AircraftMobile vs SkyTile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AircraftMobile
Provides airline staff with real-time aircraft movement data, including flight times, gate assignments, and turnaround status. Allows for updating flight times and logging departure delays directly from a mobile device.
- Real-time flight information
- Departure and arrival port monitoring
- Gate and bay assignments
- Crew information display
- Turnaround status updates
- Update actual flight times
- Add departure delay entries
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Gives airline staff a real time view of aircraft movements by port on a mobile device. Airline management and ground staff (including ramp staff, catering and engineering) can monitor real-time flight information such as: Flight times Departure and arrival ports Gates and bays Crew info Turnaround Users can also update actual flight times (ATD, ATA) and add departure delay entries at their home port. AircraftMobile is for use with the merlot.aero suite of products. Please use your usual Merlot or Geneva user credential or company directory credential to log in. The mobile token is available from your Merlot administrator (or from the Login Center in CrewPortal if you have access). merlot.aero is a cloud-based airline operations management system designed specifically for the airline industry. Airlines use merlot.aero to optimize day-to-day crew and aircraft utilization, as well as control and report on core operational information. This enables them to manage their business, achieve regulatory compliance, maximize operational efficiency and focus on scalable growth.
SkyTile
Explore aircraft overhead and discover flight details with this companion app for a SkyTile display. View past sightings, learn about aircraft types with profiles and facts, and manage your device settings.
- Discover aircraft overhead
- Explore flight details
- Revisit past sightings
- Build aircraft collections
- Learn about aircraft profiles
- Manage device and settings
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Discover the aircraft overhead with SkyTile, the companion app for your SkyTile display. Explore flight details, revisit past sightings, and build a personal collection of the aircraft types spotted nearby. Learn about each aircraft with detailed profiles and fun facts, and easily manage your device, detection area, and display preferences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SkyTile at 5.0 against AircraftMobile's 1.0. SkyTile also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). AircraftMobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). 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.
SkyTile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SkyTile has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AircraftMobile ships an update every 4 months, SkyTile fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AircraftMobile | SkyTile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CAE Flight Services USA Inc. | Replay Tech Inc. |
Customer experience
AircraftMobile
SkyTile
In-app purchases
AircraftMobile
No in-app purchases
SkyTile
No in-app purchases









