Flighty vs Tripsy: Which iPhone Travel App in 2026?
Flighty tracks the flight, Tripsy plans the whole trip. What each does free, what Pro costs ($59.99 vs $59 a year), and when it's worth running both.
By Elad · Nov 10, 2026 · 7 min read
Flighty and Tripsy are both polished, Apple-only travel apps, and they cost almost the same per year. They solve different problems, though. Flighty is a flight tracker: it follows each flight using live data and tells you about delays, gate changes and the plane that's flying in to operate yours. Tripsy is a trip planner: it holds the flights, hotels, activities, documents and expenses for a trip in one itinerary.
The short answer:
- If the flight itself is what you worry about (connections, delays, which gate), pick Flighty. Its Pro alerts and predictions go much further than Tripsy's.
- If you want the whole trip in one place, with hotels, activities and documents next to the flights, pick Tripsy. Flighty doesn't hold anything except flights.
- If you fly often and plan long trips, plenty of people run both. That costs about $119 a year at US prices.
- If you'd rather have one app that holds the trip and watches the flight, look at NomadPoint (we make it, details below).
Every price and feature below comes from each company's own pricing and help pages and the US App Store, checked on 10 November 2026.
What each app does for free
Flighty free
According to Flighty's help page on Pro, the free app includes unlimited flight tracking on what it calls "live pilot-grade data", live flight sharing, Flighty Passport (your flight history), the Apple Watch app and widgets, limited airport info, and importing past flights from the last 365 days. It has no ads and doesn't ask for a card.
The catch is notifications. Push alerts and Live Activities are Pro, so on the free plan you open the app or glance at a widget to see what changed. Flighty also unlocks every Pro feature on your first flight, which is the easiest way to see what you'd be paying for.
Tripsy free
Tripsy is free to download, and the comparison table on tripsy.app/pro lists unlimited trips, cloud sync and flight search on the free plan. You add your flights, stays and activities by hand.
The automatic parts are Pro: forwarding reservation emails, Smart Import (turning files, links and text into plans), documents, flight update alerts, the calendar feed, the 10-day weather forecast, time-zone changes and data export.
What you pay for
| Flighty | Tripsy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pro price (US) | $59.99 a year | $59 a year or $299 lifetime |
| Other plans | $9.99 monthly, $299 lifetime, family plans (App Store) | $7.99 monthly (App Store) |
| Free trial | All Pro features free on your first flight | Not listed |
| Hotels, activities, documents | Not available | Yes (documents need Pro) |
| Forward booking emails | Pro (email and TripIt import) | Pro |
| Flight delay and gate alerts | Pro | Pro |
| Delay and gate predictions | Pro | Not listed |
| Where's My Plane (inbound aircraft) | Pro | Not listed |
| Connection Assistant | Pro | Not listed |
| Live Activities | Pro | Not listed |
| Expenses | Not available | Pro |
| Weather and time-zone changes | Live weather delays (Pro) | 10-day forecast and time zones (Pro) |
| Family sharing of Pro | Separate family plans | Included with annual and lifetime |
| Android app | No | No (web viewer only) |
Sources: Flighty pricing, Flighty Pro vs free, Flighty on the App Store, Flighty supported platforms, Tripsy Pro, What's included in Tripsy Pro, Tripsy on the App Store, Tripsy for Android.
Flighty Pro is $59.99 billed annually on its pricing page, which shows it as $4.99 a month. The App Store also lists a $9.99 flexible monthly plan, a $299 lifetime purchase and family versions of the annual and lifetime plans. Pro adds push alerts that Flighty says arrive before the airline's, delay and gate predictions, late plane alerts, Where's My Plane, Live Activities, the Connection Assistant, a gate-to-gate AI guide, alternate direct flights, live weather delays, an arrival forecast, airport delay trends, live ATC advisories, decoded NOTAMs, calendar sync, and email and TripIt import.
Tripsy Pro is $59 a year or $299 once, and both are shareable with family. The App Store lists a $7.99 monthly option too. Tripsy's help center lists what Pro includes: expenses in several currencies, unlimited document storage, forwarding reservations by email, flight alerts for gate changes, departure and arrival times and baggage claim, advanced travel stats, the 10-day forecast, time-zone changes, a calendar feed, a daily TripIt import, export to text or CSV, and faster support.
How they differ in practice
Picture the morning you fly out to a week in Lisbon.
