# Drone Buddy: Fly Drone Safely — user reviews > 216 indexed App Store user reviews of Drone Buddy by Kirway LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 8,418 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drone-buddy-fly-drone-safely/id992303145/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drone-buddy-fly-drone-safely/id992303145.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,970 · 4★ 1,000 · 3★ 266 · 2★ 59 · 1★ 123 ## What do users think of Drone Buddy? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Unique and outstanding design - 👍 Correct and reliable data - 👍 Easy to use and navigate - 👍 Helpful for drone flying **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🔍 Missing vital data and information - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🌍 Not accurate for non-US regions **Commonly reported bugs** - Map crashes after populating airports - Profile settings not saving - Inconsistent wind speed data **Most requested features** - Color-coded wind speed indicators - Ability to report and verify no-fly zones - Integration with air traffic control - Metric units support ## Newest reviews (11 of 216) ### 2/5 — Airspace indicators disappear when the center of the airspace is not visible onscreen *2025-09-08, version 6.6.1* A weird and obvious bug! Is this app maintained? ### 2/5 — Ceilings not shown? *2025-06-19, version 6.6.1* I see elevations of no-fly zones (like airports), but no information about flight ceilings in these areas. ### 3/5 — drone news *2025-04-17, version 6.6.1* you gotta be kidding me The pop-ups are so fast you can’t read anything scrap it. It’s garbage get rid of the news put something else back there. We can use on the app. ### 1/5 — Nur Kreise *2025-03-06* Überall Kreise. Hier könnte irgendwo nen Flughafen drin sein. Sinnlos. ### 2/5 — Great app but useless for national parks *2025-02-14, version 6.4.0* I really like the app, the idea of it, how it works, it can be a bit slow especially the no fly map can take a couple of clicks but in the last 2 countries I have used the app the app doesn’t show national parks, so I’ve paid my permit and my insurance but can’t fly hardly anywhere, unfortunately drone buddy doesn’t show this, Thailand is the latest one and the app is basically pointless here. ### 1/5 — Inaccurate weather, broken report *2025-01-05, version 6.4.0* I simply would have reported the weather was incorrect, but their report feature has never worked for me. So a one star review might actually get them to fix it. ### 1/5 — Unbrauchbar *2024-12-26* Zeigt bei mir überhaupt kein Gebiet an. Weder Naturschutzgebiet oder irgendwelche anderen Flugverbotszonen. ### 1/5 — Only in Netherlands *2024-12-11, version 6.4.0* Does not work worth a dam@. Small print finally says ONLY FOR NTHERLANDS!!! Now how the Hel@ do I cancel ?? No link for either. I will try to delete account and hope that works. ### 4/5 — 12am and 12pm *2024-08-26, version 6.4.0* Great app, need to straighten out the noon and midnight thing…. ### 2/5 — Leider sehe ich nur Kreise *2024-08-14* Ich erwarte von einer solchen App, dass sie mir zeigt wo Strommasten, Wohngebiete und andere Zonen sind. Ausser ungenaue Zonen von Flugplätzen, die nur als Kreise dargestellt sind, sieht man nichts. Leider zu ungenau zum Drohnenfliegen. ### 4/5 — Slider 👎 *2024-07-29, version 6.4.0* The slider to change things is very twitchy May I suggest the scroll wheel as this will be more accurate ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-05-18, version 6.8.3* I canceled my subscription and it’s still trying to charge me ### 1/5 — Missing important stuff *2026-05-14, version 6.8.3* This app is misleading and that it misses lots of stuff including a critical permanent no fly zone in downtown Chicago. Specifically it’s missing all events but most importantly it’s missing an extremely restricted federal airspace over a prison. It’s always there. It’s always restricted. It just doesn’t appear on this map. Use a different app if you don’t want to violate a federal prison no fly zone that they take seriously. ### 1/5 — not even a simple legend? *2026-03-10, version 6.7.2* you offer the weather radar yet provide no information to interpret what anything means. So sick of all you software people who always just throw things out as if people know exactly what they are. Everyone hates going on Reddit to find answers for your dumb software! ### 1/5 — Not helpful *2026-01-29, version 6.7.0* Bought and immediately canceled. The pro version doesn’t provide anything substantive over a free weather app. The app is also glitchy. