What Plane?
What Plane? is #30 in Utilities Paid in United Kingdom and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperDavid Wilkinson
CategoryUtilities
Price6.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 5.0 (1)
Version1.3.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
Installs (est.)500+ worldwide
Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#30
Measured
What Plane? on the App Store
App details
App ID
6759160117
Publisher
David Wilkinson
On the store since
Feb 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 26.0+
iPhone 11 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
47 MB
Also listed in
Travel
What Plane? 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. iPhone 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.
Where What Plane?'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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UtilitiesPaid | #30 |
Apps near What Plane? on the chart
Utilities Paid, around #30.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Ratings
1
Measured
About What Plane?
What Plane? was built to answer one question—fast: what’s that aircraft overhead?
Everything is designed for instant glanceability, so you can get the answer without “using an app”. Add the widget to your Home Screen and tap to refresh. Tap the custom aircraft icon to jump straight into the live map.
Inside the app, controls stay just as simple. Want different units? Tap any stat (altitude, speed, distance) to cycle through options. The default view lets you explore nearby air traffic, and with a single tap on any aircraft—or the menu button—you can browse rich details for every plane within 30 nautical miles.
To keep the interface minimal while adding real information density, What Plane? uses the Compass Ring: the panel border doubles as a bearing indicator, showing the aircraft’s direction relative to you at a glance.
And when an aircraft is overhead, the widget brings it to life with airline-specific liveries and aircraft models—so your Home Screen matches what’s in the sky.
WHATPLANE PRO (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION)
Choose the aircraft you want to spot and get an alert when a match is nearby. Chat with Lookout to ask about aircraft recorded in your area while you were away, and prioritise your matches in Dynamic Island.
Pro is a monthly auto-renewable subscription, purchased separately in the app, with a one-week free trial for eligible new subscribers. After the trial, the subscription renews at the displayed monthly price unless cancelled. The local price is shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings.
Privacy: https://whatplane.org/privacy
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Everything is designed for instant glanceability, so you can get the answer without “using an app”. Add the widget to your Home Screen and tap to refresh. Tap the custom aircraft icon to jump straight into the live map.
Inside the app, controls stay just as simple. Want different units? Tap any stat (altitude, speed, distance) to cycle through options. The default view lets you explore nearby air traffic, and with a single tap on any aircraft—or the menu button—you can browse rich details for every plane within 30 nautical miles.
To keep the interface minimal while adding real information density, What Plane? uses the Compass Ring: the panel border doubles as a bearing indicator, showing the aircraft’s direction relative to you at a glance.
And when an aircraft is overhead, the widget brings it to life with airline-specific liveries and aircraft models—so your Home Screen matches what’s in the sky.
WHATPLANE PRO (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION)
Choose the aircraft you want to spot and get an alert when a match is nearby. Chat with Lookout to ask about aircraft recorded in your area while you were away, and prioritise your matches in Dynamic Island.
Pro is a monthly auto-renewable subscription, purchased separately in the app, with a one-week free trial for eligible new subscribers. After the trial, the subscription renews at the displayed monthly price unless cancelled. The local price is shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings.
Privacy: https://whatplane.org/privacy
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Latest updates
1.3.0
Introducing WhatPlane Pro: choose the aircraft you want to spot, receive optional alerts when they are nearby, and chat about aircraft recorded in your area while you were away. Pro is an optional monthly subscription.
Track the nearest aircraft with Dynamic Island and Live Activities. Pro subscribers can prioritise their Lookout matches.
Updated aircraft artwork and refined map, chat and settings interfaces.