seats.aero vs ARDAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
seats.aero
Discover domestic and international award flights using your points and miles. This app aggregates availability across major airline alliances, allowing you to find and book flights that are often missed on traditional airline websites. Plan spontaneous trips or snag hard-to-get premium cabin seats.
- Discover award flights with points and miles
- Supports Star Alliance, OneWorld, and SkyTeam
- Global flight coverage
- Search by desired airport
- Advanced filtering options
- Create flight availability alerts
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seats.aero® is a new way to book flights with your points and miles. Stop searching on outdated airline websites and immediately discover domestic and international award flights that you can book with your points. Take advantage of credit card points and frequent flyer miles to travel more for less. --- ALL MAJOR AIRLINE ALLIANCES --- We support Star Alliance, OneWorld, and SkyTeam flights, and they can all be discovered immediately out of the box. Global coverage means you can discover flights to/from any region of the world. --- EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS --- We're the only award search tool that can show you every flight from your desired airport. Find availability on every direct route to book where you want to go -- even if it departs tomorrow. --- ADVANCED FILTERING --- Filter your searches to arrive or depart from specific airports or regions, cabin classes, on specific carriers, or just discover anywhere you can go from your home airport. --- CREATE ALERTS --- Create alerts to discover when the best flights become available. Airlines release seats for booking at all hours of the day; snag the hardest business and first awards without repetitive searching. Seats.aero supports most direct routes served by mileage programs. We are not affiliated with any airlines or mileage programs. This app uses the Apple standard EULA, available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
ARDAR
This app uses augmented reality to overlay live aircraft information directly onto your camera view. Point your device at the sky to identify planes, track their routes, and see details like speed, altitude, and airline.
- AR aircraft labels over real sky
- Live flight tracker data
- Flight and plane radar views
- Detailed aircraft information
- Flight path visualization
- Filters for focused spotting
- Apple Watch companion map
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Turn the sky into a live flight tracker. ARDAR is an AR flight radar and plane spotting app that places nearby aircraft directly over your camera view, so you can point your iPhone at the sky and see what is flying above you. Built for every plane spotter, aviation fan, traveler, and curious sky watcher, ARDAR makes air traffic feel visible, immediate, and real. Use ARDAR as an AR plane spotter, flight tracker, plane radar, and air traffic radar in one simple experience. See live nearby aircraft with callsigns, altitude, speed, heading, distance, route details, aircraft type, airline info, and more. Tap a plane in the sky to focus on it, follow its flight path, and stay flight aware without digging through a traditional map-first flight tracker. Whether you are plane spotting near an airport, watching arrivals and departures, tracking overhead flights from your backyard, or pairing the view with ATC or live ATC listening, ARDAR gives you a fast, visual way to understand the air traffic around you. Features: • AR aircraft labels over the real sky • Live nearby flight tracker data • Flight radar and plane radar views • Air traffic radar for local aircraft • Callsign, altitude, speed, heading, and distance • Route, origin, and destination details when available • Airline and aircraft identification • Flight path and trajectory visualization • Filters for focused plane spotting • Apple Watch companion map for nearby air traffic ARDAR is made for people who look up. Open the app, point at the sky, and know what is flying.
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Verdict
seats.aero and ARDAR both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ARDAR's written reviews are positive against 13% of seats.aero's. ARDAR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). seats.aero's advantage is ratings volume (5.9K vs 9) and chart position (#116 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads 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. seats.aero sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $20.00 per month. ARDAR asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for seats.aero against 4.6 for ARDAR. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: seats.aero has 5.9K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 13% of seats.aero's written reviews are positive against 100% of ARDAR's.
seats.aero ships an update every 3 weeks, ARDAR every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | seats.aero | ARDAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.9K ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.9K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #116 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | seats.aero | Villegas Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
seats.aero
ARDAR
Bugs and requests
seats.aero
Reported bugs
3 issues- Search results show nothing
- Date selection issues
- Incorrect seat availability information
Requested features
4 requests- Add more airline options
- Allow filtering by number of travelers
- Improve search accuracy and availability
- Provide better login/subscription management
ARDAR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
seats.aero
- Pro$20.001 Month
ARDAR
No in-app purchases









