Quadrone Hylander vs MachXDrone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quadrone Hylander
Control a toy quadrocopter using your smartphone via Wi-Fi. Experience real-time video transmission directly to your device. Compatible with a range of iOS devices.
- Smartphone control via Wi-Fi
- Real-time video transmission
- iOS device compatibility
- Quadrocopter operation
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A toy quadrocopter controlled by smartphone through wifi with real time video transmission Support iOS 7 ,iOS 8, iOS 9,iPhone 5 ,iPhone 5c,iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s plus
MachXDrone
Control a toy drone with your smartphone. View real-time camera feeds in normal or VR mode, and capture photos and videos directly within the app's album.
- Remote drone operation
- Real-time camera streaming
- Normal and VR viewing modes
- Photo and video capture
- In-app media album
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The TOY DRONE is operated by a remote control. The app window displays the pictures returned by the camera picture on the toy DRONE. The real-time streaming pictures are divided into normal mode and VR mode.Users can take photos and videos and view them in the app's built-in album.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Quadrone Hylander at 4.4 against MachXDrone's 2.6. Quadrone Hylander also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). MachXDrone's advantage is review sentiment (17% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Quadrone Hylander holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Quadrone Hylander's written reviews are positive against 17% of MachXDrone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Quadrone Hylander ships an update every 2 weeks, MachXDrone every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quadrone Hylander | MachXDrone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | 2.6 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DGL Group LTD | Shenzhen Yilushi Technology Co.,ltd |
Customer experience
Quadrone Hylander
MachXDrone
In-app purchases
Quadrone Hylander
No in-app purchases
MachXDrone
No in-app purchases
