Comparison

ARDAR vs FlightsTaken.com

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

Head to head
About

ARDAR

This app uses augmented reality to overlay live flight information directly onto your camera's view of the sky. Point your device upwards to identify aircraft, track their routes, and view details like speed, altitude, and airline. It's designed for aviation enthusiasts and curious observers to make air traffic visible and immediate.

Highlights
  • AR aircraft labels over the real sky
  • Live nearby flight tracker data
  • Flight and plane radar views
  • Air traffic radar
  • Detailed flight information (callsign, altitude, speed)
  • Route and airline identification
  • Flight path visualization
  • Filters for focused spotting
Features
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Turn the sky into a live flight tracker. ARDAR is an AR flight radar and plane spotting app that places nearby aircraft directly over your camera view, so you can point your iPhone at the sky and see what is flying above you. Built for every plane spotter, aviation fan, traveler, and curious sky watcher, ARDAR makes air traffic feel visible, immediate, and real. Use ARDAR as an AR plane spotter, flight tracker, plane radar, and air traffic radar in one simple experience. See live nearby aircraft with callsigns, altitude, speed, heading, distance, route details, aircraft type, airline info, and more. Tap a plane in the sky to focus on it, follow its flight path, and stay flight aware without digging through a traditional map-first flight tracker. Whether you are plane spotting near an airport, watching arrivals and departures, tracking overhead flights from your backyard, or pairing the view with ATC or live ATC listening, ARDAR gives you a fast, visual way to understand the air traffic around you. Features: • AR aircraft labels over the real sky • Live nearby flight tracker data • Flight radar and plane radar views • Air traffic radar for local aircraft • Callsign, altitude, speed, heading, and distance • Route, origin, and destination details when available • Airline and aircraft identification • Flight path and trajectory visualization • Filters for focused plane spotting • Apple Watch companion map for nearby air traffic ARDAR is made for people who look up. Open the app, point at the sky, and know what is flying. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

FlightsTaken.com

Features
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FlightsTaken is a logbook for everywhere you have flown. Enter a flight number and a date. We find the flight, fill in the route, the aircraft, the tail number and the times, and work out the distance ourselves from the airports — you never type a mileage figure, which is what keeps the leaderboards honest. WHAT YOU GET • A logbook of every flight, with the aircraft you were on • Points for flying, and more for going somewhere new • Seven levels, from Passenger to Million Miler • 29 badges for the things a score cannot describe • A world map of every route you have flown • A passport of the countries, airports, airlines and aircraft you have collected HONEST ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW When we can confirm a flight operated on the day you flew it, it is marked Verified. When we cannot, it still scores and still counts — we just say so. If a flight number flew more than one route that day, we show you the options instead of guessing. Your profile and every flight can be public or private, your choice. Private flights still count toward your score and badges. Free to use.

Screenshots

ARDAR4 screens
FlightsTaken.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlightsTaken.com at none against ARDAR's 2. FlightsTaken.com also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. ARDAR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. FlightsTaken.com asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ARDAR versus FlightsTaken.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARDARFlightsTaken.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVillegas Ventures LLCArlington North LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ARDAR

Subscriptions2
  • ARDAR Pro - Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • ARDAR Pro Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$26.901 Year
None

FlightsTaken.com

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARDAR free?
ARDAR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlightsTaken.com free?
FlightsTaken.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ARDAR or FlightsTaken.com have ads?
Neither ARDAR nor FlightsTaken.com shows ads.

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