Comparison

AutoTrips vs FlightDial

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

Head to head
About

AutoTrips

This app automatically logs your car trips, recording GPS routes, distance, and timing hands-free. It integrates with your car's display and uses smart labels to categorize drives, making mileage tracking for work or taxes effortless.

Highlights
  • Automatic trip recording via car connection
  • CarPlay integration for in-car control
  • Smart route and location-based labeling
  • Customizable markers for important places
  • Support for multiple vehicles
  • Detailed trip maps with speed overlays
  • Powerful filtering and export options
Features
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AutoTrips — Automatic Trip & Mileage Logging AutoTrips records your trips automatically so you never have to remember to hit "start." Whether you're tracking mileage for work, taxes, or expenses, AutoTrips captures every drive with an accurate GPS route, distance, and timing — hands-free. AUTOMATIC RECORDING Set it up once and forget it. Using an iOS Shortcuts automation, AutoTrips starts the moment your car connects — CarPlay or Bluetooth — and stops when you disconnect. It works even if the app is force-quit, recording silently in the background. The built-in Setup Guide walks you through it in under a minute. CARPLAY READY Start, stop, and label trips right from your car's display. Assign the car and label for the trip you're on without touching your phone. SMART LABELS Trips label themselves. AutoTrips recognizes your routes by location and your saved markers — so Home, Work, and your regular stops are sorted automatically. You can always override a label by hand, and your choice always wins. MARKERS & PLACES Drop markers on the places that matter. AutoTrips notes every time a trip passes through them, with timestamps — perfect for client sites, job locations, or frequent destinations like toll booths. CARS & VEHICLES Track multiple vehicles with license plates. New trips automatically inherit the last car you drove. BEAUTIFUL TRIP DETAILS See every drive on a clean map with a color-coded speed overlay. Trips with stops are grouped into journeys automatically, so your log reads the way you actually drove. POWERFUL FILTERING Find any trip fast — filter by date, car, label, or marker, with multi-select for exactly the view you need. EXPORT (Premium: Lifetime In App Purchase) Export your trips as CSV, PDF, or GPX — complete with distances, markers, and license plates. Ideal for reimbursement, accounting, or your own records. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your trips sync seamlessly across your devices with iCloud and stay in your account. No third-party tracking. Also works with Siri, the Action Button, Spotlight, and widgets.

About

FlightDial

Features
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FlightDial turns your wrist into a radar screen. Real aircraft, live from community ADS-B data, drawn on an analog dial at their true bearing and distance from you. The dial turns with your compass, so a plane at 10 o’clock on screen is at 10 o’clock in the sky. One crossing the centre is about to pass overhead, and FlightDial taps you when it will. • Live traffic on a clean analog dial, over a terrain map • Turn the Digital Crown to zoom from 2 to 50 km • Tap a plane for its registration, type, altitude, speed, distance and bearing • A complication showing how many aircraft are near you • A haptic when something is about to pass overhead • Watch Heathrow’s traffic any time, free FlightDial World unlocks any sky on earth: search a city or airport and keep it as its own dial. Live traffic: ADSB.lol community data (ODbL).

Screenshots

AutoTrips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlightDial at none against AutoTrips's 1. FlightDial also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. AutoTrips sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FlightDial asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AutoTrips ships an update fortnightly, FlightDial every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AutoTrips versus FlightDial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAutoTripsFlightDial
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGijs RaggersMishigo OU

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AutoTrips

One-time1
  • AutoTrips - Export$4.99
None

FlightDial

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AutoTrips free?
AutoTrips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlightDial free?
FlightDial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AutoTrips or FlightDial have ads?
Neither AutoTrips nor FlightDial shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AutoTrips or FlightDial?
AutoTrips ships an update fortnightly, and FlightDial every 2 days. Most recently, AutoTrips was updated on October 5, 2026 and FlightDial on September 30, 2026.

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