FlightAware Flight Tracker vs Flighty

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R5] FlightAware Flight Tracker 5/5 · US What great resource: I depend on this much more than what the Airline tells me.
2. [R14] FlightAware Flight Tracker 5/5 · US Impressive: I continue to be surprised and impressed by the features and information this app provides. I’ve had it less than a week and have already upgraded from a free to a premium subscription. I’m not an aviator either - the tools the app has for them look very extensive and useful. Downloaded the app originally because I have a little boy with autism who loves watching planes come and go, I
3. [R56] FlightAware Flight Tracker 5/5 · US A valuable tool: If you want to know anything about a flight, this is the place to look. Airports, flight numbers, airline operators, and technical data to include waypoints along the flight route are interesting but also beneficial to everyone involved in the flight chain. I could go on! Great tool.
4. [R65] Flighty 5/5 · US Awesome: I love the way the app tracks my flights and alerts me of delays and changes. I especially love the statement at the end of the year with all the miles, cities and time traveling
5. [R7] FlightAware Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Not user friendly: Its the worst app ever, not at all user friendly.
6. [R10] FlightAware Flight Tracker 2/5 · US Not intuitive: Maybe it’s just me, but I can never get alerts for the specific flight I want. I get ALL the flights with that Airline’s flight number for ALL of their departures. It’s annoying.
7. [R39] FlightAware Flight Tracker 3/5 · GB Great tool, appalling UI: If you could ever design an app that makes it as difficult as possible to actually do what you want it to do- they have succeeded here. The idea and capability is great. The UI is appalling. Trying to set notifications is the most cryptic, illogical process, and every screen seems to have a different layout and unknown icons to achieve what you *think* you might want
8. [R77] Flighty 5/5 · US Easy Navigation: I love this app. It sent me a reminder about my upcoming flight and i didn’t have to do a thing. So easy. Super convenient!
9. [R15] FlightAware Flight Tracker 3/5 · US Misleading: Not always accurate. Sometimes if an aircraft diverts it still shows that it arrived at their original planned destination.
10. [R20] FlightAware Flight Tracker 5/5 · US Great app: Great for tracking flights - very accurate!
11. [R59] FlightAware Flight Tracker 1/5 · US The only thing I needed…: Was an alert if my friend’s flight to Doha was cancelled. It did not alert me when it was cancelled. Uninstalled.
12. [R67] Flighty 2/5 · US Inconsistent and delayed updates: I get email alerts of gate changes and delays, which are accurate. But the app itself doesn’t refresh properly. I need to delete the flight and re-enter. Until this is fixed, I can’t rely on this app.
13. [R16] FlightAware Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Disappointing Price Increase for Loyal Customers: I am very disappointed to see the price of the yearly ad-removal subscription increasing from $5.99 to $8.99. Every other app I have ever used values its current customer base by grandfathering them into their original rate. With those companies, you only pay the new, higher price if you cancel your subscription and choose to rejoin at a later date
14. [R24] FlightAware Flight Tracker 3/5 · GB Can’t Subscribe to Remove Ads: Lovely app, and I’d be happy to pay a one off sum to remove ads, but that requires a subscription! Not a chance in the world. The ads are irritating but I’ll delete the app rather than subscribe for no extra features.
15. [R66] Flighty 3/5 · US Flashy but Spendy: It’s a beautiful app but so many features are locked behind subscription fees that it might as well be part of the Adobe suite.
16. [R90] Flighty 3/5 · GB £60 for a year, £300 lifetime?: The app is great, but if you want the pro features it's ridiculously expensive. Even on black friday sale the price still didn't make sense. I'd be ready to pay, but I find that price hard to justify...
17. [R49] FlightAware Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Login nightmare: I have a ton of app logins. However FlightAware has the absolute dumbest and cumbersome login layout of any app I’ve ever used.
18. [R51] FlightAware Flight Tracker 2/5 · US 3FA makes app burdensome to open: Password + email code + authenticator. Takes too long to make the app easily usable.
19. [R115] Flighty 1/5 · GB Very poor flight import experience: The expensive yearly subscription in theory gets you options to import flights. This however does not work well at all, is not at all customisable and they don’t have an API. Email import only works with (some) official airline emails, and an email with all the relevant info inexplicably doesn’t work. Same for the calendar import, not sure how to get this to wor
20. [R74] Flighty 5/5 · US Must have: I’ve tried just about every flight tracking app out there, and Flighty is in a league of its own. If you travel even a few times a year, it’s worth every penny. The real-time updates are consistently faster than the airlines, the delay predictions are incredibly accurate, and the app gives you information you didn’t even know you needed, like where your aircraft is coming from, whether