# TELLO — user reviews > 869 indexed App Store user reviews of TELLO by Shenzhen RYZE Tech Co., Ltd., rated 3.30/5 from 795 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tello/id1330559633/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tello/id1330559633.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 320 · 4★ 121 · 3★ 65 · 2★ 74 · 1★ 215 ## What do users think of TELLO? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to fly - 📸 Good camera quality - 🎢 Fun flight modes - 🤖 Stable flight **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes during video recording - 🔋 Short battery life - 🔌 No charger included - 🤔 Settings not saved **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when trying to view photos/videos - Connectivity issues, drone disconnects mid-flight - App not compatible with latest iOS versions - Firmware update issues **Most requested features** - Return to home function - Percentage battery indicator - Customizable controls - Panorama mode ## Newest reviews (16 of 869) ### 4/5 — Meh it’s ok *2026-07-07, version 1.6.8* The drone itself works fine, apart from when you crash it, then it breaks ### 2/5 — Crash while flying *2026-03-07, version 1.6.8* Multi times crashing while flying. ### 2/5 — It’s ok *2026-01-19, version 1.6.8* Hard to connect it only works on some devices ### 2/5 — Camera no longer works in the app *2026-01-19, version 1.6.8* It seems that the camera in app has stopped working. ### 4/5 — Great experience, but app keeps crashing. *2026-01-19, version 1.6.8* The app crashing is the only flaw to the app. It always crashes in the worst situations. Like when I’m flying over my house or flying towards a fence. Please fix this for a 5-star rating. I think everyone would appreciate that. On iPhone by the way. ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2026-01-15, version 1.6.8* It works really well and is quite fun. But sometimes when I’m using it on my iPad, it crashes. Not sure if it’s the iPad’s fault or the apps fault. But something to keep in mind ### 4/5 — iPhone Airでカメラが映らない。 *2025-12-05, version 1.6.8* ご対応お待ちしてます！！ ### 2/5 — The App Sucks 2 ⭐️⭐️. The Drone is Good (for beginners) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ *2025-12-01, version 1.6.8* Long story short: The app itself sucks, today I dusted off the case for my Tello, charged up a battery to fly around for 10 minutes, in this amount of flying time the app crashed 3 times, not only this but upon first takeoff, the drone decided to veer to the left by a lot (not a calibration issue). crashed Once from taking a photo, the other two crashed just randomly. I don’t have the paid app and I probably won’t do that since I have a DJI mini that does everything I’d want, with a great app. The fact of the matter, is that the standard app for this drone is bad, which is telling. If you want a Tello, do some research as the 6 dollar paid FPV app is highly recommended amongst Tello users (I lack this experience) As for the drone. I think it’s a cool small drone. It’s the best budget drone you can find in that it’s not entirely meant for kids as the cheap 30-70 dollar drones tend to be but this can very well be given to a kid who wants to learn about drones/flying. It’s main purpose to me is an entry into Drones, to see not only if they are for you, but it comes with great controls which are borrowed in collaboration with DJI whom are one of if not the top Drone companies. So the drone will fly and behave similarly to DJI drones (without obstacle avoidance). I recommend the drone if you can find a 100% stable App experience. Cause otherwise it’s a bad time with the free Tello app. Which sucks cause it never crashed when I got the drone and the few times I’ve flown it, until today. Which just tells me the Devs of this software aren’t staying on top of it or don’t seem to care about the Tello app. ### 4/5 — iPhone 16e with iSO 26.1 *2025-12-01, version 1.6.8* Tello Flight App Keep Crashing. Please De-bug App if Possible. Still Fly My Tello All The Time… ### 4/5 — Real good app but *2025-11-25, version 1.6.8* It occasionally crashes mid-flight, and this is really, really, reallllly bad (because it can hit somebody). I am using an iPhone 16 on iOS 26. Please fix this issue and update the app more, it has so much potential ### 4/5 — Не корректно работать с IPhone *2025-10-19, version 1.6.8* Может у кого было такое , на андроиде все четко работает, а с iPhone видео работает ровно 1.12 минута потом зависает видео, на экране просто картинка последнего кадра , Дрон летает все нормально но видео нет 🤷🏻‍♂️что может быть ? ### 2/5 — App now crashes *2025-09-28, version 1.6.8* It’s been a while since I flew my Tello, but I don’t remember the app being this unreliable. The app seems to be consistently crashing after a couple of seconds of flying. ### 1/5 — アプリが本当に落ちる *2025-09-19, version 1.6.8* 半年ぶりくらいに起動した。 