PaperPlane vs FlyRight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaperPlane
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Your travels deserve more than a folder of booking confirmations. PaperPlane is the travel journal that builds itself. Forward a flight or hotel confirmation to your personal import address and we parse it, geocode it, and drop it on your globe as a draft trip, ready for you to review and publish in seconds. See your journeys on a stunning interactive 3D globe. Spin it, zoom in, tap any pin to revisit that trip. Every destination you have ever visited, plotted exactly where it belongs. Travel with others? Invite your group and share trips so everyone sees the same memories. See whose miles stretch furthest, whose passport is filling fastest, and which destinations you keep returning to together. Your stats update automatically as you add trips, total countries, distances, days abroad, and more, so the longer you use PaperPlane, the more it rewards you. Key features: - Interactive 3D globe with every trip pinned and connected by arcs - Email import: forward booking confirmations and trips log themselves - Travel groups: share trips with friends, couples, or family - Personal and group stats: countries, distances, days, and more - Lifetime access: one purchase, no subscription, no surprises - Private and secure: your journal is yours alone PaperPlane is free to get started. Unlock the globe, groups, and unlimited trips with a single lifetime purchase.
FlyRight
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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
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Verdict
PaperPlane 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | PaperPlane | FlyRight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jake Houghton | Shanavas Padinjarechalil Shaji |
In-app purchases
PaperPlane
No in-app purchases
FlyRight
No in-app purchases







