# SkyRider Cruise — user reviews > 67 indexed App Store user reviews of SkyRider Cruise by DPI (HK) LTD., rated 2.70/5 from 199 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skyrider-cruise/id1520148492/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skyrider-cruise/id1520148492.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 59 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 87 ## What do users think of SkyRider Cruise? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and responsive drone performance - 🎮 Fun flying experience with cool tricks like backflips - ⚡ Quick battery charging time - 📱 Intuitive remote controller connectivity - 📸 Camera feature provides aerial views - 💰 Affordable price point - 🎯 Durable drone hardware construction **Cons** - 🐛 App frequently crashes and freezes - 📡 Limited WiFi connection range (approximately 30 yards) - 📹 Poor camera video quality and resolution - 🔋 Short battery life (15-20 minutes) - 📱 App UI not optimized for iPhone screens - 🎮 App controls unresponsive or non-functional - ⚠️ Drone drifts backward without input - 🚨 No emergency stop button on controller - 🔌 Frequent app disconnection issues - 💾 Cannot save videos/photos to camera roll **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on initialization screen - Play button does not load camera feed - App stuck on home screen after pressing start - Camera video freezes during flight - WiFi connection drops unexpectedly - App requires reinstall to function after closing - Recording feature fails to work - Joystick controls unresponsive - Photo/video save permissions not working - App incompatible with iPhone 15 and newer iOS versions - Drone rotors won't start despite connection - Camera won't initialize after first use **Most requested features** - Emergency stop button on controller - Full-screen app mode for all devices - Direct video/photo export to camera roll - Improved app initialization process - Better camera quality and white balance - Extended WiFi connection range - Longer battery life - Version compatibility with newer iOS versions - Onboard video capture instead of phone-dependent streaming ## Newest reviews (15 of 67) ### 3/5 — Flying is not good *2026-01-04, version 1.2* I had to keep throttle to keep it from moving backwards on its own when there is no input from me and would go towards trees ### 2/5 — 🥲 *2025-12-26, version 1.2* App will not allow users to download/save the drone’s videos or photos to camera roll. ### 3/5 — Ok *2025-08-15, version 1.2* Good drone, good app, yet the app screen is small and won’t go full screen unless you are using an iPhone. Just a fact about the connection though is that it will connect and have clear imagery until you get the drone about 30 yards out in any direction. ### 3/5 — Works but hard to use *2025-03-04, version 1.1* It works but if you don’t move it for a bit the camera video gets stuck and resetting the app does nothing I Delete it and re download it works but hard to use. ### 4/5 — A Bug With Trying record *2025-01-30, version 1.1* This Was An Great Chrismas present when I gotten this. The drone can go fast, the batterty is so… Bad Yet Good, The Battery Charges so Fast But yet lasts for 15-20 Mins Which it really Annoying Everytime. But this drone can do backflipe, records useing an camera, the quality is alright but I don’t Mind. But Here a Bug Right now. Every time I go to the app, Connect to the drone, I click the play button, But it won’t Load it. It’s doesnt let me record On the camera to see where I’m going and stuff. And I have to fly to the backyard all the time. Please Fix this and thank you. Overall this drone deserves 4.1 Stars. Not the best But cheap and fun! ### 3/5 — It does what it needs to *2025-01-21, version 1.1* Overall , the drone ITSELF flys really well. I do like that it can do a flip which is a cool feature. It connects well with the remote & is entirely user friendly. Now the app itself ? Trash. I can’t even get to the second screen sometimes cause it sticks on the main start screen after pressing start. & the app doesn’t even connect to the drone well enough for the camera to even pop up. Tells you to connect to device even when you do get to the 2nd screen smh. ### 3/5 — super buggy *2025-01-18, version 1.1* i received my drone as a christmas present and got it charged and ready to go, when i first used the app it worked perfectly fine, i was able to see the camera footage, control using my screen, but ever since that first time using it, whenever i press the play button-it doesn’t work. it will say “initializing” for a few seconds and then it will stay at the home screen. please fix this and other problems with the app. ### 1/5 — This is a horrible app *2025-01-02, version 1.1* This app is terrible when I first got it it worked but the next day the camera did not work I thought it was just because my drone was going to die soon but when I recharge it I went back to the app and it was still not working this is just a scam and a waste of you time ### 2/5 — Drone app *2025-01-02, version 1.1* The app needs to be fixed ### 1/5 — Horrible App *2025-01-01, version 1.1* Can I give it negative stars . App doesn’t work. Battery life ? What battery life. Dont recommend ### 1/5 — EMERGENCY STOP! 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 *2025-01-01, version 1.1* The controls are great and the drone is great. Just one problem. WHERE ARE THE EMERGENCY STOPS!? THATS RIGHT, THE CONTROLLER HAS NO EMERGENCY STOPS!! FIX YOUR CONTROLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 3/5 — Not Well, but works *2024-12-27, version 1.1* For the first time when I launched the application, it worked well, but when I rolled up the tab and launched it again, it stopped loading. I tried to reinstall app but still nothing. iPhone 11 ### 1/5 — Garbage App *2024-12-27, version 1.1* Would be nice if I could use the drone thatI received as a gift. Can fly, but don’t bother recording anything because the app is broken. ### 1/5 — App doesn’t even work 90% of the time *2024-12-26, version 1.1* 9 times of of ten when I open the app and press play it load for 5 seconds and then just stops and leaves me on the Home Screen so I can’t even control the drone with my phone or more importantly use the camera feature due to this it makes the camera feature on the drone practically useless ### 1/5 — Versions *2024-12-26, version 1.1* I can’t figure out how to switch to a different version and I am disappointed it does not work with a newer version. