Indie App Spotlight: ‘Overflight’ lets you glance at what planes are flying above you

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If you’re an aviation geek, Overflight is a fun new app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV that shows you exactly what planes are flying above you, where they’re headed to, and everything else you’d like to know.

Highlights

There are a number of nifty desk gadgets that show overhead flight data, but one thing I find particularly cool about Overflight is the fact that it has an Apple TV app – giving you the same always-on nature of a physical product.

At a glance, in the free app, you can see the flight number, the tail number, the altitude, speed, nautical mile distance, and more. With pro, you unlock the flight path, can listen to spoken traffic, and see notable inbound alerts – giving you a heads up to look around if something cool is about to pass you. It’ll also never time out if you’re subscribed to pro, whereas free will time out after a short while.

The interface has a neat compass that allows you to point exactly in the direction of the plane as well. I think it’d be neat if there were haptics when you align with the plane you’re trying to spot, but it’s otherwise a cool UI.

When you have a notable inbound alert, the interface will turn amber to highlight its significance.

Download the app

Overflight is available for free on the App Store with most of the functionality for all iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV running iOS and tvOS 17 and later. For the full experience, Overflight Pro is available for $3.99/month, $19.99/year, and $69.99 lifetime. A 7 day free trial is available on the subscription tiers.

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