TRNDlabs FADER vs MachXDrone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TRNDlabs FADER
Control your FADER drone from your iPhone, capturing high-definition photos and videos. View and save your media directly to your device's camera roll. Experience an immersive first-person view with VR mode and an optional headset.
- Drone piloting interface
- HD photo and video capture
- In-app media gallery
- Save media to iPhone camera roll
- 720P HD preview
- VR mode for first-person view
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Step into the pilot’s seat of your FADER drone! See the world as if you’re piloting your done from the pilot’s seat itself. Easily connect FADER to your iPhone via this application and make lasting memories by taking photo’s or even making video’s. View your media in the in-app gallery and effortlessly store them to your iPhone’s camera roll. Up for an even more exciting point of view? Try out the VR mode! Together with our IRIS VR headset you can truly see the world from a pilot’s view. We challenge you to some crazy aerobatics, while experiencing it from a real First Person View! - Effortless connection between drone and iPhone. - Make beautiful HD photos and videos. - Easily store media from the app to your iPhone’s camera roll. - Preview HD view via the 720P preview functionality. - Experience true FPV via VR mode.
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 iOS requirement: TRNDlabs FADER at 8.1 against MachXDrone's 12.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for TRNDlabs FADER against 2.9 for MachXDrone. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 36 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 14% of TRNDlabs FADER's written reviews are positive against 15% of MachXDrone's.
TRNDlabs FADER ships an update every 4 months, MachXDrone every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TRNDlabs FADER | MachXDrone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (21 ratings) — better | 2.9 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 15.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Top Sunshine Technology Co.,Ltd. | Shenzhen Yilushi Technology Co.,ltd |
Customer experience
TRNDlabs FADER
MachXDrone
In-app purchases
TRNDlabs FADER
No in-app purchases
MachXDrone
No in-app purchases
