Portby vs Drone360
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Portby
This app allows you to capture and share immersive 360-degree photo spheres. Explore global landmarks and personal experiences through the eyes of others, with an optional VR mode for enhanced viewing.
- Capture photo spheres with phone or 360 camera
- Share to social networks
- Connect with global users
- View in virtual reality (VR)
- Explore world landmarks and locations
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Portby is the next generation of photo-sharing through photo spheres. Simply capture photo spheres using phone or any spherical camera and share them with your family and friends. See and experience the world like you being there. Explore world landmarks, discover natural wonders, and step inside locations such as museums, arenas, restaurants through somebody else's eyes. Every time you open Portby, you'll see new photo spheres and breathtaking moments shared by people across the globe. Through Portby, you can: * Capture photo spheres using your phone's camera or any 360 camera * Instantly share on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and other social networks * Connect with Portby users all over the world and keep up with their photo spheres * View it through virtual reality (VR) goggles, such as Google Cardboard for an immersive experience For any queries, suggestions, and feedback, contact us at portby.co@gmail.com
Drone360
This app allows drone pilots to view, edit, and share 360-degree photos. It preserves essential metadata for interactive uploads to social media and offers a range of editing tools and filters specifically for aerial photography. The app works offline and supports various drone brands.
- Interactive 360 panorama viewer
- Metadata preservation for social media uploads
- Aerial photography filters and manual adjustments
- Import from camera roll, Files, or SD card
- Custom text watermarking
- Full resolution export (JPEG/TIFF)
- Optional GPS/EXIF data stripping
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Drone360 is a drone photo editor and interactive 360 panorama viewer built for drone photographers. Sharing a 360 panorama through apps that remove its panorama metadata can leave it appearing as a flat image. Drone360 adds Facebook-compatible GPano metadata when sharing supported 360 JPEGs, helping Facebook recognise them as interactive panoramas. Import photos from your camera roll or the Files app, including images transferred from SD cards and DJI folders. Drone360 automatically identifies images with a compatible 2:1 panorama layout and lets you explore them using drag-to-look controls. Edit standard drone photos and 360 panoramas with aerial photography filters and manual adjustments. Fine-tune filter strength, hold to compare your edits with the original, and save your favourite settings as personal presets. WHAT’S INSIDE • Interactive 360 panorama viewer with drag-to-look controls • Editor for standard drone photos and compatible 360 panoramas • Facebook-compatible GPano metadata added when sharing supported 360 JPEGs • Import from your camera roll or Files app, including files on connected storage supported by your device • Free to import, view, edit and save edited copies inside Drone360 • One-time unlock to export and share your photos • 14 built-in filter options: Normal, Golden Hour, Haze Cut, Vivid Sky, Cinematic, Arctic, Dusk, Mono, Coastal, Soft Dawn, Overcast, Urban, Autumn and Clean Mono • Adjustable filter strength • Press-and-hold before-and-after comparison • Save, reuse and delete personal filter presets • Undo and redo filter and adjustment changes • Manual controls for brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, highlights, shadows, sharpness and fade • Vignette for standard photos only, excluded from 360 exports • Custom text watermarks with adjustable size and opacity, six positions, four font styles and six colours • Save edits as separate JPEG copies while keeping your originals • Share standard photos to Instagram, Facebook, Messages and other supported apps • Share compatible 360 panoramas to Facebook with GPano metadata for interactive viewing • Supports compatible photos and completed 2:1 spherical panoramas from DJI and other drone brands • On-device photo editing and viewing, available offline ABOUT 360 SHARING Interactive 360 viewing is available only in apps that support it. Instagram does not support interactive 360 photos: panoramas shared to Instagram appear as flat images and may require cropping. Facebook’s recognition and display of 360 photos depend on its current support and processing. Drone360 prepares supported panoramas with the required metadata but cannot control how another app displays them. Drone360 works with completed panoramas; it does not stitch separate images together. Internet access is required for purchases, purchase verification and online sharing. Drone360 is built by the team behind Drone Companion. We fly. We edit. We built the app we wished existed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Portby at none against Drone360's 1. Portby also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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. Drone360 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Portby asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Portby | Drone360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FullDive Corp. | DRONE COMPANION LTD |
In-app purchases
Portby
No in-app purchases
Drone360
- Drone360 Full Unlock$4.99








