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24 alternatives to Plane Finder 3D

The original flight tracker, now in 3D, and now with ARKit!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Plane Finder 3D launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Plane Finder AR▲126
Look in the sky and see info about the flight overhead
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Plane Finder▲74
Track real-time air traffic worldwide
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Apple ARKit▲774
A framework to create Augmented Reality experiences for iOS
2017 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
App in the Air 5.0▲143
Flight Tracker. The best TripIt alternative yet
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
Flight Follower▲114
Ad free flight tracking for aviation enthusiasts
Jan 2026 · flightfollower.app · its alternatives →
6
Plane Finder▲92
Identify airplanes with iPhone
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
AirMeasure▲627
The ultimate augmented reality measuring toolkit
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
8
Skies-adsb 2.0 – my 3D plane-tracking web app▲59
Hello, I'd like to share a 3D plane tracking web app that I developed called: skies-adsb. Living near KMIA (a very busy airport), I spend a lot of time plane spotting and thought it would be cool to track planes in 3D. In October 2021, I built a prototype 3D ADS-B flight tracker called skies-adsb using p5.js. In April 2022, I released version 1.0 of skies-adsb, rewritten in Three.js. However, this release still relied on manual editing of GeoJSON layers. By late 2024, I had learned enough about GIS and GeoPandas to automate map creation using custom GeoJSON layers. During the Christmas…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
9
AirMeasure▲713
Turn your phone into a ruler with the power of AR
2017 · its alternatives →
10
Flighty 4.0▲296
Live flight tracker w/ the world's fastest delay alerts
2024 · flighty.com · its alternatives →
11
FlightTracker3D▲6
Track the real-time location of any aircraft, all in 3D
2024 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
12
Made With ARKit▲499
Hand-picked curation of the coolest stuff made with ARKit
2017 · madewitharkit.com · its alternatives →
13
OnlyFlights▲121
Flight tracking made easy
Nov 2025 · onlyflights.app · its alternatives →
14
Overflight▲116
Identify every aircraft in your sky.
Jul 2026 · dgrlabs.co · its alternatives →
15
Spline for iOS▲282
Native 3D for the Apple ecosystem
2023 · spline.design · its alternatives →
16
Corner▲324
The fastest way to book flights on your phone
2015 · cornerapp.com · its alternatives →
17
ARuler▲103
Measure everything with ARKit on your iOS 11 device.
2017 · mungerresidences.org · its alternatives →
18
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 →
19
AR Ruler 3D▲119
AR measurement of any object & specific distances via phone
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
Capture▲394
3D scan anything with your iPhone
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
Graphmented 2.0▲153
Browse the internet on your wall through ARKit
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
App in the Air▲76
Flight Tracker with Airport Guides
2014 · lifeintheair.com · its alternatives →
23
Learn ARKit▲109
Build 7 apps to learn AR basics
2018 · udemy.com · its alternatives →
24
3D Scanner: Sapling▲88
On-device photogrammetry for AR & 3D printing
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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