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Squawk vs Flighty

Flighty tracks the flight. Squawk takes the whole trip.

Flighty is a beautifully made flight tracker, strongest on delay predictions. Squawk covers your flights too, then keeps going: terminal maps, lounges, the way into town, a live map of every aircraft and a passport of every trip.

Squawk

The whole trip in one app: your flights, the airports, the way into town and every trip you've flown.

Free

Plus from $29.99 a year

Flighty

A polished iPhone flight tracker, strongest on delay predictions.

$59.99 a year

Flighty Pro, which push alerts need

The short answer

Squawk or Flighty?

  • Squawk is for you if

    • You want live times and gates free, and delay forecasts, the inbound aircraft and Live Activities for $29.99 a year, against Flighty Pro's $59.99
    • You want the airport covered too: terminal maps, lounges, and trains, buses and ride apps into town
    • You want a step-by-step connection guide, passport control included, free, where Flighty's needs Pro
    • You want every plane in the sky on a free live map, not just the ones near your flight
    • You want a passport that stamps every country you land in, and a year card to share
  • Flighty still makes sense if

    • You need push alerts for gate and delay changes right now
    • You want delay predictions with the reason, decoded from FAA and Eurocontrol advisories
    • You track flights on an iPad, a Mac or CarPlay

Feature by feature

Squawk and Flighty, side by side.

A tick names the plan it needs. Coming is built or planned for Squawk but not in the app yet.

Squawk and Flighty, feature by feature
FeatureSquawkFlighty
Your flights
Live times, gates and terminalsYes: on FreeYes: on Free
Gate, delay and cancellation alertsComing soonYes: on Pro
Delay forecastsYes: on PlusYes: on Pro
Where your plane is coming fromYes: on Plus, The inbound aircraftYes: on Pro
A live link for familyYes: on Plus, Free to followYes: on Free
Live ActivitiesYes: on PlusYes: on Pro
Home and Lock Screen widgetsYes: on ProYes: on Free, Live on Pro
Apple WatchComing soonYes: on Free, Complications on Pro
Your travels
Flight log and statsYes: on Free, Every flight on PlusYes: on Free, Every flight on Pro
Passport stamps and a year card to shareYes: on FreeYes: on Free, Flighty Passport
Import flights from other appsYes: on Free, Flighty, MyFlightradar24, TripIt, CSVYes: on Free, Older flights on Pro
Forward booking emailsComing soonYes: on Pro
Friends and their travelsYes: on FreeYes: on Free
At the airport
Terminal maps with gatesYes: on Free, Where mappedPartly: on Pro, Gates in the connection guide
Your connection, step by stepYes: on Free, Passport control includedYes: on Pro
Trains, buses and ride apps into townYes: on Free, Ride apps on PlusNo
LoungesYes: on FreeNo
Live map
Every aircraft in the sky, liveYes: on FreeNo: Planes near your flight
Spotter tools: runways, frequencies, spotsYes: on Free, With an airport chatPartly: Tail numbers, nearby radar
Live ATC audioNo: Frequencies onlyNo
The app
No adsYes: on Every planYes
AndroidNo: iPhone onlyNo
Family planYes: on Family, Pro for 6Yes: Pro for 6

Flighty checked 22 October 2026 against its own website and App Store listing (sources below). Apps change; if something here is out of date, tell us at support@thesquawkapp.com.

Prices

What each one costs.

What Squawk and Flighty cost
PlanSquawkFlighty
Free planYesYes
MonthlyPlus $3.99Pro $6.99Pro $9.99 in the app, or $4.99 a week
YearlyPlus $29.99Pro $49.99Pro $59.99
Buy oncePlus $149.99Pro $299.99Pro $299
Free trial7 days on yearly plansPro free for your first flight
Family$99.99 a year, 6 people$119 a year, 6 people

US prices. Your App Store shows your local currency. Flighty's prices are its own, as listed on flighty.com and the App Store.

Fair's fair

Where Flighty shines.

  • Delay predictions

    Flighty follows your inbound aircraft from 25 hours out and predicts delays with the reason, decoding FAA and Eurocontrol advisories along the way.

  • Alerts ahead of the airline

    Flighty Pro pushes delay and gate changes to your phone, and says its alerts often arrive an hour or two before the airline's own.

  • Apple polish

    An Apple Design Award winner, on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and CarPlay, with no account and no ads.

Switching

Bringing your Flighty flights.

  1. In Flighty, open your profile and tap Settings.
  2. Scroll to Manage, tap Account Data, then Export Your Flights. Save the CSV to Files, or from the email Flighty sends.
  3. In Squawk, open Settings, tap Import from another app and choose the file.

Dates, flights, airports and the gate and runway times in the export come across, and every flight fills your passport.

Questions

Squawk and Flighty.

Is Squawk a Flighty alternative?

Yes, and more of a travel app. Both show live times, gates and terminals free; Squawk adds terminal maps, lounges, the way into town, a live map of every aircraft and tools for spotters. Flighty is ahead today on push alerts and on Apple devices beyond the iPhone.

Can I bring my Flighty flights to Squawk?

Yes. Export your flights from Flighty's settings as a CSV and import the file in Squawk's Settings; every flight lands in your log and passport.

Which costs less?

Both have a free plan. Squawk Plus, with delay forecasts, the inbound aircraft and Live Activities, is $29.99 a year; Flighty Pro is $59.99 a year.

Is Squawk on Android?

No. Squawk is an iPhone app, and Flighty is Apple-only too.

Sources

Where this comes from.

Squawk's side is the app as it is today, from the same plan list as our Pricing page. Flighty's side was checked on 22 October 2026:

Flighty is a trademark of Flighty LLC. Squawk isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Flighty LLC. Also compared: Squawk vs Flightradar24 · Squawk vs FlightAware · Squawk vs TripIt.

Now in beta

Try Squawk on your next trip.

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