# RUKO DRONE — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of RUKO DRONE by Shenzhen Ruike Innovation Technology, rated 2.80/5 from 104 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ruko-drone/id1528821629/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ruko-drone/id1528821629.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 29 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 41 ## Newest reviews (13 of 42) ### 2/5 — Great drone but… *2024-12-07, version 1.4.9* This drone works great. Period. I do wish the video was of higher quality, but moreover, I REALLY with we could change the controls so they match up better with how video games work: translation on the left thump stick. Speed and height on the left. I feel like I’m having to relearn something that’s already muscle memory. ### 2/5 — Worked fine for months, now not so much *2024-05-13, version 1.4.3* Like the title says, it worked fine for months, not if looses connection after 1min to 5min of fly time. Won’t reconnect with my phone. Needs worked on. Makes your drone useless. ### 2/5 — USB-C to USB-C connection for controller to phone does not work. *2023-11-23, version 1.4.2* I’m giving it two stars because other than this issue it’s a wonderful drone. However, this is a pretty major issue. I can’t get the controller to pair with either my Google Pixel (USB-C) or IPhone 15 (USB-C), but it works fine on my wife’s IPhone 14 (Lightning). This is a pretty big deal and it needs to be addressed with the next software patch. ### 2/5 — Poor GPS connectivity and drone shuts off mid flight *2023-09-04, version 1.4.1* Drone worked great for the first few flights, but have recently had problems getting a signal. Also was flying it in Hawaii and the thing stopped mid flight and dropped out of the air. Luckily not over the water and landed in a tree. Wouldn’t recommend this drone ### 1/5 — App Non-Functional *2023-08-19, version 1.4.0* Would not recommend this drone simply because of the app. Any newer phone or iOS does not work with this app and will not recognize the drone. This problem has been here for months and no change or fix has been made to the app. Tech support for this app is not worth it. I wouldn’t recommend this drone to anyone now ### 1/5 — Inconsistent Connection *2023-08-06, version 1.3.9* Works great when it works at all, but connecting to the remote is extremely hit or miss and in no way predictable. Can be very frustrating eating up battery while turning everything off and on continuously until it magically decides to connect. ### 3/5 — RUKO 11 *2023-06-28, version 1.3.7* My iPhone 14 pro will not connect to the drone only wifi no camera at all I put the phone in airplane mode to see still nothing i connected to a android it works great ### 1/5 — 1.3.3 DOES NOT WORK *2023-03-24, version 1.3.3* This app needs to be pulled immediately. Version 1.3.3 does not download any flight data except distance from the drone. ### 1/5 — iOS 16 *2023-01-04, version 1.3.1* Is all a review on this app that says the phone doesn’t connect with the camera because it’s not compatible with ios 16 and I tried it out and it didn’t work so now I can’t even use the drone I literally just got today please make it work with iOS 16 because I think that’s what might be the problem ### 1/5 — Won’t connect to app *2022-12-25, version 1.3.1* I have a brand new F11 GIM2 wont connect to app. Tried several different phones with zero luck.Without the app this thing is pointless to me ### 1/5 — Don’t Buy This Drone *2022-12-25, version 1.3.1* Just got this drone today. App will not work with IOS 16 version. Can not get the camera to display from the drone to the phone. I realize this is not a high end drone but it’s not a cheap(price) one either. It’s totally useless. Can not fly it because of this app. Spend your money on something that has the app or another way to control the drone. Will be returning this and getting another brand. ### 1/5 — App keeps crashing *2022-11-30, version 1.2.9* App crashes every time I get through the very annoying and unskipable video/short tutorial, I’m pretty annoyed to have spent $300 on a drone with a broken app ### 1/5 — iOS 16 Broken *2022-09-12, version 1.2.5* You cannot skip the videos to get to controlling the drone. The close buttons are broken on iOS16. App unusable until fixed. