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SkyPocket records your flight's speed, altitude, and route on iPhone, even in airplane mode.
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Airplane mode usually means a phone goes dark for the whole flight — SkyPocket exists specifically to record your flight, fully offline in airplane mode, using GPS in receive-only mode, which the site compares to 'a radio,' to track speed, altitude, and route without needing any connectivity at all.
That tracking runs continuously in the background, surviving a locked screen and even a force-quit, with live stats — speed, altitude, distance, country — visible right on the lock screen. An automatic flight timeline marks the moments that actually matter: wheels up, top of climb, border crossings, touchdown, while photos, videos, and notes taken mid-flight get automatically stamped with the exact speed, altitude, and position at that moment.
Once the flight lands, SkyPocket turns the raw data into something worth keeping: a 9:16 vertical video reel stitches together the route, records, photos, and notes in chronological order, flight cards auto-name using a database of more than 4,000 airports, and a replay function animates the whole route in 30 seconds with live number updates. Reference tools bundled in the app go well beyond flight tracking too — an offline world atlas covering 7,000 towns, 1,245 World Heritage Sites, the complete CIA World Factbook filterable by countries actually overflown, and a ten-language phrasebook with audio pronunciation.
Privacy follows directly from being fully offline: the site states zero bytes are sent anywhere, nothing is fetched or tracked, and the entire world map and Factbook are stored locally on the device. SkyPocket is iPhone-only and priced as a single flat purchase with no tiers. Worth stating plainly, per the site's own framing: this is built for passengers, not for navigation — it's not meant to replace certified aviation instruments.
GPS works in receive-only mode, which the site compares to a radio — the phone can receive satellite signals for positioning without needing to transmit anything, which is exactly what makes it compatible with airplane mode.
The site states drain is comparable to a typical run-tracking app, so it's a real but manageable cost rather than something likely to leave a phone dead by landing.
No — per the FAQ, no internet connection is required at all, consistent with the app's fully offline design throughout the flight.
Yes — reels are standard 9:16 videos shareable anywhere, including TikTok, Reels, or Stories, though nothing uploads automatically unless the user initiates it.
No — the site states explicitly it's built for passengers, not for navigation, so it's not positioned as a substitute for certified aviation instruments.
