Skyby vs Waypoint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skyby
Identify aircraft flying overhead in real-time, including airlines, aircraft types, and flight details. Log your sightings and set custom alerts for planes you're interested in. Explore a wider range of features with an optional Pro subscription.
- Live aircraft identification
- Airline and flight details
- Hands-free operation
- Automatic logbook
- Customizable flight alerts
- Pro version with enhanced features
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Look up. Skyby tells you what's flying over. Hands-free. Airliners, private jets, helicopters, even the occasional blimp. Skyby shows the plane right above you: airline, aircraft type, altitude, and for airline flights, where it's coming from and going. Leave it running on a desk or windowsill as a quiet radar for your patch of sky, or pull it out on a walk and see what's overhead right now. Set an alert for the planes you love, and Skyby chimes when one flies over. A380 and 747-8 alerts are free. Every catch lands in your logbook automatically. Available across North America, Europe, and much of Asia and the Pacific, with more on the way. SKYBY PRO Aircraft photos, custom alerts for any airline, type, flight, or tail, special livery alerts, a 90-day logbook with search and stats, and a bigger radius. Works on iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Waypoint
Track live flights globally with a real-time map. View aircraft in 2D or 3D, see flight plans, and access airport information. Get alerts for takeoffs, events, and ATC activity.
- Live traffic tracking
- 2D/3D aircraft view
- Detailed flight plans
- Airport information
- Push notifications
- Friends list
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Waypoint is a free, real-time map for the Infinite Flight community. Track every flight around the world, follow any aircraft in 2D or 3D, and see who's flying where. LIVE MAP • Live traffic on all three servers (Expert, Training, Casual), with aircraft gliding smoothly between updates • Apple Maps, satellite imagery and our own light and dark maps, with aircraft shadows • Tap any flight for its route, flight plan, altitude profile, livery and pilot stats • Follow any aircraft, or watch it in 3D with real aircraft models in airline liveries AIRPORTS AND ATC • Live ATC frequencies and controllers • Arrival and departure boards, runways in use, gates and ground traffic • Detailed airport layouts with runways and taxiways • Real-world weather and METAR VIRTUAL AIRLINES • Crew Center for virtual airlines: bookings, PIREPs, routes, events and rankings • Live Activities and widgets for your flights and your airline ALERTS AND FRIENDS • Push notifications when a pilot takes off, a virtual airline departs, ATC opens or an event starts • Friends list: see when the pilots you follow are online • Fleet Board, flight playback, community events and more Unofficial: not affiliated with Infinite Flight or Flying Development Studio. Waypoint is free and community-driven. Fly safe!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Waypoint at 5.0 against Skyby's 4.3. Waypoint also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Skyby sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Waypoint asks for nothing beyond the download.
Waypoint holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Skyby's written reviews are positive against 100% of Waypoint's.
Skyby ships an update weekly, Waypoint every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skyby | Waypoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | StoryForward | Julian Klaus Hoke |
Customer experience
Skyby
Waypoint
In-app purchases
Skyby
- Skyby Pro$2.991 Month
- Skyby Pro Annual$19.991 Year
- Skyby Founder Lifetime$19.99
- Skyby Pro Lifetime$49.99
Waypoint
No in-app purchases







