{
  "id": 16860,
  "title": "Indie App Spotlight: ‘Overflight’ lets you glance at what planes are flying above you",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/indie-app-spotlight-overflight-lets-you-glance-at-what-planes-are",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-01T19:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Mac",
    "slug": "9to5mac",
    "url": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/01/indie-app-spotlight-overflight-lets-you-glance-at-what-planes-are-flying-above-you/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This week's Indie App Spotlight shines the light on 'Overflight', a new app available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. The app is designed to display real-time information about planes flying overhead. Overflight provides users with flight number, tail number, altitude, speed, nautical mile distance and more, all at a glance.\n\nThe free version of the app offers basic flight data, while the pro version unlocks additional features like flight paths, spoken traffic updates, and alerts for notable inbound planes. Users can also customize the interface using a compass to align with a specific plane. The app highlights significant inbound alerts in amber to draw attention.\n\nOverflight offers a neat interface that turns amber when there's a notable inbound alert. The app is free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV running iOS and tvOS 17 and later. For the full experience, 'Overflight Pro' is available for a monthly fee of $3.99, $19.99 annually, or a lifetime purchase of $69.99. A 7-day free trial is available for subscription tiers. For more information about the app, you can follow the developer on X/Twitter, Bluesky, or Instagram. Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for additional Apple news.",
  "summary": "Welcome to Indie App Spotlight . This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact . If you’re an aviation geek, Overflight is a fun new app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV that shows you exactly what planes are flying above you, where they’re headed to, and everything else you’d like to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}