That would be great! Was really annoyed at them when they changed their subscription years ago. I originally paid for a lifetime one-off payment. Then when they changed to subscriptions they did not honour it and I was moved back to the free tier.
sorry but that app does not provide anywhere close to the value Spotify does so I don't even see why that comparison should be made, they're just aggregating publicly available information about planes, there's no reason why it should be this expensive
Adsb is a signal that almost all aircraft are constantly sending out that includes basic flight info like registration number, altitude, location. How it works is you buy the receiver which by then listens for flights in your area and is constantly sending your local flight data back to their website. The compile data from thousands of these receivers world wide, package it up and sell it back. But if you feed them data, you get access for "free".
I do this at home as well with a Pi4 and a Pihut antenna for the free sub from FR24 as well as sharing to other free aircraft tracking services. ADSB.im have an all-in-one docker image you can write to an sd card and boot to, guides you through and lets you decide who and where to share to as well. really nifty
You need a Raspberry Pi and a receiver like the RTL-SDR. A proper antenna and a good place to put it too. High and unrestricted sky/horizon view is quite hard depending on where you live. But as long as you can receive some plane it is good enough for granting Premium.
While you do this you can also receive ATC (needs a different antenna) if you happen to be in a place where LiveATC does not work.
Adsb is free. I use it a lot more than flight24 but the only downside is no departure and arrival notices on the flights so its a guestimate on where the planes are going
Don’t know what you have on android but on iOS I’ve got a flightradar24 gold-unlocked ipa (basically free premium features) - maybe there is something similar?
That would be great! Was really annoyed at them when they changed their subscription years ago. I originally paid for a lifetime one-off payment. Then when they changed to subscriptions they did not honour it and I was moved back to the free tier.
That's disgraceful. Surely there's someone you can report it to?
Yeah I did. They offered me 1 year free gold subscription 😂 laughable
Same. They took my money and ran - I'll use a cracked or revanced version of the app with zero hesitation. They took away the product I paid for!
You could create a page on https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Main_Page and provide info about it
Good work. Thank you clippy.
Where i live it’s "only" 40€/year 😐, less expensive than Spotify but still, definitely not worth it
sorry but that app does not provide anywhere close to the value Spotify does so I don't even see why that comparison should be made, they're just aggregating publicly available information about planes, there's no reason why it should be this expensive
r/assholedesign
You could probably add a page to https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Main_Page and report it, especially if you have proof
They did the same to me. Fuck em.
Wow thats scummy, what a shit company
Same here. Now I'm using the pirated business apk.
How is that even legal
There's always Airplanes live which is a more basic alternative and it's free
https://github.com/d4rken/airplanes-live-app
There's also https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
Nice to know, thanks !
Came to post about this. hahahhaa
this app needs much more recognition...
Trailforks too. They hide damn near everything behind a lock other than just panning the map.
If you share data with an ADS-B receiver you automatically get a premium subscription for free for as long as you keep sharing data.
This. I do this and it works great. Set and forget even.
Care to explain adsb?
Adsb is a signal that almost all aircraft are constantly sending out that includes basic flight info like registration number, altitude, location. How it works is you buy the receiver which by then listens for flights in your area and is constantly sending your local flight data back to their website. The compile data from thousands of these receivers world wide, package it up and sell it back. But if you feed them data, you get access for "free".
i think you can ask flighradar for a free kit
Likely will tell you your area is saturated though.
It doesn't hurt to ask, but you're probably right that they'll just politely decline most requests.
So they wont send you a free kit, or they wont give you free access even if you have your own?
Patched APK available in some forums, been working great for many years
I do this at home as well with a Pi4 and a Pihut antenna for the free sub from FR24 as well as sharing to other free aircraft tracking services. ADSB.im have an all-in-one docker image you can write to an sd card and boot to, guides you through and lets you decide who and where to share to as well. really nifty
Oh I didn't know this! I'm gonna do this when I get home as I have a few SDR's sitting around not doing anything
How to set up this ?thanks
You need a Raspberry Pi and a receiver like the RTL-SDR. A proper antenna and a good place to put it too. High and unrestricted sky/horizon view is quite hard depending on where you live. But as long as you can receive some plane it is good enough for granting Premium.
While you do this you can also receive ATC (needs a different antenna) if you happen to be in a place where LiveATC does not work.
Are there any free modded APKs online anywhere?
That's my usual go-to for the more obscure apps that aren't likely to be on revanced's list
I use one from liteapks
Does it has premium features?
It's premium unlocked according to the listing
I tried it, it's trash, it unlocks nothing basically, still can't see premium details, can't use more labels, etc
I use the MOD apk available here: https://www.haloule.com/2025/07/flightradar24-gold-mod-android.html
You have all the information and Gold features unlocked.
Gold features don't work for me
Did you follow the installation procedure described in the article?
Yes, I created an account, but when I click on Gold it just doesn't activate gold and premium features stay hidden
Have you tried clearing the application cache and trying again?
Tried at the moment still doesn't work :(
Strange, I tried again and it works for me..
Open ADSB.
Is this the correct link: https://www.adsbexchange.com/ ? First Google response...
Is it possible to "broadcast" to different networks?
Not worth the effort.
https://www.adsbexchange.com/ is really good and often shows more aircraft that flight radar doesn't, like military ones
Have you used adsb exchange? https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
I use flightaware.com which for now has a decent free tier
I use the adxb as possible which is only slightly less annoying
Adsb is free. I use it a lot more than flight24 but the only downside is no departure and arrival notices on the flights so its a guestimate on where the planes are going
100% I would love this
Don’t know what you have on android but on iOS I’ve got a flightradar24 gold-unlocked ipa (basically free premium features) - maybe there is something similar?
Installed a cracked one years ago. PB, if I can remember... Working ok.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_ondraaudy.ADSBFT
And Marine traffic
I use the MOD apk available here: https://www.haloule.com/2025/07/flightradar24-gold-mod-android.html
You have all the information and Gold features unlocked.
I want one
Android Revanced
Of course yes
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Does it unlock the premium features ?
nope