UDIRC drone vs HolyStone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UDIRC drone
Control your drone with this app to fly, capture photos, and record videos. Experience first-person view and fun gravity induction controls for managing your flight and media.
- Real-time first-person view transmission
- Gravity induction flight control
- Media management system
- HD image and video capture
- Social network sharing
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This flight control APP is developed by Udirc Toys Industrial Co.,Ltd. It’s used to control UDIRC’s drones to fly, take photo, record video, and share to the social network etc. It’s featured with easy control but with various functions. Main Functions: 1.Real time transmission to experience first person view 2.Gravity induction mode, to control the flight direction with great fun 3.Good media management system, to record the wonderful moment of life 4.HD image and video
HolyStone
Control your drone with your mobile device. Experience real-time FPV video, multiple control methods including gravity sensing and voice commands, and capture photos and videos directly from the app.
- WiFi real-time image transmission
- Gravity sensing control
- Trajectory control
- Voice command control
- Hand photography and video recording
- Manual photography and video recording
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A drone controls the app. The main features are as follows: 1. WiFi real-time image transmission 2. Real time manual control, gravity sensing control, trajectory control, voice command control 3. Hand photography and video recording, manual photography and video recording
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UDIRC drone at 3.9 against HolyStone's 3.5. UDIRC drone also leads on iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 13.0). HolyStone's advantage is review sentiment (30% vs 0%) and ratings volume (111 vs 14). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
UDIRC drone holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HolyStone has 111 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of UDIRC drone's written reviews are positive against 30% of HolyStone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
UDIRC drone ships an update every 2 months, HolyStone every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UDIRC drone | HolyStone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) — better | 3.5 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 29.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UDIRC TOYS INDUSTRY CO., LTD | HOLY STONE TECHNOLOGY Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
UDIRC drone
HolyStone
Bugs and requests
UDIRC drone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HolyStone
Reported bugs
16 issues- App freezes
- Drone won't pair with controller
- Home button causes drone to fly erratically
- Cannot log back into account
- Videos turn screen white
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- Cannot connect to Wi-Fi (security warning)
- Videos and pictures are excessively large files
- App steals information
- Drone flies away on its own
- App disconnects from drone
- App doesn't show recorded videos
- App requires location permission
- App claims to be for email
- Drone blades not spinning
- Drone flies in random direction
- App crashes iPhone when viewing media
Requested features
5 requests- Update app to fix bugs
- Provide better customer support
- Fix video file size issue
- Improve drone control responsiveness
- Fix account creation issues
In-app purchases
UDIRC drone
No in-app purchases
HolyStone
No in-app purchases
