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NOW shows live aircraft around you. NEXT helps surface identified aircraft that may be approaching. LATER helps you plan around routes and likely windows — without presenting a forecast as a live sighting.
Built for aircraft spotters
Know which aircraft
is worth looking up for.
FlightTrove helps you notice the aircraft that matter to you now, see what may be coming next, and plan for later. You do the spotting; FlightTrove helps you make more of it.
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Find something worth your attention. Look up and see it for yourself. Confirm the Spot, add it to your collection, and let what you have already seen make the next discovery more interesting.
Spot
When you actually see the aircraft, confirm the Spot yourself. An alert, prediction or nearby aircraft never adds itself to your collection.
Collect
Build a personal record of the aircraft, registrations and types you have genuinely seen.
Best Next
Spend your attention on the aircraft that matter.
Best Next brings timing, visibility, your Favorites and what is new to your collection into one clear suggestion. FlightTrove explains why something stands out, so the recommendation stays useful rather than mysterious.
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Live means liveLive Radar and physical Spot confirmation use a fresh device location. Forecasts can help you plan, but they never count as seeing an aircraft.
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Background location only when you askStart an Active Spotting Session when you want location updates in the background. It lasts for up to two hours and can be stopped at any time.
A collection that becomes more useful
What you have seen helps shape what stands out next.
Confirmed Spots build your personal aircraft history. New registrations and types can stand out, while Favorites keep the aircraft and operators you care about close at hand.
Confirmed by you
Only a Spot you confirm yourself becomes part of your collection.
Favorites that help
Follow the aircraft interests you care about and get useful alerts when FlightTrove has enough information to act on.
Free stays useful
Free keeps the core spotting and collection experience. Plus adds more capacity and richer proactive and predictive tools.
Privacy with a purpose
Use location for spotting — not for building a location history.
FlightTrove uses a fresh location when a nearby feature needs it. Saved alert locations are places you choose to watch, not proof that you are there. V1 does not build a continuous location trail.
Read the Privacy Policy- ✓Spots are confirmed by you
- ✓Background location starts only with an Active Spotting Session
- ✓Account and data deletion controls
- ✓Optional analytics stays off until you allow it
FlightTrove for Android
Make the next aircraft overhead more interesting.
FlightTrove is preparing for Android release. The Play Store link will appear here when the public release is ready.