Comparison

Seat Alerts vs SeatBoost

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Seat Alerts

Find better airplane seats for your flights. This app helps you locate preferred seats like window or aisle by monitoring seat maps. Get notified when your desired seat becomes available, improving your travel experience.

Highlights
  • Monitor flight seat maps
  • Set custom seat alerts (window, aisle)
  • Receive notifications for available seats
  • View SeatGuru seat ratings
  • Supports over 150 airlines
  • Cross-device alert management
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You've booked a trip to your favorite getaway but the plane is full and you're stuck in the middle seat, sound familiar? Let Seat Alerts® by ExpertFlyer help find you a better seat in 3 easy steps: 1. Look up the Seat Map of your flight. 2. Set up a Seat Alert to find window seats, aisle seats and more. 3. Get notified if your preferred seat is found. Seat Alerts will monitor the available seats right up until the flight departs. If it becomes available you can change your seat when your Seat Alert notification arrives, just contact the airline or the travel agency that booked your ticket. Seat Alerts finds a window or aisle seat better than 75% of the time. • With a Free account, you can set up one Free Seat Alert at a time using the Any Seat, Any Window or Any Aisle options. Other advanced alert options require a fee. • Seat maps include SeatGuru® seat ratings so you know which seat is the right seat for you. Just click on a seat to see its rating and review • If you need multiple Seat Alerts at the same time, additional alerts and alert options are available for purchase • Supports over 150 airlines that have preassigned seating Notes about app functionality: • Account registration is required to use the Seat Alert app, this is so we can notify you of found seats and keep track of your alerts across devices. • Miles Award or Upgrade searching and alerting is not the same as Seat Map searching and alerting. This app is Seat Map Alerts only. For Miles Awards & Upgrades, please use our website. • Also works with ExpertFlyer.com Basic and Premium subscriptions to manage your Seat Alerts. • Seat Alerts checks the seat maps several times a day. If you find and take an open seat before the next check of the alert, you won't be notified. • To prevent abuse, a limited about of seat maps can be viewed each day, resetting every 24 hrs. Only a single seat map search is needed to create a Seat Alert.

About

SeatBoost

Enhance your flight experience with last-minute upgrades. Participate in live auctions or purchase instant upgrades for premium seating. You only pay if you win your bid.

Highlights
  • Live seat upgrade auctions
  • Instant upgrade purchases
  • Check flight eligibility
  • Bid for companions
  • Pay only if you win
  • Automatic upgrade and boarding pass
Features
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SeatBoost Upgrade your seat to a premium flight experience with SeatBoost’s live, last-minute auctions or through an instant purchase. **HOW IT WORKS** - Download the free SeatBoost app - Starting 24 hours before your flight's departure, check if your flight is eligible by retrieving your booking in the SeatBoost app - Join the live auction for your desired cabin and bid for an upgrade or purchase an upgrade right away - You can bid for yourself as well as for your traveling companions - You pay only if you win - Winners receive their upgrade and new boarding pass automatically at the end of the auction **AVAILABLE AIRLINES** SeatBoost is currently available on Avianca, Condor Airlines, Iberia, LATAM Airlines and TAP Air Portugal, with more airlines coming soon! **QUESTIONS** You can contact us at https://seatboost.com/#contact-us Personal data disclosure: www.seatboost.com/privacy-policy/#purposes-for-which-we-will-use-your-personal-data

Screenshots

Seat Alerts4 screens
SeatBoost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SeatBoost at 4.8 against Seat Alerts's 3.1. SeatBoost also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 42%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Seat Alerts's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Seat Alerts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SeatBoost asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SeatBoost holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SeatBoost has 976 ratings behind it against 140, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Seat Alerts's written reviews are positive against 79% of SeatBoost's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seat Alerts ships an update every 3 months, SeatBoost every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Seat Alerts versus SeatBoost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeat AlertsSeatBoost
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (140 ratings)4.8 (976 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings140976 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Imagitas, Inc.SeatBoost Inc.

Customer experience

Seat Alerts

All ratings137 ratings
Positive50.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative40.9%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative52.8%

SeatBoost

All ratings976 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews401 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative20.2%

User reviews

Seat Alerts

From 140 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app
  • 👍 Useful information
  • 💡 Seat alerts work well
  • 🚀 Accurate seat data

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes/not working
  • 🔒 Login issues
  • 💰 Paid features required
  • 🔍 Limited airline/route coverage

SeatBoost

From 976 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💰 Affordable upgrades
  • 🛒 Convenient and easy to use
  • 🤝 Helpful staff
  • 🎉 Exciting bidding experience
  • 🤑 Great value for money

Room to improve

  • 🚧 Technical issues and bugs
  • 🤔 Unclear availability of upgrades
  • 🙅‍♀️ Oversold upgrades
  • 🤥 Misleading information
  • 🕰️ Tight bidding timeline

Bugs and requests

Seat Alerts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect seat information
  • Endless login loop
  • Inability to create new accounts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Push notifications for seat alerts
  • Support for more airlines
  • Improved user interface
  • Award seat availability search

SeatBoost

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App reporting outdated version
  • Technical errors during bidding
  • Upgrades not honored after winning bid

Requested features

5 requests
  • More airline partners
  • Clearer upgrade availability information
  • Longer bidding timeline
  • Ability to cancel or amend bids
  • Better customer support

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Seat Alerts

One-time1
  • Seat Alert$0.99
None

SeatBoost

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Seat Alerts free?
Seat Alerts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SeatBoost free?
SeatBoost is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Seat Alerts or SeatBoost?
SeatBoost is rated higher. Seat Alerts averages 3.1 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while SeatBoost averages 4.8 from 976 ratings.
Do Seat Alerts or SeatBoost have ads?
Neither Seat Alerts nor SeatBoost shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seat Alerts or SeatBoost?
Seat Alerts ships an update every 3 months, and SeatBoost every 3 weeks. Most recently, Seat Alerts was updated on October 23, 2026 and SeatBoost on October 29, 2026.

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