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Contrail - Live Flight Tracker
Not in any tracked top chart right now.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperJacob Lassen
CategoryTravel
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.6 (11)
Version1.9.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
12 Oct 2026
12 Oct 2026Installs (est.)1k+ worldwide
Contrail: Live Flight Radar update history & changes
Last change · 6 events since 25 Mar 2026Full timeline ↓📦Updated to version 1.9.1📦Updated to version 1.9.0📈Dropped out of every chart we track🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 6 events
- 📦Contrail: Live Flight Radar updated to version 1.9.1New
• iPhone Duo: Discover and the map side by side on the inner display, and everything stays where you left it when you fold
• Where's my plane: before the airline assigns an aircraft, Contrail shows the flight your aircraft usually flies before yours, and names the aircraft
• Free users get 30 full flight trails a month
• Units now sets temperature and distance too: Imperial shows °F and miles, Metric °C and km, and Aviation follows your region
• Alert and widget radius in miles when your units use miles
• The app now uses British spelling
• VoiceOver names each aircraft on the map
Fixed
• A flight with no aircraft assigned yet shows a photo of the right aircraft type
• Search no longer says nothing was found when it has found an airport
• “Live data delayed” only appears when the data really is delayed… more - 📦Contrail: Live Flight Radar updated to version 1.9.0New
• Fleets: search an airline to see every aircraft we've seen it fly, with type, build year where known and when it last flew. Search a type to see which airlines fly it
• Tap an aircraft for its card. While it's in the air, the card shows the flight it's on: route, times, progress and a small map
• Tap the airline or type of a flight on the map or an airport board to open its fleet
• Ask Siri "Where's my flight in Contrail" or "What's flying over me in Contrail". Saved flights show up in Spotlight
• Passport: your year in flight, with totals, longest flight and favourites, ready to share
• Airport boards warn about thunderstorms, low visibility, de-icing and strong wind
• Pro flight alerts now also tell you when your aircraft is running late from its previous trip
• My Flights shows what Pro adds for a flight you've just saved… more - 📈Contrail: Live Flight Radar dropped out of every chart we trackLast seen 12 Oct
- 🆕Contrail: Live Flight Radar first spotted by AppInsider#70 in Top Grossing · Travel · United Kingdom
- 📦Contrail: Live Flight Radar version 1.8.0New
• Airport Live: open an airport's board and switch to Live to see departures at their gates, aircraft taxiing with taxiway names, the runway in use and recent landings — at 67 airports in Norway, the UK and the US (Pro)
• On iPad the map stays in view: the airport board, a flight and its history open beside it
• Pro now comes as a yearly plan, with three days free to try it
• A new Pro screen
Also
• Weather on the map now comes from MET Norway… more - 🆕Contrail: Live Flight Radar released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.6 ★
11 ratings
Measured
Contrail: Live Flight Radar on the App Store
App details
App ID
6760384533
Publisher
Jacob Lassen
On the store since
Mar 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
5
EN FR DE NB ES
Size
36 MB
Also listed in
Utilities
Contrail: Live Flight Radar downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
11 ratings
Measured
Ratings
11
Measured
About Contrail: Live Flight Radar
Hear a plane? Know where to look.
Find aircraft nearby, follow a journey and keep the sky a glance away. Start free, with no account and no ads.
WATCH THE SKY
Watch the Sky shows an aircraft near your saved place, its distance, direction and how high to look. No need to open the app just to find out what is overhead.
Watch aircraft near home, or see your next saved flight with its gate and departure time.
On iPhone, choose a rectangular widget or a compact line to check the sky at a glance.
Sky widgets are free. Readings update periodically; open Contrail for live tracking. Lock Screen widgets are available on iPhone.
BUILT FOR UK SKIES
Follow the airliners, helicopters and military aircraft over your town. Check arrivals and departures from Heathrow and Gatwick to Manchester and Edinburgh. With Pro, watch Heathrow's four holding stacks fill up and explore UK military airspace, from danger areas to MATZ.
EXPLORE CONTRAIL
Live map & trails
Follow aircraft across the map. Filter by airline, aircraft type or flight phase, and explore their recent tracks.
Flight details
See available routes, altitude, speed, aircraft photos and registration. Check the age of the latest position.
My Flights
Save a flight by number and date. Follow its status, gate, delays and the aircraft operating the inbound journey, whether it is your holiday, a business trip or a pickup at the airport.
Search & airport boards
Find flights, registrations and airports. Browse available arrivals, departures, gates and local airport times.
Passport
Keep past journeys, maps and travel statistics. Import and export CSV from Flighty, Flightradar24 and OpenFlights. iCloud logbook sync is available on iOS.
Weather & airspace
Explore airport weather, METAR observations, aurora forecasts and glider activity. Pro adds selected weather and airspace layers.
CONTRAIL PRO (OPTIONAL)
Contrail Pro adds alerts, watchlists and more ways to explore. Check current plans, prices and any eligible trial in the app.
Flight alerts: Choose notifications for detected gate changes, delays, departures, arrivals and baggage updates.
Live Activities · iOS: Keep one journey on your Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, in the Dynamic Island.
