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Flighty vs Lido Flight Planning

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Flighty

Aviation

Subscription flight tracking for iOS with predictive delay alerts

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Lido Flight Planning

Aviation

Professional airline flight planning solution

From
$40000/year
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Flighty it is iOS-only, so a mixed-platform household or an Android user cannot use it at all.; Lido Flight Planning pricing is by quote only, with no rate, minimum or named cost driver published on the product page
  • They diverge on capability: Flighty covers Delay prediction, Lido Flight Planning covers Route optimization.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Flighty and Lido Flight Planning actually diverge.

Attributes where Flighty and Lido Flight Planning differ
AttributeFlightyLido Flight Planning
Starting priceOn request$40000/year
Pricing modelPer user per month or one-time purchasesubscription
PlatformsiOSWeb, Windows
FoundedUnknown1987

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Aviation).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Flighty

  • Delay prediction
  • Gate and baggage alerts
  • Auto flight import
  • Taxi and weather context
  • Trip statistics
  • Family sharing

Only in Lido Flight Planning

  • Route optimization
  • Fuel planning
  • Performance data
  • Weight & balance
  • Cost calculation
  • Weather services
  • Airline systems
  • Crew systems

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Flighty

  • A frequent business flyer who wants a delay warning before the gate agent announces itnot Lido Flight Planning
  • An iPhone user willing to pay for a single well-maintained app instead of a free ad-supported onenot Lido Flight Planning
  • A family wanting to see at a glance where a travelling relative currently isnot Lido Flight Planning
  • A traveller who wants automatic flight import from confirmation emails without manual entrynot Lido Flight Planning

Lido Flight Planning

  • Generating optimal flight routes and profiles that Air Traffic Control will acceptnot Flighty
  • Automating airline flight planning against weather, NOTAMs, AIP, ATM restrictions and ATC chargesnot Flighty
  • Supporting pre-operational flight planning from a web applicationnot Flighty

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Flighty

  • It is iOS-only, so a mixed-platform household or an Android user cannot use it at all.
  • The free tier tracks very few flights, so anyone who flies more than occasionally is pushed toward the subscription almost immediately.
  • Delay predictions are a probability model, not a guarantee, and can be wrong in either direction.
  • It depends on the same underlying ADS-B and airline feeds as free trackers, so the raw position data is not exclusive to Flighty.
  • A lifetime purchase is expensive relative to a year or two of the annual plan, so it only pays off for someone certain they will use it for years.

Lido Flight Planning

  • Pricing is by quote only, with no rate, minimum or named cost driver published on the product page
  • Pre-operational planning is a separately named application, Lido Flight 4D Pre-Planning, rather than part of the core flight planning product

Pricing, plan by plan

Flighty

On request
  • Flighty Plus$9.99/month
    • Unlimited tracked flights
    • Delay prediction alerts
    • Gate, baggage and taxi data
  • Flighty Plus Annual$49/year
    • Same features billed yearly
  • Flighty Lifetime$299/one-time
    • One-time purchase, no renewal

Lido Flight Planning

$40000/year
  • Standard$40000/year
    • Route planning
    • Performance data
    • Weather integration
  • Enterprise$80000/year
    • Multi-fleet
    • Advanced optimization
    • Custom integration

Which should you pick?

Choose Flighty if

  • You need delay prediction.
  • You work on iOS.
  • You also want gate and baggage alerts.
Flighty review

Choose Lido Flight Planning if

  • You need route optimization.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want fuel planning.
Lido Flight Planning review

Questions people ask

Is Flighty or Lido Flight Planning better?
Neither clearly leads. Flighty starts at On request and Lido Flight Planning at $40000/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Flighty or Lido Flight Planning?
Flighty starts at On request and Lido Flight Planning at $40000/year.
Does Flighty or Lido Flight Planning run on more platforms?
Flighty runs on iOS. Lido Flight Planning runs on Web, Windows.
What is Flighty best used for?
Flighty is most often used for a frequent business flyer who wants a delay warning before the gate agent announces it, an iphone user willing to pay for a single well-maintained app instead of a free ad-supported one, a family wanting to see at a glance where a travelling relative currently is, a traveller who wants automatic flight import from confirmation emails without manual entry. Of those, a frequent business flyer who wants a delay warning before the gate agent announces it and an iphone user willing to pay for a single well-maintained app instead of a free ad-supported one are not what Lido Flight Planning is typically brought in for.
What can Flighty do that Lido Flight Planning cannot?
Flighty covers Delay prediction, Gate and baggage alerts, Auto flight import, Taxi and weather context. Lido Flight Planning covers Route optimization, Fuel planning, Performance data, Weight & balance.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Flighty: Is there an Android version?

No. Flighty has only ever shipped for iOS.

Flighty: Can I use it for free?

A limited free tier exists but tracks very few flights; regular use requires the Plus subscription or the lifetime purchase.

Flighty: How is it different from Flightradar24 or FlightAware?

Those are free-first, cross-platform trackers with ads; Flighty is a paid iOS-only app that adds predictive delay alerts.

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