FLIO vs Window Seat Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FLIO
This app provides real-time flight updates, manages boarding passes, and offers comprehensive airport information. It helps travelers navigate airports stress-free and discover available services for a smoother journey.
- Real-time flight status notifications
- Boarding pass management
- Airport information access
- Luggage protection
- Travel statistics and 3D globe
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FLIO is the best app to accompany you during your flights. Receive flight status updates, visit all airports stress-free, take advantage of hundreds of information on shops and services. With FLIO you can: • Receive real-time notifications on flight status, check-in and boarding times. • Manage boarding passes for all flights in one app. • Access all destination, departure and connecting airport information for free. • Get luggage protection and stress-free travel. • Keep track of your travels and view your travel statistics and 3D globe Discover all the services available in the App and make your journey a unique experience. Are you ready to significantly improve your next air travels? Download the app to discover the benefits and have a new flying companion. Enjoy your trip, The FLIO team We are constantly improving our services and would welcome any suggestions or feedback please send an email to customercare@sostravel.com.
Window Seat Pro
Identify cities, states, countries, and geographical features directly from your airplane window using your phone's camera and GPS. Explore the world from above, plan routes, and even record your journeys.
- Real-time geographical identification
- Offline functionality
- Customizable flight plans
- Flight recording and playback
- User-added sites
- Multi-activity recording
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Window Seat lets you see geographical information from your airplane window. Looking down and seeing a small town? Window Seat will label it for you. Wondering what's beyond the horizon? Window Seat will show you that too. Window Seat labels cities, states, and country boundaries, and more. Window Seat's database covers the whole planet, with 43000+ cities and sites, countries, territories, islands, states/provinces, rivers, lakes, major roads, mountains, and airports. Features will be drawn directly on the picture from your phone's camera. When you point the camera in a new direction, the labels and boundaries move and change with the picture. Window Seat is completely self-contained, and runs even in airplane mode. You do not need data. You do not need wi-fi. All you need is your phone's GPS and compass. (Although, your GPS will work better if you are next to a window.) Other features include: + View from other vantage points, not just your camera. You can see a perspective as if you were viewing from different altitudes or anywhere in the world. + Use the "curl up" feature to move labels and borders from below the horizon to up in the sky. So even if your destination is half way around the world, you can see it. + Create or import a flight plan, and see your route drawn in the sky. + Preview your flight plan with "play mode". Fast forward and rewind to see your future/past views. + Record your flight, and see your actual flight path drawn in the sky. + Turn your flight recordings into detailed flight plans for your next trip. + Add you own favorite sites to the database, and see your sites from the sky. + Use Window Seat's recorder for hiking, biking and car trips. Look back and see the path you've followed. + Share your flight plans and favorite sites with your friends or on the openingapps website. Window Seat is now completely free. There are no ads and no in-app purchases. Window seat requires GPS in order to work properly on a plane. While 100% of iPhones have GPS units, 99% of iPads do not have GPS units. As a result, this app is not supported on iPads. This app is for entertainment purposes only. Do not use it for actual navigation. All of the data is from public sources, and is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FLIO at none against Window Seat Pro's 10. FLIO also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (604 vs 3). Window Seat Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Window Seat Pro sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. FLIO asks for nothing beyond the download.
FLIO holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FLIO has 604 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of FLIO's written reviews are positive against 50% of Window Seat Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FLIO ships an update every 3 weeks, Window Seat Pro every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FLIO | Window Seat Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (604 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 604 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sostravel.com SpA | Russell Segal |
Customer experience
FLIO
Window Seat Pro
Bugs and requests
FLIO
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot add or track flights properly
- Incorrect gate and terminal information
- Delayed or missing flight status updates
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to sync with other travel apps
- More comprehensive airport and flight data
- Improved real-time flight tracking
- Better notification system
Window Seat Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FLIO
No in-app purchases
Window Seat Pro
- 30 day free trial2 variantsFree
- Test1Free
- Unlock for unlimited use$0.99
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