FlightAware Flight Tracker vs Plover Beach Trips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlightAware Flight Tracker
Track airplanes in real-time globally, monitor flight statuses, and receive delay notifications. Access weather radar and save favorite aircraft and airports. Offers free flight status alerts for departures, arrivals, cancellations, and gate changes.
- Real-time global plane tracking
- Free flight status alerts
- Weather radar integration
- Save favorite aircraft and airports
- Check flight delays
- Inbound aircraft delay checks
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Where’s that plane headed? Whether you’re an aviation enthusiast, a frequent traveler, a pilot, or part of a flight crew, FlightAware is a must-have app. Track planes in real-time above your head, or all over the world. Easily track the status of your flight, check for any delays on the inbound aircraft, see weather radar, and set up alerts to be notified of any changes – all for free! Free features: ▶ Track any plane around the world in real-time ▶ Get free flight status alerts: Departure, Arrival, Cancellations, Gate changes, Delays, Diversions ▶ See weather radar ▶ Save your favorite aircraft and airports ▶ Check for flight delays (with “Where is my plane?”) FlightAware is the leader in providing advanced, accurate, actionable intelligence and insights that inform every aviation decision. We believe that flying opens up the world around you. It makes distances shorter, the world more accessible and satisfies one of the core aspirations of mankind. Upgrade options: ▶ Ad Remove - Removes all advertisements from the app ▶ FlightAware Aviator - Register and enable advanced features for your piston-engine GA aircraft Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Plover Beach Trips
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Plover is a peaceful beach log for coastal wanderers, shell collectors, and tide watchers. Capture every shoreline visit in one beautiful, offline app — no account required, no ads, no tracking. Log your beach trips with the name, date, location, conditions, and a star rating so you never forget your favorite stretches of sand. The Trips tab keeps your coastal adventures sorted chronologically, letting you relive that perfect sunrise walk or stormy stroll at a glance. The Shell Log is a dedicated field journal for beachcombers. Record every find by common name and scientific species, note which beach and when you found it, add observations about color, size, and shape, and mark whether you photographed it. Twenty sample entries — from rare Junonia volutes to Lightning Whelks and Flamingo Tongues — help you see the log in action the moment you open the app. The Tide Guide covers twelve named beaches across the Pacific Coast, Gulf Coast, and Atlantic Seaboard. Each entry lists morning and evening high tides, afternoon and overnight low tides, and typical tide heights in feet — a handy reference for planning your next shelling trip, sunrise walk, or tide-pool exploration. Everything in Plover works completely offline. Your trips and shell finds are stored privately on your device. No internet connection is ever required. Features: - Beach trip journal with name, date, location, conditions, and star rating - Shell log with species identification, beach, date, notes, and photo flag - Tide reference for 12 named beaches with high and low tide times - Region filter on the Tide tab (Pacific, Gulf, Atlantic) - 10 sample trips and 20 sample shells loaded on first launch - Full offline — no network, no account, no third-party SDKs - Clean SwiftUI interface designed for one-handed use on the beach
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plover Beach Trips at none against FlightAware Flight Tracker's 6. Plover Beach Trips also leads on ads (none vs shown). FlightAware Flight Tracker's advantage is chart position (#38 vs unranked). On price, 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
Both are free to download. FlightAware Flight Tracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Plover Beach Trips asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | FlightAware Flight Tracker | Plover Beach Trips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (386K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 386K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #38 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FlightAware | Linh Phan Nhat Khanh |
Bugs and requests
FlightAware Flight Tracker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Flights disappearing from the app
- Inconsistent data between app and website
- Settings and preferences not saving properly
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Separate direct flights from layover flights
- Customizable color schemes and themes
- More detailed flight history and analytics
- Improved accessibility features
- Automatic updates without manual prompts
Plover Beach Trips
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FlightAware Flight Tracker
- Ad Remove - Monthly$1.491 Month
- Ad Remove - Yearly$8.991 Year
- Aviator - Monthly$9.991 Month
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- Aviator+ - Monthly$19.991 Month
- Aviator - Yearly$99.991 Year
- Aviator+ - Yearly$199.991 Year
Plover Beach Trips
No in-app purchases







