Comparison

Seat Alerts vs FlightStickies

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

FlightStickies

Enhance your travel experience by annotating and sharing interactive airport maps, 3D seat layouts, and aircraft models. Quickly find amenities, personalize your journey, and keep track of flight details with this visually rich travel tool.

Highlights
  • Annotate airport maps with notes and emojis
  • Navigate 3D seat maps and highlight amenities
  • Explore 3D aircraft models
  • Share annotated travel content via messages
  • Save annotations for later reuse
  • Utilize usage credits or subscriptions
Features
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FlightStickies is a fun, extremely useful and visually stunning travel tool that offers 3 types of travel content that you can Browse, Annotate & Share: Airport Maps: Quickly find gates, food, shopping and other amenities at the airport. Annotate maps with short notes and emojis. Share the annotated AirportMaps by sending it as a message. Recipients can view the annotated AirportMaps in their iMessage app. 3D SeatMaps: Immersively navigate in 3D to view seat locations and seat amenities. Annotate seats with short notes and emojis. Color seat to highlight specific seats. Add other annotations related to the flight. Share the annotated 3D SeatMaps by sending it as a message. Recipients can view the annotated 3D SeatMaps in their iMessage app. 3D Aircraft: Check out the airline's fleet in 3D. Annotate the aircraft with short notes and emojis. Share the annotated 3D Aircraft by sending it as a message. Recipients can view the annotated 3D Aircraft in their iMessage app. Choose Favorite option to save annotations/personalizations of content for later reuse. You can view content using USAGE CREDITS or SUBSCRIPTIONS or a combination of both (i.e., view some products with USAGE CREDITS and others with SUBSCRIPTIONS). 
•15 FREE (Complimentary) USAGE CREDITS are provided to enable you to fully experience the content. USAGE CREDITS: You can use it to view ANY product (i.e., Airport Maps, 3D SeatMaps and 3D Aircraft). 1 USAGE CREDIT is used each time you view the content on any of your devices. As USAGE CREDITS get depleted, additional USAGE credits can be purchased in the following increments: 
•10 Usage Credits 
•25 Usage Credits 
•75 Usage Credits 
•200 Usage Credits 
•500 Usage Credits SUBSCRIPTIONS: By SUBSCRIBING to a product, you get unlimited views for that specific product during the subscription period (1 year). A product is an AIRPORT MAP for a specific airport, 3D SEATMAPS for a specific airline or 3D AIRCRAFT for a specific airline. Airport Map Subscriptions (for 1 year) are available for purchase for the following Airports: ATL, BNA, BOS, BWI, CLE, CLT, DCA, DEN, DFW, DTW, EWR, IAD, IND, JFK, LAS, LAX, MCO, MEM, MIA, MSP, ORD, PHL, PIT, SAT, SEA, SFO, SMF. 3D SeatMap SUBSCRIPTIONS (1 year) are available for purchase for the following Airlines: Air Canada, Air France, Air NewZealand, Alaska Air, Allegiant Air, American, ANA, Asiana, Austrian, BritishAirways, Cathay Pacific, Delta, Emirates, Etihad, Frontier, Hawaiian, Japan Airlines, JetBlue, KLM, Korean Air, LATAM, Lufthansa, Norwegian Air, Porter, Qantas, Qatar, Singapore Air, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, Turkish, United, VirginAtlantic, Virgin Australia. 3D Aircraft SUBSCRIPTIONS (1 year) are available for purchase for the following Airlines: Air Canada, Alaska, American, ANA, British Airways, Delta, Emirates, Frontier, Hawaiian, Japan Airlines, JetBlue, KLM, Lufthansa, Porter, Qantas, Qatar, SIA, Southwest, Spirit, United, Virgin Atlantic. 
•Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. 
•Subscriptions automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
 •Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal 
•You can manage or turn off auto-renewal in your AppleID account settings any time after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.tis3d.com/fsterms.html Privacy: https://www.tis3d.com/fsprivacy.html

Screenshots

Seat Alerts4 screens
FlightStickies4 screens

Verdict

The call

Seat Alerts and FlightStickies both sit at 3.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 42% of Seat Alerts's written reviews are positive against 0% of FlightStickies's. Seat Alerts also leads on ratings volume (140 vs 29). FlightStickies's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 and FlightStickies sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FlightStickies holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 140 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Seat Alerts's written reviews are positive against 0% of FlightStickies's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Seat Alerts versus FlightStickies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeat AlertsFlightStickies
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (140 ratings)3.3 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings140 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Imagitas, Inc.Technology Integration Services Inc.

Customer experience

Seat Alerts

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

FlightStickies

All ratings28 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

FlightStickies

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Seat Alerts

One-time1
  • Seat Alert$0.99
10 purchases

FlightStickies

Subscriptions5
  • Airport Map for ATL$7.991 Year
  • Airport Map for DFW$7.991 Year
  • 3D Aircraft for Delta$9.991 Year
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  • 3D SeatMaps for American$39.991 Year
  • 3D SeatMaps for United$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • 10 Usage Credits$0.99
  • 25 Usage Credits$1.99
  • 75 Usage Credits$4.99
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  • 200 Usage Credits$9.99
  • 500 Usage Credits$19.99

Questions

Is Seat Alerts free?
Seat Alerts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlightStickies free?
FlightStickies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Seat Alerts or FlightStickies?
FlightStickies is rated higher. Seat Alerts averages 3.1 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while FlightStickies averages 3.3 from 29 ratings.
Do Seat Alerts or FlightStickies have ads?
Neither Seat Alerts nor FlightStickies shows ads.

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