Comparison

SkyDiary vs Flown

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

Head to head
About

SkyDiary

Log your flight history by scanning boarding passes or manually entering details. Visualize your travels on an interactive 3D globe and access detailed statistics about your journeys. Offers a free tier for limited entries with an optional premium upgrade for unlimited logging and advanced features.

Highlights
  • Scan boarding passes with camera
  • 7,900+ airports worldwide
  • 3D globe map with flight arcs
  • Detailed flight statistics
  • Home screen widget
  • Year in Review card
Features
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SkyDiary is your personal flight diary. Log every flight you've ever taken, scan your boarding pass to add flights in seconds, and watch your journey come to life on a stunning 3D globe. FEATURES - Scan boarding passes with your camera - 7,900+ airports worldwide - Beautiful 3D globe map with flight arcs - Detailed stats — distance, hours, countries - Year in Review boarding pass card - Home screen widget Free for your first 10 flights. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited flights, home screen widget, year in review card and CSV export — just £1.99/year. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Flown

Log your flights to create a personalized travel map with glowing arcs, stamped countries, and a virtual passport. Track live flight status, find alternative flights, and explore fare options with an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • Personalized world travel map
  • Virtual passport with country stamps
  • Flight statistics and year-end summaries
  • Calendar flight import
  • Live flight status tracking
  • Alternative flight suggestions
  • Fare calendar and 'Anywhere' inspiration
Features
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Where have you been? Flown remembers. Log your flights in seconds and watch your personal world map paint itself—glowing flight arcs, scratch-map countries, and a passport that stamps itself every time you land somewhere new. YOUR TRAVEL MEMORY — FREE FOREVER • A beautiful dark world map of everywhere you've flown • Tick off all 197 countries—visited or bucket list • A virtual passport with a unique ink stamp for every country • Stats that tell your story: miles, hours in the air, times around the Earth, top routes and airlines • Flown Wrapped—a share-ready card of your year in the air • Calendar import: Flown finds flights hiding in your calendar, entirely on your iPhone. Nothing is ever uploaded. • iCloud sync: your map, flights and stats follow you across your devices and come back when you reinstall—through your own private iCloud FLOWN PRO — THE LIVE LAYER • Live flight status: delays, terminals, check-in desks, aircraft • Lock Screen tracking: your flight's status updates itself as it changes • Plan B: same-day alternative flights the moment things go wrong • Explore: flexible-date fare calendars, cheapest-day finder, and "Anywhere" inspiration from your home airport • Or pay with Avios? Reward-rate estimates for British Airways and Avios partner flights, with a pay-cash-or-use-points recommendation • Auto-fill a flight from just its flight number • Coming to Pro: delay notifications and Live Activities KNOW WHEN YOU ARE OWED • Flown checks delayed and cancelled flights against UK261 and EU261 air passenger rights • See what you could be owed — up to £520 in the UK, €600 in the EU • Distance, delay length and the reason are all handled for you Try Flown Pro free. Subscription required for Pro features. Cancel anytime. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. Your travel history lives on your iPhone and syncs privately through your own iCloud. Calendar scanning is 100% on-device. Live lookups send only a flight number or route—never your calendar, never your identity. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SkyDiary4 screens
Flown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flown at every 2 days against SkyDiary's fortnightly. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. SkyDiary sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year and Flown sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SkyDiary ships an update fortnightly, Flown every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SkyDiary versus Flown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkyDiaryFlown
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas ShawSTEFAN SAMUEL DUPEY-WHYTE

Customer experience

SkyDiary

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flown

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SkyDiary

Subscriptions1
  • SkyDiary Premium$1.991 Year
2 purchases

Flown

Subscriptions2
  • Flown Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Flown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is SkyDiary free?
SkyDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flown free?
Flown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SkyDiary or Flown have ads?
Neither SkyDiary nor Flown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SkyDiary or Flown?
SkyDiary ships an update fortnightly, and Flown every 2 days. Most recently, SkyDiary was updated on October 31, 2026 and Flown on October 31, 2026.

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