Flying soon? Flight is a must-have iOS app for air travel this holiday season.

I recently started traveling for work again. i miss. I miss seeing people I only meet online. I miss experiencing different parts of the country. I miss New York City (yes, I mean it). But one thing I have not forgotten is flying.

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To be clear, I don’t mind flying. that’s good. But I don’t enjoy the process of getting to the airport, figuring out which gate my flight is at, and worrying about whether or not my flight is on time. It is a sad experience.

For years I’ve used TripIt as a way to organize my travel plans. And with a TripIt Pro subscription I get real-time alerts about gate changes or delays.

A few years ago, I read about a new flight tracking app called Flighty. The app promises instant alerts and more information about your flight in general. I used the free trial shortly after I started to try it out, and found it to be adequate. But paying for TripIt Pro and subscribing to Flighty Pro doesn’t unlock all push alerts and other features like TripIt sync.

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However, every time I have a flight booked, I find myself paying for a month’s subscription to Fullyy Pro and using TripIt instead for alerts.

Once I started traveling again post-Covid, I have no qualms about my travel habits. I find myself trying to remember which apps I used and why. I had to reevaluate which gadgets went in my bag.

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I finally got back to flying, paying for a month. And then last week, I took a trip to San Jose, California, where the Flighty experience finally convinced me to pay for a year’s subscription, and not just for me—for my whole family.

the reason? Flyy’s iOS 16.1 update brings support for live actions on and off the lock screen iPhone 14It kept all the information I needed on the go whether my phone was locked and sitting idle (always a win) or while I was actively using the phone. Island

Here’s an example of a Fullyy experience that starts a few hours before your scheduled flight and ends after you’ve landed and collected your luggage.

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A few hours before your scheduled flight, you’ll receive an alert letting you know that your flight is on its way to the airport, regardless of whether it’s on time or not. In fact, with a Pro subscription, you can see where your plane is 25 hours before your scheduled flight. It’s a useful little piece of information that shows if your plane has been delayed for previous flights and sets expectations for your flight.

As the flight approaches, an alert will appear on your lock screen and on the dynamic island, showing the gate departure number along with your gate number. You will receive an alert once your incoming flight has landed. And then another alarm at the door.

All the while, the most important information about your flight is available on your lock screen.

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Fly doesn’t stop working once you board your flight. The alert stays active, showing you how long until the plane lands, and if you open the app instead of just using the alerts, you can see your pilot’s exact FAA-entered flight plan and estimate of where you are. On that way. That last set of data will be more accurate if you have in-flight Wi-Fi — but even in offline mode, Flighty does a good job of estimating flight location and time.

Then, when you land, you’ll get an alert letting you know how long a taxi will take to the gate. I am not exaggerating with this next statement. On my last trip, when my flight landed in Denver, I received an alert that my flight had landed within seconds of the wheels touching down. That’s how fast Flyy’s alerts can be.

You should have received a baggage claim in another alert, but on the last two flights that information was never filled in the app.

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The whole experience is a prime example of how a developer should look and use live motions and dynamic island in the iPhone 14 lineup. In fact, it wasn’t until Fly added support for those features that I was finally convinced it was time to go all in and sign up for the $90-a-year family subscription. That way, when I travel, I can share my plans with my wife and kids, and they can follow my journey as closely as they want. Or, when we travel as a family, we’re all on the same page – especially when it comes to the dreaded, “How long are we going to rest?!”

You don’t need to sign up for a Pro plan to use Flighty. Your first trip through the app is free, complete with all the push notifications and extras I haven’t even touched on (like the percentage the flight is delayed and for how long). You can sit at your desk and use it to track a random flight to learn how the app works and what to expect when you travel.