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Flying vs Flightradar24
Flying and Flightradar24 both put flights on a live map, but they’re built for different things. Flying follows your own trips. Flightradar24 shows the world’s air traffic. Here’s how they compare.
Which is better, Flying or Flightradar24?
It depends on what you want to track. If you want to follow your own flights, with free alerts, turbulence forecasts for your route, airport status, and a logbook of every trip, Flying is the better choice. In Flightradar24, alerts need a subscription, and your flight history lives on a separate website.
If you want to watch all the air traffic around you, including private jets, military aircraft, and helicopters, Flightradar24 is the better choice.
Flying and Flightradar24, feature by feature
As of October 2026.
| Feature | Flying | Flightradar24 |
|---|---|---|
| Free flight alerts for delays, gate changes, and takeoffs | Yes | No |
| Live Activities and Dynamic Island | Yes | Yes |
| Add flights from your calendar or booking emails | Yes | No |
| Warning when the plane flying in is running late | Yes | No |
| Turbulence forecast for your route | Yes | No |
| Pilot reports and storms along your route | Yes | No |
| Live security wait times at US airports | Yes | No |
| Free FAA advisories | Yes | No |
| Follow your friends’ flights | Yes | No |
| Logbook and flying stats in the app | Yes | Partly |
| Planes near you and at airports | Yes | Yes |
| Private jets, military aircraft, and helicopters | No | Yes |
| AR view of the planes overhead | No | Yes |
| Mac app | Yes | No |
| Android | Coming soon | Yes |
Where Flying stands out
Built for your trips
Add a flight and Flying keeps watch, from the gate to the runway. Delays, gate changes, and takeoffs reach your Lock Screen, even on the free plan.
Turbulence for your flight
See where your route gets bumpy, how strong it should be, and for how long, at your altitude and the ones around it. See how it works.
Airports at a glance
See how any airport is running, with delays, FAA advisories in plain English, and security wait times at US airports.
Every flight, one logbook
Flights from your calendar and booking emails are added for you, and your stats and route map grow with every trip.
Friends’ flights
Follow friends and family as they fly, see when they’ll land, and share your own flight with a link so they can follow along.
The planes you’ll fly
See the airline and cargo flights near you and at any airport, and tap one for its flight path, route, altitude, and speed.
Pricing
US prices.
Flying
- Free: flight alerts, logbook, friends’ flights, airport status, and Explore
- Flying Pro: $59.99 a year, or $4.99 a week
- Flying Pro Friends: $119.99 a year for six Pro memberships, shared with anyone
Flightradar24
- Free: the live map, flight details, and 7 days of history, with ads
- Silver: $14.99 a year, with no ads and custom alerts
- Gold: $34.99 a year, adding weather layers and more flight data
- Business: $499.99 a year, adding turbulence and icing maps
Flying vs Flightradar24 questions, answered.
Can Flightradar24 track my own flights?
You can follow any flight in Flightradar24 and see it on the map, with a Live Activity on your Lock Screen. Alerts need a Silver or Gold subscription, and your flight history lives on myFlightradar24, a separate website. Flying is built around your own trips, with free alerts and a logbook in the app.
Does Flightradar24 have turbulence forecasts?
Flightradar24’s Business plan, at $499.99 a year, includes turbulence maps, but not a forecast for your flight. Flying forecasts turbulence along your route, at every altitude, for flights anywhere in the world.
Does Flying show private jets and military aircraft?
No. Flying focuses on airline and cargo flights, the planes you see at a typical international airport. For private jets, military aircraft, and helicopters, Flightradar24 shows more.
Can I use Flying and Flightradar24 together?
Yes. Use Flightradar24 to watch all the air traffic around you, and Flying to follow your own trips.
Is Flying free?
Yes. Flying’s free plan includes flight alerts, your logbook, friends’ flights, airport status, and the Explore tab. Flying Pro adds Live Activities, turbulence forecasts, importing past flights, email forwarding, and calendar sync.
Is Flying on Android?
Flying for Android is coming soon. Flightradar24 is available on Android today.
Try Flying for free.
Flight alerts, turbulence forecasts, airport status, and more, on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Download on the App Store