Comparison

Fotocast vs dr0n3

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

Head to head
About

Fotocast

This app provides hyperlocal weather forecasts specifically tailored for outdoor photographers. It offers unique tools like a "Fotoscore" for optimal conditions, sunrise/sunset quality predictions, and minute-by-minute precipitation alerts. Plan your photo sessions with confidence, get gear-based suggestions, and access historical weather data.

Highlights
  • Hyperlocal weather forecasts
  • Fotoscore™ for photography conditions
  • Sunrise & Sunset quality prediction
  • Minutely precipitation alerts
  • Daylight phases (blue hour, golden hour)
  • Photo suggestions based on weather & gear
  • Photo session manager
  • Animated radar & weather maps
Features
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Fotocast is the only revolutionary hyperlocal weather forecast app designed for outdoor photographers. With weather info like any other high-rated weather forecast app, it is custom made for photography with many additional photography weather tools you won't find in any other app. And best of all, it's ad-free! ▶ Introducing Fotoscore™ See a simple score from 0 to 10 telling you if conditions outside are optimal for photography, based on your photographer type! ▶ Sunrise & Sunset Quality Know if sunrise or sunset is likely to be colorful & beautiful based on weather conditions that have been known to affect the quality of the sky at that magical hour. ▶ Real-time Minutely Hyperlocal Forecasts Never get your camera wet again! See precipitation information minute by minute, configure alerts when rain is starting, and more. ▶ Intuitive "Daylight Phases" See the times for blue hour, golden hour, high noon, sunrise, sunset, and more... like never before. Designed just for photographers. ▶ Photo suggestions based on weather conditions and the gear you own! See helpful photography tips automatically based on weather conditions and the type of photographer that you are! Save your photography gear into the intuitive database and configure which weather conditions you need them for! ▶ Photo Session Manager Program your future photography sessions into Fotocast and get notified when bad weather is expected. Don't wonder if you and your clients will get wet at that park you are shooting at next week! ▶ Trip Log Record your photography session mileage on the go. ▶ Inspiration See photos from other photographers automatically based on your current weather condition and photographer type for quick inspiration on the go! ▶ Alerts, Notifications & Customizations Configure more types of weather alerts than any other weather app. Want to know if the wind speed is going to be low at your favorite pond or lake so you can get some nice reflection shots on the water? Fotocast has you covered. Want to know if it's going to be foggy so you can take some creatively killer shots? Fotocast does that too! The interface of Fotocast is fully customizable, as well. Pick any color you want to use as a theme, and hide weather conditions that aren't important to you! ▶ Animated Radar & Maps Track the path of precipitation around you with animated radar. Fotocast also includes many other weather maps for any type of weather condition... even a light pollution map for night time photographers! ▶ Almanac (Historic Weather) With Fotocast's built in Almanac, you can research what the weather conditions were on any day for many years in the past. Take it a step further than any other weather almanac by automatically analyzing weather conditions on that day for the past 50 years, and produce an average weather condition! ▶ Sunny 16 Rule Indicator Automatically changing Sunny 16 rule indicator based on current weather! ▶ Photography Calculators There are more than 10 handy photography calculators! ▶ Sun/Moon Direction Tool Plan your outdoor photography by knowing which direction the Sun will be in at any time, on any date, any location! ▶ Live Aurora Borealis Info Never miss the northern lights! ▶ A lot more! There's a lot more features and tools for photographers we can't fit into this description! Download Fotocast today to see what the hype is about. Some features require a subscription of $4.99/month or $29.99/year for Fotocast Premium. Subscriptions are charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and automatically renew each month or year, unless turned off in your iTunes settings 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused portion of the trial period, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. You may manage subscriptions and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://bit.ly/2HVHi7p

About

dr0n3

This app provides drone pilots with essential pre-flight weather and safety information. It offers detailed data on wind, visibility, cloud cover, and sun positioning, along with no-fly zone maps and local regulations. A subscription is required for live data and advisories.

