Skyby

Know exactly what's flying over you.

Look up, and whatever is overhead appears on screen. Airliners, private jets, helicopters, and more, identified instantly. No searching, no typing, no menus.

Whether you're a planespotter camped at the end of a runway or a casual fan glancing up from home, Skyby reads the sky in real time and shows the aircraft directly above: the airline or operator, the aircraft type, the altitude, and, for scheduled flights, where it came from and where it's headed. An inbound indicator shows when a flight is coming into range.

Two ways to use it:

Set it and forget it. Prop Skyby on a desk, shelf, or windowsill and leave it running: a quiet radar for your patch of sky. Set an alert for the aircraft you care about, and Skyby chimes the moment one flies over.

Pull it out and look up. On a walk or in the backyard, open Skyby and see what's flying over right now.

From airliners to helicopters:

Skyby identifies it all. The passenger and cargo jets, the private planes and business jets, the helicopters overhead. And yes, if a blimp drifts over, Skyby catches that too. Prefer to keep it to the airlines? Flip on Commercial Only in settings.

Set your spot, or take it with you:

Use your current location

Drop a pin anywhere in the coverage area to watch the planes over home while you're away

Or set the pin to live, and Skyby follows you as you move

WHAT YOU GET

Instant overhead ID for the aircraft above you

Adjustable search area, up to 3 nm free (wider with Pro)

Alerts that chime when a plane you care about flies over (A380 and 747 built in, free)

An inbound indicator when a flight is coming into range

Real routes and aircraft types for scheduled flights

A logbook that saves your catches automatically

Available across the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand today, with more on the way

Skyby Pro adds aircraft photos matched to the tail number (when available), custom alerts (any airline, aircraft type, flight number, or tail), your full logbook with search and bookmarks, detailed stats, and an even wider search radius.

Skyby runs on iPhone and iPad, and it shines on iPad propped up on a desk or shelf.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/