Discover & watchlists: Explore military, government and other notable aircraft. Get alerts when activity is detected for aircraft you follow.
Flight Cinema: Replay supported past flights in 3D. Explore the timeline and camera views; some routes are reconstructed or incomplete.
Specialist map layers: Explore SIGMET hazards, UK military airspace, Heathrow holding stacks, activity corridors and the gliders-only filter.
Watch the Sky, basic tracking, Passport CSV import/export and emergency-squawk alerts remain free. A sky widget and a Pro Live Activity serve different purposes.
Coverage, timetables and aircraft details depend on the available data. Contrail is for exploration, not flight navigation.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/
Find aircraft nearby, follow a journey and keep the sky a glance away. Start free, with no account and no ads.
WATCH THE SKY
Watch the Sky shows an aircraft near your saved place, its distance, direction and how high to look. No need to open the app just to find out what is overhead.
Watch aircraft near home, or see your next saved flight with its gate and departure time.
On iPhone, choose a rectangular widget or a compact line to check the sky at a glance.
Sky widgets are free. Readings update periodically; open Contrail for live tracking. Lock Screen widgets are available on iPhone.
BUILT FOR UK SKIES
Follow the airliners, helicopters and military aircraft over your town. Check arrivals and departures from Heathrow and Gatwick to Manchester and Edinburgh. With Pro, watch Heathrow's four holding stacks fill up and explore UK military airspace, from danger areas to MATZ.
EXPLORE CONTRAIL
Live map & trails
Follow aircraft across the map. Filter by airline, aircraft type or flight phase, and explore their recent tracks.
Flight details
See available routes, altitude, speed, aircraft photos and registration. Check the age of the latest position.
My Flights
Save a flight by number and date. Follow its status, gate, delays and the aircraft operating the inbound journey, whether it is your holiday, a business trip or a pickup at the airport.
Search & airport boards
Find flights, registrations and airports. Browse available arrivals, departures, gates and local airport times.
Passport
Keep past journeys, maps and travel statistics. Import and export CSV from Flighty, Flightradar24 and OpenFlights. iCloud logbook sync is available on iOS.
Weather & airspace
Explore airport weather, METAR observations, aurora forecasts and glider activity. Pro adds selected weather and airspace layers.
CONTRAIL PRO (OPTIONAL)
Contrail Pro adds alerts, watchlists and more ways to explore. Check current plans, prices and any eligible trial in the app.
Flight alerts: Choose notifications for detected gate changes, delays, departures, arrivals and baggage updates.
Live Activities · iOS: Keep one journey on your Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, in the Dynamic Island.
Discover & watchlists: Explore military, government and other notable aircraft. Get alerts when activity is detected for aircraft you follow.
Flight Cinema: Replay supported past flights in 3D. Explore the timeline and camera views; some routes are reconstructed or incomplete.
Specialist map layers: Explore SIGMET hazards, UK military airspace, Heathrow holding stacks, activity corridors and the gliders-only filter.
Watch the Sky, basic tracking, Passport CSV import/export and emergency-squawk alerts remain free. A sky widget and a Pro Live Activity serve different purposes.
Coverage, timetables and aircraft details depend on the available data. Contrail is for exploration, not flight navigation.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/
Latest updates
1.9.1
New
• iPhone Duo: Discover and the map side by side on the inner display, and everything stays where you left it when you fold
• Where's my plane: before the airline assigns an aircraft, Contrail shows the flight your aircraft usually flies before yours, and names the aircraft
• Free users get 30 full flight trails a month
• Units now sets temperature and distance too: Imperial shows °F and miles, Metric °C and km, and Aviation follows your region
• Alert and widget radius in miles when your units use miles
• The app now uses British spelling
• VoiceOver names each aircraft on the map
Fixed
• A flight with no aircraft assigned yet shows a photo of the right aircraft type
• Search no longer says nothing was found when it has found an airport
• “Live data delayed” only appears when the data really is delayed
1.9.0
New
• Fleets: search an airline to see every aircraft we've seen it fly, with type, build year where known and when it last flew. Search a type to see which airlines fly it
• Tap an aircraft for its card. While it's in the air, the card shows the flight it's on: route, times, progress and a small map
• Tap the airline or type of a flight on the map or an airport board to open its fleet
• Ask Siri "Where's my flight in Contrail" or "What's flying over me in Contrail". Saved flights show up in Spotlight
• Passport: your year in flight, with totals, longest flight and favourites, ready to share
• Airport boards warn about thunderstorms, low visibility, de-icing and strong wind
• Pro flight alerts now also tell you when your aircraft is running late from its previous trip
• My Flights shows what Pro adds for a flight you've just saved
1.8.0
New
• Airport Live: open an airport's board and switch to Live to see departures at their gates, aircraft taxiing with taxiway names, the runway in use and recent landings — at 67 airports in Norway, the UK and the US (Pro)
• On iPad the map stays in view: the airport board, a flight and its history open beside it
• Pro now comes as a yearly plan, with three days free to try it
• A new Pro screen
Also
• Weather on the map now comes from MET Norway