Sky Viper Flight Simulator vs DJI Virtual Flight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sky Viper Flight Simulator
Practice flying a variety of drones in a virtual environment before taking to the skies in real life. Explore different environments and master drone controls through numerous challenges. No physical drone is needed to start learning.
- Full fleet of Sky Viper drones
- Dozens of drone challenges
- Custom camera views including FPV
- Free Flight mode
- 3 unique exploration environments
- Full drone specs and flying options
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The Sky Viper Flight Simulator gives you access to the entire fleet of Sky Viper drones! Learn and practice how to control and fly Sky Viper drones in the simulator and then apply your new skills in real life. No drone required. FEATURES • Features the full fleet of Sky Viper Drones • Each drone has dozens of challenges to help you achieve mastery • 3 custom camera-views including First Person View • Free Flight mode offers 3 unique environments to explore. • Full specs and flying options for each drone.
DJI Virtual Flight
Practice FPV drone flying techniques from home with this simulator. Learn freestyle tricks and navigate realistic environments using your goggles and controller. Designed for aspiring FPV pilots to hone their skills safely and conveniently.
- FPV flying practice
- Realistic flight controls
- FPV freestyle trick learning
- Designed flight tutorials
- Multiple lifelike locations
- Goggle immersion
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Take off and feel the blood pumping through your veins. Introducing DJI Virtual Flight, a mobile app designed by the DJI flight simulator team for practising FPV flying techniques. With DJI Virtual Flight, you can double the fun by learning through practice. Put on the goggles, grab your remote controller, and launch DJI Virtual Flight to learn flashy FPV freestyle tricks. Experience flying in the comfort of your own home. Product Highlights - Put on the goggles and immerse yourself in DJI Virtual Flight - Try out the realistic feel of the flight controls - Become an expert FPV drone pilot through well-designed tutorials - Practice flying along carefully designed flight tracks - Multiple lifelike locations with vivid details Compatible DJI Devices: DJI FPV Goggles V2, DJI FPV Remote Controller 2, DJI FPV Motion Controller Recommended Systems: iOS 12.0 or later versions Recommanded Devices: iPhone: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone SE 2, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max iPad: iPad 7th Generation, iPad 8th Generation, iPad Air 3, iPad Air 4, iPad pro 2ed, iPad pro 3rd, iPad pro 4th, iPad pro 1st 10.5'', iPad pro 1st 11'', iPad Pro 2ed 11''
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sky Viper Flight Simulator at every 3 days against DJI Virtual Flight's every 2 months. Sky Viper Flight Simulator also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 34%) and iOS requirement (8.4 vs 12.0). DJI Virtual Flight's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 197). On price, rating, 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.
DJI Virtual Flight holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DJI Virtual Flight has 1.8K ratings behind it against 197, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Sky Viper Flight Simulator's written reviews are positive against 34% of DJI Virtual Flight's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sky Viper Flight Simulator ships an update every 3 days, DJI Virtual Flight every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Sky Viper Flight Simulator | DJI Virtual Flight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (197 ratings) | 3.9 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.1% of reviews — better | 33.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 197 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.4 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 455 MB | 3.2 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skyrocket, LLC | DJI |
Customer experience
Sky Viper Flight Simulator
DJI Virtual Flight
User reviews
Sky Viper Flight Simulator
From 197 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good for practice
- 👍 Realistic simulation (for some)
- 👍 Helpful for learning
- 👍 Fun to play
- 👍 Good controls (for some)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unrealistic controls
- 🐛 Glitchy and choppy
- 🐛 Unusably slow performance
- 🐛 Hard to fly
- 🐛 Lacks realistic physics
DJI Virtual Flight
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great flight simulator
- 🚀 Excellent for practicing manual mode
- 💡 Helpful for learning FPV before flying real drone
- 🚀 Useful for building muscle memory
Room to improve
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer DJI hardware (Goggles 2, Motion Controller 2)
- 🐛 Glitchy and unstable performance, especially after iOS updates
- 🐛 Laggy and pixelated video feed in goggles
- 🐛 Inability to change control stick modes
- 🐛 Unrealistic flight dynamics compared to real drone
Bugs and requests
Sky Viper Flight Simulator
Reported bugs
12 issues- Unusably slow performance (1 fps)
- Crashing when moving certain directions
- Flips not working
- Throttle control unresponsive
- Game crashes frequently
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- Challenge #6 impossible
- Controls work in reverse sometimes
- App not loading
- Stunts don't work
- Drone would not work
- Constant crashing after level 5
- Flight assist cannot be turned off
Requested features
10 requests- Improve controls for realism
- Add more maps/areas
- Support for external controllers/gamepads
- Improve graphics
- Add more customization options for controls
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- Make challenges less impossible
- Fix bugs in challenges
- Improve drone physics
- Add more drone models
- Allow pairing of controllers
DJI Virtual Flight
Reported bugs
4 issues- Progression system issues (unable to unlock new levels)
- Controller input not registering properly
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add more drone models and maps
- Implement customizable control settings
- Add PID tuning and track building features
- Support for using controller without goggles
In-app purchases
Sky Viper Flight Simulator
No in-app purchases
DJI Virtual Flight
No in-app purchases
Questions
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