Drone Start vs Find My Device
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drone Start
This app provides advanced flight checks and planning for drones, ensuring safe takeoffs and operations. It analyzes weather, GPS, battery health, and local airspace conditions, while also offering detailed flight route planning with elevation and wind data.
- Comprehensive pre-flight safety checks
- Detailed flight route planning
- Real-time drone battery and sensor monitoring
- Weather, GPS, and airspace analysis
- No-fly zone and wind map visualization
- Daily FlyCast notifications
- Intelligent Return To Home height calculation
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Drone Start is an advanced flight check & planning tool for drones. Drone Start is packed full of features that will help you plan a safe drone flight every time! You simply turn on your drone, plug your device into the drone controller, open the app & tap Start! Drone Start will then do a comprehensive set of advanced checks to see if its safe to fly in your current area & it will even check your drones battery and sensors in real time to check your drone is in perfect condition to take off! When your not out flying you can use Drone Start to create comprehensive flight plans, just type in where you want to fly and Drone Start will get Weather, GPS, Light Levels, Terrain Elevation, No Fly Zones and more! You can also plan your flight route and find out the elevation change & how much battery you'll have left! You can view the area map and see No Fly Zones, Terrain Elevations, Sunrise/Sunset Times & Positions plus you can also see an animated Wind Map, showing the wind direction with colour coded arrows so you can immediately see if its too windy to fly or not. Drone Starts calculation are also based on your drone model*, so things such as winds speeds and battery range are calculated using your actual drone! Drone Start also has some great advanced features too such as: Daily FlyCast Daily FlyCast is a daily notification sent at sunrise every morning outlining the days flying conditions. You'll also have access to the FlyCast Widget, so you can always quickly check if its good to fly without even opening the app! Solar Storm Warnings Solar Storm Warnings are notifications informing you incoming solar storms which can cause high levels of magnetic interference which can affect GPS signals and impact the accuracy of your RTH point. Intelligent RTH If enabled Drone Start will automatically calculate and set your Return To Home Height based on surround terrain elevation and building heights, making sure your doesn't fly into a mountain side or building when it returns to you! Fly Zone Alert When enabled you will receive a notification informing you have entered a No Fly Zone, we will also let you know when you leave one too! Battery Manager Drone Start records battery data before each flight so you easily check battery health, including deviations. It also recommends battery rotation order if you have multiple batteries. You can also perform a battery test to check it's heath & efficiency, plus create pdf reports from the results. Intelligent VPS If there are large bodies of water in the area, Drone Start will automatically disable your VPS for you and automatically enable it next time you fly in an area with low amounts of water. Active Drone Alerts Get notified when theres a another drone flying near your location. Drone Start Features Include**: Start Checks - Weather, GPS, KP Index, Terrain Elevation & Airspace Checks - Light Checks - Aircraft Checks - Aircraft Warming - Building Height Check - Drone Battery Health Check - Drone Sensor Health Check - Wind Altitude Checks - RTH Height Check - Wind Map - No Fly Zone Map - Terrain Elevation Map - Ephemeris - Dedicated Drone Model Checks - Golden Hour Times - Water Area Check - Active Drone Check - RTH Reminder Flight Plans - 7 Day Weather Forecast - 7 Day GPS Forecast - 7 Day KP Index Forecast - No Fly Zone Check - Terrain Elevation Check - Weather Check - Wind Map - 3D Building Map - No Fly Zone Map - Terrain Elevation Map - Ephemeris - Best Time To Fly - Flight Route Planner - Dedicated Drone Model Checks - Weekly Summary - Light Check - Golden Hour Times *DJI Drone Models are only currently supported. **Some Feature May Require An Active Monthly or Yearly Auto Renewing Subscription. See our Terms of Use here: www.faulknerlabs.io/drone-start-terms
Find My Device
Locate misplaced Bluetooth headphones, earbuds, and other devices quickly. The app displays the distance to your lost item, guiding you to its location. Works with any Bluetooth 4.0 device, indoors or outdoors.
- Locate lost Bluetooth devices
- Track any Bluetooth 4.0 device
- Shows exact distance to lost item
- Works indoors and outdoors
- User-friendly interface
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This app can help you find your Lost AirPods, Earbuds, Headphones and many other Bluetooth devices in seconds! It works with any Bluetooth 4.0 device, the app’s scanner can track other Bluetooth 4.0 devices also. How it works: 1.Lauch the app and open it 2.If you lost device is powered on and within range,you can see in the the list,just select it 3.Walk around slowly, if you move closer to your lost device, it will show the distance between you and your lost device. Walking slowly is the key to tracking your lost device. Features: 1.Works with any Bluetooth 4.0 device,and can track the device. 2.Show the exact distance between you and your lost device 3.Works indoors and outdoors 4.User friendly and very easy to use Note: Find your device as soon as possible, or its battery will run out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Find My Device at none against Drone Start's 2. Find My Device also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 48). Drone Start's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Drone Start sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Find My Device asks for nothing beyond the download.
Find My Device holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Find My Device has 1.2K ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Drone Start's written reviews are positive against 48% of Find My Device's.
Drone Start ships an update every 3 weeks, Find My Device every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drone Start | Find My Device |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (48 ratings) | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.4% of reviews | 47.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neil Faulkner | 婧 李 |
Customer experience
Drone Start
Find My Device
Bugs and requests
Drone Start
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Find My Device
Reported bugs
3 issues- Erratic distance tracking
- Inability to detect certain Bluetooth devices
- Persistent pairing prompts
Requested features
4 requests- Improved accuracy and reliability
- Better support for a wider range of Bluetooth devices
- Reduced in-app advertisements
- More user-friendly interface
In-app purchases
Drone Start
- Professional Monthly7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Professional Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Find My Device
No in-app purchases
Questions
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