FlightDeck vs FlyStandby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlightDeck
This app provides real-time flight tracking with AI-generated insights, offering context beyond raw data. It highlights notable aircraft, weather conditions, and airport details, with customizable alerts and emergency detection.
- Real-time flight tracking map
- AI-generated flight briefs
- Notable aircraft spotting
- Weather intelligence overlays
- Detailed airport information
- Customizable flight alerts
- Emergency squawk detection
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FlightDeck is the flight tracker that shows you what pilots are saying, live. PILOT MESSAGES (ACARS) Read the messages pilots and their airline send each other, decoded live: diversions, medical emergencies, maintenance problems, and the odd joke. Search any flight and day. TRACK YOUR FLIGHT Follow your flight on your Lock Screen: clearance, pushback, takeoff and landing runways, and the plane flying in that becomes yours. 3D MODE The 3D flight tracking you've seen all over social media. Real planes in their airline's paint, gear and all. Nothing else comes close. REPLAY Go back to any flight from the last 30 days and watch it fly again. ALERTS Write an alert in plain English, or draw one on the map. Get notified about emergency squawks and military and government aircraft. ALSO INCLUDED Weather radar, turbulence and pilot reports, D-ATIS, METARs, plain-English NOTAMs, FAA ground stops and delays, active runways, gates, TSA wait times, and approach charts. SUBSCRIPTION FlightDeck requires a weekly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.tryflightdeck.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.tryflightdeck.com/terms
FlyStandby
This app helps airline employees and their travel partners plan staff travel, search for standby flights, and access crew schedules. It allows users to view live flight status, plan multi-leg journeys, and request cabin loads from verified crew. The app also tracks airline-specific staff travel agreements and requires verification for sensitive features.
- Standby flight search
- Live flight status and schedule data
- Multi-leg journey planning
- Real cabin load requests
- Staff travel agreement tracking
- Verified airline employee access
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FlyStandby is the modern toolkit for airline employees and eligible travel partners. Plan staff travel, search standby-friendly flights and follow your flights from a single app. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Search flights worldwide and view live status, gate and schedule data - Plan multi-leg trips on a map, with every path, its flights and their loads - Switch a trip to Live from a day before you fly: every flight you could take from where you are, and what to do if you miss one (live flight data is included with Max) - Request real cabin loads from verified crew, fully refunded if no one answers before departure or the airline cancels the flight - Plan journeys with hotels, activities and transfers, priced in the currency you paid - Keep your trips, journeys, requests and load answers on your device, so they open without a connection - Track airline-specific staff travel agreements - Get verified as an airline employee for trusted access - Top up SkyCredits to unlock load requests, trip planning, Route Explorer and Flight Status DESIGNED FOR AIRLINE STAFF FlyStandby is built for crew, ground staff, retirees and their eligible companions. Verification is required for sensitive features so the community stays trusted. SUBSCRIPTIONS FlyStandby offers optional auto-renewable subscriptions that unlock advanced features for power users. - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the price shown at purchase. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renew in your Apple ID account settings at any time after purchase. LEGAL Terms of Use: https://flystandby.app/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://flystandby.app/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: FlyStandby at freemium against FlightDeck's subscription. FlightDeck's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 3) and review sentiment (19% vs 0%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. FlightDeck sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and FlyStandby sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FlyStandby holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FlightDeck has 1.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of FlightDeck's written reviews are positive against 0% of FlyStandby's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FlightDeck ships an update every 4 days, FlyStandby weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlightDeck | FlyStandby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #27 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Attracts | Matthieu Labbe |
Customer experience
FlightDeck
FlyStandby
In-app purchases
FlightDeck
- FlightDeck Pro$6.997 Days
- FlightDeck Pro$12.997 Days
- FlightDeck Pro$19.991 Month
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- FlightDeck Pro$49.991 Year
- FlightDeck Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- FlightDeck Pro3 Days trial$69.991 Year
FlyStandby
- Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Max (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- Pro (Yearly)$17.991 Year
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- Max (Yearly)$44.991 Year
- Economy SkyCredits$1.99
- Premium SkyCredits$6.99
- Business SkyCredits$14.99
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- First SkyCredits$39.99
- Private Jet SkyCredits$69.99









