Press kit

Covering an aviation story? You can use Squawk screenshots, our X posts and our bot cards in your coverage. Please credit via Squawk (getsquawk.app).

About Squawk

Squawk is a live flight-tracking app for iPhone, built for plane spotters and military-aviation watchers. It shows the airliners, general aviation, helicopters and military aircraft that community ADS-B receiver networks can see, on a live map with altitude-colored trails. It can also send a push alert when an aircraft enters an area you choose, when aircraft depart a military base you watch, when a rare airframe passes nearby, or when an aircraft declares an emergency. Its X account, @UseSquawk, posts emergency squawks and notable flights as they happen.

Fact sheet

Platform: iPhone (iOS), free download on the App Store.
Price: the core tracker is free. Squawk Pro is $4.99/month or $34.99/year, and the yearly plan starts with a 1-week free trial.
Data: community ADS-B receiver networks (ODbL). Coverage is strongest over North America and Europe. Data sources.
X: @UseSquawk
Press contact: support@getsquawk.app

Read the numbers carefully

Every count Squawk shows is of aircraft tracked on ADS-B. Many military aircraft fly with their transponder broadcast off or filtered, so they never appear. A Squawk count of 12 tankers means 12 were tracked on ADS-B, not that only 12 were flying. Positions come from volunteer receivers, so coverage has gaps over oceans and remote areas.

Using our screenshots

You may use screenshots of the Squawk app, posts from @UseSquawk and the bot's map cards in news coverage, articles, broadcasts and social posts, free of charge. Embed X posts with X's own embed tool. Please include this credit line:

via Squawk (getsquawk.app)

Please don't crop out the map attribution, alter what a screenshot shows or imply Squawk endorses your story. Map tiles keep their own credits (shown in the app).