Stowaway
Ranked 3 of 14 web apps by recommenders
People find it fun and compelling for seeing the view from any plane or satellite overhead. Some say it fails to load, and its location search is imprecise.
People find it fun and compelling for seeing the view from any plane or satellite overhead. Some say it fails to load, and its location search is imprecise.
25 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 21
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 84%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 21 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun, neat, and compelling to use
“This was so much fun, thank you.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” “This is very neat! Great job :)”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” “I found it quite compelling.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” - Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead”
Works fine for many users
“the first couple flights were over an unfamiliar area but worked fine”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” “Worked fine for me in a temporary container in FF on Ubuntu.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” “it loaded up and worked flawlessly for me”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” Sound effects and ambient audio
“the sound effects oddly are what really make it”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” “the ambient sounds are a nice touch”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Fails to load for some users
“For me it failed to load (with the same console.log messages as above)”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” “Not working for me on firefox on linux.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” Imprecise location search and slider
“Currently it is a slider which is not exact and search bar does not show my exact location.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead” “the map displays some random things, sometimes wrong names of location”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead”
Other web apps people recommend
The four most recommended other web apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigwords.page | 45 | 3 | 94% | 1 | — | — |
| Jmail | 39 | 10 | 80% | 8 | — | Approved |
| StowawayThis page | 21 | 4 | 84% | 2 | — | — |
| Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok | 18 | 5 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| MyTinyCafe | 12 | 4 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
20 of the 25 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This was so much fun, thank you.”
“This is great. I've been riding along with the air attack plane on the Timber Fire near Big Sur, CA.”
“Worked fine for me in a temporary container in FF on Ubuntu.”
“the ambient sounds are a nice touch”
“For me it failed to load (with the same console.log messages as above)”
“the map displays some random things, sometimes wrong names of location”
“it loaded up and worked flawlessly for me”
“sell this to all airlines to replace those terrible, terrible in-flight maps”
“Not working for me on firefox on linux.”
“Currently it is a slider which is not exact and search bar does not show my exact location.”
“it would be useful to have some indication of cardinal directions”
“wow, I would never have thought of trying to build that”
“I found it quite compelling.”
“once I hop to a satellite, it seems like I'm stuck there”
“This is very neat! Great job :)”
“Wow, this is really great!”
“I use it to try to trick people into believing it's a live view”
“the sound effects oddly are what really make it”
“the first couple flights were over an unfamiliar area but worked fine”
“the movie Stowaway (on Netflix) is a good movie about journey to Mars”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.