Comparison

Flying vs OverFlight Intelligence

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

Head to head
About

Flying

Track flights in real-time, receive timely updates on delays and cancellations, and manage all your journeys in one place. Share your travel plans with loved ones and build a personal history of your flights and destinations.

Highlights
  • Real-time flight tracking
  • Delay and cancellation alerts
  • Airport information
  • Personal flight history
  • Share flight details
  • Travel statistics
Features
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Know how your flight will go before you board. Flying forecasts turbulence along your route, shows your seat on the cabin map, and tells you how long the security line is. Plus fast delay and gate alerts, Live Activities, and a logbook of every flight you take. Simple when everything is on time. Helpful when it isn't. TURBULENCE FORECASTS • See where the ride might get bumpy, how strong it should be, when it starts, and how long it lasts. • Compare the altitudes above and below your cruising level. Flying points it out when a nearby level looks smoother. • See turbulence that pilots actually reported near your route, across North America. • Know when thunderstorms are near your route, how close you'll pass, and which way they're moving, with weather radar on the same map. • Forecasts cover flights worldwide, are usually ready about a day before departure, and are tuned to the size of your plane. • Built on NOAA forecasts and official aviation advisories. When data is missing, Flying says so instead of guessing. SEAT MAPS • See your seat on the cabin layout for your flight, deck by deck. • Color-coded seat ratings show the better and worse seats at a glance. • Check each seat's pitch, width, recline, and bed length, plus power and Wi-Fi. SECURITY LINES AND AIRPORT STATUS • Check typical security waits at US airports for the day and hour you fly, including TSA PreCheck and CLEAR lines. • See live security waits at select major US airports, plus customs wait times. • See delays and disruptions at airports worldwide, with departures and arrivals tracked separately. • Know why you're waiting. FAA ground stops and delay programs are explained in plain English, with local times. • Read airport weather in plain language, with raw METAR and TAF for pilots. STAY AHEAD OF YOUR FLIGHT • Get fast alerts for delays, gate changes, and takeoffs on your Lock Screen. • Follow your flight in Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, with the landing countdown, gate, and delays always up to date. • Track the plane flying in to operate your flight, and get a warning when it's running late. • See how often your flight arrives on time. • If your flight diverts, see where you landed and the onward flight that gets you the rest of the way. • Lose your connection and Flying keeps estimating your flight's progress. On in-flight Wi-Fi, updates can keep arriving. YOUR LOGBOOK • Save every flight you take, including past trips, and build a complete record of where you've been. • Add flights automatically from your calendar, or forward your booking confirmation emails. • See your distance, flights, time in the air, and countries visited, charted year by year. • Map every route you've flown, along with the airlines, airports, and aircraft you fly most. • Keep your booking code, seat, and notes with each flight, and see how many times you've flown that route or even that exact plane. • Find any flight by typing what you remember. FLY WITH FRIENDS • Follow your friends' flights as they happen, so you know exactly when to be at arrivals. • Share any flight with a link so family can follow along from takeoff to touchdown. • Compete on the leaderboard for flights, miles, time in the air, airports, countries, and airlines. EXPLORE • Check any airport's status, live traffic, and weather. • See how each airline is running today, from on-time departures to cancellations. • Browse airline fleets with each aircraft's type, age, and first flight. Flying works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. FLYING PRO Flying Pro adds turbulence forecasts, seat maps, Live Activities, inbound flight tracking, Find My Aircraft, arrival forecasts, weather radar, calendar sync, flight imports, and past flights. Terms of Service: https://flying.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://flying.app/privacy

About

OverFlight Intelligence

Identify aircraft overhead with live data, including airline, type, origin, and destination. Track flights on a map, view airport boards, and receive alerts for specific aircraft. Log your sightings and build collections of aircraft and airlines.

Highlights
  • Live aircraft identification
  • Real-time flight map
  • Airport arrival/departure boards
  • Customizable alerts and watchlists
  • Digital logbook and collection building
  • Augmented Reality (AR) Sky View (Pro)
  • Tail number scanning
Features
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OverFlight Intelligence turns the sky above you into something you can read. Point your attention up and instantly know what's there – the airline, the aircraft type, where it came from, where it's headed, how high and how fast. OverFlight pulls live ADS-B data and dresses it up into a clean, glanceable display, then remembers everything you've seen. SEE WHAT'S OVERHEAD • Nearest-aircraft display – the closest flight, front and center, kiosk-style • Live map of every aircraft around you, sized and labeled by type • Tap any aircraft for full detail: route, altitude, speed, heading, squawk, distance from you and to its destination, and a photo • Rare and unusual aircraft highlighted automatically • AR Sky View – point your phone at the sky and watch live labels lock onto the aircraft overhead (free; Pro updates positions more often for sharper tracking) AIRPORT BOARDS • Real arrival and departure boards for any airport • See what's scheduled, delayed, and inbound NEVER MISS ONE • Watchlist: get a push notification when a specific aircraft is heading to your airport – even with the app closed • Wishlist: get alerted when a specific aircraft type – or a specific airline – is scheduled in or out of an airport or city • Alerts for rare aircraft you'd otherwise miss YOUR LOGBOOK & COLLECTION • Log every sighting, with photos and automatic date, time, and location • Build collections: aircraft types, airlines, countries, and airports • Earn achievement badges as your life list grows • Sync across all your devices with iCloud BUILT FOR SPOTTERS • Look up any aircraft by tail number or flight number • Snap a tail number and OverFlight reads the registration for you • Worldwide coverage – airlines and airports around the globe • Imperial or metric units, with speed in knots, mph, or km/h • Clean Light and Dark themes throughout • Works on iPhone and iPad OverFlight Pro Upgrade to Pro for an ad-free experience, the weather map layers (radar, clouds, satellite, precipitation), flight-track drawing, unlimited watchlist and logbook, faster live updates (which also sharpen AR Sky View tracking), the full nearby list, aircraft type and airline alerts, iCloud sync, tail-number scanning, and logbook export. OverFlight is free to use, supported by ads, with an optional Pro subscription. OverFlight Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: $7.99 per month or $39.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://api.overflightintelligence.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://api.overflightintelligence.com/privacy

Screenshots

Flying4 screens
OverFlight Intelligence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flying at none against OverFlight Intelligence's shown. Flying also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Flying sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and OverFlight Intelligence 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 Flying against 5.0 for OverFlight Intelligence. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flying has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flying ships an update every 4 days, OverFlight Intelligence every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flying versus OverFlight Intelligence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlyingOverFlight Intelligence
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStratos Explorations, LLCJeffery Reeves

Customer experience

Flying

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OverFlight Intelligence

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Flying

Subscriptions3
  • Flying Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Flying Pro Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Flying Pro Friends$119.991 Year
2 purchases

OverFlight Intelligence

Subscriptions2
  • OverFlight Pro+ Monthly$7.991 Month
  • OverFlight Pro+ Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Flying free?
Flying is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OverFlight Intelligence free?
OverFlight Intelligence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flying or OverFlight Intelligence?
Flying and OverFlight Intelligence are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Flying or OverFlight Intelligence have ads?
OverFlight Intelligence shows ads; Flying does not.
Which is updated more often, Flying or OverFlight Intelligence?
Flying ships an update every 4 days, and OverFlight Intelligence every 9 days. Most recently, Flying was updated on November 1, 2026 and OverFlight Intelligence on October 29, 2026.

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