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy *2026-01-08, version 6.6.1* This app is pretty much useless. There are many better apps. Wish I didn’t spend money on this to get pro version. ### 1/5 — Brother I cannot find my house in this app *2025-12-25, version 6.6.1* 1 star ### 1/5 — Misleading do not use *2025-09-08, version 6.6.1* Does not contain red zones for things like hangliding or other air traffic alerts as such is totally useless and making you pay for what you get free in the dji app (which is itself useless) Get a proper app like drone assist ### 1/5 — Trial did not work! *2025-08-24, version 6.6.1* I wanted to try this app so I selected the 3-Day trial option. The trial did not work! It just subscribed me for a year. Refund requested procedure underway. The info didn’t seem very good for Taiwan, maybe I’m wrong ### 1/5 — Wrong maps *2025-06-04, version 6.6.1* Flying drones is forbidden in provincial parks in Canada. It’s not shown on the map. ### 1/5 — Arnaque à l’abonnement *2025-05-27, version 6.6.1* Arnaquer qui laissent même pas 3 jours puis prélèvent un an d’abonnement sans prévenir ! De l’arnaque ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Accurate and helpful *2026-04-08, version 6.8.2* Accurate and helpful anytime ### 5/5 — Built to Serve, Not to Seduce *2025-09-13, version 6.6.1* I downloaded DroneBuddy because I needed wind data. What I didn’t expect was emotional stability. It’s the only app that didn’t try to romance me into a monthly subscription. No fake free trials. No ads playing peekaboo with my thumbs. Just wind charts. No-fly zones. A metric/imperial toggle. You know… features. I tested ten others first. Half ambushed me with paywalls. The rest pretended to be free, then lunged at my wallet the moment I tapped anything. It was like dating apps, but for meteorology. DroneBuddy? It remembered it was a tool. Not a casino. Not a slot machine wearing a Doppler radar hat. Just a piece of software doing its job, quietly, like it wasn’t trying to win a Webby for Most Engaging Notification. I didn’t plan to leave a review. But in 2025, finding an app that works without trying to gaslight me into loyalty? That’s worth writing home - or here - about. ### 5/5 — great drone buddy best *2025-08-21, version 6.6.1* I love the Drone Buddy it goes very high up in the air use my snaptain controller do 3D flip. ### 5/5 — Experienced Part 107 Pilot *2025-04-09* I have been using Drone Buddy for several years along with other paid subscriptions. This app whether the free version or not is accurate and reliable. The other paid apps are not as good as Drone Buddy specifically with wind measurements. The additional features of finding where to fly is excellent especially for those pilots near cities. I highly recommend this app. ### 5/5 — Great app to have as a Buddy *2025-03-11* I have been using this APP, Drone Buddy Pro for many years. I use it frequently. A few years ago I had an issue after an update. I wrote to support for help one day, during lunch, when I was in NM. The issue was resolved before I finished my meal. ### 5/5 — Unique Outstanding Design App! *2024-12-18* I would like to sit down and talk about this Unique 5 Star Design app! For myself this app gives me correct Data information every day! I have found myself using this app on a daily basis because of the correctness of the app! I would like to Thank the Developer for all of His Hard Work devoted time and some love on the coding of this software. That’s what makes it Unique and I believe very special. So with that I Tip my Hat 🎩 to you Mr. Developer for putting this idea out here for all of us to use and benefit from . For me I would like to give you a very special “ Thanks “!! ### 5/5 — Muy buena opción *2024-12-12, version 6.4.0* Buena opción, información muy precisa. ### 5/5 — Unique Outstanding Design App! *2024-10-13* I would like to sit down and talk about this Unique 5 Star Design app! For myself this app gives me correct Data information every day! I have found myself using this app on a daily basis because of the correctness of the app! I would like to Thank the Developer for all of His Hard Work devoted time and some love on the coding of this software. That’s what makes it Unique and I believe very special. So with that I Tip my Hat 🎩 to you Mr. Developer for putting this idea out here for all of us to use and benefit from . For me I would like to give you a very special “ Thanks “! ### 5/5 — Nice and easy app *2024-07-22, version 6.4.0* Really nice app. It is also easy to use, thanks for doing it for every part of Earth! Now I can travel everywhere and check if I can fly my drone there ### 5/5 — great Drone *2024-06-26, version 6.4.0* I love the drone flying in the sky above us traveling. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*