Comparison

Pendler vs Flightrax

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

Head to head
About

Pendler

Features
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Create your own departure boards, choose exactly which routes and directions you use, and get real-time updates directly on your screen. Features: • Create personalized departure boards • Select multiple routes and destinations for each stop • Real-time service updates with clear information • View departures on your Lock Screen • Widget for quick access Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Flightrax

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Flightrax follows your flights from gate to baggage belt — with a live map, Lock Screen cards and alerts that say what is actually happening. • Alerts before the airline: we watch the aircraft that will fly you and tell you when it is running late — often before the board does. • Lock Screen card (Live Activity): phase, progress, countdown, gate and baggage belt — in the airline's own livery. • Nordic depth: 210 airports, including every Norwegian short-runway airport up to Finnmark and Svalbard, all Swedavia airports, Denmark, Finland and Iceland — plus London, Amsterdam, Spain, Greece, Vienna, Dublin, Zurich, Istanbul and more. • Radar: thousands of aircraft live on the map, trails coloured by altitude. • Calendar scan: flights in your calendar are added automatically (optional). • Friends: see each other's trips, collect flight hours, levels and frames. • Pass: your statistics — flights, airports, kilometres, hours, year by year. • Seat map, aircraft type and registration for your flight. Alerts are honest: "go to gate", "boarding", "gate closing", "descent started" (measured, not guessed), "bags on belt N". Free: map and radar, every board and search, your log and one active flight. Flightrax Pro: unlimited tracking, every alert, the Lock Screen card, friends, calendar sync, full statistics and the Northern Lights, Midnight Sun and Stealth themes. Flightrax Pro+: everything in Pro, plus the light themes Fjord Light and Pearl Sky. Pro and Pro+ are monthly or yearly subscriptions with a 3-day free trial. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your App Store account. Founder: a one-time purchase — Pro+ for life, with the Founder theme, Founder icon and Founder badge. Limited number. Travel Pass: a one-time purchase — Pro+ for 72 hours. Does not renew. Privacy: your location never leaves your phone. No ads, no tracking, no data sales. Terms: https://flightrax.no/terms Privacy: https://flightrax.no/privacy

Screenshots

Pendler4 screens
Flightrax4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pendler and Flightrax are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Pendler sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Flightrax sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pendler versus Flightrax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPendlerFlightrax
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonas KisbyeOfstad Capital AS

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pendler

Subscriptions2
  • Rejsetider+1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Rejsetider+1 Month trial$9.991 Year
6 purchases

Flightrax

Subscriptions4
  • Pro — monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Pro+ — monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Pro — yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Pro+ — yearly3 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time2
  • Travel Pass 72 h$1.99
  • Founder — lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Pendler free?
Pendler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flightrax free?
Flightrax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pendler or Flightrax have ads?
Neither Pendler nor Flightrax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pendler or Flightrax?
Pendler ships an update every 5 days, and Flightrax every 5 days. Most recently, Pendler was updated on October 24, 2026 and Flightrax on October 25, 2026.

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