Comparison

PlanesFYI vs Overflight

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

Head to head
About

PlanesFYI

Explore the skies with a live 3D flight tracker and radar. See aircraft positions on a detailed satellite map, view flight information, and discover planes overhead. Includes airport data and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Live 3D flight tracking
  • Compass-based radar
  • Flight search by callsign/registration
  • 3D airport maps and data
  • Find aircraft overhead
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Planes.fyi is the free 3D flight tracker that puts you right on the runway — now on iPhone and Apple Watch. Watch live aircraft move across a stunning 3D satellite map with real airport layouts, runways, and terrain. Whether you're an aviation enthusiast, a student pilot, or just curious about the plane flying over your house — planes.fyi gives you the most immersive way to explore the sky. LIVE 3D FLIGHT TRACKING See real-time aircraft positions on a beautiful 3D map. Tap any plane to see its callsign, aircraft type, altitude, speed, heading, and registration. View aircraft photos, detailed specs, and interactive 3D models. RADAR Track aircraft around you with a live compass-based radar. Pinch to zoom from 100 feet to 25 nautical miles. Tap any contact to see its full flight details, route, and aircraft info. FLIGHT SEARCH Look up any active flight by callsign, registration, or flight number. See live status, route progress, and aircraft details. AIRPORT MAPS & DATA Explore airports worldwide with 3D satellite views, runway layouts, and taxiway geometry. See which runways are actively in use, check METAR and TAF weather reports, and browse airport frequencies. FIND WHAT'S OVERHEAD Discover which aircraft are flying above your current location. Perfect for plane spotting from your backyard. SEARCH & DISCOVER Search airports by name, ICAO code, IATA code, or city. Save your favorites and quickly access recently viewed airports. Browse a full directory of aircraft types with specs and 3D models. APPLE WATCH Track flights from your wrist. The watch app features a live radar and an Identify mode — raise your wrist toward the sky and planes.fyi uses motion sensors to match the aircraft you're pointing at. See callsign, type, altitude, route, and photos right on your watch. BUILT BY PILOTS planes.fyi is built by pilots who believe flight tracking should be beautiful and intuitive.

About

Overflight

Visualize live aircraft in your visible sky with a radar-style scope. Get details like flight number, altitude, and type. Upgrade for spoken traffic alerts and route information.

Highlights
  • Radar-style scope of visible sky
  • Live aircraft details (flight number, altitude, type)
  • Military and special-interest traffic highlighting
  • Spoken traffic and inbound alerts (Pro)
  • Live routes, origin, and destination (Pro)
  • Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV
Features
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Look up! Overflight names the aircraft flying over you right now: airline, flight number, and type, with a live readout of altitude, speed, and track, and a radar scope of everything else in your sky. Around it, a radar-style scope plots the whole visible sky. Swipe to bring any other aircraft into focus, or just watch the one overhead. When the sky is quiet, a calm idle state waits for the next arrival. FREE • One aircraft always in focus, chosen from what you can actually see rather than a flat radius • Airline, flight number, and aircraft type, with altitude, vertical speed, ground speed, track, bearing, and distance • A live radar scope of the whole visible sky, north-up or heading-up • Military and special-interest traffic highlighted the moment it enters your sky • An aircraft declaring an emergency jumps straight into focus, flagged EMERGENCY • Helicopters and general aviation name their operator when it's one worth naming: police, fire, medevac, NASA • Tap the aircraft type to read about the airframe on Wikipedia, without leaving the app • Overhead, Near, Normal, and Far reach presets to tune how much sky you see • A universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV OVERFLIGHT PRO • Live routes, origin to destination, for every aircraft: airports spelled out by name • Spoken traffic: each aircraft called out aloud as it comes into focus, hands-free ("Traffic, two o'clock, twelve miles, southbound, a heavy Boeing 777, United flight 12, Denver to Tokyo"). • Notable inbound alerts: a pre-warning and a "look northwest" cue when interesting traffic is approaching • Indefinite always-on for an unattended ambient display when connected to a charger Your first aircraft's route and your first notable-inbound alert are free, so you can see what Pro does before deciding. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial. There's a monthly plan too, or unlock everything once with a lifetime purchase. Powered by worldwide, community-run ADS-B data. No account, no sign-up. Your location is used only to find the aircraft above you. Not every aircraft broadcasts its position (some military flights fly dark), so the sky you see is the sky that's broadcasting. Overflight Pro is a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase; the price is shown in the app before you buy. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://dgrlabs.co/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PlanesFYI3 screens
Overflight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Overflight at 4.7 against PlanesFYI's 3.0. Overflight also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 2). PlanesFYI's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Overflight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. PlanesFYI asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Overflight holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overflight has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of PlanesFYI's written reviews are positive against 80% of Overflight's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PlanesFYI versus Overflight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanesFYIOverflight
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings223 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRadical Sloth Inc.DGR Labs

Customer experience

PlanesFYI

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Overflight

All ratings23 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

PlanesFYI

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Overflight

Subscriptions2
  • Overflight Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Overflight Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Overflight Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is PlanesFYI free?
PlanesFYI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Overflight free?
Overflight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PlanesFYI or Overflight?
Overflight is rated higher. PlanesFYI averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Overflight averages 4.7 from 23 ratings.
Do PlanesFYI or Overflight have ads?
Neither PlanesFYI nor Overflight shows ads.

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