OpenADSB Downloads & RevenueOpenADSB · App Store
OpenADSB is #9 in Travel Paid in United States and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 20 events in the last 12 months
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 10Top Paid · Travel · GB
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 10Top Paid · Travel · AE
- 📈OpenADSB new best rank in the overall chart: #77Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · AE
- 📈OpenADSB new best rank in the overall chart: #84Top Paid · All Apps · ZA
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · ZA
- 📈OpenADSB charting in a new countrySouth Africa
- 📈OpenADSB charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 10Top Paid · Travel · CA
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 10Top Paid · Travel · SA
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · SA
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · FR
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 10Top Paid · Travel · IT
- 📈OpenADSB entered the top 100Top Grossing · Travel · IT
- 📈OpenADSB charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈OpenADSB charting in a new countryBrazil
- 📈OpenADSB charting in a new country in 2 chartsIndonesia · India
- 🆕OpenADSB first spotted by AppInsider#30 in Top Paid · Travel · Australia
- 🆕OpenADSB released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Travel PaidOpenADSB at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-23. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
OpenADSB is a native iOS flight-tracking application designed for aviation enthusiasts who want to visualize real-time air traffic data from sources like dump1090, tar1090, and Virtual Radar Server. The app demonstrates strong regional traction in South Africa (#2 Paid Travel) and the UAE (#6 Paid Travel), while maintaining a moderate presence in major markets like the US (#16 Paid Travel).
Similar apps: Flightradar24, FlightAware, ADS-B Exchange
OpenADSB on the App Store
App details
OpenADSB downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where OpenADSB's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | TravelPaid | #9 |
 Japan | TravelPaid | #40 |
 United Kingdom | TravelPaid | #31 |
 China | TravelPaid | #60 |
 Germany | TravelPaid | #39 |
 France | TravelPaid | #61 |
 South Korea | TravelPaid | #95 |
| Australia | TravelPaid | #84 |
 Canada | TravelPaid | #85 |
 Saudi Arabia | TravelPaid | #49 |
 Italy | TravelPaid | #78 |
 India | TravelPaid | #107 |
 Brazil | TravelPaid | #118 |
 United Arab Emirates | TravelPaid | #63 |
 Indonesia | TravelPaid | #172 |
Apps near OpenADSB on the chart
Travel Paid, around #9.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about OpenADSB
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app for its unfiltered ADS-B data, one-time purchase model, and superior military aircraft visibility compared to competitors. However, frequent complaints highlight stability issues like crashes, a lack of distinct aircraft icons, and missing features such as push notifications and dark mode.
Mixed but leaning positive (72% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and recent updates.
What people like
- Features & content: “I really like the filter by tail feature”
- Price & subscription: “One thing to pay for an app”
- Updates: “I updated the app to no avail”
- Useful: “FR24 has that and it’s helpful”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Apple refuses to offer a refund”
- Updates: “Bugs Bunny (UPDATE) 11-23-22”
- Useful: “I would not recommend this to others”
- Crashes & bugs: “Bugs Bunny (UPDATE) 11-23-22”
About OpenADSB
PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:
You purchasing a general purpose air traffic display app that connects to a variety of servers types. New traffic sources can be added under Settings (gear button) - Track Source. As a convenience, OpenADSB comes preconfigured to use ADS-B Exchange. Air traffic from ADS-B Exchange is the sole responsibility of ADSBexchange.com, LLC. Frequent users are encouraged to support ADS-B Exchange through donations (adsbexchange.com/donate).
Features:
• Connects to dump1090, tar1090 and Virtual Radar Server.
• Comes preconfigured using ADS-B Exchange (adsbexchange.com). Note that OpenADSB is not affiliated with ADSBexchange.com, LLC
• Smoothly displays thousands of aircraft
• Shows aircraft history trails
• Various aircraft and history trail color schemes and optional legend
• Fully configurable filtering, display only the aircrafts you want to see
• Configurable military, VFR and emergency highlights
• Long-press on an aircraft to perform a browser search engine search of its callsign and registration
• Tap on an aircraft to show more details
• Details are fully configurable and includes callsign, registration, ICAO hex code, altitude, speed, vertical speed, heading, aircraft type, squawk code, MLAT, latitude/longitude and more
• Display values in imperial or metric units
• Bookmark up to 5 favorite locations
• Mail track details feature, send an email containing an aircraft's details along with a map snapshot, fully configurable
• Optimized data fetching logic minimizes network, battery usage and server load
• Highly configurable
• Supports Dark Mode
• Supports Split View, Slide Over and multitasking on iPad
• Keyboard shortcuts for external keyboards
Limitations and Disclaimer
OpenADSB is a general air traffic visualizer for dump1090, tar1090 and Virtual Radar Server data sources. OpenADSB is not affiliated with ADSBexchange.com, LLC. As a convenience, OpenADSB comes preconfigured using ADSBexchange.com as the default data source. Air traffic data, its accuracy, and its validity, is the sole responsibility of the data provider. OpenADSB is for entertainment use only, and not for operational, flight, navigation, traffic avoidance or any mission critical use.
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