Comparison

Flight Follower vs AirwayControl

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Ad-free aircraft tracking
  • High-speed Metal accelerated maps
  • Live notifications
  • Easy screen sharing
  • Gorgeous Home Screen widgets
Features
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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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AirwayControl

Features
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Your flight, from the moment you leave the house to the baggage belt at your destination. Every aircraft beautifully presented in the map. Avoid the constant hunt for info screens at the airport. Gate, times and changes are right on your phone, and the app tells you when something changes. At Avinor's airports in Norway, gate and baggage belt come from the same source as the screens in the hall. If something goes wrong, it keeps constant track of what you are entitled to, and guides you through claiming it with ease. MY FLIGHT • Search a flight number, a route or an airline, and add it as My Flight. • Gate, terminal, check-in desk and times on one card, with a Live Activity and a Lock Screen widget. • Notifications you choose: go to gate, gate change, delay, boarding, gate closing, cancellation and baggage on the belt. Worked out on your iPhone, with no account. • Leaving from a Norwegian airport: the expected security wait, and the reclaim belt when you land. WHEN THE FLIGHT GOES WRONG • Delayed or cancelled: what changed, and when the app last checked. • Your rights on that route, in plain language. EU261, UK261 and the national rules of 18 more countries, including Canada, the United States, Brazil, Türkiye and India. • A claim letter to the airline, filled in from what the app already knows. It opens in your own mail app and goes to the airline's own published address. We fill in the form. We are not a claims agency, and we take no fee and no cut. • Where to complain on that route, when the airline says no. • Damaged or delayed bag: the deadline that applies to you, the nearest service desk on the airport map, and every detail the airline's form asks for, ready to paste. BAGGAGE • Published allowances and fees for more than 100 airlines, by fare type: cabin bag, checked bags, extra pieces and overweight. • Allowances also depend on your ticket and status. The app says so, every time. AIRPORTS • Departures and arrivals for any airport you search or tap. • At Norwegian and Nordic airports: gate, belt, check-in desk and live status from Avinor's official feed. • Airport maps with surveyed gates and stands, and a walking estimate to your gate in distance and minutes. One tap hands over to Apple Maps. It is an estimate, not indoor turn-by-turn. LIVE RADAR • Live aircraft on a calm map, worldwide. • Tap a plane: a rendered aircraft in the airline's own colors where we have them, real photos credited to the photographer, the route, and schedule and gate. • Aircraft in view: every aircraft on screen as a list, with a page for each type. • Overhead: what is passing above you right now. • Live precipitation radar over the map. PRIVACY No ads. No account. No tracking. Your location centers the map and measures the walk to your gate. Your exact position never leaves your device. SUBSCRIPTION AirwayControl requires a subscription. One auto-renewable subscription unlocks the whole app. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial; after that it renews monthly at the price shown in the App Store for your country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically every month unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://airwaycontrol.intelsystems.ai/privacy HONEST LIMITS Aircraft positions work worldwide; refresh rate depends on receiver coverage. Gate, belt, check-in desk and security wait are deepest at Nordic airports; elsewhere you get boards, gate and terminal where published, and the live map. Rights information is information, not legal advice. Live data needs a connection. CREDITS Full credits for data, maps and photos: airwaycontrol.intelsystems.ai/credits

Screenshots

Flight Follower4 screens
AirwayControl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flight Follower at none against AirwayControl's 1. Flight Follower also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AirwayControl sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Flight Follower asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flight Follower against 5.0 for AirwayControl. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Follower has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Follower ships an update every 2 days, AirwayControl every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flight Follower versus AirwayControl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight FollowerAirwayControl
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDennis WALSHChristopher Svendsen

Customer experience

Flight Follower

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AirwayControl

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Flight Follower

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AirwayControl

Subscriptions1
  • AirwayControl7 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Flight Follower free?
Flight Follower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AirwayControl free?
AirwayControl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flight Follower or AirwayControl?
Flight Follower and AirwayControl are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Flight Follower or AirwayControl have ads?
Neither Flight Follower nor AirwayControl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Follower or AirwayControl?
Flight Follower ships an update every 2 days, and AirwayControl every 5 days. Most recently, Flight Follower was updated on October 24, 2026 and AirwayControl on October 28, 2026.

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