Flight tracker vs flight log: what's the difference?

What a flight tracker does

A flight tracker follows flights that are in the air now or coming up soon. People use one to:

• see where an aircraft is on a live map
• check for delays, cancellations and schedule changes
• watch for gate changes and updated departure or arrival times
• get alerts on travel day, or know when someone's plane has landed

Once the flight is over, a tracker has done its job. It isn't built to keep your personal history year after year.

What a flight log does

A flight log looks backwards. It's your own record of flights you've taken, kept for as long as you like. People use one to:

• keep every past flight in one place instead of scattered across airline apps, emails and spreadsheets
• see all their routes drawn on a world map
• add up their totals: distance, time in the air, airports and countries
• remember the details: airline, aircraft, seat and a note about the trip

Which one do you need?

• Want to know if your flight tomorrow is on time? You need a tracker.
• Want to know how many countries you've flown to, or see every route you've ever flown? You need a log.

Many frequent flyers use both: a tracker on travel day, then a log afterwards to keep the record. If you've been looking for the second one, read on.

How Waymarka works as a flight log

• A map of everything: each flight you log is drawn as a route on a world map. You can also pin cities as Visited, Planned, Living now, Native or Not visited. See your flight map.
• Easy to add flights: type one in with just the date and two airports, scan a boarding pass barcode with your camera (read in memory, no photo saved, and you confirm the year), or import a CSV spreadsheet, a myFlightradar24 export or a Flighty export.
• Your stats: the Stats tab adds up distance (in kilometres), time in the air, airports, countries, and your top airlines and aircraft. See flight stats.
• Your data stays yours: export every flight as a CSV at any time from Settings → Data and privacy, on any plan.

It runs in any modern browser, and you can sign up with Google or email.

Try it, and what it costs

The demo is the real app filled with sample data, so you can see the map and stats before signing up.

• Free: your first 10 flights and 10 city pins, no card.
• Pro: unlimited flights and pins: $2.99 a month, $19.99 a year, or $49.99 once for Waymarka Life, all in USD plus tax.

See every plan on the pricing page, or read more about the flight log app.

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