Comparison

De Plane! vs SplitRoute

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

Head to head
About

De Plane!

Track live aircraft overhead with customizable alerts and detailed flight information. Follow planes and helicopters on a live map and receive notifications when they enter your alert area. View flight data and track approaching aircraft directly from your Lock Screen.

Highlights
  • Live aircraft tracking map
  • Customizable overhead alerts
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Detailed flight information
  • Save multiple locations
  • Aircraft type and operator details
Features
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Know what plane or helicopter is flying overhead with live nearby aircraft tracking and customizable alerts. De Plane! monitors the airspace around your saved Places and lets you know when an airplane or helicopter enters your alert area. Follow approaching aircraft on a live map, view useful flight details, and keep track from your Lock Screen with Live Activities. TRACK NEARBY AIRCRAFT See aircraft moving through your local airspace on a clear, focused map. View their location, direction of travel, altitude, speed, and distance from your selected Place. CUSTOM OVERHEAD ALERTS Choose your preferred alert distance and altitude range. De Plane! can notify you when an aircraft is approaching and show its estimated closest distance. LIVE ACTIVITIES Follow an approaching aircraft from your Lock Screen without repeatedly opening the app. See its altitude, speed, distance, and closest approach at a glance. DETAILED AIRCRAFT INFORMATION Explore available aircraft details including registration, aircraft type, operator, heading, altitude, speed, photos, and recent alert information. SAVE MULTIPLE PLACES Monitor the locations that matter to you. Save Places and choose which one De Plane! uses as the center of your aircraft alerts. BUILT FOR THE AIRCRAFT-CURIOUS De Plane! is designed for aviation enthusiasts, plane spotters, helicopter watchers, and anyone who has ever looked up and wondered, “What’s flying overhead?” De Plane! is free to use. Aircraft information may be delayed, incomplete, or unavailable. De Plane! is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only and must not be used for navigation or safety-critical decisions.

About

SplitRoute

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Every group trip runs on two or three apps: one for the plan, one for the map, one for who owes what. SplitRoute is all of it in one place — and all of it works with no signal. NO ACCOUNT, EVER No email, no password, no signup wall. Start a trip and share an 8-character code. Whoever has the code is in. BUILT OFFLINE-FIRST, NOT OFFLINE-LATER Not a paid extra and nothing to download in advance. Add an expense on a plane, reorder the itinerary on a train, tick off the packing list in a tunnel. It syncs when you get signal back. SPLIT ANYTHING, HOWEVER YOU LIKE Equal, exact amounts, percentages or shares — no limits and no counting how many expenses you added today. Live exchange rates, cached so they work offline. Debt simplification turns a tangle of IOUs into the fewest payments that settle it. THE WHOLE TRIP, NOT JUST THE BILL • Day-by-day itinerary with times, bookings and confirmation codes • Map of every stop with real walking and driving routes, places to tap and add, and areas you can save for offline use • 7-day weather for where you are going • Shared packing lists, assignable to whoever is carrying what • Receipt photos on any expense • Budget pacing, so you see the overspend coming EXPORTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY USEFUL CSV free. A formatted PDF booklet and a multi-sheet spreadsheet on the paid tier. PRICING, PLAINLY Free covers one active trip, with everything above except the PDF booklet and spreadsheet exports. $2.99 unlocks one more trip; $19.99 unlocks everything for good. Both are one-time purchases, not subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://splitroute-23d8d9.gitlab.io/privacy.html

Screenshots

De Plane!4 screens
SplitRoute4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SplitRoute at 16.4 against De Plane!'s 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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. De Plane! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and SplitRoute sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $39.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

De Plane! ships an update every 5 days, SplitRoute every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
De Plane! versus SplitRoute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDe Plane!SplitRoute
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAssorted LogicArden Hilario

In-app purchases

3 purchases

De Plane!

One-time3
  • Buy Me One Beverage$4.99
  • Buy Me Two Beverages$9.99
  • Buy Me Two Beverages$19.99
4 purchases

SplitRoute

Subscriptions2
  • SplitRoute Operator Monthly$39.001 Month
  • SplitRoute Operator Annual$390.001 Year
One-time2
  • Single Trip Pass$2.99
  • Lifetime Explorer$19.99

Questions

Is De Plane! free?
De Plane! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SplitRoute free?
SplitRoute is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do De Plane! or SplitRoute have ads?
Neither De Plane! nor SplitRoute shows ads.
Which is updated more often, De Plane! or SplitRoute?
De Plane! ships an update every 5 days, and SplitRoute every 3 days. Most recently, De Plane! was updated on October 7, 2026 and SplitRoute on October 12, 2026.

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