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Flight Tracker + vs Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker

Flight Tracker + 4.7★ · Free + IAP 45
Winner Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 4.8★ · Free + IAP 70

Flightradar24 is the better choice for flight tracking, offering a more robust free experience and generally more reliable tracking, despite its aggressive ads.

Full reviews: Flight Tracker + · Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker

Flightradar24 offers more comprehensive flight tracking features and a better overall user experience, even with its intrusive ads, while Flight Tracker + has become nearly unusable in its free version and faces significant reliability and stability issues.

Head to head

Features edge: Flightradar24 | Flight TrackerR6R11R12R14
Flight Tracker + Flight Tracker + users appreciate its ability to track family flights and provide status and gate information, with some noting it saved them time and stress R11R14. However, recent updates have removed features like searching by route or seeing all flights to/from an airport, and some users report a lack of detail like landing/gate times R6R12.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 is praised for its ability to show many planes, track family flights, and provide informative details . Users enjoy seeing where planes are going and identifying different aircraft types . However, some features like flight logs, aircraft age, and vertical speed have been moved behind a paywall .
Ease of Use tieR2R5R9R13
Flight Tracker + Flight Tracker + is described as very easy to navigate and simple to use by some R5R26. However, many users find the app difficult to use due to constant demands to subscribe, uncloseable ads, and issues with restoring purchases R2R9. Some also report the app crashing frequently R13R19.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 is generally considered easy to use, with many users enjoying its interface . However, the free version is heavily impacted by intrusive ads that cover the screen, take users to the App Store, and make the app difficult to navigate or even use R61R70.
Reliability edge: Flightradar24 | Flight TrackerR13R16R19R26
Flight Tracker + Some users found Flight Tracker + to be consistently accurate and reliable, saving them time and stress R26. However, many others report significant reliability issues, including inaccurate flight times, inability to find confirmed flights, delayed information, and the app crashing or becoming inoperable after updates R13R16R19R27.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 is generally praised for its accuracy in tracking flights . However, some users report issues with flights not loading, the search bar being unresponsive, or the app not showing all planes in the sky, particularly military aircraft . There are also complaints about information being incomplete or features being 'nerfed' for subscribers .
Price/Value edge: Flightradar24 | Flight TrackerR1R2R4R7
Flight Tracker + Flight Tracker + has seen a significant negative shift in its pricing model, with many users complaining that it used to be free but now costs $5.99 a week, or requires a subscription for basic functionality R1R2R4R7. Users feel the free version is now pointless due to ads and paywalls R2.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 is also a freemium app, and while many users enjoy the free version despite ads, a common complaint is that many features are locked behind a subscription . Some users feel that previously free features have been moved to paid tiers .
Support edge: Flightradar24 | Flight TrackerR13R16R19R67
Flight Tracker + Users report poor or non-existent support for Flight Tracker +. Attempts to get help for crashing apps led to 'not found' pages or ignored emails R13R19. One user reported no follow-up after 10 days despite providing requested screenshots for a flight not found R16.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker There is limited direct feedback on Flightradar24's customer support in the provided reviews. The main support-related complaints revolve around the difficulty of opting out of data sharing and the verification process R67.
Pick Flight Tracker + if

you are a long-time user who has found the paid version reliable and useful for core tracking features, and you are willing to overlook recent negative changes R14.

Pick Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker if

you want a more comprehensive flight tracking experience with generally better reliability and features, and you are willing to tolerate frequent, intrusive ads in the free version or pay for a subscription to remove them .

Evidence note: Flight Tracker + reviews show a significant negative trend, with many recent 1-star reviews related to pricing changes, app instability, and removal of features. Flightradar24 also has many complaints about ads and paywalled features but maintains a higher lifetime rating and more positive comments regarding its core functionality. The free vs. paid asymmetry is very pronounced for Flight Tracker +, where the free version is now widely considered unusable, pushing users to Flightradar24 R2.

