Comparison

Flight Metrics vs Flightrax

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

Head to head
About

Flight Metrics

Features
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Flight Metrics records your flights from a passenger perspective. Track real-time speed, altitude, G-force, and route using your phone's built-in GPS and sensors. WHAT FLIGHT METRICS CAPTURES: - Real-time ground speed in knots, km/h, or mph - GPS altitude and barometric altitude - G-force during takeoff, turbulence, and landing - Full flight route on an interactive map - Distance traveled, flight duration, and heading FLIGHT PHASE DETECTION: The app automatically detects each phase of flight, from gate departure to taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, landing, and taxi to gate. WORKS IN AIRPLANE MODE: Flight Metrics uses GPS, so no internet connection is needed during your flight. Record your data even at 35,000 feet. POST-FLIGHT SUMMARY: After landing, review detailed stats, your route map, and performance data. FREEMIUM: Your first 3 flights are free. Unlock unlimited flights with a Pro subscription. Made in Switzerland. Privacy Policy: https://studiovolt.dev/flight-metrics/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://studiovolt.dev/flight-metrics/terms

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

Flight Metrics4 screens
Flightrax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flightrax at every 5 days against Flight Metrics's every 10 days. Flight Metrics's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Flight Metrics sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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

Flight Metrics ships an update every 10 days, Flightrax every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Flight Metrics versus Flightrax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight MetricsFlightrax
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoanna BednarczykOfstad Capital AS

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flight Metrics

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$29.991 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 Flight Metrics free?
Flight Metrics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flightrax free?
Flightrax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flight Metrics or Flightrax have ads?
Neither Flight Metrics nor Flightrax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Metrics or Flightrax?
Flight Metrics ships an update every 10 days, and Flightrax every 5 days. Most recently, Flight Metrics was updated on October 6, 2026 and Flightrax on October 25, 2026.

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