Teeeello vs Rainbow for DJI Drones
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Teeeello
Control a toy drone using your iPhone's motion. Features include gesture-based flight, automatic panorama photo creation, and adjustable altitude limits. Capture stunning aerial photos with intuitive controls.
- Gesture-based flight control
- Automatic panorama photo creation
- Fixed throttle mode
- Adjustable altitude limits
- Take off and landing buttons
- Save panorama pieces
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And, you can control Tello just like using an actual flight control stick by moving the iPhone. When you use the fixed throttle mode, you can fly with right and left, up and down operations only. It will gives you a feeling to fly an actual air craft. You can get pictures but cannot get videos at this time. It doesn't support FPV. TELLO is a toy drone made by Ryze Tech. = SELECT STICK TYPE You can select two types of stick. One is the normal type stick, and the other is the gesture type stick. The gesture type can control TELLO just like using an actual flight control stick by moving the iPhone. = USAGE OF PANORAMA Connect to WiFi of TELLO in setting App. To make panorama photos, use "Auto Flight Control" feature. - Take off To take off TELLO, press the take off button. - Landing To land TELLO, press the landing button. - Up and Down Ascend TELLO to the desired altitude using stick. Or, press the "Auto" button and, choose "Ascend to the Maximum Altitude" so that TELLO can ascend to the maximum altitude. If you changed the value, TELLO can ascend to the desired altitude, it is within 30m heigh though. - Start Panorama To make panorama photos, press the "Auto" button. And, choose "Automatic Panorama Photo" . TELLO starts taking pictures for pieces of panorama by rotating 360 degrees. After finished taking pictures, APP generates panorama photo. In case TELLO is blown by wind and tilted the angle, generating panorama may be failed. You can select the way of saving the pieces of panorama pictures by settings button. If you would like to use the other App to make panorama photo, choose saving the pictures all. = TAKE A PHOTO To take a photo, touch the "Shutter Button". The photo which you take will be directly saved to you camera roll (Photo Album). You should enable to access to your camera roll when you shoot the photo first time. = AUTO FLIGHT CONTROL When you press "Auto" button, you can start the auto flight control. There are three types of auto flight controls at this time. -- Automatic Panorama Photo -- Ascend to the Maximum Altitude -- Descend to the Minimum Altitude(1m) If you would like to stop the auto flight control, press the red cross button. = SETTINGS Using settings button, you can change the followings. - Unit - The way of saving panorama pictures - Stick type - Stick mode - Max Height(Altitude) Limit. You can change the max height limit between 1m to 100m. This value saves on the TELLO memory, it keeps when you use the official TELLO controller. = USAGE OF GESTURE STICK When you choose the gesture type stick, operate the following. - Start To use the stick operation, press the start button. - Stop To stop the stick operation, press the stop button. Then, TELLO enters the hovering state. - Rotate clockwise, Rotate counterclockwise To rotate clockwise or counterclockwise, tilt the iPhone left or right. - Up and Down To up and down, tilt the iPhone forward or backward. - Forward To move forward, slide up the left throttle. - Backward To move backward, slide down the right throttle. - Fixed Throttle When you turn on the fixed throttle switch, the throttle will be fixed even if you release the throttle. Then, TELLO moves forward at a constant speed, you can control it as a fixed wing aircraft. - Sports mode When you turn on sports mode, the operation becomes more sensitive. Use it when you fly TELLO outside. - Fast Speed You can switch the speed of flying into fast speed with fast speed switch. = IMPORTANT This app is not an official by Ryze Tech. It may become unusable in the future. If you feel TELLO performs unexpected behavior during flight, land TELLO immediately. When you fly TELLO using this app, consider safety on your responsibility. The app makes no warranty that app will meet or satisfy your requirements The app shall have no responsibility for any damage to your phone, tablet, drone, people or things that results from your use of the app.
Rainbow for DJI Drones
Enhance your DJI drone photography and videography with advanced flight planning and control. This app offers customizable waypoint missions, time-lapse, and various shooting modes for professional results. It supports a wide range of DJI drone models.
- Customizable waypoint missions (up to 99)
- Time-lapse photography
- Orthophoto and navigation belt shooting
- Oblique and 3D modeling photography
- Track mode for object tracking
- Advanced camera and aircraft settings
- Course Lock / Home Lock
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Support Air3/Mavic3 series/Mini 4 Pro new models with Kmz route files. New support Mini 2 / Air 2s / Mini SE drones. Compatible with DJI Mavic Mini/Mavic 2 Zoom/Pro, Mavic Air/Pro, Phantom 4 Normal/Advanced/Pro/ProV2, Phantom 3 Standard/4K/Advanced/Professional, Inspire 1 X3/Z3/Pro/RAW, Inspire 2, Spark We will continue to update Rainbow, so we would like to hear from you. Any suggestions are welcome, please contact us via email: rainbow.feedback@hotmail.com Main features: * New support for Mavic Mini. * Incredible stability, much better than DJI Go. Smooth operation without delays. * Advanced waypoint support, you can customize your auto flight. The number of waypoints is up to 99 waypoints. * Support time-lapse photography. * Waypoint support, you can customize your own automatic flight, support mission continuation, save, restore, specify flight starting navigation point, support navigation point actions (shooting, steering, gimbal adjustment, stay, video recording). * Supports orthophoto shooting, missions can be saved, resumed, and multiple shooting modes include timing, isometric, and hovering. * Supports navigation belt shooting, suitable for orthophotos of rivers, highways and other belt conditions * Supports oblique photography, cross-tilt and other modeling shooting * Supports stereoscopic surround 3D shooting of single buildings * Support Kml import. * Supports panoramic shooting * Support for FPV mode. * Save and load local waypoint mission. * Support camera pointing in waypoint mode. * Track mode supported. Track the object and orbit around it or have the aircraft autonomously follow the subject just like if you use DJI GO. * Advanced camera and aircraft settings. Control everything about your drone. *More flight modes and features are coming. * Support Course Lock / Home Lock. Support worker: * Waypoint management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajT9T6J2jWk * Fly a mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L_jYuGR-bc Rainbow has an annual subscription plan, you can use it 3 times for free, after that you can subscribe to Rainbow for future use. * Only free user can test the connection, fly three times. * VIP member can unlock all features with an annual subscription. Your subscription (VIP member) will automatically renew each year at the current subscription rate and this amount will be charged to your account within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription year. To manage your subscription or prevent it from auto-renewing, go to Account Settings and turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before your renewal date. No refunds will be issued after the annual subscription fee has been charged. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited once you purchase a subscription. For more information, please see the terms of use: http://www.emojikeyboard.cn/dji/rainbowuser.html and the privacy policy: https://storage.googleapis.com/rainbow-drone/app/privacy. html Note: Continued use of GPS in the background can drastically reduce battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Teeeello at none against Rainbow for DJI Drones's 1. Teeeello also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (3.2 vs 2.9). Rainbow for DJI Drones's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 10). 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. Rainbow for DJI Drones sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Teeeello asks for nothing beyond the download.
Teeeello holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Teeeello's written reviews are positive against 36% of Rainbow for DJI Drones's.
Teeeello ships an update every 4 days, Rainbow for DJI Drones every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Teeeello | Rainbow for DJI Drones |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (10 ratings) — better | 2.9 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better | 36.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomohiko Sugimoto | Zhuhai Huiteng Software Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Teeeello
Rainbow for DJI Drones
In-app purchases
Teeeello
No in-app purchases
Rainbow for DJI Drones
- VIP Members yearly$39.991 Year
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