Frequently asked

How much does Flight Tracker + cost?
Flight Tracker + is now subscription-based, with many users reporting a cost of $5.99 per week, and the free version is described as pointless due to ads and demands to upgrade R1R2R4R7.
Are there many ads in Flightradar24?
Yes, Flightradar24's free version is heavily criticized for having too many persistent and intrusive ads that cover the entire screen, often redirect to the App Store, and make the app difficult to use R61R64R65R70.
Is Flight Tracker + reliable for flight information?
While some users find Flight Tracker + accurate, many recent reviews indicate it is not reliable, with reports of inaccurate flight times, inability to find confirmed flights, delayed information, and the app crashing frequently R13R16R19R27.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R6] Flight Tracker + 3/5 · US No more Search by Route?: I've used this app for 10+ years. When I logged in today, the only search is by flight number - with no way to search by route! WTH?!
  2. [R11] Flight Tracker + 5/5 · US Tracking incoming flight: Kept me from circling airport when plane was a bit late. Enjoyed a quiet break instead!
  3. [R12] Flight Tracker + 3/5 · US Arrived time ???: The app should show the moment of landing (taxiing) and also show the moment (time) that it is at the Gate (Arrived)
  4. [R14] Flight Tracker + 5/5 · US Great for Frequent Flyers: I utilized the previous free version of Flight Tracker for many years during my airline pilot career and frequent travels on numerous airlines. Although I’m disappointed the free version no longer works, this paid version has enough important information like current flight status and gate information , along with the convenience of automatic flight updates, flight progr
  5. [R2] Flight Tracker + 4/5 · US Free Version Downgrade: Not going to leave some silly one star review. I’ve used the app for years without issue, almost always just to track my wife’s incoming flight to pick her up. Just now opened it to use it for the first time in months, and it’s now unusable in the free version. Now bombarded with endless ads and demands to get the paid version and can’t even figure out a way around it to do
  6. [R5] Flight Tracker + 5/5 · US Very Easy: The app is very easy to navigate
  7. [R9] Flight Tracker + 3/5 · US Very useful but very pushy to buy subscription: It is very hard to exit out of the subscription page when opening the app, which is very annoying.
  8. [R13] Flight Tracker + 1/5 · US Latest release broken: I have been using this app for a long time, but the latest release crashes instantly every time I try to use it. The app help leads to a “not found” page on their site and an email sent to a general email address was ignored. If they fix the app and contact me, I may change the rating, but for now, this app doesn’t work, so the rating is deserved.
  9. [R16] Flight Tracker + 2/5 · US Not reliable: The biggest issue of all is that it on one recent trip, it could not find my confirmed flight despite TripIt, Flighty, United (the airline for the flight), Flightradar24, FlightAware all able to find my flight. I contacted support and they appreciated my ticket and also wanted screenshots of all flight tracking apps I use for that flight, and I obliged. No follow up from support
  10. [R19] Flight Tracker + 1/5 · US Once Great-No More: I’ve had this app for quite some time and was always happy with it until now. Every time I open the app, it crashes. I’ve deleted and reinstalled it 3x and rebooted my iPhone each time. No change. I attempted to get support from the developer and that was not possible. My subscription expires in April 2027 so I’m out of luck as I have a useless dead app.
  11. [R26] Flight Tracker + 4/5 · US Quick Info: Flight Tracker is simple to use and accurate as possible. I’ve used it to track multiple flights on several airlines and have never had any trouble. Great help to travelers
  12. [R1] Flight Tracker + 1/5 · US Was cool: It used to be free. Now it’s six bucks a week.
  13. [R4] Flight Tracker + 1/5 · US $$$: Why is the subscription based now…???
  14. [R7] Flight Tracker + 1/5 · US Beware Predatory App $5.99 a Week!!!: I thought I was getting free version and or 1 time purchase only to be charged $5.99 weekly for a year. Buyer Beware!!
  15. [R67] Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Sells your data very hard yo opt out: Openly sells your PII information to third parties even if you are a paid subscriber. Very hard to reject cookies. Also zero California privacy policy or request for data deletion.
  16. [R61] Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Persistent Ads: Enjoyed the app for about 2 weeks, didn’t mind the periodic ads. But now the ads that pop up cover the entire screen and make you sit through several seconds before the “X” appears in the corner to close. If that’s not bad enough, pressing the “X” takes you to the App Store instead of closing the ad, then when you close that, another ad pops up in its place. It seems now that I sp
  17. [R64] Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Too many ads: Too many ads
  18. [R65] Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 4/5 · US Adds are bad: Everything is fine just the free tier has lots of adds
  19. [R70] Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Ads: After the adds can’t go back to the radar screen
  20. [R27] Flight Tracker + 3/5 · GB Hit and miss: This is a good app but if you are looking for 100% accuracy then this not the app, have monitored many flights and many say flight is still at the gate, whilst official airport will show it took off 30 minutes ago, I think many of these kind of apps are ok in telling you the Terminal and eventually the gate and baggage claim, they do however struggle with up to date information just

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store