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Capture Planes
With a Picture

Only Planes lets you photograph real planes and build a collection. Live ADS-B verifies each aircraft, the rarer the plane the more it scores, Over 700 aircraft types and 150 airlines to collect.

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A captured Bell 407 helicopter shown in the Only Planes capture screen, scored 265

A Game With Real Planes

See a plane, take a picture, collect it.

Aim your camera

Point your phone at any real plane and take the photo.

ADS-B identifies it

Live transponder data tells you the exact aircraft — type, airline, and tail number.

It gets scored

The rarer the aircraft, the more it's worth.

Collect them all

It joins your Hangar — hundreds more are out there to find.

Find Planes
Take Photos

Scoring runs on live ADS-B. The aircraft has to be operating and transmitting the moment you take the photo — so a jet on display or a museum piece won't register. If it isn't on the air, it isn't a catch.

Live or it doesn't count

The instant you take the photo, we match the plane to its ADS-B signal. No signal, no catch.

The plane tells us what it is

Type, airline, tail number, livery — pulled from the transponder, not guessed from your photo.

You had to be there

Every photo is stamped with where and when. Miss the rare one and it's gone — that flight won't wait.

Only Planes camera aimed at a Delta Connection jet on the runway, ready to capture

Thousands of aircraft
To Collect.

Your collection is not just one checklist. Track aircraft by type, tail number, airline, livery, and combinations like every 737 you have seen from United or every A321 still missing from Delta.

Collect by Type

Build sets across narrowbodies, widebodies, bizjets, turboprops, helicopters, and anything else that shows up on ADS-B.

Track Airlines and Liveries

Chase a full airline fleet, a retro paint scheme, a special livery, or type-per-airline sets across different carriers.

Go Down to the Tail Number

Your Hangar keeps track of the aircraft type as well as the tail number.

The My Hangar collection grid in Only Planes, showing 21 of 731 aircraft collected

Start Your Collection

Free to play on iOS and Android.

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An Only Planes profile at level 9 with lifetime XP, unique aircraft stats, and achievements

Common Questions

What is Only Planes?

An aircraft-spotting collection game for iOS and Android. Photograph real planes, let live ADS-B verify the aircraft, and fill a Hangar with everything you capture — scored by rarity and value.

Do I need to live near an airport?

No. Any aircraft with an active ADS-B transponder counts. Airports give you volume, but you can photograph planes anywhere they fly.

Can I photograph general aviation / small planes?

Yes. Any aircraft with an active ADS-B transponder can be photographed and collected.

How rare is a "rare" aircraft?

Rarity is derived from how many airplanes of that type were produced and how many are still flying.

Can I buy rare aircraft?

No. Just take pictures of them.

Can I take pictures of aircraft in a museum or on display?

No. Only Planes verifies the aircraft with ADS-B data, so the aircraft must be on and transmitting.