Comparison

Drone Assist vs DroneSense

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

Head to head
About

Drone Assist

Plan and submit drone flights, check weather, and access airspace information for safe and compliant operations. This app provides pre-flight checks, hazard identification, and real-time data to alert other airspace users.

Highlights
  • Flight planning
  • Flight reporting
  • Controlled airspace approval
  • Company/single pilot management
  • Social sharing of flight plans
  • Real-time aerial/ground data access
  • Fly Now feature
Features
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Plan and submit your drone flights, check the weather, fly safely, and be in control with Drone Assist, the industry’s most trusted drone flight situational awareness source. Do your pre-flight checks via the mobile app, and submit your flight plans to share your flights with other airspace users. Using Drone Assist allows you to check for any hazards preflight, and submit your flight plans, helping you stay safe and compliant when flying your drones. Key Features Flight Planning Flight Reporting Approval access to controlled airspace Manage Company Operations or Single Pilots Share your flight plans on Social Channels Access real-time aerial and ground data to plan and submit your flights, or choose our Fly Now feature to instantly alert other airspace users of your flight area using location-based services. Our apps are the trusted free source for Drone flights, which also allow you to access approval services for restricted airspaces for your flight operations. It doesn’t matter if you fly a DJI Mavic, Mini or Autel for fun, or a Parrot, Ruko, or Yuneec. Recreational use or Commercial, In a park, or doing surveys. Drone Assist is your one-stop shop to fly safely, pre-plan your flights and submit your flight plans to alert other pilots to your drone activity. Download the Drone Assist app by Altitude Angel today to ensure you have access to the latest map data, including ground hazards, NOTAMS, and no-fly zones (NFZ). Whether you fly for fun, or professionally, Altitude Angel’s high-fidelity, accurate and authoritative data aims to help you plan your drone operations so that they can be conducted with greater respect for safety and privacy for all airspace users. Using your location, Drone Assist supplements your normal due-diligence activities by displaying no-fly zones and ground hazards for a growing number of countries around the world, completely free of charge. Simple and easy to use, the Drone Assist App has been designed and built with the Pilot in mind, providing you with the trusted insights you would expect from a company paving the way for Drone integration into regulated and unregulated airspace. Our range of flight planning tools, offered both independently and as part of our wider work with ANSPs and National Aviation Authorities, make operating a drone safely as easy as possible. We encourage drone users to download the Drone Assist app to understand airspace regulations and register flights. Happy (safe) flying! Drone Assist is the #1 drone safety app from Altitude Angel in the UK. It provides an interactive map of the sky and is used by general aviation, balloon pilots, other airspace users, and of course, drone pilots! Our map data is currently most effective in the UK, but will work in other GEOs and we are continually adding new country-specific map data. It allows you to see areas to avoid or in which extreme caution should be exercised, as well as ground hazards that may pose safety, security, or privacy risks when flying your drone. The Drone Assist app has been built natively for optimised performance on both iOS and iPadOS. By downloading the app you agree to the Altitude Angel Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Notice. Terms of Use: https://www.altitudeangel.com/terms-conditions Privacy & Cookie Policy: https://www.altitudeangel.com/privacy-policy Social Channels https://www.facebook.com/InternetOfFlyingThings https://twitter.com/altitudeangel https://www.linkedin.com/company/altitude-angel

About

DroneSense

This platform enables public safety agencies to manage drone operations, from pilot control and asset management to real-time situational awareness for incident commanders. It offers automated flight logging and a centralized system for organizing personnel, hardware, and flight history.

Highlights
  • Professional drone piloting
  • Live video streaming
  • Automated flight logging
  • Asset and risk management
  • Real-time situational awareness
  • Collaborative operations hub
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For UAS Pilots - Fly a wide range of professional drones with DroneSense! Simply download this app directly onto your iPad and plug directly into any drone remote. Incorporating the latest and greatest drone is easy; there is no new training as the pilot will always fly with our app and have the same experience, no matter what drone is chosen. Share your live video stream with incident commanders easily to enable increased situational awareness on-scene. Automated flight logging ensures all data from all flights are available at any time. For Program Administrators - DroneSense is your complete system of record. It is a complete asset and risk management tool that provides accountability and transparency across your organization. Organize your people, hardware, and flight history in a powerful but intuitive interface. Whether it is automatically logging flight hours, filing NOTAMs, or managing personnel, DroneSense is your one-stop solution. Our software lets you quickly leverage all your resources so you can spend more time focused on the mission at hand. For Incident Commanders - DroneSense gives incident commanders and remote stakeholders the power to strategize and tactically collaborate. Our Operations Hub enables you to share real-time, low-latency, high definition views of a scene and plan dynamically. Anyone with a connected device can see a live pilot session, and multiple drone pilots can work together seamlessly. Please note that usage of the DroneSense Platform requires user registration and authorization from accredited public safety agencies.

