Comparison

Flight Locater vs Flightglobe

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

Head to head
About

Flight Locater

Features
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Tracking your flight is easier than ever before! With Flight Locater, you can get your flight information on your iPhone! This app allows user to search for a particular flight (DL 787/UA896) using this iOS app. In return, the user can get to know useful important information about their flight. The app displays information about the particular flight such as Flight Duration, Aircraft Model, Departure Airport info Arrival Airport info etc. It plots the entire flight path on a Map and allow the user to see the starting location and destination. When prompted for the airline callsign, the user may not know the callsign of the particular airline they are searching for (eg Callsign for Singapore Airlines is SQ), therefore the app provides them with a list of airlines callsigns, allowing the user to search for airline’s callsign with a search box. Features -Displays flight departure and arrival information all in one window! -Allows user to select their airline from a list of 1300++ active airlines! -Allows user to view the entire flight path on Apple Maps -Improved algorithms to determine more accurate flights -All information retrieved are from FlightStats Web Services http://flightstats.com However, please be warned that the information displayed may be inaccurate, so DO NOT use this app as your primary source for your flight details. Instead, refer to the information provided to you by your ticket provider or airline in case of any last minute flight changes. Always cross check information from the phone with the information from your ticket provider/airline!

About

Flightglobe

Features
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Flying is incredible: one of the few experiences that allow us intuitively feel the massive scale of the globe we call home. Many flight trackers show the flight path, but they miss the best part of this astrological dance: the chase between your flight, the earth's rotation, the sun, and the lightshows of sunrise/sunset/auroral activity. Flightpath helps put that chase into perspective with simple, beautiful visualizations. Type your flight number, then see your aircraft on a photoreal 3D Earth, with the real-time day/night terminator, your home time zone, the destination time zone, and a glowing sun out in space. Drag the timeline scrubber to fast-forward through the flight and see exactly when sunset will catch you over your flightpath. • Real flight data: schedules, waypoints, and altitude covering 800+ airlines. • Photoreal globe: actual NASA Blue Marble imagery, with a custom shader blending day and night based on the real subsolar position. • Aurora forecast: when the northern or southern lights are active, you'll see them painted on the globe. • Time-zone clarity: three clocks at the top: where you came from, where you are right now, where you're going. • Time scrubber: drag to see where your plane and the sun will be at any point in your trip. • Works offline: once you've armed your flight, FlightGlobe runs without internet. Perfect for in-flight Wi-Fi blackouts. • No tracking: no ads, no analytics, no servers collecting your data. Built for travelers, aviation enthusiasts, and anyone who's ever wanted to understand exactly what's happening outside the window at 35,000 feet. Privacy: FlightGlobe stores all flight data locally on your device. The only data sent over the network is the flight number you type (to AeroDataBox) and anonymous aurora-grid requests to NOAA. See the in-app privacy policy for full details.

Screenshots

Flight Locater4 screens
Flightglobe3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Flight Locater at 8.1 against Flightglobe's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Flight Locater versus Flightglobe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight LocaterFlightglobe
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClarence ChngBite Forest LLC

In-app purchases

None

Flight Locater

No in-app purchases

None

Flightglobe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flight Locater free?
Flight Locater is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flightglobe free?
Flightglobe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flight Locater or Flightglobe have ads?
Neither Flight Locater nor Flightglobe shows ads.

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