Cathay Pacific vs STARLUX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cathay Pacific
Manage your entire travel experience from booking flights to checking in and accessing your boarding pass. The app provides personalized updates on upcoming flights and available actions, simplifying trip planning and management.
- Book flights
- Plan trips
- Manage bookings
- Personalized home screen
- Check-in
- Seat selection
- Digital boarding pass
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Cathay Pacific app lets you book, plan and manage your trips all in one place. On your personalised home screen, you will always see your upcoming flights and what you can do next. You can also search our flight timetable, book your flight, check in, choose your seat, get your boarding pass, check your baggage allowance, view your departure times, and get details of any connecting flights – all with a few taps.
STARLUX
Book flights, manage your journey, and access airline services directly from your mobile device. This app allows for seat selection, meal ordering, and purchasing Wi-Fi or extra baggage. It also serves as a digital membership card and provides mobile check-in with easy access to your boarding pass.
- Mobile flight booking
- Seat selection
- Meal ordering
- Ancillary service purchase
- Digital membership card
- Mobile check-in
- Digital boarding pass
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Mobile Booking and Ancillary Service Book flights, select seats, order meals or purchase prepaid Galactic Wi-Fi and additional baggage on STARLUX App. Mobile COSMILE Member COSMILE member no longer needs to carry a physical card as STARLUX Airlines accepts digital membership card. Simply open the App when needed to access the membership number. Mobile Check-in You can log in to the STARLUX App to check-in and easily access your boarding pass. Suggest upgrading to the latest version of iOS for better service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cathay Pacific at 70% against STARLUX's 16%. Cathay Pacific also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 181). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cathay Pacific holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cathay Pacific has 2.8K ratings behind it against 181, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Cathay Pacific's written reviews are positive against 16% of STARLUX's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cathay Pacific | STARLUX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.8K ratings) — better | 3.2 (181 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better | 15.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 181 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #123 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 339 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cathay Pacific Airways Limited | starlux-airlines |
Customer experience
Cathay Pacific
STARLUX
Bugs and requests
Cathay Pacific
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to view/manage bookings
- Errors during check-in and boarding pass retrieval
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Unreliable flight status updates
- Inconsistent behavior across different devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline access to booking details
- Ability to redeem miles/points within the app
- Improved seat selection and upgrade options
- Integration with digital wallets for boarding passes
- More personalized and customizable features
STARLUX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cathay Pacific
No in-app purchases
STARLUX
No in-app purchases
