ADS-B Radar Lite
Track and Spot aircraft above
Only for Mac
Free
Mac
ADS-B Radar Lite is a free edition of ADS-B Radar designed for hobbyists and newcomers to ADS-B aircraft tracking.
The most beautiful ADS-B visualiser for macOS !
Turn your Mac into a live aircraft radar — right from your menu bar.
ADS-B Radar visualizer gives you instant, real-time tracking of aircraft within range of your own ADS-B receiver.
• Menu bar: See how many aircraft are in range instantly
• Dedicated Apple Maps interface: Smooth & Crisp graphics, Dark or Light Mode, all Map types supported
• Appearance Control: Set colours for aircraft, trails, ATC boxes, text and contrast/brightness control for the Map
• Detailed flight info: Callsign, altitude, speed, track, vertical rate, category, route, country of registration, and more
• Aircraft trails: Display all aircraft trails simultaneously to spot unusual patterns, while trail colours show altitude changes
• Custom alerts: Get notified based on callsign, type, altitude, squawk, speed, or distance — with optional wildcard matching
• Share & Search: Instantly take a snapshot and share the radar view, or search by callsign, ICAO, registration, or type
• Map Recording: Record all Map movements and share a time-lapse movie, compress hours of flight movements to minutes
• Historic data: Log flights locally to your own SQLite database for analysis and interesting stats
• Popular API support:
• Enable adsbdb.com for extended info from planebase.biz & photos from aircraft-data.com
• Multi-station support: Expand your coverage by reading multiple ADS-B receivers
Not included in Lite:
• Unlimited aircraft tracking
• OpenAIP overlays
• OpenWeather overlays
• Airplanes.live integration
Why you will love ADS-B Radar:
• Super stable
• Plug & Play setup
• Low CPU & energy usage
• Clean, smooth and crisp UI
• Runs entirely private if preferred - no internet needed
• Use your data the way you want !
• From macOS 12.4+, give an old Mac a second life as a radar station
Requirements: Your own ADS-B hardware receiver with JSON output, such as:
• Raspberry Pi + RTL-SDR running dump1090(fa) -> Recommended setup
• macOS + Python + RTL-SDR running dump1090(fa) -> For experts
• Jetvision Radarcape / Air!Squitter -> Commercial / Professional
Visit adsb-radar.com for setup guides, details and more screenshots.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
- Fixed aircraft high resolution photo search (airport-data.com via adsbdb.com)
- Improved handling of unstable connections
- Faster redrawing of routes upon wake-up
The developer, Jan Nutbroek, 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
- Jan Nutbroek
- Size
- 9 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 12.4 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 12.4 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2020 JF Nutbroek