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — What I think of the design *2026-04-30, version 1.2* So after seeing all the reviews it sounds like this app is trash total trash saying that people don’t have any control it would fly all by itself or automatically yeah I saw a lot of bad reviews one star there is only one review I saw with five stars but I am starting to get along with this now to it’s not about the app so I got batteries for the controller for the drone and I’m walking up my stairs, holding the joystick swing in my arm and then right as I get to the 10th step The left joystick snaps out of place and now it’s broken so I think the design for the controller is bad cause there’s no way that should’ve snapped.I used to have another drone and I carried it the exact same way it did not snap so the design is complete trash. also, I bought this app off of my iPad so I hope it’s not harder ### 1/5 — Buns *2026-03-28, version 1.2* Ts sucks it’s a WiFi instead Bluetooth for some reason sand it barely works it also hit all the buttons on my phone when I put it in ### 1/5 — Bad camera distance *2025-12-28, version 1.2* I had one of these, but the camera range is dogcrap. When I fly it just from my house to my garage, the camera glitches out as well with the drone. I don’t recommend it. ### 1/5 — Trash app *2025-12-25, version 1.2* App doesn’t work and it is a waste of your time but the item itself worked decently ### 1/5 — iPhone cannot connect anymore *2025-04-06, version 1.1* The app crashes when trying to initialize the iPhone app. Totally abandonware ### 1/5 — App does not work! *2025-02-22, version 1.1* The drone itself is worth what the price. On the other hand, the app does not work. Like as soon as I open the app, it shows the start button, and when I click that it says “initializing…“ and then does nothing. I cannot get the camera to work at all. I’ve tried unplugging it, and it still does not work. Bad app. Drone is great though. ### 1/5 — App is very glitchy *2025-01-24, version 1.1* App only opens and shows the camera feed the first time you open the app but will not record or take pictures you repair everything you after disconnecting you have to reinstalled the app please fix this ### 1/5 — Buggy *2025-01-12* The first time I used this app I was able to record 4 videos from my Sky Rider X31-Shockwave drone. The videos automatically went to my iPhone Photos app, and I was able to download them to my computer. Since then, I have been unable to connect to my drone. The app starts to load, displays the message, “initialize”, and then stops trying. ### 1/5 — Drone wont connect to my phone *2025-01-09, version 1.1* Can’t get it to show up on my WiFi on my phone so I can’t connect it. I don’t know how other people were able too ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-01-05, version 1.1* After trying to troubleshoot in several ways, I cannot connect with the drone. The very first attempt connecting worked, but I haven’t been able to connect to the drone again. Even without using the phone- the remote instead, the drone won’t start up. Connects, but rotors won’t start. Save your time and money. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good *2026-05-22, version 1.2* The design is good and it is easy to control the drone. Lots of fun ### 5/5 — You can fly it *2025-06-06, version 1.2* You can fly it so that’s what I’m worried about ### 5/5 — It’s so fun *2024-12-28, version 1.1* Its so fun to fly and to do all the cool tricks on the drone ### 5/5 — It’s amazing *2024-12-25, version 1.1* It’s so fast and I can get really beautiful views around my house ### 5/5 — Wowooooowww *2024-11-03, version 1.1* I lopoooooooove this app it helped me i have an old skyrider x31 shockwave and i got is for four dollars at a thrift shop soooo i got used to is thanks make more ### 5/5 — It’s good😊 *2024-01-06, version 1.1* I think that this product is great! It’s really fun to fly! Plus the battery charges so quickly! The camera is awesome! Like I could fly it all day. Thank you for making such a great product. And it wasn’t even expensive! ### 5/5 — Helpful App *2023-12-28, version 1.1* This help me see better when using it and there was a 0 out of 10 percent chance of crashing it with the camera and i definitely would’ve crashed it without the app Thank you ### 5/5 — Great app and drones/helicopters *2022-01-06, version 1.0* I was so excited when I got my h4 pilot and the helicopter is super strong bc when I went outside to fly it I was driving with my phone and the wind took bc the wind was kinda strong but back to the story and I could only fligh up and down and then the wind made it go a little higher so then I went running to the other side of my house and the drone was like 50 feet high and then I was not in range bc It was like really far away and it hit the top of the tree and then started banging on all the branches and when it was like 20 feet it justed dropped and then I ran over to the drone it was perfectly fine and still worked properly so I would shagest buying this for ur kid or it being ur first helicopter but remember this is rc and it has a camera so it is easy to know where ur drone is and more. ### 4/5 — All around great *2026-04-19, version 1.2* Works great but camera quality could be improved ### 4/5 — Buggy *2025-02-13, version 1.1* My experiences with this app have run the gamut, from works great, then suddenly it won’t get past the Home Screen, then suddenly it won’t save videos to my iPhone. It turns out that there is an iPhone setting that allows the app to access your photo library, and this must be turned on in order for you to save photos or videos to your phone. As for getting past the Home Screen, that seems to have cleared up. Just remember to have the drone turned on, and your phone WiFi needs to connect to the drone before you can get past the Home Screen. --- *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 2026-08-20.*