Comparison

FlightDeck vs Flight

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time flight tracking map
  • AI-generated flight briefs
  • Notable aircraft spotting
  • Weather intelligence overlays
  • Detailed airport information
  • Customizable flight alerts
  • Emergency squawk detection
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

Flight

Features
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Flight: Info turns your iPhone or iPad into a live board of the aircraft flying over your head right now. Prop it on a desk, mount it on a wall, or glance at it on the couch when something loud goes by. EVERY FLIGHT OVERHEAD See commercial flights, cargo, bizjets, helicopters, and general aviation within a radius you choose, refreshed as often as every 5 seconds. Each row shows callsign, route, airline, aircraft type, altitude, speed, distance, and bearing. FIVE DISPLAYS IN ONE Solari: a split-flap departure board with real flipping cells. Amber LED: a glowing dot-matrix panel. Terminal: green phosphor CRT, scanlines included. Midnight: ice blue on deep navy. Paper: a quiet daylight timetable. RADAR SCOPE A sweeping radar shows every aircraft at its true bearing and distance, with heading lines. Tap a blip for full details. FOLLOW A FLIGHT Star a callsign, registration, or hex code and it pins to the top of the board whenever it is in range. WATCH ANY SKY Use your location, or set a fixed point and watch the traffic over your home airport, a favorite fix, or the other side of the world. No GPS required. MADE FOR WALLS Keep-awake mode, a brightness dimmer, and a spotlight layout that cycles one big flight card at a time, plus a demo mode with simulated traffic. No account. No subscription. No API keys. Live data comes from free community ADS-B networks.

Screenshots

FlightDeck4 screens
Flight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flight at none against FlightDeck's 6. Flight also leads on ads (none vs shown). FlightDeck's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and chart position (#33 vs unranked). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FlightDeck sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Flight asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlightDeck ships an update every 4 days, Flight every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
FlightDeck versus Flight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlightDeckFlight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews18.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
Best chart rank#33 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttractsAlchemaize

In-app purchases

6 purchases

FlightDeck

Subscriptions6
  • 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
None

Flight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlightDeck free?
FlightDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flight free?
Flight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlightDeck or Flight have ads?
FlightDeck shows ads; Flight does not.
Which is updated more often, FlightDeck or Flight?
FlightDeck ships an update every 4 days, and Flight every 3 months. Most recently, FlightDeck was updated on October 31, 2026 and Flight on October 31, 2026.

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