Comparison

Airspace Alerts vs Flyover Alerts

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

Head to head
About

Airspace Alerts

Receive real-time push notifications when aircraft enter custom geographic areas you define. Set altitude ranges and track flights without constantly watching a screen. Ideal for pilots, residents near airports, or drone operators.

Highlights
  • Custom geographic alert areas
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Altitude range filtering
  • Visual map editor
  • Flight history log
  • Auto-off timer
Features
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Airspace Alerts lets you define custom geographic areas and get push notifications the moment a real aircraft enters them. Whether you're a pilot monitoring traffic near your home field, live under a busy approach path, or just want to know what flies over your backyard — Airspace Alerts keeps you informed without watching a screen. HOW IT WORKS Create an alert by choosing a name, picking a location on the map, setting a radius, and an altitude range. When monitoring is on, the app watches for flights and notifies you in real time. Create alerts for anything: • Your home airport's traffic pattern • A departure corridor you want to track • Your neighborhood, job site, or park where you fly drones • Any location — coverage depends on ADS-B availability in your area • Real-time push notifications when aircraft enter your zone • Custom altitude filtering — target specific traffic by setting a min and max altitude • Visual map editor to precisely place and size your alert area • Location search to quickly center alerts anywhere • Flight log with a history of every matched aircraft • Multiple alerts for different locations and purposes • Auto-off timer — monitoring sessions stop automatically so you don't have to remember AIRSPACE ALERTS PRO Free includes one alert, 5 km radius limit, 30-minute monitoring sessions, and 24 hours of flight history. Upgrade to Pro for: • Up to 25 simultaneous alerts • Unlimited alert radius • 24-hour monitoring sessions • Background monitoring • Full unlimited flight history • Unlimited daily push notifications Pro is $4.99/month or $29.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Prices may vary by region. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Flyover Alerts

Receive timely alerts on your phone when large aircraft are about to fly overhead. Customize alert settings and track planes in real-time on a live map. Set up multiple locations for personalized notifications.

Highlights
  • Heads-up airplane flyover alerts
  • Customizable alert parameters
  • Real-time live map of aircraft
  • Support for multiple saved locations
  • Location tracking for on-the-go alerts
  • Detailed aircraft information
Features
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Your phone buzzes a few minutes before a giant airplane passes over you, and tells you exactly where to look. That's the whole app. Close it and we'll find you. WHAT AN ALERT LOOKS LIKE Airbus A380-800 Look southeast at 6:52PM — 7 min, 29° up A direction, a countdown, and how far up to tilt your head. Step outside and it's there. HOW YOU SET IT UP Drop a pin where you watch from — the back yard, the office window, a park bench. Name it. That's setup. There is no account to make, no email to hand over, and no password to forget. WHAT WAKES YOU We only buzz you for the real thing. Out of the box that means widebody jets passing within 14 nautical miles of your pin, above 30,000 feet, three to eight minutes before they get there, in daylight. Every one of those is yours to change, along with quiet hours and a cap on how many alerts a day you'll take. FOLLOW MY PHONE Turn it on and your spot travels with you, so a road trip or a hotel room gets the same heads-up your back yard does. We only ever keep where you are now — never where you've been. THE LIVE MAP Open the app to see what's in the sky around you right now, drawn from public ADS-B data. Tap an aircraft for its type, altitude, speed and heading. UP TO THREE SPOTS Home, work, and the cabin. Each one gets its own alerts. Flyover Alerts is a subscription: $7.99/month or $39.99/year, auto-renewing, cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://flyoveralerts.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://flyoveralerts.com/privacy

Screenshots

Airspace Alerts4 screens
Flyover Alerts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Airspace Alerts at freemium against Flyover Alerts's subscription. Flyover Alerts's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Airspace Alerts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Flyover Alerts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Airspace Alerts against 5.0 for Flyover Alerts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Airspace Alerts versus Flyover Alerts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirspace AlertsFlyover Alerts
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher StallingsJOHN MICHAEL REGER

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Airspace Alerts

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription (50% off)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Flyover Alerts

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Airspace Alerts free?
Airspace Alerts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flyover Alerts free?
Flyover Alerts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Airspace Alerts or Flyover Alerts?
Airspace Alerts and Flyover Alerts are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Airspace Alerts or Flyover Alerts have ads?
Neither Airspace Alerts nor Flyover Alerts shows ads.

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