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Poorly Executed

Is there a good app for search and book flights?

Poorly Executed: 47 apps already serve this, and 26 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.

58
Opportunity /100
70
Demand /100
82
Competition /100
82
Execution gap /100
47
Apps serving it
26
User reports mined

Data refreshed September 7, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.

What users complain about

The most common complaints behind apps that try to search and book flights, mined and clustered from real reviews:

Complaint areaTypeMentionsWhat a user said
flight booking functionalitybug1
Literally can't book a flight
no way to sort flights when searchingmissing-feature1
no way to sort flights when searching
clunky flight searchux1
Поисковая система рейсов прям очень деревянная
hard to book flightsux1
can’t make an easy to use travel app. This is the worst one... this one doesn’t work.
flights cheaper on other sitesprice1
Other sites have the same flight cheaper
my flights list not showing booked flightsbug1
go to “my flights” does it not list them out? Useless
no search/find-flight option appearsbug1
never get the option to search or find a flight
flight search preference customizationmissing-feature1
Need a way to customize preferences. If you know you will never fly basic, allow the user to set that
cannot book flightsbug1
I can see flights but can't book them
limited airline options for international searchmissing-feature1
They should provide more different airline options when we search the flight for international
app doesn't show booked flightsmissing-feature1
never show you flight you have booked already... can’t keep track of my flight ticket on app
no flights found search not workingbug1
No flights found - non working

Apps that already serve this

AppRatingRatingsPrice
Expedia: Hotels, Flights, Cars4.85,920,267Free
KAYAK: Flights, Hotels & Cars4.8495,524Free
SkyClub - Find Cheap Flights4.6114Free
Going: Find Flight Deals4.75,659Free
Agoda: Cheap Flights & Hotels4.8178,695Free
Skyscanner Flights & Travel4.8498,215Free
ixigo: Flight & Hotel Booking4.4200,634Free
Omio: Book Train, Bus & Flight4.978,789Free

Should you build it?

The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 58 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.

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Who has tried building this

7 attempts, 5 active but mostly student clones; a stale 2.3k-star AWS sample dominates, no real living product.

ProjectStatusStarsStack
aws-samples/aws-serverless-airline-bookingstale2,335
mojahidhasan/fullstack-nextjs-golobe-travel-agencyactive87JavaScript
Hazrat-Ali9/Airplane-Ticket-Booking-Frontendactive28JavaScript
frau-azadeh/train-flight-booking-systemactive18TypeScript
syedirfanx/FlightBookingstale17PHP
MuhammadZaidSaqib/SkyReserveactive16Python
pragathish07/flight-booking-systemstale11JavaScript

Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.

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