Recon Drone vs RQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recon Drone
Control a drone with live video feedback on your device. Offers a follow-me feature for dynamic aerial shots. Experience drone flight with real-time streaming.
- Live video feed
- Follow me mode
- Drone control
- Real-time streaming
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RQ
Control a toy quadrocopter using your device via WiFi. Stream real-time video directly from the drone. Experience aerial views and manage your drone's flight.
- WiFi quadrocopter control
- Real-time video transfer
- Drone flight management
- Aerial view streaming
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A toy quadrocopter control by wifi with video transfer real time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RQ at 50% against Recon Drone's 0%. RQ also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Recon Drone's advantage is rating (2.6 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). 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.
Recon Drone holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Recon Drone's written reviews are positive against 50% of RQ's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Recon Drone ships an update monthly, RQ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recon Drone | RQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (8 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | World Tech Toy | ShanTou City Vison Electronictechnology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Recon Drone
RQ
In-app purchases
Recon Drone
No in-app purchases
RQ
No in-app purchases
