Read this before you switch
Orbit cannot import your flights. Not from Flighty, not from anywhere — there is no importer yet. Moving a logbook across means typing it in.
Flighty is not available on Android and its team has said a port is not near-term — there is a waitlist rather than a beta. If you are on Android, the practical question is not how to move a Flighty logbook across but how to build one in the first place.
It is less work than it sounds: three fields per flight — where from, where to, and when. Orbit derives the distance, the hours, the countries, the continents and every milestone from those. The method for rebuilding a history is written up in full.
The free tier holds 15 flights, so you can find out whether you like it before deciding whether to carry the rest across.
Orbit and Flighty, row by row
Including the rows Orbit loses. A table where one side wins everything is an advert, and you would be right not to believe it.
| Orbit | Flighty | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Partly.Android. iPhone in development. | No.Apple only. No Android app. |
| Log flights from any date | Yes.Any date, back to your first. | Yes.Yes |
| Import from another app | No.Nothing yet — flights are typed in. | Yes.From several apps and calendars. |
| Adds flights from your email | No.No | Yes.Via TripIt sync and forwarding. |
| Live tracking and delay alerts | No.It's a logbook, not a tracker. | Yes.Its main strength. |
| 3D globe of your flights | Yes.Real orthographic projection, drag to spin. | Partly.Maps and stats, not a globe. |
| Works offline | Yes.All 8,801 airports on device. | Partly.Partly |
| Export your data | Partly.CSV, on Pro. | Not checked.Not checked |
| Works without an account | Yes.Guest-first. Sign in only to sync. | No.No |
| Free tier | Partly.15 flights, then Pro. | Partly.Free tier, then Flighty Pro. |
| Price | Yes.$19.90/year or $49.90 once. | Not checked.Subscription; check current pricing. |
| Ads | Yes.None, on any tier. | Yes.None. |
Checked against Flighty’s own site and public sources on . Anything marked “not checked” is exactly that — not a quiet no.
What Flighty does better
- Live tracking and delay prediction, which Orbit does not attempt at all.
- It imports in bulk from myFlightradar24, OpenFlights, TripIt and your calendar. Orbit imports from nothing.
- Deep Apple integration — Live Activities, watch complications, iMessage.
What Orbit does better
- It runs on Android, which Flighty does not.
- The whole airport database is on the device, so it works with no signal.
- No account needed to start.
Asked and answered
Is Flighty available on Android?
No. Flighty is an iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch app. The team runs an Android waitlist and has said that building it would mean rewriting the app for a very different platform, so it is not close.
What is the closest thing to Flighty on Android?
It depends which half you want. For live tracking and delay alerts, look at a tracker — Orbit does not do that. For the logbook, map and statistics, Orbit covers that ground on Android.
Can Orbit import my Flighty export?
Not yet. Orbit has no importer, so a Flighty export is a list to type from rather than a file to upload. Each flight needs three fields — where from, where to, and when — and Orbit derives the distance, time, countries and milestones itself.
Does Orbit track flights live like Flighty?
No, and it is not trying to. Orbit is a logbook: it records where you have been rather than where an aircraft is now. The two are genuinely different products that the word “flight app” unhelpfully covers.
What Orbit works out for you
You enter an airport pair and a date. Everything below is computed from the airports’ own coordinates — which is why entering a flight takes a few seconds rather than a form.
Start with the flights you remember.
The long ones first — they carry most of the distance and most of the milestones. Free for your first 15, no account needed, no ads on any tier.