Planes Live - Flight Tracker

• Flight Tracker & Weather Radar — $9.99

Last verified 28 Aug 2026

• Free download · core features require a paid plan
• In-app purchases: $0.99 - $99.99 per item
• Subscription

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.6 93038 ratings · App Store

1. 3/5It works if you have nothing else

   Well I really hate it when app developers screw over their long time users. I have as fine with the free version only showing 3 departure and landing times for airports with scheduled service. And I was ok with the fact that it didn’t typically show GA. But now that there is no option to use the free versions and you have to pay, bye bye app. You have been deleted. I would have been ok with an ad at the beginning when opening but now this. And if there was a one time fee of like $10, I would buy it. But this crap of monthly subscription, I’ll just stick with seeing traffic on ForeFlight. I hate to see developers screw over existing users. Maybe even give us a discount for a year, just something. **edit after update** It seems the x button is now back to enter the free mode.

   Keelmiester · 28 Aug 2026

2. 1/5Not worth the money!

   I originally bought this app because I live on the landing pattern for Detroit Metro (DTW). The first year I had the app, it was great! I could sit on my deck and watch (and track) flights coming in and out of DTW. Within the last 3-4 months however the app has gone downhill quickly. Planes will fly over the house and not show up on the tracker, wrong flight numbers, incorrect maps, etc. I have sent numerous emails to customer service regarding my issues and basically I was brushed off. I really can’t justify paying $4.99 a month for an app that doesn’t work properly. UPDATE: Just received an email wanting me to reach out to the support team for help. Are you serious?!?!? The “support team” has been well aware of these issues for at least 3 months now since I have emailed them on 3 separate occasions. And only now they want to take me seriously (or try to save face) after I left a bad review of their crappy app. Sorry, too late. You have had ample time to correct the issue and basically ignored me. I’ve canceled my subscription and removed the app from my devices. Absolutely horrendous customer service.

   Purdueman · 28 Aug 2026

3. 1/5Too many ads!

   This app has way too many ads! What’s extremely annoying is the fact that quite often a full page ad will suddenly pop up and take the entire screen. This full page ads popping up are already extremely annoying. I don’t mind some ads considering the app is free but I feel like these are aggressive type of ads : it takes the entire screen space and it’s often hard to find the little X button you are supposed to click to close the ad. I think it’s the first or second time I write a review. But this was simply way too annoying and I had to write a comment about it. A little bit advertising is okay but too many ads and on top of this tricky ones are not okay! UPDATE TO MY REVIEW AFTER DEVELOPER RESPONSE : The developer of the app has answered that “these functionality limitations in the app are compensated by the fact that it’s free.” The problem is that the answer is off topic : I am not talking about functionality limitations but what I consider to be borderline advertising harassment. When I say borderline, I actually believe that the way some of the ads appear cross the line : for example, the ad appear full page and it’s almost impossible to see the close button (the small X) because it’s almost the same color as the ad’s background color. I don’t mind some ads but not that kind of ads which from my personal opinion is more a form of harassment to trick me to click on places I don’t want. I also forgot to mention that many of these annoying ads seemed to have been for gambling websites.

   Vincent No. 1 Reviewer · 28 Aug 2026

4. 2/5Was good but now not

   I’ve had this app for a quiet a few years, and I’ve had this subscription, and I’ve been very happy with this app because of the way you could track the flights I could go to the map and I could follow the flight of my family members as they went through their trip also would tell me when they were boarding and window everything when the plane when it left, it was laid if it was early now I don’t tell me any of that I can’t even go to the map and find that particular flight I had I had it on the flight and the flight left an hour later and it’s still not showing up on the map is showing the line of the track it’s going, but the flight wasn’t there I didn’t see no updates when they were boarding or nothing so I canceled my subscription was good before they updated it. It looks better. Of the options that I liked about this app. Sad.

   Darkwing40 · 28 Aug 2026

5. 3/5Cool App, but by subscription? No thanks!

   Have had this app and enjoyed it for quite some time. I liked showing people how you can choose any plane and get so much detail on it. It was mind boggling for anyone who saw how many planes are in the air at any time and how you can track each one in real time. Then I today I launched it so I could identify a plane flying overhead and discovered it was now a subscription only app! Yes, this app does an amazing feat though it really collects available info from control towers. But to charge a subscription for it? I think that only the die hard aviation geeks would fork over $5 a week. I subscribe to a suite of apps that are second to none because they offer apps that provide world class tools for editing photos, videos, music, text, web design and a whole lot more. Adobe offers subscription for individual apps or a whole collection of them. They charge for sophisticated and professional tools. You’re not Adobe! When you start producing apps that pilot use as well as a host of apps for other aviation uses, then you will have a right to charge a subscription based on value. Until then, I’m out.

   Bari T. · 28 Aug 2026

4.0 71398 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   good day God bless you please how work today okay very good 👍😊

   Steven obinna Emmanuel · 31 Jul 2026

2. 2/5

   refresh rate is way too slow 15 minutes is ridiculously slow

   Kevin Fortner · 31 Jul 2026

3. 1/5

   Thought it was free, but it's not.

   No One · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5

   Helpful right app

   Vinod Gamit · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5

   4.5 ok

   glaucus me · 31 Jul 2026

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