SBCapp vs Aloft Air Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBCapp
Control a single board camera remotely. View live streams, trigger photo and video capture, and manage files directly from your mobile device. Adjust camera settings and playback recorded content.
- Live streaming
- Trigger photo/video capture
- Burst and delay capture
- Video quality and image size adjustment
- SD card formatting
- File management (download/delete)
- Slow motion and time-lapse recording
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This is an app for iCatch Single Board Camera (SBC) which it is a simple camera board with firmware SDK. The app can remotely control SBC, including following function. Connection procedure : 1.turn ON the Wi-Fi on iPhone/iPad and Camera 2.search camera SSID and connect, the password is 1234567890 3.after established the Wi-Fi connection, launch the app. Features: 1. Preview stream, Live streaming from camera. 2. Trigger action, In the preview stream, you can trigger camera to take a video or picture. 3. Support burst shot 4. Support delay capture. 5. Support video quality change. 6. Support image size change. 7. Support white-balance change 8. Format the camera SD card. 9. Listing photo & video files and download or delete files. 10. Single photo playback. 11. Automatic time correction with iPhone or iPad when established the connection. 12. Preview streaming is more smoothing. 13. Support video playback with audio before download. 14. Support upside down. 15. Support slow motion. 16. Support TimeLapsed record as video or picture. 17. Support social network sharing 18. Support change camera SSID & password ( remember turn off/on camera wifi) 19. Support Date-Time Stamp setting in video mode 20. Support playback time-lapsed and slow motion video without download
Aloft Air Control
This platform streamlines drone operations and airspace management. It offers advanced tools for team, fleet, and airspace coordination, including LAANC and UTM capabilities. An accompanying web app provides enterprise-level features for advanced users.
- Drone operations management
- Airspace management
- LAANC capabilities
- UTM integration
- Team and fleet management
- Next-gen tools
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Air Control is the new platform from Aloft (formerly Kittyhawk). Air Control is rebuilt from the ground up to bring new levels of automation and compliance to our industry-leading drone operations and airspace management solutions. Air Control combines the best of our full-stack platform with next-gen tools for team, fleet, and airspace management with LAANC and UTM capabilities. For advanced LAANC tools, fleet management tools, reporting, and other enterprise features, you can access the all-new web app at https://air.aloft.ai/. For more information, see https://aloft.ai/air-control/. To learn more about using your app within a team or organization, or to review our SOC2 and ISO27001 audits, please contact enterprise@aloft.ai. For direct support, you can contact our team at any time at support@aloft.ai.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SBCapp at 5.0 against Aloft Air Control's 3.2. SBCapp also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). Aloft Air Control's advantage is ratings volume (157 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SBCapp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aloft Air Control has 157 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SBCapp ships an update every 2 months, Aloft Air Control monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBCapp | Aloft Air Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.2 (157 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 32.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 157 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iCatch Technology Inc., | Aloft Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
SBCapp
Aloft Air Control
Bugs and requests
SBCapp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Aloft Air Control
Reported bugs
6 issues- LAANC approvals not showing
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Crashes and freezes
- Issues connecting to DJI controllers
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- Unreliable weather data
Requested features
8 requests- Expand the boundaries of LAANC
- Add FaceID login
- Improve landscape mode support
- Add 2FA to accounts
- Improve DJI integration
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- Add option to re-upload failed missions
- Add dark mode option
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
SBCapp
No in-app purchases
Aloft Air Control
No in-app purchases
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