Comparison

PaperPlane vs Seat 12A

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

Head to head
About

PaperPlane

Features
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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.

About

Seat 12A

Features
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Seat 12A is a personal flight log. Add the flights you have taken and watch them draw themselves across a 3D globe you can spin, tilt and zoom. It is yours, and it stays yours. Your flight history is free and unlimited — every flight you log, for as long as you keep the app, with no account to create. No advertising. No analytics. Your flights live on your device and, if you want them on more than one, in your own private iCloud — an area of your Apple account that not even the developer can read. ADD A FLIGHT IN SECONDS - Scan a boarding pass — the barcode is read on your device - Import flight reservations already sitting in your calendar - Or just type it: search over 6,000 airports offline A GLOBE, NOT A LIST - Every route drawn as an arc between real airports - Watch a single flight fly its own path, start to finish - Five hand-built globe styles: Night, Daylight, Satellite, Midnight, Ember - Countries you have visited, lit up WHAT IT ADDS UP TO - Distance flown, hours airborne, countries and airports visited - A passport that fills with country stamps as you travel - Achievements worth actually earning — including the distance to the Moon - Your busiest routes, favourite airlines and year-by-year history WORKS ANYWHERE The airport database, the airline marks and the globe itself are all built into the app. It works at 30,000 feet with the Wi-Fi off. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION There is no server to send your data to, because there isn't one. The camera is used only to scan a boarding pass, on your device. Your calendar is read only on your device, only to find flights. Neither leaves your phone. No paywall around your own history. Not now, not later.

Screenshots

PaperPlane4 screens
Seat 12A4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PaperPlane at 16.4 against Seat 12A's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
PaperPlane versus Seat 12A: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperPlaneSeat 12A
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJake HoughtonAttila Kupec

In-app purchases

None

PaperPlane

No in-app purchases

None

Seat 12A

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaperPlane free?
PaperPlane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Seat 12A free?
Seat 12A is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PaperPlane or Seat 12A have ads?
Neither PaperPlane nor Seat 12A shows ads.

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