Screenshots

Drone Assist4 screens
DroneSense2 screens

Verdict

The call

Drone Assist and DroneSense both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of DroneSense's written reviews are positive against 55% of Drone Assist's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Drone Assist against 4.6 for DroneSense. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 32 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Drone Assist's written reviews are positive against 100% of DroneSense's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drone Assist ships an update every 3 weeks, DroneSense monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Drone Assist versus DroneSense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrone AssistDroneSense
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (25 ratings) — better4.6 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2532 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB375 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAltitude Angel LtdDroneSense INC

Customer experience

Drone Assist

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive55.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative37.8%

DroneSense

All ratings32 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Drone Assist

Reported bugs

50 issues
  • Cannot see the whole screen on phone
  • Stretched display on phone
  • Information cut off on the right side
  • Never receive email verification code
  • Getting approvals is no good
Show 45 more
  • App is dangerously out of date
  • App is in administration
  • Company gone into administration
  • Oversized check boxes taking up screen space
  • Screen zoomed, unable to see all tabs
  • iPhone screen cuts off
  • Text is cut off the screen
  • Buttons are half visible
  • Right hand side of the app isn’t in full view
  • App can’t adjust for bigger text or zoomed view
  • Crashes constantly
  • Freezes all the time
  • Keeps crashing
  • App crashes and exits
  • Doesn’t work
  • Refuses to open
  • Crashes on opening
  • Instantly crashes on iPhone
  • Login is a mess
  • Cannot start a new mission
  • App says you must be a pilot, cannot find where to add one
  • Flight times changed in app
  • New update is confusing
  • Not as good as the old version
  • Why can’t I create an account?
  • Keeps reverting to previous style
  • Previous reviews were from a long time ago
  • Map freezes while navigating
  • App crashes while trying to open
  • Deleted and reinstalled and still crashes when launching
  • Always crashes
  • Can’t use without an account
  • Privacy not inspiring, gives data to third parties
  • Appalling
  • Auto fill didn’t work for domain name change
  • Reset password only to log in on web, not app
  • Gave up, too hard
  • All my flights are tagged as commercial and not recreational
  • There doesn’t seem to be a way to change to recreational
  • Updated this morning then went back to previous style
  • The new update is confusing
  • Very hard to see the different zones
  • By making you register and enter all your personal details it will put people off logging a planned flight
  • Not letting you register an account to set up
  • Can’t find anywhere in the App where I can add a pilot

Requested features

22 requests
  • Optimize for phone screens
  • Improve UI for easier zone visibility
  • Add explanations for map symbols and colors
  • Fix email verification code delivery
  • Provide updates on company status
Show 17 more
  • Clarify data sharing with third parties
  • Improve UX for flight plan submission
  • Add option to show unrestricted areas
  • Allow marking flights as recreational
  • Add 'authorised by CAA' indicator
  • Integrate with DJI for unlocking/authorizations
  • Global support and funding
  • Allow users to mark recreational or Part 107 flights
  • Correct terms like 'device ID', 'operator ID', 'pilot ID'
  • Fix flight plan icon display issues
  • Improve support response times
  • Allow users to see more of the map
  • Make app more accessible for professionals
  • Fix issues with flight times changing unexpectedly
  • Allow account creation without extensive personal details
  • Fix app reverting to previous style after updates
  • Make it easier to find pilot registration

DroneSense

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Drone Assist

No in-app purchases

None

DroneSense

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drone Assist free?
Drone Assist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DroneSense free?
DroneSense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drone Assist or DroneSense?
Drone Assist is rated higher. Drone Assist averages 4.6 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while DroneSense averages 4.6 from 32 ratings.
Do Drone Assist or DroneSense have ads?
Neither Drone Assist nor DroneSense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drone Assist or DroneSense?
Drone Assist ships an update every 3 weeks, and DroneSense monthly. Most recently, Drone Assist was updated on September 26, 2026 and DroneSense on June 11, 2026.

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