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24 alternatives to OtherATC

Plane spotting made easy for everyone

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   I built a DIY plane spotting system at home▲207

   DIY plane spotting with a Raspberry Pi and an Android phone

   2025 · pilane.obviy.us · its alternatives →

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   I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights▲1,539

   Hey HN! Pilots everywhere are required to keep a logbook of all their flying hours, aircraft, airports, and so on. Since I track everything digitally (some people still just use paper logbooks!), I put together some data visualizations and a few 3D globes to show my flying history. This globe is probably my favourite so far: https://jameshard.ing/pilot/globes/all If you’ve got ideas for other graphs or ways to show this kind of data, I’d love to hear them!

   2025 · jameshard.ing · its alternatives →

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   Plane Finder AR▲126

   Look in the sky and see info about the flight overhead

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Airtrac▲130

   Pilots, Track Your Air Travel

   2024 · its alternatives →

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   Plane Finder▲74

   Track real-time air traffic worldwide

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   App in the Air▲76

   Flight Tracker with Airport Guides

   2014 · lifeintheair.com · its alternatives →

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   Jetpac Spotter▲69

   Real-time object recognition with your iPhone

   2014 · jetpac.com · its alternatives →

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   Overflight▲116

   Identify every aircraft in your sky.

   Jul 2026 · dgrlabs.co · its alternatives →

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   Plane Club▲11

   Capture your plane sightings - Private by default.

   2025 · its alternatives →

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    OnlyFlights▲121

    Flight tracking made easy

    Nov 2025 · onlyflights.app · its alternatives →

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    Plane Finder▲92

    Identify airplanes with iPhone

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Waterbomber Wildfire Tracker▲89

    App to spot all fire fighting related aircrafts

    2021 · waterbomber.app · its alternatives →

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    Using computer vision to detect birds in parks▲195

    2014 · code.flickr.net · its alternatives →

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    JetRadar▲141

    Compare flights from hundreds of airlines & travel agencies

    2015 · aviasales.com · its alternatives →

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    AirTraffic▲100

    Small teams have sales too. Finally a tool just for you.

    2014 · airtraffic.io · its alternatives →

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    UFO Detector – Capturing Aerial Anomalies Using Computer Vision▲15

    UFO Detector. Contribute to UFOID/UFO-Detector development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Flight▲85

    A Beautiful Flight Tracking App

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate REST APIs for Existing Applications▲85

    A platform that helps users quickly find airports near any location worldwide.

    2012 · emergentone.com · its alternatives →

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    Plane Above Me▲96

    What's that plane?

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Corporate Private Jet Tracker▲30

    Create a Quiver account

    2020 · quiverquant.com · its alternatives →

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    Flighter▲66

    A Slack app to find the cheapest flights for your trips

    2020 · slack.com · its alternatives →

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    Flight Follower▲114

    Ad free flight tracking for aviation enthusiasts

    Jan 2026 · flightfollower.app · its alternatives →

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    FlightTrack▲88

    Track your flights and get quick updates on changes/delays

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    WhereFlight▲120

    Flight tracking made simple

    2025 · whereflight.com · its alternatives →

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