Top App
5
By JJBarnone
This is one of the best and top apps I have ever used. I have lost track as to how long it's been a part of my world - many years for sure - and I gladly pay the yearly renewal.
The amount of information that this app offers is incredible and makes aircraft watching that much more enjoyable.
It's been great when traveling or when dropping off/picking people up people the from airport.
As an aside, one of the updates a while back (years ago) changed the appearance of the aircraft quite a bit from what I recall, but over a short period of time, I grew accustomed to the updated look.
Total goofball tangent...it's fun to see an airplane fly over my house in Las Vegas, then fly over my parents home on the East Coast a few hours later. I send them good mojo that way. ;)
Flying with the plane in 3D mode is quite entertaining - - taking screenshots then sharing them with those on that plane is another goofy thing I do.
Overall, I would recommend this app to anyone. If you're spending money on coffee, streaming subscriptions, and other things - - the price of this app is really nothing.
I’ve finally found my (almost) perfect flight tracking app!
2
By Stevey McSteverson
This app is fantastic, and in my opinion blows all the other big flight tracker players out of the water in terms of features and the user interface experience. The coolest feature for me is the filtering system. I’m a casual aviation enthusiast who mostly likes to see what’s happening over cities with police helicopter traffic, and with this app I can finally do that with ease!
HOWEVER - if you operate your device primarily in dark mode (which some stats indicate that an almost 40% of iOS users do), the helicopter icons are so faint and small that they’re essentially useless, which is a huge, huge bummer. The issue is that the black outlines of aircraft icons don’t invert on dark mode, which makes them blend into the already-dark background. What you’re effectively left with then is just the fill-color of the icons as your primary visual aircraft indicators on the map. For helicopters in particular, these icons barely have any fill color as is, making them incredibly difficult to spot on a map in dark mode, and it’s super frustrating if you no longer have the eyes of a 22 year old.
Devs! Please update aircraft icon border colors for better accessibility in dark mode! I bet a slightly darker shade of the icon’s yellow would look pretty sharp, like a goldish orange. If you guys do that, I’ll be a customer for life!
EDIT: Dropping a few stars. After months of use I’ve noticed that this app has really poor helicopter tracking. A medivac just now flew over my house, clearly visible on the Flight Aware app, but was nowhere to be found here in the Plane Finder app. This happens SO often, especially with police helicopters. I think it’s finally time to say good bye to this app and cancel my subscription. It’s a shame too, because this app does everything else really well - just not the plane finding part.
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5
By Melereie
Awesome to look at and locate planes. I also really enjoy all of the photos:).
Wow!
5
By roger dodger 10
If you see something flying over or want to know how fast what’s the altitude where it’s coming from and where it’s going this will do it. It’s amazing!
Sad end
1
By jojo455
The fact is that for whatever reason plane finder does not track important flights and we’re constantly interrupted by stupid gaming advertisements. Why would I pay?
Great tracker!
5
By Meadema_119
Plane Finder is great for tracking planes all around the world!
Great flight tracking, but some issues with MyFlights and premium features
4
By MomoSam1026007
I really like Plane Finder—it’s a great app for tracking flights and works smoothly most of the time. I recently flew on VN98 from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco, but I noticed I couldn’t add that flight to MyFlights, which was a bit frustrating since I wanted to keep track of it easily.
Also, I understand the app offers premium features, but it feels a little disappointing that viewing flights from a long time ago requires a premium subscription. It would be nice if some of that historical data was accessible for free.
Overall, Plane Finder is still one of the best flight trackers I’ve used, and I hope these features get improved in future updates!
Very useful app
5
By docaquasr
Well designed, through and extremely helpful. Paid version definitely adds a lot more interesting detail for those curious to know more.
Too Many Ads
2
By Guild Slim Jim
I don’t play games in my iPhone. The game launches and I can close it.
Paid for Premium, Got Barely Any Live Flights
1
By Toomanictom
I initially really liked this app, but was disappointed to discover it misses a huge number of active flights, many of which show up on free sites like globe.adsbexchange.com. Filtering for military? Don’t bother, nothing shows. I paid for premium expecting to track the jets flying over my house in real time, only to realize the live feed is seriously lacking. I mistakenly thought I was seeing only “top secret” aircraft… turns out the app just doesn’t show them.