Cathay Pacific vs China Eastern
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.
China Eastern
Book flights and ancillary services for China Eastern and Shanghai Airlines. Offers digital travel services like seat selection, check-in, baggage management, and in-flight internet bookings. Tailored services for overseas users are continuously being added.
- Flight booking
- Ancillary service booking
- Seat selection
- Check-in
- Baggage management
- Flight changes and refunds
- In-flight internet booking
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This APP supports booking flights and ancillary services across the global networks of China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines, and offers a full suite of digital travel services for your journey—including seat selection and check-in, baggage check-in, flight changes, refunds and upgrades, as well as in-flight internet service bookings. Furthermore, we will continue to roll out thoughtful and caring services tailored for our overseas users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cathay Pacific at 70% against China Eastern's 2%. Cathay Pacific also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.3) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 8). China Eastern's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
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 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cathay Pacific has 2.7K ratings behind it against 8, 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 2% of China Eastern's.
Cathay Pacific ships an update fortnightly, China Eastern every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cathay Pacific | China Eastern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.7K ratings) — better | 1.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better | 1.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #131 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 338 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cathay Pacific Airways Limited | China Eastern Airlines Co.,LTD. |
Customer experience
Cathay Pacific
China Eastern
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
China Eastern
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cathay Pacific
No in-app purchases
China Eastern
No in-app purchases
Questions
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