Comparison

Vayu vs Travel

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

Head to head
About

Vayu

Track any flight live with real-time ADS-B data, schedule information, and interactive maps. Receive push notifications for departures, delays, and landings. Updates are available on your Dynamic Island and Lock Screen without needing to open the app.

Highlights
  • Live flight tracking
  • Dynamic Island updates
  • Interactive map
  • Full flight statistics
  • Gate and terminal info
  • Push notifications
  • Flight history and favorites
Features
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Vayu tracks any flight, live — no app-switching, no refreshing, no waiting. Search any flight number. Vayu finds the live ADS-B position and schedule data simultaneously, then shows you everything: departure and arrival airports, live position on an interactive map, ETA countdown, distance covered, delay status, and a Dynamic Island that keeps you updated without opening the app. WHAT IT DOES • Live flight tracking — real ADS-B position, updated every 30 seconds • Dynamic Island — see route and ETA without unlocking • Interactive map — live aircraft position on a great-circle route arc • Full stats — distance covered, departure and arrival times, delay info • Gate and terminal info — shown when available • Flight history and favourites — your most-tracked flights, one tap away • Push notifications — departure, delay, and landing alerts • Works worldwide — any airline, any route, any country HOW IT WORKS Search any flight number — BA249, EK203, QR007, whatever you need. Vayu cross-references live ADS-B radar data with scheduled flight data to build a complete picture: where the aircraft is right now, how far it has to go, what time it lands, and whether it's running late. The Dynamic Island updates live while you use your phone. The Lock Screen widget means you can check a flight in one glance. Push notifications fire when the gate closes, when your flight departs, and when it lands. NO ADS. NO PAYWALL. NO ACCOUNT. Vayu will never show you an ad. There is no premium tier. There is no free trial. It does not ask for your name, email address, or phone number. You search a flight. You track it. That's the whole thing. THE STORY I built Vayu because I was tired of refreshing a website every three minutes waiting for someone's flight to land. This is my first app — built to scratch my own itch, not to sell it. Vayu — Sanskrit for wind, air, the breath between places.

About

Travel

Features
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A logbook for your travels: the countries you have been to, your trips, and the flights that took you there. COUNTRIES Every country you have visited, newest first, with the day of your first visit and your share of the world. Countries you have lived in count from the day you moved there. TRIPS AND FLIGHTS A trip holds its dates, the countries you stayed in and the flights you took. Your flights list is built from your trips, so there is no second list to keep, and it counts the airports and airlines you have flown with. THE MAP Your visited countries light up on a world map. Replay your travels year by year, show the airports you flew through and the routes between them, or turn the map into a globe and spin it. ALSO • Hikes, with their length and elevation gain (optional) • The Academy: a quiz on the capitals, flags, shapes and currencies of the countries you have visited • Banknotes, if you collect them: one note per currency, with a photo (optional) YOUR DATA Everything syncs through your own iCloud, which only you can read. No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Export a backup file whenever you like, and import it again.

Screenshots

Vayu4 screens
Travel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Travel at none against Vayu's 3. On price, update cadence, 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. Vayu sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Travel asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vayu ships an update every 5 days, Travel every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Vayu versus Travel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVayuTravel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBharath KumarJohannes Beiser

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vayu

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Nice Tip$4.99
  • Generous Tip$9.99
None

Travel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vayu free?
Vayu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Travel free?
Travel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vayu or Travel have ads?
Neither Vayu nor Travel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vayu or Travel?
Vayu ships an update every 5 days, and Travel every 10 days. Most recently, Vayu was updated on October 28, 2026 and Travel on October 29, 2026.

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