Comparison

FlyNextLeg vs Remote ID Drone Radar

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

Head to head
About

FlyNextLeg

Discover real flight routes for your simulator, complete with actual aircraft, callsigns, and departure times. Track your flights live, receive airspace alerts, and access interactive checklists. Features a live map of Europe showing active air traffic control.

Highlights
  • Real flight routes across Europe
  • Live ATC map
  • Flight tracking with Live Activity
  • Airspace and descent alerts
  • Interactive aircraft checklists
  • Filter flights by owned add-ons
Features
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Pick a real airline flight and fly it in your simulator. NextLeg holds almost 40,000 real routes across Europe — with the actual aircraft types, callsigns and departure times — refreshed every week. FIND YOUR NEXT FLIGHT • Search by airport, aircraft, airline or how much time you have • Roll a random flight or take the challenge of the day • Mark the add-ons you own and see only flights you can really fly FLY WHERE THE CONTROLLERS ARE • Live map of Europe showing where VATSIM ATC is online right now • Every airport with positions and frequencies: DEL, GND, TWR, APP, ATIS • Watch your favourite airports and get a push the moment a controller opens TRACK YOUR FLIGHT • Follow your VATSIM flight live, with Live Activity on the lock screen • Alerts before you enter controlled airspace — with the frequency to call • Top-of-descent reminder so you never overshoot again • Interactive A320 and B737 checklists at your fingertips In six languages: English, Polski, Deutsch, Français, Español, Português. No account. No ads. Data: VATSIM.

About

Remote ID Drone Radar

This app detects drones broadcasting Remote ID signals, showing their location, altitude, and operator information. It renders 3D flight paths and allows recording, playback, and export of flight data. Offline maps and alerts are also available.

Highlights
  • Drone location tracking
  • Operator location display
  • 3D flight path rendering
  • Flight data recording and playback
  • Offline map support
  • Detection alerts
Features
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Drones over 250g flying in U.S. airspace are required to broadcast a Remote ID signal for anyone to receive with their position, altitude, and in most cases, the operator's location or takeoff location. Remote ID Drone Radar listens for those broadcasts and renders their 3D flight path. WHAT YOU SEE • Drone location • Operator location - pilot location or take off location • Altitude, ground speed, vertical speed, and flight status (ground or airborne) • Distance from the drone to you, to its operator, and operator to you • Make and model, matched from the drone's serial number • 3D flight paths over standard, hybrid, satellite, or offline maps TWO WAYS TO RECEIVE • Bluetooth Remote ID works on your iPhone or iPad by itself, with no extra software. Range is roughly a quarter mile, and it's used mostly by add-on broadcast modules. • Wi-Fi Remote ID is what the vast majority of drones over 249g use, including DJI and Autel aircraft, and it reaches several miles in good conditions. The optional RID Radar Mac Helper turns a Mac into the receiver: download the free Mac helper, and your iPhone or iPad connects to it over Bluetooth or locally. Wi-Fi detection requires a Mac on macOS 26.4 or later — please read the Requirements section below before you subscribe. RECORD THE AIRSPACE • Tap Record and the app captures the whole picture: every drone, every track, timestamped. • Play it back at 1×, 3×, 5×, 10×, or 20×, scrub the timeline, and export the result as a flight file to share or as CSV to analyze. • Import flight files back in on any of your devices. ALERTS • Get a notification the moment a drone appears, with the app in the background and your phone locked. OFFLINE MAPS • Download a global base map plus the regions you fly in, and keep a working map with no cell service at all. PRIVACY • Recordings are stored on your device, or in your own iCloud and synced across your Apple devices — your choice. We never receive them either way. • There is no account, and no analytics pipeline pointed at you. TRY IT • A sample flight is built in, so you can explore recording, playback, and export. PLANS • Standard — live drone map, telemetry, 3D flight paths, make and model • Advanced — adds operator location, flight recording, detection alerts, offline maps, and flight file export and import • Pro — adds serial number decoding and CSV export and import • Lifetime — everything in Pro, one purchase REQUIREMENTS • iPhone, iPad, or Mac • Bluetooth Remote ID: no additional software • Wi-Fi Remote ID: a Mac running macOS 26.4 or later, with the free helper app from pxatech.com/mac. While scanning, the helper puts that Mac's Wi-Fi interface into monitor mode to listen for drone signals. Please note this means you will not be able to use WiFi internet on the Mac while this is active. RID Radar receives publicly broadcast Remote ID signals only. It does not intercept private communications, control any aircraft, or interfere with flight operations in any way. Not all drones are required to broadcast Remote ID, and reception depends on terrain, distance, and antenna placement.

Screenshots

FlyNextLeg4 screens
Remote ID Drone Radar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlyNextLeg at none against Remote ID Drone Radar's 4. Remote ID Drone Radar's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Remote ID Drone Radar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. FlyNextLeg asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FlyNextLeg against 5.0 for Remote ID Drone Radar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
FlyNextLeg versus Remote ID Drone Radar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlyNextLegRemote ID Drone Radar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.526.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOLIWIER JAKUB GRZECHNIKPXA Tech LLC

Customer experience

FlyNextLeg

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Remote ID Drone Radar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FlyNextLeg

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Remote ID Drone Radar

Subscriptions3
  • Remote ID Drone Radar Standard7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Remote ID Drone Radar Advanced$69.991 Year
  • Remote ID Drone Radar Pro$299.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remote ID Drone Radar Lifetime$599.99

Questions

Is FlyNextLeg free?
FlyNextLeg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Remote ID Drone Radar free?
Remote ID Drone Radar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FlyNextLeg or Remote ID Drone Radar?
FlyNextLeg and Remote ID Drone Radar are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do FlyNextLeg or Remote ID Drone Radar have ads?
Neither FlyNextLeg nor Remote ID Drone Radar shows ads.

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