AirBear: Offline Map & Track
ADS-B, APRS, NMEA, AIS
Free
AirBear is the exciting new app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that enables fully offline, on-the-go tracking and mapping of APRS (HAM Radio), ADS-B (airplanes) and NMEA-0183 (GPS). AirBear comes preloaded with worldwide political boundaries, major highways and high resolution taxiways and runways for 1,000s of airports.
AirBear is designed to integrate with 3rd party utilities that you manage, such as Dire Wolf (for ADS-B) and Dump1090 (for APRS). AirBear also directly supports NMEA-0183 output delivered via a TCP connection.
For fully off-grid operation, AirBear can communicate with your receiver -- such as a Raspberry-Pi -- via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), removing the need for ethernet or wifi.
AirBear includes setup and configuration instructions. It only takes a moment to get up-and-running after your receiver is configured.
Ratings & Reviews
- Redesigned for iPhone, iPad and Mac. The map fills the screen, with camera controls in the corner and one dock for Traffic, Layers, Sources and More. Controls use Liquid Glass, and the map has dark and light styles that follow your appearance.
- Clearer traffic. Aircraft are drawn as airplanes pointing the way they're heading, and APRS stations as dots. Callsign labels stay clear of other traffic and the controls.
- Track card. Tap a track to see its altitude, speed, heading, distance and position. Follow keeps it centred as it moves, and a link opens it in FlightAware, ADS-B Exchange or aprs.fi.
- Traffic list. Search, filter and sort live and inactive tracks. Choosing one shows it on the map.
- Layers. Turn borders, roads, airports, labels, trails, inactive traffic and your location on or off, plus each source.
- Sources replaces Connections. Feeds are grouped by receiver, each shows its connection status, and one editor adds a receiver over the network or Bluetooth.
- Add Receiver lists the AirBear receivers on your network, so adding one takes a tap.
- Mac: a Map menu with keyboard shortcuts. The mouse wheel zooms where you point and the trackpad pans.
The developer, ACGAO, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- ACGAO
- Size
- 34.9 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Copyright 2026, ACGAO
