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24 alternatives to Plane Finder

Track real-time air traffic worldwide

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 launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Plane Finder AR▲126

   Look in the sky and see info about the flight overhead

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Flight Follower▲114

   Ad free flight tracking for aviation enthusiasts

   Jan 2026 · flightfollower.app · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Flighty 4.0▲296

   Live flight tracker w/ the world's fastest delay alerts

   2024 · flighty.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Overflight▲116

   Identify every aircraft in your sky.

   Jul 2026 · dgrlabs.co · its alternatives →

5. 5IB
   I built a DIY plane spotting system at home▲207

   2025 · pilane.obviy.us · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Plane Above Me▲96

   What's that plane?

   2022 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   byAir▲162

   Your friendly mobile airports navigator and flight tracker

   2023 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Flight Tracker▲7

   Live flight tracker with radar, real-time updates & alerts

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   App in the Air▲76

   Flight Tracker with Airport Guides

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    FLIO - Your Flight Companion▲183

    The most used airport app in the world

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Plane Finder▲92

    Identify airplanes with iPhone

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    App in the Air 5.0▲143

    Flight Tracker. The best TripIt alternative yet

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    OnlyFlights▲121

    Flight tracking made easy

    Nov 2025 · onlyflights.app · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Flight▲85

    A Beautiful Flight Tracking App

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    AirLabs.Co▲78

    Real-time flight status and global aviation data provider

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16AI
    Abuse inflight WiFi APIs to track your flight▲105

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Bluelane▲100

    Real-time route tracking and sharing for iPhone

    2018 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Mileways▲123

    Everything you need to know about your flights

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Flighter▲66

    A Slack app to find the cheapest flights for your trips

    2020 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    AR Search▲85

    Search in your reality.

    2019 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    WhereFlight▲120

    Flight tracking made simple

    Oct 2025 · whereflight.com · its alternatives →

22. 22SA
    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 →

23. 23
    The Going App▲121

    Discover your next adventure with flight deal alerts

    2024 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Plane Finder for iMessage▲76

    Share your real-time flight status with iMessage

    2016 · its alternatives →

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