Flighty – Live Flight Tracker Reviews

by Scott1MI

Great looking app, but I deleted it after three weeks because it keeps sending me a ton of notifications even after I have turned them off in Flighty . Flighty gives you four categories of notifications you can receive. I started with three of the four. I quickly realized that was way too many. So I adjusted to only 1 of 4, then none. But I keep getting ALL of them…probably 20 per flight and many of them being duplicate that come at the same time. I contacted support and they gave an answer that didn’t address the problem. Flighty is much more annoying than useful, especially at the steep price, so I cancelled my subscription and deleted Flighty .

by 🔥🤬🤯😤😝🔥

Impressive map display. Over all, Flighty has potential. However my comparison to other air travel flight trackers, it is not enough for me to spend the extra money. I can get more basic information from other sources free of charge. It doesn’t make a difference how old my plane is. That is regulated by the Airlines & the FAA. Delays, Cancelations, Weather, & Health hazards are my concerns. Especially for flights planned way in advance ( Holidays & Vacations ). I wish to see free information that is related to connecting flights & airport gates. You need to develop apps with terminal information- Mapped terminal gates. How far is it between airline gates. Baggage tracker- where are my checked in bags? Delays with connecting flights create missing baggages. Alerts ⚠️, for my flights/ connecting flights that instantly get sent to my phone via banner are at the top of my list.

by Greg H In CA

I’m a million-miler, 100K+/year flyer, so I’ll try any app related to travel, including the aviation nerd flight tracking apps. I’m just not seeing the incremental value of Flighty over the United Airlines app and a couple of free apps to justify the subscription cost. For an extra $1/month compared to Flightly, I subscribe to a service that gives me real-time access to flight availability on any airline plus almost all of the data provided on Flighty. If my travel wasn’t so heavily concentrated on United, maybe I’d see more value from having all of the information together in one place other than the airline app, but I do, so I don’t need it.

by KarlJN

I’ve used this app for the last few years as it’s easily the best-designed flight tracking app out there. The layout is intuitive and important information is easily accessible. However, I’ve had quite a few issues with bugs and inaccurate data from the paid features, especially Where’s My Plane. With the high price of a subscription, this desperately needs improvement, especially given that this data is accessible for free on competing apps (albeit with a worse design and ads). I’m not confident things are getting better, either. There hasn’t been any noticeable improvement in the years I’ve been using Flighty , even when I’ve contacted them about the issues I’m seeing.

by IgnitedSoul

So the UI looks nice. The historical on-time data is a nice-to-have but also available elsewhere on my other apps. The TripIt connection for me is a must-have, because I’m not managing my flights in several places and TripIt is owned by and connects to my corporate travel platform.

That said, I feel like $50/year is very high for what Flighty seems to provide. But there’s NO way I’ll pay when it’s not syncing to my iPad. Hard stop. I see from another review that it is “a small subset of users” and that an update is on the way, and that was 10 days ago. So Flighty has my free trial to wow me and I have one trip in that timeframe to get a full test. I’m most interested in the timeliness and accuracy of the alerts, since I already get alerts from three other apps.

by ForesightH

I see so many great reviews and wonder why I , an ex CIO, could not get this to work well. It seems to have great promise yet o could not get it to accept my data well, nor did it help with my international flight either way. I used several other apps with success so I’m not ready to simply admit user ignorance
I will up my stars from one to three, however. The developers contacted me to see if they could determine the problem. That is very impressive While too much time has gone by for me to provide the necessary facts of what happened line by line and in what order, I trust that they are “on it” and want to and will make it an even better app

by Nathan Ri

I traveled to over 15 countries in December 2019 and January 2020. Unfortunately, this app Pro (Piaf version) didn’t help me much more than the airline app, Google, or even better, free direct texts from the airline. Specifically, there was little this app information when taking flights in the following cities: Belgrade, Bucharest, Kyiv (Kiev), Minsk, Istanbul, Chisinau, Québec City, and Montréal. Hong Kong and Taipei had up-to-date information, as if I were traveling in the US. ***Updates in Québec and Montréal with respect to gate and delay information was at least 15-30 minutes behind the texts I received from Air Canada and United.*** That being said, this app is on point for my domestic flights between Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

by KazRx

I downloaded Flighty mainly for the purpose of connection assistant and quick updates. I currently have several purchased apps running, and this app by far provides the fastest updates to gates and flight information (there was a glitch where one of my departure gate never update at all, I had to refer to other app). My only disappointment is the connection assistant is no where to be found. I did the pro trial and had a connection flight during but did not seem to have that feature. I might just cancel the pro and use the free version since the connection assistant isn’t available.

by Sean J.

