Vylet vs HELBoard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vylet
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Flight delayed by three hours or more, cancelled at short notice, or were you bumped from an overbooked flight? Under European rules (Regulation (EC) No 261/2004) the airline may owe you €250, €400 or €600 in cash — on top of any refund. Vylet tells you in seconds whether you're entitled and how much. HOW IT WORKS • Pick where you flew from and to — over 3,000 airports worldwide, works offline • Tell us what happened: delay, cancellation or denied boarding • Answer two or three quick questions — only the ones that matter for your case • See the amount right away, together with the reasoning behind it WHAT VYLET CHECKS • Whether your flight is covered: departures from the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the UK on any airline, and flights into Europe on European airlines • The amount by distance: €250 up to 1,500 km, €400 up to 3,500 km or within Europe, €600 beyond that • The three-hour threshold for delays, measured at your final destination • How much notice you got of a cancellation, and whether a replacement flight halves the amount • Extraordinary circumstances such as bad weather or air traffic control strikes — the only lawful reason for an airline to refuse • Flights from the UK under UK261, with amounts in pounds LIVE DEPARTURE BOARDS Departures and arrivals for Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Tromsø and six more Norwegian airports, plus Hamburg, updated every few minutes. Tap a delayed or cancelled flight to check your compensation with the route and delay already filled in, or follow it to get an alert when its status changes. PAST FLIGHTS COUNT TOO You can usually claim for flights from the past few years — the time limit depends on the country. FILE A CLAIM If you're entitled, one tap takes you to a partner claims service that deals with the airline for you. Such services usually work on a no-win, no-fee basis and share part of their commission with us — that's how checking your flight in Vylet stays free. ALSO IN VYLET Live departure boards for Russian airports, with an automatic mass-delay detector and a guide to passenger rights under Russian rules. Vylet is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. The final decision rests with the airline or a court.
HELBoard
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HELBoard is a personal arrivals and departures board for airports operated by Finavia. It is a native iOS app, not a website in a shell, not a flight tracker, and not Finavia’s app. HELBoard is free. An optional tip jar is available. Nothing is locked behind payment. There are no ads, accounts, or tracking. Choose an airport to see official public board data: flight times, status, gates, check-in desks, and baggage areas. HELBoard does not add unofficial airport data. Open the app and you are on the board. Search by flight number or city, including the codeshare number on your ticket. Pin a flight for pickup, drop-off, or your own journey. For flights you care about, add a personal flight with its date, airport, direction, and an optional note. Upcoming and past flights stay organized in My Flights. You can optionally keep these personal flight details in your private iCloud account so they can return after reinstalling or be available on your other devices. Follow a pinned flight for a glanceable Live Activity and optional alerts around its public flight time. Updates can be late, missed, or out of date. Never rely on HELBoard alone and confirm important times and status with Finavia or your airline. HELBoard is built for privacy. No telemetry, profiling, analytics, advertising, or user account. Pins, follows, Live Activities, alerts, and board settings stay on your device. Personal flights and notes use private iCloud only when you choose to enable it. Accessibility is part of the work. Common tasks support VoiceOver, Dark Mode, Reduce Motion, and sufficient contrast. Dense flight lists remain difficult at the largest text sizes. What you get: • Arrivals and departures for 19 Finnish airports, starting with Helsinki • A board centered around now, with a quick return to Now • Search by flight number or city, including codeshares • Flight details when provided by the public feed: scheduled, expected, and actual times, via airports, gate and previous gate, departure calls, and aircraft • Pin up to five flights • Optional Live Activity from roughly two hours before the public flight time • Optional alerts for meaningful flight changes • My Flights for upcoming and past personal flights • Optional notes for your personal flights • Optional private iCloud sync for personal flights and notes • Calendar event sharing • English, Finnish, and Swedish
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vylet at none against HELBoard's 3. Vylet also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). HELBoard's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. HELBoard sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Vylet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vylet ships an update every 2 days, HELBoard every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Vylet | HELBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Beschetnikov | Yoji Hirabayashi |
In-app purchases
Vylet
No in-app purchases
HELBoard
- Espresso$1.99
- Flat White$3.99
- Iced Pumpkin Spice Mocha$8.99