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not reliable *2026-03-10, version 1.5.2* I’ve had this drone for a while but lately the app won’t even let me start it when I go to slide the slider it doesn’t move the slider instead tries to move to another app altogether it only slides in small increments and then wants to stop even though it says ready to fly ### 1/5 — F11 *2026-03-09* Drone will be over me and lose signal randomly and camera freezes but drone will still be flying. App makes you slide the button on the screen to start motor but will exit the flight control screen each time. They need to update the app. ### 1/5 — Poor quality *2025-09-05, version 1.5.0* This device fails to connect after less than two hours of flight time customer service does not offer support. I would avoid this product at all cost. ### 1/5 — Useless app paper weight *2025-06-29, version 1.5.0* Won’t connect iOS 18.4 ### 1/5 — Absolutely don’t buy! *2024-10-20* I purchased this drone about three years ago to replace an older outdated Parrot drone. It worked great for the first few months then the software updates and App updates started to roll in. Connectivity issues, sync issues, video connectivity issues. Long story short nothing works. The drone links and flys but there is no way to fly outside of visual range. I spend an hour with tech support and I was informed to “download the latest update”. I had and nothing changed. Tech support said I should have version 1.21 (I believe) but the App Store only had 1.4. I DO NOT recommend getting this drone. Spend the extra money for a better supported drone. ### 1/5 — App does not operate drone. *2023-11-11, version 1.4.2* This app does not operate quadcopter. Video and instructions only. ☹️ ### 1/5 — Camera won’t work anymore *2023-10-02, version 1.4.1* Support never picks up and when they do it isn’t helpful. Kinda upset I spent 500$ on a now paper weight with less then 20 hours of flight time. ### 1/5 — Very bad *2023-09-09, version 1.4.1* No connection iPhone Wi-Fi , ### 1/5 — Can’t get connected *2023-09-01, version 1.4.0* Just bought this drone and it won’t connect to my I phone 14 pro. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2023-08-26, version 1.4.0* For the price of this drone I could have gotten a better one. It never connects or when it does it disconnects. This is my 3rd one. I’ll be selling this piece of crap. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works good *2023-10-06* I purchased the drone as my first buy . Excited with it works perfectly. I did go on to spend 5 times more on a Dji . I still like this drone . Just out of interest I did crash it into a very high tree completely novice flying incident . It was so high but luckily the weight of the drone and gravity it came crashing down …. Guess what it still works ! It’s fun good camera . It will fly in restricted areas . Which of course we would never do . I just wish this company did a high end drone as I think they could do very well . ### 5/5 — Not working *2022-09-13, version 1.2.5* Not working with ios16 ### 4/5 — Pretty good but…. *2025-05-26, version 1.5.0* This is a good drone and I think it was worth the money overall. I do wish the camera quality was a little higher. Another problem, I don’t know what is happening but the app will not control camera angle, can only be done from the remote. Worth it though! ### 4/5 — Version 1.4.2 does not work full screen in iPad *2023-10-28, version 1.4.2* Prior versions of software was full screen on my iPad mini. 1.4.2 will not go full screen :(. With bad eyes the iPad makes things much better ### 4/5 — iOS 16 is now updated to iOS 16.2 this works on my iPhone *2023-01-22, version 1.3.1* Check it out hope this helps ### 4/5 — Underrated *2022-11-13, version 1.2.9* This app as well as The Roku F11 GIM 2 drone is underrated.. it’s not perfect but a great competitor to the DJI 2 don’t turn your head away from either .. ### 4/5 — No voice prompts *2021-11-25, version 1.1.5* Supposed to get voice prompts about what the drone is doing. Take off, landing, max distance, returning home. But doesn’t work for me. Feature is enabled in settings. Volume is up. Also, half the camera button is cut off by the notch on my iPhone. Not sure who to blame for that though. Other than that. Nice app. Not too cluttered. Has worked well so far. ### 4/5 — Upside down *2021-08-27, version 1.1.0* Is there a way to rotate the app as it appears upside down on my device. I rotate the iPad and iPhone but when I’m it’s case, that’s not possible. ### 4/5 — Works great for me. *2021-07-28, version 1.1.0* I’m not sure why so many others seem to be having trouble with this app. It works for me. Out of the box. No issues with setup or flight. ### 3/5 — Controls blocked by camera *2026-02-10, version 1.5.1* Generally the App works well. But with my iPhone 17, the control options along the left edge of the App are blocked by the front camera. --- *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 2026-09-04.*