Cathay Pacific vs Air Miles Calculator
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.
Air Miles Calculator
This travel app helps frequent flyers calculate the best mileage redemption options across different airlines and routes. It analyzes mileage consumption to find cost-effective solutions for booking tickets.
- Mileage redemption calculation
- Airline route analysis
- Cost-effective solution finder
- Supports Asia Miles and Air China
- Future airline support planned
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This is a frequent flyer tool app, Different airlines, different routes, and different distances consume different mileage for mileage ticket redemption. This app can help you choose the best solution. Currently support Asia Miles, Air China..., maybe JAL, United, etc. will be added in the future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cathay Pacific at Free against Air Miles Calculator's $0.99. Cathay Pacific also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Cathay Pacific is free to download; Air Miles Calculator costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cathay Pacific holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cathay Pacific has 2.7K ratings behind it against 1, 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 50% of Air Miles Calculator's.
Cathay Pacific ships an update fortnightly, Air Miles Calculator every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cathay Pacific | Air Miles Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.7K ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #135 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 338 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cathay Pacific Airways Limited | 田 陈 |
Customer experience
Cathay Pacific
Air Miles Calculator
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
Air Miles Calculator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cathay Pacific
No in-app purchases
Air Miles Calculator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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