Flight Radar vs Overhead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flight Radar
Point your device at the sky to identify planes overhead. Explore flight details like callsign, altitude, and route using augmented reality. A demo mode is available, with live tracking requiring a subscription.
- AR aircraft identification
- View flight details (callsign, altitude, speed)
- Compact radar view
- Flight card with aircraft info
- Share flight discoveries
- Demo mode with simulated flights
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See a plane overhead? Point your iPhone at the sky and explore the flight behind it. Flight Radar: Plane Finder combines your camera view with nearby aircraft data. Follow the on-screen guidance to line up with a plane, then see the flight details available for that aircraft. EXPLORE THE SKY • Find nearby aircraft with AR guidance and a compact radar. • View callsign, route, altitude, speed and distance. • Open a flight card for aircraft model, registration and operator when available. • Check the observation time and data source. • Share a flight card from your discovery. TRY THE DEMO Explore the experience with simulated aircraft before subscribing. Demo flights are clearly marked and can be explored without live aircraft coverage. UNLOCK LIVE AR Live aircraft data requires a subscription, internet connection, camera and location access, and a compatible iPhone. Camera images stay on your device. Live coverage, routes and aircraft details may be delayed, incomplete or unavailable. The app interface is available in English and Russian. Airport names and aircraft identifiers retain the spelling supplied by the data source. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. The app is for exploration and information, not navigation or operational aviation decisions. Privacy Policy: https://appfyl.com/privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Overhead
Explore the sky with an augmented reality view that overlays aircraft, celestial bodies, and space events onto your surroundings. Track flights, identify stars, and get real-time sky event notifications.
- Augmented reality flight tracking
- Real-time star and planet identification
- ISS and celestial event forecasts
- Clear-sky prediction
- Live aircraft details and photos
- Airport mode with live arrivals/departures
- Learn to Spot aircraft identification guide
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Overhead is a flight radar and a star map in one AR view. Hold up your iPhone and every aircraft overhead appears at its true position, next to the Sun, Moon, planets, stars and the International Space Station. Sky events list ISS passes, eclipses, meteor showers and aurora watches for where you stand, such as the Geminids on 13 December and the Quadrantids on 3 January. Hold your iPhone up and the sky explains itself. Every aircraft overhead appears in augmented reality at its true position, with its airline, type, destination and often a photo of the exact airframe. The Sun, the Moon at tonight's phase, the visible planets, 1,600 stars and their constellations, and the International Space Station share the same sky, all placed by on-device astronomy. Overhead also predicts when a plane will cross the face of the Moon or Sun from exactly where you stand, and counts you down to the moment, shutter ready. • A photographic Moon and Sun: built from NASA imagery, lit for tonight's phase and tilted the way they appear in your own sky. • Clear-sky forecast: every dark hour scored for cloud, darkness and moonlight, with your best window to look up, and an optional heads-up before a clear evening. • Live aircraft with routes and photos: when a flight is visibly landing somewhere other than its filed route says, Overhead tells you. • Airport mode: pick any airport and fly over it in 3D, with every arrival and departure moving live. • Favorites and Focus: follow one flight with a find-it arrow, in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen. • Sky sounds: every nearby plane becomes a 3D-positioned engine hum. Close your eyes and point at the sound. Best with AirPods. • Sky events: solar and lunar eclipses computed for your location, meteor showers, full moons and solstices. • ISS transit forecasts: Overhead works out, days ahead, the second the Space Station will cross the Sun or Moon from where you stand. • Ask Siri: "What's flying over me?" or "Will it be clear tonight?" • StandBy Moon clock for your nightstand. Apple Watch shows your next ISS pass. • Dark-sky mode: the full star map with the camera off, kind to your battery and your night vision. • Learn to Spot: an illustrated guide under Profile to 47 aircraft types, by nose, wings, tail and engines. Tick them off when you see them and earn rare-plane medals. Overhead Pro: yearly, monthly or lifetime Overhead is free to download. Overhead Pro adds: • Time Machine: set the whole sky to any date within a year. Stand under next month's eclipse tonight. • Event previews: see any sky event in your sky, right from its page. • Unlimited aircraft details and unlimited favorite airports. Every future Pro feature is included. Choose yearly (7-day free trial), monthly (3-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Yearly and monthly renew automatically until you cancel in your Apple Account settings. Pro is shared through Family Sharing, and purchases can be restored from the Overhead Pro page. Terms of Use: https://celestial-beacon-site.lovable.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://celestial-beacon-site.lovable.app/privacy No account. No ads. No tracking. The sky is computed on your iPhone; live aircraft come from public flight feeds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Overhead at 4 against Flight Radar's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Flight Radar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Overhead sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flight Radar against 5.0 for Overhead. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Flight Radar | Overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Gorelov | Hemal Modi |
Customer experience
Flight Radar
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In-app purchases
Flight Radar
- Camera Flight Identifier Pro$4.997 Days
- Camera Flight Identifier Pro$49.991 Year
Overhead
- Overhead Pro Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Overhead Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Overhead Pro$24.99









