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Airplane & flight tracker · FlightAware
Top-tier listing. Defend it and keep shipping.
Land the top 3 fixes below and this listing reaches 98/100 · 8,672 m (Summit Ridge).
Ordered by how many points each one adds to the score. Start at the top.
Repeats title words: “flight”, “tracker”.
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7/10 iPhone screenshots.
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First paragraph is 388 characters.
Only about three lines show before “more”. Put the single strongest benefit in the first 170 characters.
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4 unique words. Apple combines them, so “budget” and “planner” also rank for “budget planner”.
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All-time: 90% five-star across 388K ratings.
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“The tracking is not working properly. No altitude, no speed and no image of an aircraft on the route map. How do they expect clients to track flights? Terrible.”
“I have an annual subscription through the Apple App Store, and when I changed phones I couldn’t sign back into my account even though I’m still paying for the annual subs…”
“Still trying to get it going. Does not track as advertised”
“I gave this 10 tries to set up then deleted the application. Back and forth email to get codes and getting rejected everytime. Not worth the passcode fight I have bette…”
“Beyond being just super interesting this app is very useful for anyone who flies. Flight status is updated faster here than airports or airlines websites/apps.”
“I love being able to track not only my own flights, but family and friend’s flights as well. Easy, convenient to use, and up to date information!!”
“Works great for tracking flights and seeing what’s overhead. My one complaint is that it takes 3 taps to see the aircraft model, I wish I could see it on the small pop wh…”
“I work at a major US airline and iv used alot of flight tracker apps in my time and i'v found that FlightAware is the most usefull for my needs. the free option is defina…”
“Whenever I need to know what’s changed or what remains, Flight Aware makes it easy, quick and accurate!”
“Would be nice if the app supported Face ID or saved the login. By the time I get the email, enter the code, then enter the authenticator code, the plane is gone.”
“Works great for tracking flights and seeing what’s overhead. My one complaint is that it takes 3 taps to see the aircraft model, I wish I could see it on the small pop when I tap a plane.”