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OpenADSB

Name: OpenADSB
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.19 (200 reviews)

Ditch clunky web interfaces for a smooth, native iOS experience. Connect directly to dump1090, tar1090, or ADS-B Exchange to monitor military, emergency, and private aircraft with raw data precision and zero subscriptions.

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Key Figures

Downloads

197K+

User Rating

4.2/5

Total Ratings

200

Publisher

Steve Kuo

Pro-Grade Tracking for Aviation Enthusiasts

Ditch the web browser wrappers. Experience raw, unfiltered ADS-B data through a high-performance native iOS interface designed for the technical hobbyist.

Unfiltered Data Sources

Connect directly to your own dump1090, tar1090, or ADS-B Exchange. View the aircraft that commercial apps often censor, including military and private sorties.

High-Performance Native UI

Optimized for speed and efficiency. Smoothly track thousands of aircraft simultaneously with minimal battery drain and full support for iPad multitasking and Split View.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

App Store

Screenshots

OpenADSB - OpenADSB flight tracker app on iPhone showing a live map with aircraft and detailed flight technical data — OpenADSB flight tracker app on iPhone showing a live map with aircraft and detailed flight technical data

OpenADSB - Interface showing customizable track selection properties in the OpenADSB flight tracker app — Interface showing customizable track selection properties in the OpenADSB flight tracker app

OpenADSB - OpenADSB app displaying aircraft flight paths and callouts on a map — OpenADSB app displaying aircraft flight paths and callouts on a map

OpenADSB - OpenADSB aircraft callout customization settings interface — OpenADSB aircraft callout customization settings interface

OpenADSB - OpenADSB mobile app screenshot showing thousands of aircraft tracked on a map with a speed color legend. — OpenADSB mobile app screenshot showing thousands of aircraft tracked on a map with a speed color legend.

OpenADSB - OpenADSB app interface showing a dark mode map of Europe with many flight tracks and an altitude legend. — OpenADSB app interface showing a dark mode map of Europe with many flight tracks and an altitude legend.

OpenADSB - Advanced aircraft filtering menu in the OpenADSB app showing sliders for altitude and speed alongside category toggles — Advanced aircraft filtering menu in the OpenADSB app showing sliders for altitude and speed alongside category toggles

OpenADSB - Settings screen in OpenADSB to choose imperial or metric units for flight tracking — Settings screen in OpenADSB to choose imperial or metric units for flight tracking

OpenADSB - OpenADSB menu for setting up a new flight data source connection — OpenADSB menu for setting up a new flight data source connection

Description

If you enjoy tracking aircraft using dump1090, tar1090 or Virtual Radar Server, then you'll enjoy OpenADSB. OpenADSB is a full featured high performance flight tracker display app that connects to a variety of backend air traffic sources. Enjoy OpenADSB's smooth native iOS experience instead of using the web interface. PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING: You purchasing a general purpose air traffic display app that connects to a variety of servers types. New traffic sources can be added under Settings (gear button) - Track Source. As a convenience, OpenADSB comes preconfigured to use ADS-B Exchange. Air traffic from ADS-B Exchange is the sole responsibility of ADSBexchange.com, LLC. Frequent users are encouraged to support ADS-B Exchange through donations (adsbexchange.com/donate). Features: • Connects to dump1090, tar1090 and Virtual Radar Server. • Comes preconfigured using ADS-B Exchange (adsbexchange.com). Note that OpenADSB is not affiliated with ADSBexchange.com, LLC • Smoothly displays thousands of aircraft • Shows aircraft history trails • Various aircraft and history trail color schemes and optional legend • Fully configurable filtering, display only the aircrafts you want to see • Configurable military, VFR and emergency highlights • Long-press on an aircraft to perform a browser search engine search of its callsign and registration • Tap on an aircraft to show more details • Details are fully configurable and includes callsign, registration, ICAO hex code, altitude, speed, vertical speed, heading, aircraft type, squawk code, MLAT, latitude/longitude and more • Display values in imperial or metric units • Bookmark up to 5 favorite locations • Mail track details feature, send an email containing an aircraft's details along with a map snapshot, fully configurable • Optimized data fetching logic minimizes network, battery usage and server load • Highly configurable • Supports Dark Mode • Supports Split View, Slide Over and multitasking on iPad • Keyboard shortcuts for external keyboards Limitations and Disclaimer OpenADSB is a general air traffic visualizer for dump1090, tar1090 and Virtual Radar Server data sources. OpenADSB is not affiliated with ADSBexchange.com, LLC. As a convenience, OpenADSB comes preconfigured using ADSBexchange.com as the default data source. Air traffic data, its accuracy, and its validity, is the sole responsibility of the data provider. OpenADSB is for entertainment use only, and not for operational, flight, navigation, traffic avoidance or any mission critical use.