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Airplane Pro vs Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker

Airplane Pro 4.8★ · Free + IAP 40
Winner Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 4.8★ · Free + IAP 75

Flightradar24 is the clear winner for actual flight tracking and information, while Airplane Pro is a casual flight simulator plagued by ads and gameplay issues.

Full reviews: Airplane Pro · Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker

Flightradar24 excels as a real-time flight tracker, offering comprehensive information despite recent complaints about increased ads and subscription gating for previously free features. Airplane Pro, a flight simulator, struggles with excessive ads, buggy missions, and unrealistic graphics, making it less enjoyable for many users.

Head to head

Features and Purpose edge: Flightradar24 | Flight TrackerR18R41R47R58
Airplane Pro Airplane Pro is a flight simulator game, offering free flight and missions with various planes, cars, and boats R47R41. Users enjoy unlocking planes and exploring, though some find the world small and lacking detail R18R58.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 is a real-time flight tracking app that allows users to see planes, track flights, and access detailed flight information . Users appreciate its ability to track family flights and identify planes overhead .
Ease of Use / Gameplay edge: Flightradar24 | Flight TrackerR16R21R24R27
Airplane Pro Airplane Pro has mixed reviews on ease of use; some find it fun and easy to fly , while others struggle with controls, especially landing with interior view R16R24. Missions are a significant pain point, with frequent complaints about checkpoints failing despite flying through them R21R27.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 is generally easy to use for tracking flights, with many users finding it runs smoothly . However, some recent reviews mention issues with the app being blurry or flights not loading, particularly at specific airports .
Reliability and Performance edge: Flightradar24 | Flight TrackerR1R22R25R27
Airplane Pro Airplane Pro is frequently criticized for being buggy and having glitches, particularly with floating houses and checkpoint missions R1R22R27. Some users report planes not taking off or crashing easily R25.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 is generally seen as accurate and reliable for tracking flights . However, recent complaints highlight issues with ads slowing down the app and occasional loading problems for flights, making it less reliable for some .
Graphics and Realism edge: Flightradar24 | Flight TrackerR1R17R18R19
Airplane Pro Airplane Pro's graphics are a point of contention; some find them not great but acceptable R17, while others describe them as horrible, unrealistic, and messy R1R19. The world is often described as small, with floating houses and a lack of detail R1R18R58.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 is not a simulation, so realism in graphics is less of a concern. Users appreciate the visual representation of flights on a map .
Price and Value (Free vs. Paid) tieR4R5R7R9
Airplane Pro Airplane Pro is free with in-app purchases, but the free experience is severely hampered by an overwhelming number of intrusive ads, often appearing every minute or before starting a mission R4R5R7R9. Some users claim there are no ads , which contradicts the majority of recent reviews.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 is also free with in-app purchases, but the free tier has become increasingly frustrating due to a surge in persistent, full-screen ads that are hard to close and often redirect to the app store . Many core features, like flight history, aircraft age, and vertical speed, are now subscription-gated R76R100.
Privacy and Data edge: Airplane ProR67R82
Airplane Pro Reviews for Airplane Pro do not specifically mention privacy or data sharing concerns.
Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker Flightradar24 faces significant criticism for its data sharing practices, with users reporting difficulty opting out of sharing PII with third parties, even for paid subscribers R67R82. Some mention a lack of a California privacy policy R67.
Pick Airplane Pro if

You are looking for a very casual, free-to-play flight simulator game and are willing to tolerate a high volume of ads, or if you plan to pay to remove them R4R5R9R47. You might enjoy the variety of vehicles and missions if you can overlook the graphics and mission bugs R41R47.

Pick Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker if

You need a reliable and detailed real-time flight tracker to monitor flights, track family, or identify planes overhead . You are willing to pay for a subscription to remove ads and unlock advanced features, as the free tier is increasingly limited and ad-heavy R76.

Evidence note: Reviews for Airplane Pro are heavily skewed towards complaints about ads and gameplay issues, despite a high lifetime rating. Many positive reviews are very short or unspecific. Flightradar24's recent reviews show a strong negative trend regarding ads and subscription gating, contrasting with its high lifetime rating and many positive, detailed reviews.

Frequently asked

Are there many ads in Airplane Pro?
Yes, Airplane Pro is heavily criticized for having an excessive number of intrusive ads, with many users reporting ads appearing every minute or before starting missions, making the game nearly unplayable without paying R4R7R9R37.
Can I track real flights with Airplane Pro?
No, Airplane Pro is a flight simulator game and does not track real-world flights; it focuses on virtual flying, missions, and exploration within its game environment R1R18R41.
Has Flightradar24 removed free features?
Yes, Flightradar24 has recently moved several previously free features, such as viewing more than 24 hours of flight history, aircraft age, and vertical speed, behind a subscription paywall R76R100R112.
Does Flightradar24 share user data?
Yes, Flightradar24 has received complaints from users about openly sharing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) with third parties, even for paid subscribers, and making it difficult to opt out R67R82.

