“This is almost perfect. For one thing it does all flightradar does plus even more and has less ads, but with an actual modern interface. It's embarrassing that the number one flight tracker looks like it came out in 2010 and never…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 928 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.7 ★77,150 ratings
1M+Downloads
4+Age rating
173 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Uncover the mysteries of live air traffic in one beautiful and easy to use app. Is it a bird? Is it a plane?! If it’s the latter, Plane Finder can tell you exactly which plane it is. Plane Finder is incredibly easy to use and utterly fascinating. It enables you to see live air traffic patterns with real-time tracking of almost any plane you’re interested in, and in addition to the aircraft’s location you can see its current altitude, its speed and where it’s heading. Get live information on flights - super handy when travelling.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 2026.6.3 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2026.6.3, updated 2026-09-29.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 2026.6.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2026.6.2, updated 2026-08-20.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 21 distinct reviewers (4.1% of 514 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 514 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“1☆ Due to excessive ads! They pour on the ads to try & force you to buy their premium but don't give you a good enough look at it to make the choice. I'm not buying into it. Finding another app that doesn't do this. If I can't find one…”
“The pop-up video ads in this app are NOT acceptable because they auto play with the volume up to blast their message out to me and everyone else nearby. The instant one of these ads pops up and blares its message at me I close this app…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2026.6.3.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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