Not sure if this is the best place to post this.

Is it me, or has anyone else found that FlightRadar24 is moving more and more features behind paid subscriptions? I went onto the iPhone app today and it was only showing 12 hours of airport arrivals/departures. I'm sure recently it showed more. And at my small local airport that's not many flights.
Also it seems the ads now take up more screen area, which I assume is to annoy the Users and try to make them pay for ad-removal.

Is there any FR24 app equivalent to use instead? Something that used to be the FR24 of old?

Off the top of my head, other flight tracking websites/apps that I use in addition to FlightRadar24 are FlightAware and FlightStats.

We also have a Flight Tracking Apps thread, where some additional services are listed.

If you want the overhead map view of flights, another option for that is adsbexchange - less coverage, but shows some aircraft that don't appear on FR24 (military, mostly)

A fellow FTer recently posted their free app, Contrail. I like it quite a bit, and it's free. Thread here.

Hi everyone � Contrail developer here! Thanks travelingdrsuz for the kind shoutout 🙏
To answer the original question: yes, FR24 has been steadily moving more features behind paid tiers, and the ad density on the free version has gotten pretty aggressive. That�s actually exactly why I built Contrail � I wanted a clean, ad-free flight tracker without subscriptions or accounts.
Quick overview:
� Free, no ads, no account required
� Real-time flight tracking with route, airline, aircraft type, gate info, and delays
� Airport arrivals/departures boards with scheduled vs. actual times
� Available on iOS (App Store), Android in closed beta
Coverage comes from open community ADS-B feeds plus paid APIs for enriched flight details. It won�t match FR24�s coverage everywhere yet (they have their own feeder network), but it�s growing.
Happy to answer any questions, and feedback from frequent flyers is always welcome!

where do I file bugs? Got a GitHub or other place? Just saw this and tried it and found that it shows right now a massive cluster of flights over Florida (and much much fewer across the rest of the east coast) but half of those flights just disappear as I zoom in.

this is a nice app that has a lot less complexity than FR24, and in my fifteen minutes of usage I do really like it.