Flighty Pro is watching the plane. Where's My Plane follows the aircraft due to operate your flight, a late plane alert tells you when it's running behind, and Flighty says its alerts come before the airline's. If you're changing planes, the Connection Assistant is there for the tight transfer. What Flighty doesn't know is where you're staying that night or what you booked for Tuesday.
Tripsy knows the rest of the week. The hotel confirmation, the museum tickets, the dinner reservation and the PDFs all sit in one itinerary, laid out day by day. With Pro you get alerts for gate and time changes and the baggage belt. You don't get predictions or inbound aircraft tracking.
So the split is clean. Flighty goes deep on one part of the trip, and Tripsy covers the whole trip in less depth on the flight. Both run on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, and Flighty also runs on Apple Vision. Neither has an Android app: Flighty says it has no current plans for one, and Tripsy has a waitlist and a web viewer.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Flighty if you fly often, connections matter, and you want to hear about a delay as early as possible. Try Pro free on your first flight and decide after. The free plan still works well as a flight status app, as long as you don't need notifications.
Pick Tripsy if your trips are more than flights: hotels, tours, documents and a budget. The free plan is fine if you don't mind typing bookings in. Pay for Pro once you want forwarded emails, documents and flight alerts, and if you travel as a family, one Pro purchase covers everyone.
Use both if you want Flighty's depth on the flight and Tripsy holding everything else. At the US prices above that's $59.99 plus $59, or $118.99 a year.
A third option: one app for the trip and the flight
NomadPoint, the app we make, covers both jobs. It's a travel planner for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch that keeps flights, stays and activities in one journey and shows what's next, for example the train after you land and then check-in at the apartment.
Here's how it compares with each app, including where it falls short:
- Like Tripsy, it holds the whole trip. Forwarding booking emails and storing documents are free in NomadPoint, and you can import from Tripsy, TripIt, Flighty, your iPhone calendar and Google Maps lists, also for free.
- Like Flighty Pro, NomadPoint Pro sends flight delay, gate and cancellation alerts and puts the flight in a Live Activity on travel days. It doesn't have Flighty's delay predictions, inbound aircraft tracking or airport data.
- It checks the visa and entry rules for your passport at every stop and counts Schengen 90/180 days, which neither Flighty nor Tripsy does.
- It has no flight search, travel stats or CSV export like Tripsy, and no Android app.
The planner and the visa rules are free. NomadPoint Pro is $34.99 a year or $7.99 a month in the US (see pricing) and adds the flight alerts, the travel-day Live Activity and alerts before a visa or stay allowance runs out.
If you're leaving one of the two, see our pages on Flighty alternatives and Tripsy alternatives, or the direct comparisons NomadPoint vs Flighty and NomadPoint vs Tripsy. We've also compared TripIt vs Flighty and Tripsy vs TripIt, and there's a wider list of the best travel planning apps. If your airline has just moved your flight, read what to do when the airline changes your flight time.
Frequently asked questions
Is Flighty or Tripsy better?
They're better at different jobs. Flighty is better for tracking a flight, with alerts that it says beat the airline's, delay predictions and Where's My Plane in Flighty Pro. Tripsy is better for organizing a whole trip, with hotels, activities, documents and expenses in one itinerary.
Does Tripsy have flight alerts?
Yes, with Tripsy Pro. Its help center lists real-time alerts for gate changes, departure and arrival times and baggage claim. It doesn't list delay predictions or inbound aircraft tracking, which are Flighty Pro features.
Can Flighty plan a trip with hotels?
No. Flighty only tracks flights. For hotels, activities and documents you need a trip planner such as Tripsy, TripIt or NomadPoint alongside it.
Are Flighty and Tripsy on Android?
No. Both are Apple-only. Flighty says it has no current plans for Android and runs a waitlist, and Tripsy has an Android waitlist plus a web viewer at my.tripsy.app for checking itineraries in a browser.
Is there one app that does both?
NomadPoint holds flights, stays and activities in one journey for free, and NomadPoint Pro adds flight delay, gate and cancellation alerts and a travel-day Live Activity. It doesn't match Flighty's predictions, so if those matter most to you, keep Flighty.
Your trip and your flight in one place. NomadPoint builds the journey from your bookings, watches the flight with Pro, and already knows your next step. Free to download.
Elad · Founder of NomadPoint
I build NomadPoint and write these guides. Spot something wrong or out of date? Write to me at support@nomadpoint.app.
