Simple Flying - Aviation News

Simple Flying was one of my go to apps if I was bored, loved reading the articles and the design. Of course someone had to get the idea to ruin the perfect design and completely overhaul the whole app. It’s way to YouTube and podcast based and not what it used to be. Not recommended anymore.

I’m trying to open the app and it wont open

… for about the last two weeks not functioning correctly. That‘s why my subscription was canceled.

Read time is really handy on the website

There is a phenomenon I have observed using my iPhone SE about the online images in the app (I can provide screenshots if needed) Some images are shown in low quality, pixelated and they never get to their high quality version. Only if I click on the image, it will open separately in a screen, it is a very small version, then I hit back and only then the image is shown in full size. I have noticed this sometimes also on the mobile web page but I cannot reproduce it anymore. Also I miss the comment function inside the app...

If I had 4 thumbs, I’d give this app 4 thumbs down. (1) I used to enjoy this app pretty much on a daily basis, but beginning in early December 2024 the app started forcing advertisement after advertisement at me to the point where the app is unusable. (2) The app used to just have occasional advertisements embedded in the articles, but now the screen is about 90% filled with multiple advertisements including ~50% taken up by embedded ads, ~20% with an ad docked toward the bottom, and ~20% random pop up videos while constantly opening some random webpage in Safari every few seconds without me clicking on anything. (3) Has the code for this app been compromised by hackers?? (4) I totally understand running an app has expenses and finding a way to monetize the app is 100% fair, but do it in a less obnoxious way!! (5) If things don’t change for the better in the next week or two, the app will definitely be deleted.

The website is better, the app doesn’t let me link my account from the website, I hate this app. Definitely staying on the website which is better

Easy to navigate if you have kids that like planes this app will show them everything that is happening in real time

This publication keeps me abreast of all the relevant issues happening in commercial aviation.

Wow went from once upon a time great av geek website to just-another-news trash site. App just loads the web page with barely any formatting. And now if you don’t make an account you can’t even view articles…. Just go to the website or better yet ANY other av news site.