Used to be Better :-(

I just found out the hard way that if you set up an iPhone as a ‘new-device’ and reinstall FlightTrack-5, all your trip info is lost. No syncing of app settings and flight info to iCloud — how very 2013 of Mobiata developers.

TripIt sync was so much better than their current Expedia TripDeck option. Each itinerary emailed to the special address are imported as separate trips which can’t be merged into a single trip if applicable. You also can’t edit one of the trips to manually add the return flight and get rid of the extra ‘trip’. There’s no website like there was with TripIt where you can manage travel details which in turn sync to FlightTrack, unless you booked a flight with Expedia. Virtually no effort appears to have gone into screen design, lot’s of wasted space.

It’s pretty, makes for a good demo — but in actual use it’s annoyingly frustrating when it comes to basic trip management functionality, especially when compared to earlier versions of the same app.

chazview about FlightTrack 5