Flight Map is on Google Play
Flight Map is out on Google Play for Android 8 or later, and your first flight is free. On iPhone it is still in testing through TestFlight, and we need people who are flying soon: it can only really be tested on a plane, and each flight log shows us something new.
Thank you. You keep Pro free after launch, and we'll email you how. Your Android test version now updates through Google Play like any other app, and sending us your flight log is still a big help.
iPhone users with flights coming up
- An iPhone running iOS 15 or later
- About 5 minutes to join, and a couple of minutes per flight
- At least one flight in the next few weeks (more is better)
- On Android? Just install it from Google Play
Get it on Google Play
Install Flight Map from Google Play on Android 8 or later. Your first flight is free, with every core feature. After a flight, send us the log (More, then Send flight log) and tell us how it went: it helps us fix what matters.
Questions: [email protected].
Join the iPhone test
Flight Map for iPhone isn't on the App Store yet. TestFlight is Apple's free app for trying apps before they launch, so it's the only way to install it for now. When Flight Map is on the App Store you can switch to that.
Reading this on a computer? Point your iPhone's camera at the code, or type getflightmap.com/iphone into Safari on your iPhone.
- Install TestFlight from the App Store on your iPhone: TestFlight on the App Store.
- Then open Flight Map in TestFlight on your iPhone: tap the button above, scan the code, or type getflightmap.com/iphone into Safari.
- In TestFlight, tap Accept, then Install. Flight Map appears on your home screen.
- On your flight: tap Start before take-off and allow location, then use flight mode and lock the screen as usual.
- After landing: More, then Send flight log.
If it doesn't work
Don't use Redeem in TestFlight: that's only for email invitations. Tap Open Flight Map in TestFlight instead.
If you tapped it in Facebook, Messenger, Gmail or a forum app, it may have opened in that app's own browser, which can't hand it to TestFlight. Type getflightmap.com/iphone into Safari instead.
If the link sent you to the App Store to get TestFlight, install it, then open the link again.
On a computer the link just shows a web page. Scan the code with your iPhone instead.
Check in Settings, General, About.
Email [email protected] with a screenshot of what you see, and we'll sort it out.
This first iPhone version is mainly a GPS test, so the turbulence reports, arrival weather, logbook and landmark alerts are greyed out for now.
How to test it on a flight
Before you board (with internet)
- Set your arrival airport: tap Change. Add connections if you have them.
- Download the reports: switch Turbulence on once.
- Turn off battery saver. On many phones it stops the GPS when the screen is off. The app warns you if it's on.
On board
- Tap Start before take-off and allow location.
- Switch to flight mode as usual. The GPS keeps working.
- Put the phone away. It records with the screen off, and stops by itself after landing.
After landing
- Send the log: More, then Send flight log. It goes to [email protected]. (On version 0.17.1 or older: More, Debug log, Share.)
- Add a line on anything odd, with screenshots if you took any, your seat (window, middle or aisle) and the aircraft type if you know it (a Boeing 787 especially).
- That's a couple of minutes per flight.
Things worth noting on the day
- How long it took to find you the first time
- Whether the arrival time was right
- Gaps in the route on the map
- Battery used over the flight
- Whether it noticed the landing and stopped
- Anything confusing, or missing
Before you sign up
Your first flight is free on Android. After that Unlimited is a one-off payment, and Pro adds the logbook and more. iPhone testers get Pro free during the test, and people who tested Android before launch keep Pro free.
Yes, at least once during the test: that's what we need testers for. The more flights the better, short or long, and connections are especially useful. If your trip is cancelled, just let us know.
The app's own activity: GPS fixes during the flight (positions in the air, height, speed), satellite and battery figures, and what the app decided. Positions on the ground are rounded to about 1 km. It only leaves your phone if you share it, and we use it only to improve the app. Ask and we'll delete it.
Only if you email us. If you send us a log, we use your address only to reply. We never share it.
Yes: the iPhone test is open. Install TestFlight from the App Store, then join the iPhone test (through TestFlight, Apple's app for trying apps early; or type getflightmap.com/iphone into Safari on your iPhone). The steps on each flight are the same.
Any time, by leaving TestFlight or uninstalling.
The app is updated as we fix things: Google Play updates it on Android, and TestFlight on iPhone. See the roadmap for what's planned.