Flight Follower

Flight Follower

Ad free flight tracking for aviation enthusiasts

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Free real-time flight tracker for iOS. Identify aircraft overhead with Siri, view live flight status, track planes with native widgets, and explore a fast ADS-B map. Built for avgeeks by an avgeek.
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Launch tags:Software Engineeringβ€’Travelβ€’Apple
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Dennis Walsh
Annoyed that I couldn't ask Siri what plane was above me, I started Flight Follower. Then I kept going. It ended up becoming a live map with a Metal GPU layer, live notifications, homescreen widgets, and more planned. It's been a fight to get traction, but hopefully this launch puts the app in more hands!
Zolani Matebese

@lawjollaΒ This is very cool. congrats on the launch.

Dennis Walsh

@zolani_matebeseΒ thank you! Please let me know if you have any thoughts on new features.

Eren KΔ±ratlΔ±
it' s so cool but how do you plan to monetize it
Dennis Walsh

@eren_kiratliΒ Tnaks Eren! No plans at the moment. Just hope people can download it and enjoy it.

Zeiki Yu

Congrats on the launch! Ad-free, Siri-powered tracking is a dream for avgeeks.

Dennis Walsh

@zeiki_yuΒ thank you! Do you have a plane tracking app you've been using?

Curious Kitty
When someone already has Flightradar24/FlightAware installed, what’s the first moment in a real workflow where Flight Follower winsβ€”speed, fewer ads, overhead identification, alertsβ€”and what’s your clearest β€œswitching story” from early users?
Dennis Walsh

@curiouskittyΒ To the user that's already familiar with those two, you're instantly going to see a native iOS experience. The app uses native navigation, sheets, etc and not bespoke drawers and legacy cruft like those two apps. The user will see thoughtful design -- the aircraft have airline colors, call sign, and destination labels at a glance.

And the native features. Driving in your car and being able to ask Siri what plane is overhead without touching your phone is a huge win for plane nerds.

And it's free, without ads. The downside is FlightRadar24 and FlightAware have better data, especially outside of the US.

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@curiouskittyΒ  @lawjollaΒ You need to integrate or parse FlightRadar β€” or another content provider. Then you could compete.

Jay Dev

Wow, Flight Follower looks amazing! I love the Siri integration for identifying overhead planes. Does it use the phones location to prioritize nearby aircraft when doing that? Super cool!

Dennis Walsh

@jaydev13Β Thanks Jay! Yes it does. It asks for location, and if granted, sends a request to my server for the closest aircraft to that position. The live notifications and home screen widgets work in a similar way.

Peter De Berdt

Congratulations on the app! It's always to see a work of love hit ProductHunt. Sadly it doesn't seem to be available in the EU. Is this intentional? Any plans for EU support?