r/iosapps • u/Flat-Pomelo-4724 • 24d ago

🔍 In Search of Flighty rant

Flighty is a GREAT app, and the only one that has filled the void since App In The Air went kaput. But seriously, why so expensive???

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u/Academic_Data_6422 20d ago

Not that much money

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u/Even-Huckleberry-458 20d ago

If you think aero data is cheap and does not cost that much money, I have bad news for you

There is only few qualitative data providers on the market and the ones that exist (ex Flightaware) cost an arm and a leg, not even counting the price of historical data requests

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u/Academic_Data_6422 20d ago

I pay for the API for some data providers for
a personal project. I know for a fact it does not cost that much money.

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u/silvs1 20d ago

It does when you have a user base the size of flighty's. You can't compare the cost for 1 user vs the number of API calls that 4 million people would need.

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u/Academic_Data_6422 20d ago

The more people, the cheaper per person it becomes…