The Tail Sniffer
Roxstar Labs LLC Travel iPhoneiPadiPod touch
The Tail Sniffer is a free Travel app for iPhone and iPad by Roxstar Labs LLC. Rated 5.0/5 from 10 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 19, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 10 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 16 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 19
- 2026 · v1.5.0
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About The Tail Sniffer
The Tail Sniffer is aircraft tracking built for the people who operate airplanes — corporate flight departments, jet-management and fractional operators, and the crews who fly for them. Most trackers are built for spectators. This one is built for operations: the aircraft you manage, the airports you work out of, and the arrival your day depends on. YOUR OWN AIRCRAFT, VISIBLE TO YOU Consumer flight trackers filter their displays to comply with FAA data agreements, which means owners and operators often can't see their own aircraft on the platforms everyone else uses. The Tail Sniffer reads ADS-B directly from a community receiver network, so LADD-enrolled and privately operated aircraft can stay visible to verified owners and operators with the LADD add-on — and every aircraft is labeled with its LADD status. It's a different data source, not a workaround. WHAT YOU GET • Live fleet map with position history, route replay, and weather radar • Alerts on departure, arrival, transponder power-on, and emergency squawks — by email, push, or both • Watched airports — get told when one of your aircraft lands at a field you care about • Folders to group a fleet, a client, or a handful of tails • Team access with admin and viewer roles, so dispatch, maintenance, and crew see the same picture • Flight history with duration, distance, altitude and speed profiles • CSV export and shareable flight links for handoffs and reporting • 45,000+ airports worldwide, with local field times BUILT BY A WORKING PILOT The Tail Sniffer exists because its author needed one reliable place to see where the fleet was, where it had been, and to know the moment an aircraft moved. FREE AND PRO Start free: follow up to 3 aircraft, with 30 days of flight history and email alerts. Pro follows 15 aircraft, keeps your full flight history, adds push alerts, and removes ads, with a free trial for new subscribers. Add aircraft packs for a bigger fleet, and the LADD add-on to see LADD-enrolled aircraft (verified accounts only). Positions update every minute. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thetailsniffer.com/privacy
Ratings & reviews
5.0
10 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.5.0 · Updated October 19, 2026
Made for iPhone Duo: The Tail Sniffer fits both screens, folded or open, with tabs down the side on the outer screen and the full layout when it opens. Small fixes and polish throughout.
App privacy
The developer, Roxstar Labs LLC, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Customer Support
- Identifiers: User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
- Diagnostics: Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics
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