Flighty vs Citymapper
Which is better in 2026? Five scores, side by side.
Flighty is the better app overall, scoring 9.0 to 8.7. Flighty wins on 4 of the 5 scores, Citymapper on 1.
Frequent flyers who want the earliest warning of delays and gate changes
Commuters and city visitors who rely on public transit and want the fastest route
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Flighty | Citymapper |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Travel & Maps | Travel & Maps |
| Category rank | #2 of 8 | #3 of 8 |
| Developer | Flighty LLC | Citymapper (Via) |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | — | ✓ |
| Web | — | ✓ |
Strengths and weaknesses
Flighty
- Delay alerts often arrive before airline notices
- Clean, glanceable design with Live Activities
- Easy to share live flight status with family
- Most advanced alerts need a Pro subscription
- Pro is hard to justify if you fly a few times a year
Flighty is the best flight tracker for frequent flyers. It pulls in your flights, shows gate changes and delays in Live Activities, and tracks the inbound plane so you often hear about a delay before the airline announces it. The design is clean and calm, and your lifetime stats make a fun travel log. The best features need Flighty Pro, which is hard to justify if you rarely fly.
Full Flighty review
Citymapper
- Clear side-by-side comparison of every way to travel
- Go mode alerts you before your stop
- Excellent live data in supported cities
- Only covers a set list of major cities
- No turn-by-turn driving navigation
Citymapper is the best transit app if you're in one of the cities it covers. It compares buses, trains, bikes, scooters and walking side by side, shows live departures and disruptions, and Go mode tells you when to get off. Small touches, like which part of the train to board for a quick exit, save real time. The catch: outside its supported cities, it can't help you.
Full Citymapper review