最初は普通に飛ぶけど、1〜2分後にアプリが落ちて操作不能になります。何度やっても。毎回真剣白刃取りみたいに機体を回収しています。危ない。 ### 1/5 — App fault *2025-09-06, version 1.6.8* The drone flys fine with other apps but this one crashes (the app, not the drone) I know DJI no longer supports this drone but the app is useless ### 2/5 — 度々落ちる *2025-09-06, version 1.6.8* 気がつくとアプリが落ちています。他の方も書かれていますが、私もiOS 18に上がってからの不具合だと思います。修正お願いします。 ### 2/5 — Crashes every few minutes *2025-09-01, version 1.6.8* It’s great and easy to use but the app crashes or closes on its own every few minutes mid flight. Can you please fix this? I’m using iPhone 12. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work iOS 26 *2026-08-07, version 1.6.8* The app no longer shows the live feed with any iOS past 18.1 ### 1/5 — No longer works *2026-04-24, version 1.6.8* No loner works with new iPhones. Unable to update firmware, either ### 1/5 — Junk *2026-04-23, version 1.6.8* App will shut down mid flight. What a disaster. ### 1/5 — Randomly closes *2026-03-31, version 1.6.8* Good to know when you get 35ft in the air, the app just shuts down, it takes a bit to get it back open, it’s got to play a 6 second animation graphic once you open it which ends up getting your drone stuck in a tree. Good job guys ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-03-02, version 1.6.8* App constantly crashes ### 1/5 — Improve it *2025-12-07, version 1.6.8* If you do anything other than letting it hover, it seems so that the app just crashes. So if I keep turning right for example, my app crashes and the drone keeps flying right causing it to crash into a wall and being a hazard. I am saying this with the latest version of the drone and app. ### 1/5 — Disappointment *2025-11-17, version 1.6.8* Worst drone ever,(should of looked at reviews first) when i flied the drone for the first time and made sure to charge the battery beforehand then I pressed the button on the app to make it take off, then it took off but the app said the drone died then the app crashed. Then the drone hovered 5ft in the air we had to take a string and had to get the propellers to hook onto the string after that we gave up on it. But then today we tried to connect the drone it would not connect to the app and would blink red,this is after we charged it for two hours. I have one thing to say after this… LOOK AT THE REVIEWS BEFORE YOU BUY THE DRONE! ### 1/5 — Aplicativo horrível *2025-11-13, version 1.6.8* O aplicativo fecha toda hora se o celular for ruim perde fácil. ### 1/5 — Hopelessly broken *2025-11-05, version 1.6.8* App crashes very frequently, leaving the drone to wander off and likely crash in sympathy with the app. Avoid this app if you value your drone. ### 1/5 — App stürzt ständig ab *2025-11-01, version 1.6.8* Verbindung mit wlan geht auch ständig verloren. Die drohne steht auch nie auf einer stelle. Hatdware und software totaler müll! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Super fun *2026-02-23, version 1.6.8* It crashed a few times but still the best I lead it in the stairs to floor 2 ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-01-06, version 1.6.8* Love the drone, so fun to fly, it was gifted to me by my moms uncle. Such an amazing drone, would highly recommend purchasing. 👏 ### 5/5 — Repair *2025-12-01, version 1.6.8* I loved using the drone, but it just stoped working one day. We tried charging it, but it would not work. Really fun though. ### 5/5 — Класс! *2025-09-18, version 1.6.8* Летаю на дроне уже два года приложение ни разу не подвело! ### 5/5 — You can prove *2025-01-05, version 1.6.8* We have to connect to the drone every time ### 5/5 — Incredible!! *2024-10-17, version 1.6.8* I love this app (and drone) and it is really easy to use especially for beginners! I have never had a problem with this at all. I guess one thing they could add would be battery power, It pretty good but sometimes to short. I love the camera as well! ### 5/5 — I watched some devious stuff on my drone *2024-09-16, version 1.6.8* SO MUCH PORN IT WAS CRAZY ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-08-21, version 1.6.7* The app is super easy to use and you can do filps ### 5/5 — WLAN Geschwindigkeit *2024-08-14, version 1.6.7* Hallo, nur noch ein kleiner Tipp , das wenn man Vr fliegt, auch noch Videos machen kann. Die auch gespeichert werden. Noch hinzu , das die WLAN Geschwindigkeit erhöht wird ### 5/5 — 結構良い *2024-08-06, version 1.6.7* 良い所 I 広告が無い ②動画や写真を撮る事が出来る ③操作が簡単 悪い所 ドローンのバッテリー消耗が早い 飛行中に電源が切れると落ちる「ドローンが」 コレはあくまでも僕の感想です よかったらドローンのバッテリー消耗をどうにかしてください🙇🏻ﾍﾟｺﾘ 追記ドローンが動かない人はバッテリーが奥まで刺さってないと思います あと画像共有は画像長押しでできたと思います 写真撮ってフリーズするのは、読み込みじゃ無いんですかiPhoneの元からあるあるやつでも フリーズ「読み込み」 しますよ --- *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 2026-08-18.*