Indie App Spotlight: ‘Overflight’ allows you to look at what planes are flying above you

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If you’re an aviation geek, Overflight is a enjoyable new app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV that exhibits you precisely what planes are flying above you, the place they’re headed to, and all the things else you’d wish to know.

Highlights

There are various nifty desk devices that present overhead flight information, however one factor I discover notably cool about Overflight is the truth that it has an Apple TV app – giving you an identical always-on nature of a bodily product.

At a look, within the free app, you may see the flight quantity, the tail quantity, the altitude, velocity, nautical mile distance, and extra. With professional, you unlock the flight path, can hearken to spoken site visitors, and see notable inbound alerts – supplying you with a heads up to go searching if one thing cool is about to go you. It’ll additionally by no means trip for those who’re subscribed to professional, whereas free will trip after a short time.

The interface has a neat compass that permits you to level precisely within the route of the airplane as effectively. I feel it’d be neat if there have been haptics whenever you align with the airplane you’re attempting to identify, nevertheless it’s in any other case a cool UI.

When you could have a notable inbound alert, the interface will flip amber to spotlight its significance.

Download the app

Overflight is on the market for free on the App Store with many of the performance for all iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV working iOS and tvOS 17 and later. For the total expertise, Overflight Pro is on the market for $3.99/month, $19.99/12 months, and $69.99 lifetime. A 7 day free trial is on the market on the subscription tiers.

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