There’s not much I can say that hasn’t already been said. Flighty is beautiful and does exactly what it needs to do, and far better than any others. I’ve been waiting for a successor to FlightTrack for a long time, and was overjoyed when it finally arrived in the form of this app!

Before some suggestions, I have to mention that I especially love the calendar sync. It’s a small feature but I love the attention to detail, including the formatting of the title, the info in the notes section, etc. Thank you!

Ok, just a few requests 🤗

1. More often than not I’m tracking flights of family members. I’d love to be able to specify the passengers on a flight (from address book or free-form) so that those flights are excluded from my flight stats. Right now every flight is assumed to be my own. This was a feature of FlightTrack that I miss.

2. An Apple Watch app please!! And complications would be delightful!

3. A more prominent (and ideally horizontal) progress bar with elapsed and remaining time. The current vertical one is very subtle and hard to gauge at a glance. It would be nice to have it persistent/sticky as well, so it’s always visible when digging into details.

Thank you thank you for not making another app that’s just a fancy web view, littered with ads, or harvesting my personal data! ♥️

by Device Guy

My wife and I both travel a lot. Just found Flighty. It’s a little expensive - but packed with lots of features. >> than Flight Update Pro and other trackers I was using.
And if you look at their release history, you’ll see they are rolling out lots of upgrades. Customer services is amazing - I could not get my phone and iPad to synch. Sent them an email, got a reply in about 3 hours, and problem fixed shortly after that.

by Bob Potatoes

I really enjoy the previous flights map and stats in Flighty. The interface is very nice and clean.

Please consider an additional filter to only show flights from a pilot/crewmember position! I noticed there’s an option to specify that when entering the flight, but I would love to see the map and flight stats for flights as a crewmember (similar to how you can select the flights for just a certain year). Thank you!

by Tttttttttrrrreeeeeeeeeerr

I recently flew from Asheville, North Carolina to Boston via Charlotte and Flighty was soo useful during both my outbound flights as well as my return trip to AVL. I loved getting the continuous updates from Flighty , especially the inbound flight info for BOTH planes as well as the tail numbers. And boy oh boy did I love the connecting gate info in CLT for my flight to BOS. And on the return, it saved me so much trouble when it told me my original flight from Boston to Charlotte was cancelled. I was able to rebook myself and get home earlier than planned.

Furthermore I was able to track the inbound flight info for my friends coming into Boston from Dallas DFW on American as well as New York LGA with ease the next day. All in all I think this is a great app and I can’t wait to use it on my next trip to Portland Maine from Baltimore come New Year’s! Thanks this app crew! ✈️✈️✈️.

by Mathieu Hannouz

**** Update:
Flighty has been updated and fixed. This was apparently a global issue that was fixed within 24 hours

**** Old post:
I have been using Flighty for quite sometimes now. It was working well until a few weeks until all my flights were showing planes still at the gate even though they left or still flying even though my flights were completed. Not sure how I would continue to use Flighty when it doesn’t seem to be syncing much.

by Bdawgno1

I have used a lot of other flight tracking apps. this app takes all of them combined and make them look amateurish. Been using Flighty for several years. Yearly fee is less than a dinner out. And so worth paying!! It has saved me on both domestic and international flights - updates faster than airport boards on status. I know exactly where my arrival plane is and can judge how fast I need to in line to board my flight.

Simply the best!!!!

by Katsikatsi

Flighty makes traveling so much easier- keeping track of all my upcoming flights and staying notified about any potential changes to my itinerary, delays, etc. The “25-HR Where’s My Plane” feature has saved me from getting stuck on a layover. Thanks to this app’s notifications, I knew my first leg was going to be delayed (before the airline told me) such that I couldn’t make the connecting flight, so I rebooked and avoided a crappy situation getting stuck at an airport. Thank you this app! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Oh, and did I mention that Flighty is BEAUTIFUL?! Absolutely stunning design.

by EthanFL79

I’m really impressed with Flighty compared to just my standard Delta app. When at the airport I got an alert that my plane was coming in, and then once again that boarding was ready. I then also got an alert immediately upon landing about where my baggage pickup was and what gate the plane would be taxied to. The level of detail is just incredible and really shows that the devs put a lot of hard time, work, and money into this product. I’ll most likely be subscribing to Pro since I’ll be traveling a bunch this year. Thanks guys!!

by Willwright.co

Whether you're an avgeek like me or just a regular person looking for information when you're traveling...this is the best app hands down. You can get as much or as little information as you want.

I love knowing the tail number, when the aircraft had its first flight, and then looking up who owned the plane before. But if you don't care, knowing when your inbound aircraft is on its way to you is also helpful information.