Highlights
  • Drone-specific weather data
  • Wind and altitude information
  • Precipitation and visibility forecasts
  • Sun position tracking
  • No-Fly Zone maps
  • Local rules and restrictions
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Get all the pre-flight info to make sure the skies are in the best possible conditions for your drone flights. Detailed information for weather conditions from a drone perspective. See all data you need for wind, wind altitudes, precipitation, visibility, cloud cover, and how this data changes from hour to hour. Sun information helps you to plan where to capture imagery like during sunrise, sunset and golden hour. It allows you to see exactly where the sun will be. No-Fly Zone Map which gives you a simple indicator letting you know also if the location you are in is safe to fly or not. Local Rules and Restrictions (Not available in all countries. New countries and states are being added continuously Do you own and UAV from DJI Mavic / Air / Spark / Trello / Phantom, Parrot, Trello, Yuneec, 3DR or other brands then this is a must in your app collection. Are you missing any features in this app? Please send your wishes on any features to us. Note that the app requires (monthly or annual) subscription plan to access live data and fly advisories etc. (see Payment policy for full info) Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal 24-hours prior to the end of the current period and will identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the users account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. For more information, see our : - Privacy Policy on https://dr0n3.org/web/privacy - Terms of Use on https://dr0n3.org/web/terms - Payment Policy and Subscription Information on https://dr0n3.org/web/payment

Screenshots

Fotocast4 screens
dr0n34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fotocast at 3.8 against dr0n3's 1.0. Fotocast also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 0%) and ratings volume (88 vs 2). dr0n3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fotocast sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. dr0n3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fotocast holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fotocast has 88 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Fotocast's written reviews are positive against 0% of dr0n3's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fotocast versus dr0n3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFotocastdr0n3
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (88 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings88 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDunbar Technology, LLCPropal IT Solutions AB

Customer experience

Fotocast

All ratings88 ratings
Positive67.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative26.1%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative65.0%

dr0n3

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Fotocast

Reported bugs

44 issues
  • Nothing working
  • No data available
  • Never updated to my location
  • App is abandoned
  • Nothing loads in any category
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  • Completely useless app
  • Never loads my location
  • Watch app crashes immediately
  • No updates to fix
  • App will not load info
  • Crashes constantly
  • Free version never worked
  • Apps that haven’t been updated within a year
  • Nothing geht (German for nothing works)
  • App now stops on age consent form
  • Will not open on Apple Watch
  • Crashes trying to read terms of use
  • Dunkelmodus funktioniert nicht (German for dark mode not working)
  • Location not updating
  • GPS auto update not working
  • Radar is premium subscription
  • Double dip (billing issue)
  • Sunrise/Sunset quality scores are useless
  • Quality Scores update retrospectively
  • Fotoscore number is random
  • Bugs with regards to notifications
  • My Location (Auto GPS) doesn’t update location
  • App crashes as soon as I open it
  • Crashes every time I open the app
  • App installs well and asks to locate for forecasting, etc. when you give approval it follows by crashing
  • Latest version crashes upon opening
  • Whenever I select a location it automatically quits out
  • App will not work. Each time I open the app it crashes
  • App crashes within a split second when I try to open it
  • Thinks it's clear when loads of clouds and vice versa
  • Can't get the current weather right
  • Reverts to other locations
  • Attempt to edit gear causes app to force close
  • Address search results in “my photo places” cannot be selected and improperly displays
  • Use of the camera in the “my photo places” results in force close of app
  • In app support fails to send
  • Can’t add locations
  • Can’t make it use location services
  • Thinks it is nighttime when it is 1000

Requested features

24 requests
  • Pull apps down if abandoned
  • Remove payment options from abandoned apps
  • Fix app updates
  • One-time payment option instead of subscription
  • Fix app to work
Show 19 more
  • Fix watch app
  • Fix age consent form bug
  • Fix dark mode
  • Fix GPS auto-update
  • Make radar not premium
  • Fix double billing
  • Fix notification bugs
  • Fix quality score calculation
  • Fix fotoscore calculation
  • Fix support ticket sending
  • Fix gear editing crash
  • Fix address search
  • Fix camera use crash
  • Fix support message sending
  • Fix app quitting out
  • Allow adding locations
  • Enable location services
  • Fix daytime/nighttime display
  • Add more features for iOS

dr0n3

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Fotocast

Subscriptions2
  • Fotocast Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Fotocast Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fotocast Premium - One Time$19.99
None

dr0n3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fotocast free?
Fotocast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dr0n3 free?
dr0n3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fotocast or dr0n3?
Fotocast is rated higher. Fotocast averages 3.8 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while dr0n3 averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fotocast or dr0n3 have ads?
Neither Fotocast nor dr0n3 shows ads.

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