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Updated November 7, 2026 · Mac launch

Overhead 1090 turns the ADS-B receiver on your own network into a live map of every plane flying over your home, and keeps a searchable record of everything it has heard. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and, as of November 2026, Mac. No accounts, no subscription, and no aircraft data leaves your home.

Press contact: [email protected] · Review copies (App Store promo codes) on request.

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Fact sheet

App: Overhead 1090
Developer: Michael Russo, independent developer, New York
Category: Utilities
Platforms: iPhone and iPad (iOS / iPadOS 18 or later), Apple TV (tvOS 18 or later), Mac (macOS 15 or later)
Released: August 18, 2026 (iPhone, iPad, Apple TV) · November 7, 2026 (Mac)
Price: $4.99 US, one-time. Universal purchase: one purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac. No subscription, no in-app purchases.
Requires: Your own ADS-B receiver on your local network: PiAware, dump1090-fa or any dump1090-compatible feed. A built-in demo mode shows the app without one.
Privacy: App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected. No accounts, no analytics, no ads in the app.
App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id6797949678
Website: overhead1090.com

New: Overhead 1090 for Mac

Overhead 1090 adds a native Mac app, free for existing owners, with a menu-bar recorder and a searchable logbook of every plane your receiver has heard.

Menu-bar recorder. Logs every aircraft in the background, window open or not. Recording resumes after sleep, or the app can keep a desktop Mac awake to record around the clock.
Logbook. Search every flight by flight number, registration (N-number), type, operator, squawk or date, and sort any column.
Almanac. Your sky by week, month or year: how many aircraft, the busiest hours, who flies over, how far you hear. Prints as a poster.
Alerts and a watchlist. Notifications for emergency squawks, military, low passes, rare types and new airframes, plus a watchlist by registration, callsign or type.
Desktop widgets. A radar scope, the closest aircraft, the count right now and the latest notice.
Several receivers and locations. Merge receivers into one picture, with each location kept separately.

About the app

Flight-tracking websites show you an aggregated feed from someone else's network. Overhead 1090 shows the sky above your antenna: it connects directly to the receiver in your house and draws what it hears, the moment it is broadcast. On iPhone and iPad it is a live map, traffic list, sightings feed and logbook; on Apple TV it is a big board across the room; on iPhone Duo it adapts to the closed, half-folded and open positions.

Coverage

RTL-SDR.com: “Overhead 1090: New iOS/tvOS ADS-B Mapping App for Local PiAware/dump1090 Receivers”

Images

Every image is a real capture of the app in its built-in demo mode, with sample aircraft at a fictional location. You're welcome to use them in coverage of Overhead 1090; please don't alter the interface.

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iPhone and iPad

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Notes for writers

Name: “Overhead 1090” (one word, then the number). Spoken: “Overhead Ten Ninety”.
Overhead 1090 reads the receiver you already own; it is not a receiver and does not include hardware.
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