Air Codes vs Matter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Air Codes
Access a comprehensive, regularly updated database of airports, airlines, and aircraft. Features include flight status lookups, an accident archive, aviation news, and push notifications for relevant updates. Explore detailed airport information and stunning visuals.
- Comprehensive aviation database
- Real-time flight status lookup
- Accident history archive
- Global aviation news section
- Push notifications for updates
- Detailed airport and aircraft info
- Dark mode (Night Flight)
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Air Codes keeps you up to date with what’s happening in aviation – in a fast, clean app made for pilots, spotters, frequent flyers and anyone who loves planes. AVIATION NEWS A hand-picked feed of aviation news from around the world, updated throughout the day Crashes, incidents and industry news clearly labelled Aviation videos right in the feed Every story links to its original source PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Get notified when major aviation news breaks Tap a notification to jump straight to the story AIRPORTS The world’s busiest airports with IATA and ICAO codes, city, country, elevation, map and live weather Filter by type – airports, heliports, seaplane bases and more, several types at once Up to six runways per airport with length, surface and a runway layout drawing – parallel runways shown side by side with L / C / R Airport photos from Wikipedia Nearby airports and other airports in the same country AIRLINES The world’s largest airlines with IATA and ICAO codes, callsign, country, registration prefix, tail livery and photo Search by name, code or registration prefix Other airlines from the same country and airlines with the nearest headquarters ACCIDENTS Aviation accidents with date, aircraft type, operator, location and what happened Search by year – type “1977” to see that year’s accidents Accidents that happened on the same day in history FAVOURITES Star airports, airlines and accidents to keep them in your own list Synced with your aircodes.sk account FLIGHTS Flight status for accounts with flight status on aircodes.sk Follow a flight on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island MADE FOR iPHONE Native, fast and lightweight Light and dark mode, with a modern glass design Free account – sign in with Apple, Google or email to read the full news archive, and use the same account on aircodes.sk
Matter
Consolidate articles, newsletters, and PDFs into a single, elegant reading experience. Enjoy features like natural text-to-speech, fluid highlighting, and offline access. Sync your highlights to popular knowledge management tools.
- Save articles, newsletters, PDFs, and YouTube
- Natural text-to-speech for articles
- Fluid highlighting and note-taking
- Sync highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Readwise
- Send articles to Kindle
- Unified inbox for subscriptions
- Offline reading
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Finally, a better reading app. The internet is full of things you want to read – articles, newsletters, Twitter threads, PDFs. Matter brings them together in one place and gives you modern tools, like natural text-to-speech and fluid highlighting, to help you read more comfortably and effectively. "Matter improves vastly on earlier read-later apps like Pocket and Instapaper" – The Wall Street Journal Save anything: - Save full articles if you're within the paywall (eg. Bloomberg, NYT, WSJ) - Podcast transcriptions & synced playback - Save PDFs and YouTube Read across devices, including Kindle: - iPhone, iPad, Web - Send any article to Kindle in 2-taps Unified inbox for your subscriptions: - Sync your newsletters by connecting Gmail - Follow individual writers for their latest posts - Add any RSS feed The most elegant reading experience: - Best-in-class article parsing + readability - Available offline by default - Gorgeous night mode - Human-like text-to-speech - Fluid highlighting and note-taking Export your knowledge: - Sync your highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Roam, Readwise, and others Matter offers a free service and a Premium service. The free version of Matter includes: - Uncapped read-later library - Mobile & web extensions to save all types of content - Best-in-class parsing and readability - Unlimited tags - Full-text search - Customizable themes and fonts In addition to the free features, Matter Premium offers: - HD text-to-speech for all your articles - Seamless AI Co-Reader - Sync your newsletters, subscribe to writers, and add RSS feeds - Unlimited highlighting, note-taking, and integrations - Send to Kindle Payment for Matter Premium will be charged to your iTunes Account when you subscribe. Annual and monthly subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Manage your Matter Premium subscription by going to Matter's Settings page. Terms of Use: https://hq.getmatter.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hq.getmatter.com/privacy
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Verdict
Air Codes and Matter both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of Air Codes's written reviews are positive against 54% of Matter's. Air Codes also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Matter's advantage is chart position (#124 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Air Codes sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Matter sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Air Codes against 4.6 for Matter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 449 and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Air Codes's written reviews are positive against 54% of Matter's.
Air Codes ships an update every 2 days, Matter weekly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Air Codes | Matter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (449 ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 449 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #124 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Magerko | Dig Wells, Inc. |
Customer experience
Air Codes
Matter
User reviews
Air Codes
From 449 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📚 Comprehensive airport and airline code database
- 📰 Up-to-date aviation news feed
- ✈️ Excellent resource for aviation enthusiasts and industry professionals
- 🎨 Good graphical presentation (in earlier versions)
- 🔄 Regular updates with new airports and information
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes on launch
- 💰 Paywall for features previously free
- 🔍 Search functionality is broken or unreliable
- 📵 Intrusive review prompts during usage
- 📰 Excessive messaging and YouTube link notifications
Matter
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Seamless reading experience
- 👍 Elegant and intuitive UI
- 🔊 Excellent text-to-speech functionality
- 💡 Unified inbox for newsletters and articles
- 🌟 Best read-it-later app on the market
Room to improve
- 🔒 Concerns over privacy and data collection
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🐛 Inconsistent article parsing and formatting
- 🔍 Limited author/feed discovery options
- 🔇 Audio playback issues and bugs
Bugs and requests
Air Codes
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on opening (iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 13, iPhone SE)
- Force closing issue persisting for months
- Search returns no results despite data being present
- Airline IATA code search not working
- Airport search unresponsive
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- Flight status not functioning
- Search results hidden behind search box
- Upgrade feature not working
- App crashes after recent updates (version 6.9)
Requested features
8 requests- Airline code search functionality
- Aircraft information (origin, seats, range, wingspan, status)
- Flight status feature (working properly)
- Test/quiz feature for studying
- Support for missing airlines (ASKY Airlines, etc.)
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- Support for missing airports (Tobago TAB/TTCP, Dubai DWC/OMDW)
- Pricing in multiple currencies (not just euros)
- Dark mode option
Matter
Reported bugs
4 issues- Subscription issues and inability to cancel
- Delayed or missing newsletter delivery
- Syncing problems across devices
- Crashes and freezes on certain content
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to manually add blogs and RSS feeds
- Customizable highlighter colors
- Offline mode for audio playback
- Integration with more note-taking apps
- Improved search and filtering capabilities
In-app purchases
Air Codes
- SpacecraftsFree
- Night Flight$0.99
- Netherlands App Icon$0.99
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- Canada App Icon$0.99
- Airlines$1.99
- Small Aircraft$2.99
- Flight Status$2.99
- Accidents$2.99
- Middle Aircraft$3.99
- Big Aircraft$8.99
- Aircrafts Squadron$17.99
- Aircrafts Swarm$79.99
Matter
- Matter Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$7.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$9.991 Month
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- Matter Pro (Monthly)$12.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$13.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$14.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$15.991 Month
- Matter Premium (Monthly)$19.991 Month
- Matter Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$59.991 Year
- Matter Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Matter Pro (Annual)$59.991 Year
- Matter Premium (Annual)$69.991 Year
- Matter Premium (Annual)$79.991 Year
- Matter Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Matter Premium1 Month trial2 variants$79.991 Year
- Matter Pro (Annual)$79.991 Year
- Matter Premium (Annual)$99.991 Year
- Matter Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Matter Patron Tier$149.99
- Matter Premium (3 years)$149.99









