data including Wrecks & Relics info
  • Links to other Spottingmode apps
Features
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This app gives you direct access to the Spottingmode plane database. Search individual planes or full fleet lists. Check when and where a plane was seen, or where it can be found in a museum right now. All data comes straight from the Spottingmode database and is updated all the time. You can view more than a million planes already and data is directly linked to your own sightings. Every plane you have sightings for is highlighted, which makes it easy to find out which you still need to see. You can view complete production lists, country overviews, fleet lists, or search for any set of planes you want. There are practically no restrictions on the searches you can perform, or how many planes are shown. Click on a plane in any of the lists and view more detailed data, including sightings for this plane, any Wrecks & Relics info known, or the other identities the same plane is known to have had. The app also links into the other Spottingmode apps so you can also immediately find more info on the Wrecks & Relics location, or where you saw the particular plane.

About

Aircraft

Features
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The AircraftData app provides data as well as technical views of common aircraft types, such as type codes, length, wingspan, height, clearances, door arrangement, landing gear footprint, exhaust velocities, service arrangement etc., if available. The data is based on official documents of the aircraft manufacturers, the ICAO, EASA or FAA. Aircraft types not yet covered or new ones will be added at regular intervals. If you miss an aircraft that is important to you, please send us a notification via the app.

Screenshots

Plane DB4 screens
Aircraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Aircraft at every 6 months against Plane DB's every 25 months. Aircraft also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Plane DB costs $2.99 and Aircraft $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plane DB ships an update every 25 months, Aircraft every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Plane DB versus Aircraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlane DBAircraft
Price$2.99$1.99 โ€” better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 6 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size32 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiksmodeMSC Computer Vertriebs-Gesellschaft mbH

In-app purchases

None

Plane DB

No in-app purchases

None

Aircraft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plane DB free?
Plane DB costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aircraft free?
Aircraft costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plane DB or Aircraft have ads?
Neither Plane DB nor Aircraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plane DB or Aircraft?
Plane DB ships an update every 25 months, and Aircraft every 6 months. Most recently, Plane DB was updated on October 16, 2026 and Aircraft on October 5, 2026.

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