FAAwait vs mechcounter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FAAwait
Get real-time updates on air traffic delays at all U.S. airports. Monitor departure and arrival delays, ground stops, and ground delays to anticipate potential travel disruptions.
- Real-time U.S. airport delay data
- Tracks departure and arrival delays
- Monitors ground stops
- Monitors ground delays
- Utilizes FAA data feed
Read full descriptionHide full description
FAAwait provides real-time access to current air traffic delays at all U.S. airports. It utilizes a data feed maintained by the FAA that tracks departure and arrival delays, ground stops, and ground delays. To access this information, an active internet connection (WiFi or cellular) is required. FAAwait does NOT provide status information for specific flights. But by monitoring airport traffic conditions, you can often anticipate delays that may impact your travel, sometimes before the airlines themselves officially update their schedules. For more information on FAAwait, refer to the links below. Note: This application is not provided or endorsed by the FAA.
mechcounter
Track flights in real-time with detailed information including remaining time, flight plans, and landing estimates. View your aircraft's position on a map with altitude and speed data.
- Real-time flight tracking
- Flight plan display
- Landing time estimates
- Altitude and ground speed
- Map view of aircraft position
- Origin and destination times
Read full descriptionHide full description
See the time remaining, flight plan (when available), landing time, altitude, ground speed, times at origin and destination, and your plane on a map.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: mechcounter at Free against FAAwait's $0.99. mechcounter also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 10 months). FAAwait's advantage is chart position (#10 vs unranked) and ratings volume (37 vs 11). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
mechcounter is free to download; FAAwait costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mechcounter holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of FAAwait's written reviews are positive against 100% of mechcounter's.
FAAwait ships an update every 10 months, mechcounter every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAAwait | mechcounter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (37 ratings) | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #10 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryan Figler | Jeffrey REISBERG |
Customer experience
FAAwait
mechcounter
Bugs and requests
FAAwait
Reported bugs
21 issues- Some functions aren’t working
- FAA OIS Board not working
- No map displayed after updating to iPadOS17
- Map has disappeared after iPadOS 17
- APP was great until iPadOS 17 then the map basically has disappeared
Show 16 moreShow fewer
- App cannot communicate with FAA servers
- Crashes immediately after last update
- New update makes app unusable
- App crashes every time I open
- Latest update crashes
- Will not open
- Shows daylight time instead of standard time
- Does not switch to UTC when selected
- No connect issues
- Broken App
- Constantly gives a Connection error message
- Connection error
- App is broken
- Worthless
- App no longer works
- App closed unexpectedly
Requested features
8 requests- Needs to be updated
- Proper updates to bring app into 2026
- iPad version needed
- iPad App needed
- Search airport function
Show 3 moreShow fewer
- Scope of delay programs indicated
- Legend colors match map colors
- Access to airline delays
mechcounter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FAAwait
No in-app purchases
mechcounter
No in-app purchases
