Comparison

FlightPing vs FlyRight

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

Head to head
About

FlightPing

Features
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Never get caught off-guard at the airport. Enter any flight number and FlightPing tracks every change, sending you a push alert the moment something shifts. No account. No signup. No setup. WHAT FLIGHTPING TRACKS . Live flight status: On Time, Delayed, En Route, Landed . Departure and arrival gates and terminals . Delay amount and updates in real time . Cancellations . Boarding reminders . Landed notifications . Full status timeline of every change since tracking started WHAT YOU SEE . Boarding pass-style header with gates and status at a glance . Route map with animated flight path . Aircraft type, distance, and flight duration . Scheduled and actual departure and arrival times . Status timeline with timestamped change log FLIGHTPING PRO Unlock the full picture. See the complete status timeline, arrival gate details, and in-depth flight data. Track unlimited flights at the same time. Monthly, yearly, or lifetime access available. DESIGNED FOR REAL TRAVELERS No radar. No cluttered map of every plane in the sky. No account wall. FlightPing is for people who fly a few times a year and want one thing: to know if something changed before they find out the hard way at the gate. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

FlyRight

Features
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Keep the flights you have taken, plan the ones ahead, and bring your people along. FlyRight is your free travel journal, with Pro for the months you travel. Your flights, saved for free Add past and upcoming flights by flight number, scan a boarding pass, import an airline PDF, or enter a trip yourself. Keep your seat, booking reference, notes, ratings and private journal photos. Explore your routes on the globe, see your travel stats and share a travel poster. Your people follow for free Follow friends and family and read their permitted postcards without a Pro subscription. When a traveller has Pro, their followers can receive the live trip updates they choose to share. Each traveller controls the audience: followers, close circle, or only themselves. Pro when you travel Pro adds monitoring for your own flights: gate, terminal, delays, baggage belt and inbound aircraft information where available. Keep up with your travel day through alerts and a Lock Screen Live Activity. Publish postcards from your trip for the people following you, and prepare new delay-claim documents and follow-ups. The choice stays yours Save a future flight to see what Pro can add to that trip. Browse the available plans or set a separate in-app reminder for two days before departure. Continuing free keeps your flight saved. A reminder never starts a subscription or charges you automatically. When a flight goes wrong Manually check a past delay for possible EU261 compensation for free. Pro adds new claim preparation and automated claim-deadline follow-ups. Previously saved claim records remain available. Eligibility and the amount depend on the flight and the circumstances; compensation is not guaranteed. Start without an account You can keep flights locally and browse plans while signed out. Sign in to sync your journal, follow people, set a Pro reminder, or purchase and restore Pro. After signing in, return to your selected plan and decide whether to continue. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your store account settings. Cancelling renewal keeps Pro active through the paid period. Your saved flight history stays yours afterwards. Live information depends on airline and airport availability. Privacy policy: https://getflyright.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://getflyright.com/terms

Screenshots

FlightPing4 screens
FlyRight4 screens

Verdict

The call

FlightPing and FlyRight are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. FlightPing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and FlyRight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FlightPing versus FlyRight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlightPingFlyRight
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCederic SchmidShanavas Padinjarechalil Shaji

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FlightPing

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$14.99
3 purchases

FlyRight

Subscriptions2
  • FlyRight Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • FlyRight Pro Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • FlyRight Pro Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is FlightPing free?
FlightPing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlyRight free?
FlyRight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FlightPing or FlyRight have ads?
Neither FlightPing nor FlyRight shows ads.

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