Skyty Wall in your browser — see the live board before you grab the app
because you should be allowed to look before you buy.
There is a new page at skyty.app/wall/preview/ — a browser-based, no-install preview of Skyty Wall. Open it on any device, pick a location, and watch the real aircraft overhead.
It is the same LED board you get in the app, fed from the same live ADS-B source. No account. No install. Just open the link.
What works in the browser
- Live ADS-B feed. The board refreshes every 8 seconds with real flights, pulled from the same public source the app uses.
- Pick a location. Search any city or airport (“Zurich”, “JFK”, “Heathrow”), tap Use my location, or punch in raw coordinates.
- Board ↔ Focus mode. Toggle between the full board view and the single-aircraft focus view, just like in the app.
- Fullscreen + screen-wake. Click the fullscreen button and the page asks the browser to keep the screen awake — the rough equivalent of mounting your iPad in a stand for the evening.
- Filters. Hide aircraft on the ground, set your radius (5–300 km).
- Shareable URL. All settings live in the URL. Copy it, send it to a friend, bookmark it on your TV browser.
What only the native apps can do
The preview is honest about its limits — it shows you the surface, not the depths.
- Themes. Only the LED theme renders in the browser. Split-flap and Minimal are app-only.
- Widgets and Live Activities on iPhone, iPad, and the Lock Screen.
- iCloud sync for saved locations and tracked flights across devices.
- Tracked flights with overhead push notifications.
- Display schedule (per-weekday dim and sleep), airline and speed filters, presets — all native.
- Family Sharing. The €4.99 covers up to six people in your group.
Why we built it
Two reasons, both honest.
First: not every city has enough sky traffic to be interesting. €4.99 is small, but it should not be a guess. Open the preview on the device that would actually live on your wall, watch for an evening, and then decide whether your patch of sky earns the screen real estate.
Second: word-of-mouth. The link is shareable. If your dad’s town only has three flights a day, you’ll know before he installs anything. If your apartment in Zurich has thirty aircraft on the board on a Friday evening, that is now a thing you can show a friend in 30 seconds — without asking them to install an app.
Tips
- TV browsers. Most smart-TV browsers handle the page fine. Open it fullscreen on a Samsung or LG TV browser and you have a poor-man’s flight board for free. Permanent install? Get the real app on a cheap iPad — it is built for unattended 24/7 use, the TV browser is not.
- Old iPad in a drawer. Open the preview on it, switch to focus mode, prop it up. See if the experience makes you reach for the App Store button.
- Public-facing kiosks. If you are running a spotter cafe or an airport-area Airbnb, the preview URL is yours to use — it is just a webpage.
Get the real thing
If the preview earned a place on your wall, grab Skyty Wall on the App Store. €4.99 once. iPhone, iPad, Mac. Family Sharing included. No subscription.