Sky Trace vs FlightDots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sky Trace
This app transforms your iPhone into a real-time in-flight dashboard, tracking your personal journey using device GPS. Monitor your live speed, altitude, and ETA as your flight path unfolds on a map. Enjoy a privacy-first experience with no accounts or tracking.
- Real-time flight tracking
- Live speed, altitude, and ETA
- Flight path on map
- Background tracking
- Offline map support
- Live Activity & Dynamic Island (Pro)
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Track Your Own Flight. Live From the Sky. Sky Trace turns your iPhone into a real-time in-flight dashboard. This is not a ground-based plane tracker. Sky Trace uses your device GPS while you fly, so you can follow your own journey in real time. Set your departure and arrival airports, tap Go Live, and watch your route unfold on the map with live speed, altitude, and ETA updates. FREE + PRO Sky Trace includes a free tier and optional SkyTrace Pro upgrade. Free includes: • Core in-app live flight tracking • Up to 3 Go Live sessions SkyTrace Pro unlocks: • Unlimited Go Live sessions • Live Activity + Dynamic Island updates • Advanced customization (speed unit and icon options) LIVE FLIGHT DATA • Real-time altitude, speed, and position • Live ETA that updates during flight • Your flight path drawn live on the map • Works in flight using device GPS • Background tracking support BUILT FOR iPHONE • Lock Screen Live Activities (Pro) • Dynamic Island support (Pro) • Clean, minimal UI • Speed and altitude metrics at a glance • Offline map support with downloaded Apple Maps SIMPLE Select departure and arrival airports Tap Go Live Track your flight in real time PRIVACY FIRST Everything stays on your device. • No accounts • No ads • No analytics/tracking SDKs • No server-side location upload by us Your data remains local to your device. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
FlightDots
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Every flight leaves a film. FlightDots turns the flights you take into short vertical films of your plane crossing a 3D Earth. ■ Just the flight number Enter a flight number and FlightDots finds the date and airports. When a public flight path is available, the route it actually flew comes along too. No flight number? Add the airports and time yourself. ■ A film over the globe Open a flight and tap Make Film. Your plane follows the real route across the Earth, with the seas and cities you passed, your trip photos, flight time and distance. Save it to Photos or share it right away. You can even pick an aircraft that matches the real type. ■ Many trips, one film Choose the flights you've taken and join them in order into a journey film. ■ Follow it on your Lock Screen At departure time your flight appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you can see where you are and how long is left at a glance. Positions from live tracking or schedule estimates are labelled as such. Turn this on in Settings. ■ In flight, just leave it on Start recording once you're seated and your iPhone's GPS keeps the path you really flew. It works in Airplane Mode, and a window seat helps. Apple Watch can record along with it. ■ Your records stay on your device Location records, photos and films are stored only on your device. No account, no ads. Only the flight details needed for lookups and Lock Screen status go to our server. ■ Free to start You get 5 free flight path registrations. Searching never uses one; one is used only when a path is saved. Even after they're used, adding flights by airport, GPS recording and making films stay available. Earth imagery: NASA Blue Marble, Black Marble · Flight paths: ADSB.lol (ODbL) · Flight data: AeroDataBox, Incheon International Airport Corporation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlightDots at none against Sky Trace's 3. 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. Sky Trace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. FlightDots asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Sky Trace | FlightDots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avi Shany | Donghun Ha |
In-app purchases
Sky Trace
- SkyTrace Pro Monthly$1.491 Month
- SkyTrace Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- SkyTrace Pro Lifetime$19.99
FlightDots
No in-app purchases