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. [R18] Airplane Pro 3/5 · US It’s alright: There’s definitely room for improvement. The space you fly in feels very small, I would love if there were more to explore. You also can barely get any altitude. The places on the ground are messy and glitched, and there are no npc pedestrians or cars, and rarely are there other planes to come across. More missions and overall things to do and explore would be great. The towns feel v
  2. [R41] Airplane Pro 5/5 · US SOOO FUN: I am upsets with plane and this game is super fun I enjoy it when I’m bored and I like how there’s missions and u have to unlock plane and try to REACH THE END! But I would give it a 100% 5
  3. [R47] Airplane Pro 5/5 · US Amiazing: I love it so much. It’s not like other dude where you have to pay before you play in other games it’ll have you login and make an account sometimes people don’t know how I don’t have an account. That’s why I love this game and even has more than one vehicle and you actually have a person and you actually get to choose a boy or a girl I love this game because you have cars boats and I lov
  4. [R58] Airplane Pro 2/5 · US Not great: I liked playing it for a 30 seconds but the problem is that you are the only one flying in the air and the radio keeps repeating the same stuff and there is only one island and It took me one minute to fly around it. I also wish that there is more detail because the pictures are a lot mor detailed than the game actually is. It is also not great because there are only a few planes. Over
  5. [R16] Airplane Pro 2/5 · US 2: This game is so hard
  6. [R21] Airplane Pro 3/5 · US Missions: Overall the game is solid. The only complaint I have is regarding the missions that you have to fly through checkpoints. You can get a “checkpoint missed” screen and have to restart the mission even when your plane clearly went through the checkpoint?
  7. [R24] Airplane Pro 3/5 · US Landing: It is impossible to land with the interior view but its ok with the exterior view they need to make it easier to land with the interior view
  8. [R27] Airplane Pro 3/5 · US Great game but has a HUGE flaw!: I’ve only been playing for about a day, and the game is very fun. You can either do free flight or take missions, and the missions are pretty fun. The missions I enjoy most are the Scenic Flights, but they are unplayable. The way they work is you fly through checkpoint circles in that make a path around the landscape. When you hit a checkpoint. The next circle cha
  9. [R1] Airplane Pro 1/5 · US It’s like OK, but I need you to work on it: It needs to work like to do like nice kind of people not like garbage type of people and yeah, and it also needs the world to be kind of like the real world but not real and I don’t like how when I go up to the houses they’re always floating yeah I don’t like those and I need you to make the whole game better in the in the people in the whole entire game
  10. [R22] Airplane Pro 1/5 · US It is bad: The first thing is so bad this is so buggy it’s so bad!!
  11. [R25] Airplane Pro 1/5 · US Not fair: The plane won’t fly!!!
  12. [R17] Airplane Pro 5/5 · US Beat flight sim ever: I was so bored and I was looking at this game I downloaded it and IT WAS JUST SO AMAZING.I was expecting bad because of the graphics BUT NO tbh the graphics aren’t that good but I CANT DO ANY BETTER THEN THAT.Also I love that the beluga is in here
  13. [R19] Airplane Pro 2/5 · US bad: lots of ads. this game is horrible. the quality and controls are even worse. stay away from this game.
  14. [R4] Airplane Pro 1/5 · US Add add add no good: Horrible imposible jugar sin tener que pagar. Sale un anuncio cada 1 min
  15. [R5] Airplane Pro 5/5 · US Great: Perfect but lots of ads
  16. [R7] Airplane Pro 1/5 · US Full of spyware and ads: No worthy
  17. [R9] Airplane Pro 3/5 · US Fun game but can’t start unless you watch a 1 to 2 minute add: I like the game but the ads are just too much!
  18. [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.
  19. [R82] Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Too hard to opt out of data sharing: App shares your data with 30 partners and you have to decline in each individually. Uninstalled instead
  20. [R37] Airplane Pro 1/5 · US Ads everythere: An app for watching the ads
  21. [R76] Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Free features getting removed, overall platform decay: not impressed with changing free features to be subscription gated. previously a subscription was not needed to view more than 24 hours of arrival/departure history, now you do. desktop has a huge sidebar that was intentionally inserted to be as annoying as possible to force you to subscribe to remove. aircraft age and vertical speed previousl
  22. [R100] Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 2/5 · US Subscriptions nerfed: My subsription is nerfed. I was usşng it rarely but today I noticed the features I use was nerfed
  23. [R112] Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker 1/5 · US Update rip off: They removed a free service of on map tracking live and now want more money for a formerly free feature

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