Comparison

FreeFlight Jumping vs POWERUP 4.0

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FreeFlight Jumping

Pilot your Parrot Jumping Minidrone with intuitive touch controls and motion sensing. Perform impressive flips, capture immersive video, and choreograph custom routes with stunts. Connect with other pilots and share your adventures.

Highlights
  • Smartphone/tablet piloting
  • Intuitive touch and motion controls
  • Perform flips and jumps
  • Live video streaming
  • Record photos and videos
  • Choreograph custom routes
  • Connect with other pilots
Features
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The official app for Parrot Jumping Minidrones. PILOT YOUR DRONE VIA SMARTPHONE OR TABLET Get FreeFlight Jumping, the free app to pilot Parrot Jumping Night, Race, and Sumo. INTUITIVE DRIVING With FreeFlight Jumping, piloting your Jumping Minidrone is ultra-simple. The app connects to your Minidrone via Wi-Fi. The accelerometer and touch controls on the piloting interface help navigate your drone based on the movements of your smartphone or tablet. IMPRESSIVE FLIPS Make instant 90° or 180° turns, or jump up to 2.5 ft in the air with the simple touch of a button on the screen. THE WORLD IN IMMERSIVE VIEW Your Parrot Jumping Minidrone is equipped with a wide angle camera that streams a live video feed of your journey to your smartphone. This allows you to discover the world around you and explore inaccessible places. Jumping Night and Race Minidrones take pictures and record videos onto their internal memory. Jumping Sumo records on an external micro-USB drive (not supplied). CHOREOGRAPH YOUR JUMPING MOVES RoadPlan function allows you to pre-program a custom route with stunts. Upon start, the pre-defined route appears on the screen. PARROT ACADEMY By becoming a member of the Parrot Academy, you can keep track of all your adventures and connect with other drone pilots. Share your photos, videos and data sessions with other members of the Parrot Academy and instantly upload to YouTube or Facebook. In addition, you get a free backup of all the data shared on Parrot Academy.

About

POWERUP 4.0

Transform paper airplanes into smart, controllable flying machines. Experience smooth, intuitive flight with advanced sensors and dual motors. Master aerobatics, track flight data, and enjoy night flying with optional LEDs.

Highlights
  • On-board flight computer
  • Gyro and accelerometer sensors
  • Dual thrust vectoring motors
  • Auto-looping aerobatics
  • Real-time flight analytics
  • Optional LED lights
  • Wheeled takeoff and landing
Features
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POWERUP 4.0 is the smartest, most intuitive paper plane kit we’ve ever made. It makes it possible to fly with ease and smoothness in a variety of conditions. Say goodbye to nosedives and choppy flights. We’ve added a new on-board flight computer and 2 new sensors: gyro and accelerometer, combined with 2 thrust vectoring motors. That means flying POWERUP 4.0 is smoother than ever, and can now do all this: That’s right. POWERUP 4.0 can auto-loop. So you can master tricks and awesome aerobatics by simply pressing a button. We’ve added 2 high speed motors to POWERUP 4.0. That means you’ve got double the thrust, additional maneuvering possibilities, and sharper turns. And together with the flight assist, you can fly just about anything Now you can learn to fly like a pro. We’re showing you real-time analytics including heading direction, thrust level and turning angles. We’ve made it a lot easier and way cooler to fly POWERUP 4.0 at night. Optional LED lights will enable you to light up the night - making for awesome visuals and round-the-clock fun. 2 rear wheels and 1 front wheel give your paper plane more style and make for easier takeoff and landing. They also make it possible to launch off of a surface rather than hand-launching. We partnered with the best RC hobby vloggers on the planet – FliteTest! They have put together their incredibly creative minds to develop a foam jet inspired by the F22 for the 4.0. It is made from a special laser cut foam board they created and make in the USA. Intuitive control makes it easy to fly. Simply tilt your phone in the direction you want your plane to fly. It’s really that easy. POWERUP is an incredibly helpful tool when it comes to teaching and learning aeronautics. Students can test multiple designs, analyze their work and improve their planes. Through trial and error, they can understand what makes their plane fly smoother, longer and farther- key lessons in airplane design.

Screenshots

FreeFlight Jumping4 screens
POWERUP 4.04 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: POWERUP 4.0 at 3.8 against FreeFlight Jumping's 3.2. POWERUP 4.0 also leads on review sentiment (45% vs 21%). FreeFlight Jumping's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

POWERUP 4.0 holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 311 and 125 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of FreeFlight Jumping's written reviews are positive against 45% of POWERUP 4.0's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FreeFlight Jumping ships an update every 3 weeks, POWERUP 4.0 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FreeFlight Jumping versus POWERUP 4.0: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreeFlight JumpingPOWERUP 4.0
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (311 ratings)3.8 (125 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.3% of reviews45.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings311 — better125
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParrot SATailor Toys LTD

Customer experience

FreeFlight Jumping

All ratings311 ratings
Positive50.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative41.5%
Written reviews253 reviews
Positive21.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative71.9%

POWERUP 4.0

All ratings124 ratings
Positive66.9%
Neutral6.5%
Negative26.6%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive45.0%
Neutral11.7%
Negative43.3%

Bugs and requests

FreeFlight Jumping

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Unable to connect to drone
  • Firmware update server failure
  • Constant disconnections during use
  • App crashes on launch
  • No option to change app language

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add joystick controls
  • Improve app stability
  • Provide better instructions
  • Optimize app for iOS 11+
  • Allow offline firmware updates

POWERUP 4.0

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FreeFlight Jumping

No in-app purchases

None

POWERUP 4.0

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FreeFlight Jumping free?
FreeFlight Jumping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is POWERUP 4.0 free?
POWERUP 4.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FreeFlight Jumping or POWERUP 4.0?
POWERUP 4.0 is rated higher. FreeFlight Jumping averages 3.2 out of 5 from 311 ratings, while POWERUP 4.0 averages 3.8 from 125 ratings.
Do FreeFlight Jumping or POWERUP 4.0 have ads?
Neither FreeFlight Jumping nor POWERUP 4.0 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FreeFlight Jumping or POWERUP 4.0?
FreeFlight Jumping ships an update every 3 weeks, and POWERUP 4.0 every 2 weeks. Most recently, FreeFlight Jumping was updated on October 24, 2026 and POWERUP 4.0 on October 23, 2026.

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