You think it is expensive. And yes, it might be. But developers make products, they need to eat. This product is 100% worth the money. You will not regret it.

by LPAppsSuck

I fly all the time for work and coming out of the pandemic I needed a new flight tracking app. A friend recommended this app and I am glad they did. This is the best flight tracking app I have ever experienced in 15 years and 650k milles of business travel. Extremely stable, very pretty, and easy to use. I love that it integerates with TripIt! Best of all, Flighty is super fasts with gate changes and delay notifications. this app alerts me before the gate agents even know of a change, and they incorporate the flight plan into the profile so I know what side of the plane to sit on to see important features. I love it so much that I've paid for my team to get subscriptions.

by Fabiandamm

Just downloaded Flighty and don’t know how I’ve lived without it for so long!
Two initial recommendations I have is 1) besides all the flight info like seat assignment to also automatically populate the type of seat (e.g., window in premium economy). I currently have the option to add those descriptors manually but this could be a known detail based on the airline, type of plane (and configuration) for that flight and the seat assignment.
And 2) it would be nice if we didn’t have to forward emails and Flighty automatically added flights as the confirmations (or flight changes, cancellations, seat assignments, etc.) came into my inbox.

by Zekebrad

Let me start to saying we are in the limousine business for 30 years so we track flights all day long this is the most amazing flight tracker ever. It lets you know everything possible about your flight once you start getting the notifications it’s worth every penny. Yes it’s worth $50 a year no doubt about it. Also the second you book your flights no matter how far in advance you can put them in to the trackers. Customer service is fantastic just send them an email and they will get right back to you. These guys have worked so hard to put Flighty together properly and being experience in this business I have to say again they did a great job. If I could give it 10 stars I would!

by Shas96

Beautifully designed and feature rich but cabot deal with delays effectively. A recent International flight was delayed by 6 hours and Flighty kept saying am I time departure. At o e point it picked up on the first published delay correctly but then stopped updating while my other free tracker picked up on all time changes up till departure perfectly. It also incorrectly kept saying that the arrival time for another flight was on time despite having left 2 hrs late and the other app saying correctly they the arrival was also 2 hrs later. Please fix because otherwise it’s an awesome app.

by Xohm

I do enjoy the clean interface. But I find it’s features and flight information to be lacking given the price point. For example a competitors app, flightradar24 offers more details. Particularly Adb receiver information on flights ( ie from current aircraft speed to its current altitude ) .

this app costs more and gives you less details.

If this app could provide the same amount of adb/ other information then it would be compelling. Otherwise it’s not worth the price point as is.

by 6ft5guy

I'm a twice-a-month airline commuter plus additional trips to office locations. I can't argue with the reviews that state all this information is available elsewhere, often for free, BUT: this brings it all together in one place, highlighting the data that is most relevant here and now.

It's not a cheap subscription, but if you travel a lot, you're buying time that is worth so much more. I'm definitely in.

by Davidbressler

You might think of those two things in the title as the same but let me explain.

Flighty has been carefully crafted to be gorgeous. It’s beautiful.

As a frequent traveler and million miler, it’s delightful in the functionality it provides. Clearly understood notifications, detailed terminal information, advanced flight route information. These capabilities delight me as I’m traveling, while Flighty is beautifully designed so it’s easy on my eyes.

by Rsd22

We just returned from a 10 day trip with this app in my pocket. Love Flighty. So much information. So accurate. So needed if you fly. If you need to know something about your current or upcoming flight, this app has it covered. Man, does Flighty ever. We might fly once a year so it would be overkill for us to pay $50 a year for Flighty. But to pay $9.00 for our one flight a year? Yah, I’m in. Great app.

by Joseph T. Briscod

Everything in Flighty are paid features. I couldn’t find one feature in Flighty that wasn’t paid, it’s terrible of this app to do this. If you want to charge for literally everything in Flighty (and a pretty expensive plan for what it is), you might as well just make Flighty paid on Flighty Store.

Good apps aren’t like this. Considering that this app is Editors Choice on Flighty Store, I was expecting better than this.

The only positive thing I could see in Flighty was the nice UI, clearly they wanted Flighty to be nice but didn’t think much through.

I won’t be using Flighty again, because I’m not paying like $10 for a basic paid plan on an app this simple, it’s just not going to happen whatsoever.

by James Baxter

My favorite flight-tracking app was bought by some travel site and then discontinued several years ago and I was never able to find a comparable app with a clean interface and useful features … until now. The $50/year subscription is worth every penny and I’m happy to support Flighty because it’s well-designed and useful and I would like to see its continued development.