Comparison

Rhythm Skydiving 401 vs AeroDrop

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

Head to head
About

Rhythm Skydiving 401

This app serves as a comprehensive rhythm coach for skydiving enthusiasts. It offers a vast library of articles, videos, and interactive tools to learn and master 4-way and 8-way formations. Users can download content for offline review and utilize features like a dive timer and draw generator.

Highlights
  • Extensive video library with offline download
  • Interactive flashcards for formation learning
  • Color-coded continuity plans
  • Advanced video player with frame-by-frame control
  • Customizable random draw generator
  • In-app direct contact with instructors
Features
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Rhythm Skydiving 401 for iPhone – A Rhythm Coach in the palm of your hand! This is the ultimate app for 4way and 8way enthusiasts at any level, brought to you by SDC Rhythm XP. Sign up now to get access to tons of content, including articles, flash cards, continuity plans, pictures and over 200 videos. Download videos to your phone for review offline at the dropzone. Pause, adjust speed, and move frame by frame with the advanced video player. Use the filter and search bar to see just the content you want. An annual subscription gives you unlimited access to Rhythm’s constantly updating content including: * The Basics (FREE) - Articles and resources about how to learn 4 way, how to form and plan a team, performance tips, bodyflight techniques - Rhythm continuity plans, color coded by slot for both beginner and advanced block techniques, including key inter-pictures - Interactive flash cards to help you learn the formations * Blocks - Rhythm best of block videos in air - Video of each block in the tunnel, including color coded helmets, lines and intermediate pictures overlayed, including both beginner and advanced block techniques * Randoms - Rhythm in air examples and color coded tunnel examples * Exits - Rhythm best of exit in air videos - Detailed pictures in the mockup of each exit, including color coded helmets and foot placement, inside and outside the mockup - Video of Rhythm demonstrating each exit from the mockup both from inside and outside - Chart of recommended transition exits * Rhythm training videos - Exclusive access to select Rhythm training and competition dives and tunnel video, with new content added every month. * Dive Timer (FREE) - Dive timer designed specifically with 4way and 8way in mind. Enter the formation to view time at each point, and see a filtered list of each point. Click anywhere on the screen to log points for easy use while looking at the TV screen. * Draw Generator (FREE) - Create random draws, view, export and share color-coded diagrams for each dive - Create specific parameters to ‘customize’ your random draw (i.e. all dives that start with a block as the first point or specify a block and fill in at random around it). * Ask Rhythm (FREE) - Have a question? Contact Rhythm directly through the app for answers. * News and Calendar (FREE) - Keep up to date with Rhythm, news about the Rhythm apps and learn about upcoming events Subscription Information ------------------------ Rhythm 401 is supported through two auto-renewing subscriptions which you can choose to purchase within the app. • The subscriptions are called '401 Annual Subscription' and '801 Annual Subscription' • They are both annual subscriptions. They give you access to all the 4way and 8way content in the app, and new 4way and 8way training/competition videos as they are released • 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 within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Terms of use are available at https://rhythmskydiving.com/app-terms-and-conditions • Privacy policy is available at https://rhythmskydiving.com/app-privacy-policy

About

AeroDrop

A dedicated marketplace for buying and selling used skydiving equipment. Features include identity-verified sellers, in-app messaging, and essential weather forecasts. Find or sell canopies, containers, and accessories safely and easily.

Highlights
  • Identity-verified gear marketplace
  • In-app buyer/seller messaging
  • Real-time winds aloft forecasts
  • METAR & TAF weather reports
  • Interactive dropzone map
  • Buyer and seller ratings
Features
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AeroDrop is the first dedicated marketplace for buying and selling skydiving gear. Browse used mains, reserves, containers, AADs, helmets, altimeters, and more from identity-verified sellers. Features: - Gear marketplace with identity-verified users - In-app messaging between buyers and sellers - Real-time winds aloft forecasts for any location - METAR & TAF weather reports for nearby airports - Interactive map with dropzone locations - Buyer and seller ratings and reviews Whether you're looking for your next canopy or trying to sell gear you've outgrown, AeroDrop makes it simple and safe.

Screenshots

Rhythm Skydiving 4014 screens
AeroDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AeroDrop at none against Rhythm Skydiving 401's 2. Rhythm Skydiving 401's advantage is ratings volume (150 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating and ads 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. Rhythm Skydiving 401 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. AeroDrop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rhythm Skydiving 401 against 5.0 for AeroDrop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm Skydiving 401 has 150 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rhythm Skydiving 401 versus AeroDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythm Skydiving 401AeroDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (150 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings150 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB89 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRhythm SkydivingJoseph Scheri

Customer experience

Rhythm Skydiving 401

All ratings150 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%

AeroDrop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rhythm Skydiving 401

Subscriptions2
  • Rhythm 8way Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Rhythm 4way Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

AeroDrop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rhythm Skydiving 401 free?
Rhythm Skydiving 401 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AeroDrop free?
AeroDrop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rhythm Skydiving 401 or AeroDrop?
AeroDrop is rated higher. Rhythm Skydiving 401 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 150 ratings, while AeroDrop averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Rhythm Skydiving 401 or AeroDrop have ads?
Neither Rhythm Skydiving 401 nor AeroDrop shows ads.

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