Plane spotting — reimagined

Snap a plane. Get its story. Log it for life.

The aircraft spotter logbook that does the boring part for you. Photo in, full identification out — type, livery, registration, route history, the rare-spot alert your friends are missing. Built by spotters who got tired of squinting at JetPhotos.

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How it works

01 / Snap

Take the photo

At the fence, the gate, or out the window. Phone camera is enough. EXIF location and time are read automatically.

02 / Identify

AI reads the airframe

Fuselage proportions, wing shape, livery, visible registration. You get type, airline, often the exact aircraft, and a confidence score. Wrong call? One tap to correct.

03 / Log

Lands in your logbook

Search it, filter by airport, see your most-spotted carrier, export the whole thing as a PDF for your shelf.

What you get with Pro

Unlimited spots

Free tier caps at 10/month. Pro is unlimited — log every airframe you see.

Aircraft history

Tap any spot to see the airframe's last 100 flights, registration changes, prior liveries.

Rare-aircraft alerts

A retired livery passes through your home airport? You get a push. A delivery flight of a brand-new airframe? Same.

Year-end Wrapped

A printable summary of your spotting year — top airports, rarest catch, total airframes, distance covered.

Logbook export

PDF and CSV. The PDF is print-ready, designed in the same minimalist style as Tarmac Print posters.

Founding-member pricing

Waitlist members get early access first and lock in founding-member pricing if they upgrade.

Who's building this

Built by Daniel — aerospace engineer, ex-Amazon, sim pilot, and the same person behind Tailspec. Tailspec exists because the existing aviation reference sites felt sterile and ad-stuffed. This tool exists for the same reason: spotter logbooks should not be spreadsheets.

FAQ

When does it launch?: Early access in roughly six weeks. Waitlist members get in first, free, with founding-member pricing locked in if they decide to upgrade.
What does it cost?: The free tier covers casual spotters. Pro will be a single subscription — pricing is finalized once the AI accuracy testing is done. Lifetime access slots are available to a small number of waitlist members during validation.
How accurate is the AI?: Currently testing on a 100-photo set across narrow-body, wide-body, GA, military, and retired liveries. Accuracy data publishes here once tested. We will not launch unless we hit at least 80% on common types.
My photo is at night, blurry, or from the cockpit window — does it still work?: Probably yes for type, sometimes for livery, rarely for registration. The app is honest — every guess shows a confidence score.
Will it integrate with FlightAware, FlightRadar24, Planespotters.net?: The history view pulls from public flight data. We don't replace those tools — we sit on top of them.
Is this a separate product from Tailspec?: Yes. Tailspec is reference. This is your personal logbook. They share design, brand, and a creator. They link to each other.