NOAA Directory vs Aloft Air Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NOAA Directory
Easily find contact details for NOAA personnel. Search by name, phone, or email to connect directly or save contacts. This tool streamlines communication within the organization.
- Search by name, phone, or email
- Direct contact options
- Add contacts to list
- Find NOAA personnel
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The NOAA Staff Directory allows you to find contact information for NOAA personnel. You can search by name, phone number, or e-mail and then directly contact or add them to your contacts list.
Aloft Air Control
This platform streamlines drone operations and airspace management. It offers advanced tools for team, fleet, and airspace coordination, including LAANC and UTM capabilities. An accompanying web app provides enterprise-level features for advanced users.
- Drone operations management
- Airspace management
- LAANC capabilities
- UTM integration
- Team and fleet management
- Next-gen tools
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Air Control is the new platform from Aloft (formerly Kittyhawk). Air Control is rebuilt from the ground up to bring new levels of automation and compliance to our industry-leading drone operations and airspace management solutions. Air Control combines the best of our full-stack platform with next-gen tools for team, fleet, and airspace management with LAANC and UTM capabilities. For advanced LAANC tools, fleet management tools, reporting, and other enterprise features, you can access the all-new web app at https://air.aloft.ai/. For more information, see https://aloft.ai/air-control/. To learn more about using your app within a team or organization, or to review our SOC2 and ISO27001 audits, please contact enterprise@aloft.ai. For direct support, you can contact our team at any time at support@aloft.ai.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NOAA Directory at 3.7 against Aloft Air Control's 3.2. NOAA Directory also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). Aloft Air Control's advantage is ratings volume (159 vs 3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
NOAA Directory holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aloft Air Control has 159 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NOAA Directory ships an update every 3 months, Aloft Air Control monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NOAA Directory | Aloft Air Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.2 (159 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 32.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 159 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Aloft Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
NOAA Directory
Aloft Air Control
Bugs and requests
NOAA Directory
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Aloft Air Control
Reported bugs
6 issues- LAANC approvals not showing
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Crashes and freezes
- Issues connecting to DJI controllers
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- Unreliable weather data
Requested features
8 requests- Expand the boundaries of LAANC
- Add FaceID login
- Improve landscape mode support
- Add 2FA to accounts
- Improve DJI integration
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- Add option to re-upload failed missions
- Add dark mode option
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
NOAA Directory
No in-app purchases
Aloft Air Control
No in-app purchases
