OnlyFlights vs Flight Follower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OnlyFlights
This app provides real-time flight status, including departure and arrival times, delays, and gate information. It offers live notifications and detailed airport data to simplify your travel experience. Track your own flights, friends' and family's flights, and access travel insights.
- Real-time flight status updates
- Departure and arrival time tracking
- Airport information
- Live notifications
- Track friends' and family flights
- Apple Watch app
- Widgets
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OnlyFlights - free flight tracker. Real-time, private, ad-free. Track any flight from check-in to landing. Live status, gate changes, delays, and arrival times for thousands of airlines worldwide. FREE - Add flights and track real-time status - Live departure, arrival, delay, and gate updates - Track friends' and family flights - Import flights from other tracking apps - Flight statistics and travel insights - Countdown widgets for upcoming flights - Apple Watch app - iCloud sync across all your devices - Dark mode - No ads. Ever. ONLYFLIGHTS PRO - Unlimited upcoming and past flights - Real-time alerts from check-in to baggage pickup - Live Activities on Lock Screen & Dynamic Island - Calendar sync - Friends' flight alerts - know exactly when they land - Apple Watch complications - Multi-source tracking for higher accuracy WHY ONLYFLIGHTS - Free to use - Pro is optional - Private by design - no data collection - No account required - start tracking instantly - Works worldwide with thousands of airlines and airports - Clean, fast, easy to use Download OnlyFlights and track your next flight in seconds. Questions or feedback? onlyflights.app@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://onlyflights.app/terms-of-use
Flight Follower
Track aircraft locations with this iOS-exclusive app designed for aviation enthusiasts. It features high-speed maps, live notifications, and home screen widgets for a seamless tracking experience.
- Ad-free aircraft tracking
- High-speed Metal accelerated maps
- Live notifications
- Easy screen sharing
- Gorgeous Home Screen widgets
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Flight Follower is the flight tracking app you've been waiting for — built by pilot and aviation enthusiast Dennis Walsh exclusively for the general aviation community. It is iOS only, using high speed Metal accelerated maps, Liquid Glass, live notifications, easy screen sharing, and gorgeous Home Screen widgets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flight Follower at 5.0 against OnlyFlights's 4.5. Flight Follower also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). OnlyFlights's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 5). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. OnlyFlights sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Flight Follower asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flight Follower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of OnlyFlights's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flight Follower's.
OnlyFlights ships an update every 10 days, Flight Follower every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OnlyFlights | Flight Follower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aliaksandr Huryn | Dennis WALSH |
Customer experience
OnlyFlights
Flight Follower
In-app purchases
OnlyFlights
- Pro - 1 Month$3.991 Month
- Pro - 6 Months$12.996 Months
- Pro - 12 Months$19.991 Year
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- Family Plan / 12 Months$34.991 Year
Flight Follower
No in-app purchases
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