SwellCam2 vs Hover
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwellCam2
Preview images from a drone camera, control photo and video capture, and adjust camera settings. Download captured media directly to your mobile device.
- Preview drone camera images
- Control photo and video capture
- Set camera parameters
- Download images to mobile
- Compatible with SwellPro Agile models
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With the SwellCam 2 application, you can preview the images taken by a drone camera, control take photo or video, and set the camera parameters. You can also use the application to view the wonderful scenes and download the images from drone to mobile phones. Key Functions Control camera take picture or video. Set camera photo or video parameters. Preview the photos and videos in the camera. Download photos and images from the cameras to mobile phones. Applicable Model SwellPro Agile SwellPro Agile Racer
Hover
Control a self-flying camera for real-time shooting previews and detailed parameter adjustments. Capture photos and videos with various modes and manage your footage efficiently.
- Real-time shooting preview
- Camera parameter adjustment
- Adjust flight angle, distance, and tracking
- Switch between single and continuous photo/video modes
- Manage video and photo materials
- One-click film maker
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Hover is an exclusive app for Hover Camera. You can preview the shooting in real time and lock the shooting details; the camera parameter adjustment function brings various gameplay, and there is also a video material management function to create your exclusive library for photogenic spot. Function introduction: -【Real-time preview】Real-time preview of the shooting ,check the quality and content at any time; -【Camera parameter adjustment】arbitrary adjustment of the camera's flight angle, distance and tracking form, and shoot more freely. -【Video/Photo mode】Single mode/continuous mode can be switched during the shooting process, to freeze every wonderful moments; -【Material Management】One-click film maker, saving time and efficiency, and sharing one step faster.
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Verdict
SwellCam2 and Hover both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 33% of Hover's written reviews are positive against 0% of SwellCam2's. Hover also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (99 vs 1). SwellCam2's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for SwellCam2 against 2.9 for Hover. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hover has 99 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of SwellCam2's written reviews are positive against 33% of Hover's.
SwellCam2 ships an update every 9 months, Hover every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwellCam2 | Hover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.9 (99 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 32.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 99 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 342 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen SwellPro Technology Co.,LTD | Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
SwellCam2
Hover
Bugs and requests
SwellCam2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hover
Reported bugs
24 issues- App closes out after login attempt
- Repeated failures to connect to drone's WiFi
- Cannot access videos or photos even when logged in
- App shuts down involuntarily
- Setup process is a moving target
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- New update damaged batteries, reducing flight time
- App not loading at first
- App says network failed
- App doesn't connect to drone
- Audio recording not downloading/merging with video
- Photo function lost after update
- Cannot sign into app, network unavailable error
- App doesn't work
- App requires full access to media
- App requires full access to photos
- App requires GPS access to download videos
- App doesn't connect for downloads after iPadOS update
- Permissions issues, requires full photo library access
- Cannot initiate connection/pairing with VoiceOver screen reader
- Doesn't allow shooting more than 15 seconds in specific modes
- Login process does not allow re-login, prompts for new account
- Mode tab cannot be used to access mode settings
- Network unavailable error when downloading videos
- Manual button not found
Requested features
18 requests- Allow access to album when drone is off
- Unlock flight modes immediately
- Add voice control
- Add more fun flight modes
- Improve UI and UX design
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- Add comprehensive editing tool features
- Add manual flight mode for iPad
- Allow flight at any firmware version
- Add option to mute or lower robotic sound
- Add settings for camera quality adjustments (EV, contrast, saturation, sharpening)
- Allow reinitiating flight from phone without tapping power button
- Add duration option on all modes
- Program a sequence for flight execution
- Allow limited photo access instead of full access
- Improve translations
- Add more operational manuals in the app
- Allow user-controlled exposure/EV, saturation, contrast, and sharpening settings
- Add option to create instructions in a sequence for execution and return to user
In-app purchases
SwellCam2
No in-app purchases
Hover
No in-app purchases
