Flight Check vs. Flighty
Premium iOS flight tracker with real-time alerts · $49.99/year (iOS only)
What Flighty does
Flighty is a beautifully designed iOS app that tracks your flights in real time, often alerting you to delays before the airline does. It tracks your inbound aircraft, predicts delays using machine learning, and offers Flighty Passport for lifetime travel stats.
Flighty features
- •Real-time delay alerts (often faster than airlines)
- •Inbound aircraft tracking ("Where's My Plane")
- •ML-powered delay predictions with causal explanations
- •Flighty Passport — lifetime travel stats and year-in-review
- •Apple Dynamic Island / Live Activities integration
- •Friends feature — share your flight with others
Flight Check advantages
- ✓Free — no subscription, no credit card
- ✓Works on any device (email-based, no app needed)
- ✓Pre-flight briefing combines delay risk + TSA + weather + gate info in one email
- ✓TSA wait times from 6.9M+ flights of federal data
- ✓"When to leave" recommendation based on real conditions
- ✓Trip briefing option with 4 emails from signup to landing
Where Flighty falls short
- ✗iOS only — no Android, no web access
- ✗$49.99/year subscription required for full features
- ✗Focused on real-time tracking, not pre-flight planning
- ✗No TSA wait time data
- ✗No weather briefing at your airports
- ✗No "when to leave for the airport" recommendation
The verdict
Flighty is the best real-time flight tracker on the market — if you have an iPhone and fly frequently enough to justify $50/year. Flight Check is for everyone else: a free, zero-friction pre-flight briefing that arrives in your inbox with everything you need to know before heading to the airport. No app, no subscription, no setup.
Try Flight Check — it's free
Enter your flight and get a pre-flight briefing with delay risk, TSA wait times, weather, and when to leave.
Get your free briefingFrequently asked questions
Is Flight Check better than Flighty?
They solve different problems. Flighty excels at real-time tracking during your flight. Flight Check excels at pre-flight preparation — telling you about delays, TSA wait times, weather, and when to leave before you head to the airport. Flight Check is also free and works on any device.
Is there a free alternative to Flighty?
Yes. Flight Check offers free flight briefings with delay risk, TSA wait times, weather, and gate information — delivered to your email before your flight. No app download or subscription required.
Does Flighty work on Android?
No, Flighty is iOS only. Flight Check works on any device because briefings are delivered via email — iPhone, Android, desktop, or tablet.
Comparisons based on publicly available information as of March 2026.Flighty is a trademark of its respective owner.