Flight Tracker ZRH vs Sky Scope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flight Tracker ZRH
Visualize real-time air traffic over Zurich and Switzerland in an immersive 3D environment. Explore flight details, including airline logos for major European carriers. Requires a persistent internet connection for live data.
- 3D air traffic visualization
- Pan, zoom, and fly through the map
- Detailed airplane information
- Major EU carrier logos displayed
- Real-time flight data
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This app shows the current airtraffic over Zurich/Switzerland in a 3D view. You can pan/zoom/fly around, get the details about each airplane (if available). Airplanes from major (EU) carriers have their logo on the plane. The app needs persistent Web-access (3G/WiFi) to obtain the Flight-Data from the server! Data provided by ZHAW-Winterthur (radar.zhaw.ch)
Sky Scope
Track aircraft in real-time with a radar-style interface. View live flight data including callsigns, aircraft type, and navigation modes. Discover nearby planes and their flight details.
- Real-time aircraft tracking
- Radar-style interface
- Live flight data display
- Closest aircraft highlighting
- Aircraft callsign and type information
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Sky Scope is a real-time aircraft tracking app for iPhone and iPad. It displays nearby flights on a radar-style interface, highlights the closest aircraft, and shows live data like callsigns, hex codes, nav modes, and aircraft type.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sky Scope at 100% against Flight Tracker ZRH's 27%. Sky Scope also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 months). Flight Tracker ZRH's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Sky Scope holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Tracker ZRH has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Flight Tracker ZRH's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sky Scope's.
Flight Tracker ZRH ships an update every 11 months, Sky Scope every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flight Tracker ZRH | Sky Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 369 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Urs Brauchli | Mark Haney |
Customer experience
Flight Tracker ZRH
Sky Scope
In-app purchases
Flight Tracker ZRH
No in-app purchases
Sky Scope
No in-app purchases
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