DJI Pilot vs Drone Harmony Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DJI Pilot
Control and monitor DJI drones with real-time HD image transmission. This app allows for aircraft and camera control, firmware updates, and flight record management. It offers a user-friendly interface for professional drone operation.
- Real-time HD image transmission
- Aircraft control
- Camera control and playback
- Firmware updates
- Flight record synchronization
- User-friendly UI
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Concise yet professional, here comes the new version of DJI Pilot. The brand new DJI Pilot app supports the latest DJI drones. The new DJI Pilot app can assist the DJI drones to transmit pictures in real time smoothly, control the aircraft, as well as control the camera and its playback. You can also update the firmware and check flight records using DJI Pilot. New Features: Provides a new and user-friendly UI. Supports the feature where you can check the HD image transmission in real-time. Adjusts the camera parameters to provide better and more professional camera control. Improves camera playback. Supports real-time flight records sync. Improves firmware update.
Drone Harmony Mobile
Plan and execute drone flights directly from your iPhone or iPad. This app allows you to synchronize with the cloud, load sites, and adapt flight plans for mapping and inspection missions. Future updates will introduce a 3D interface and expanded drone compatibility.
- iOS flight planning and execution
- Cloud synchronization
- Load and adapt flight plans
- Mapping & Inspection mission support
- Terrain category missions
- Gimbal adjustments
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We have released Drone Harmony Mobile for iOS, the first Drone Harmony flight planning and execution app for iPhones and iPads. You can now plan and execute flights on all iOS devices running iOS 14.0 or later. The new app can synchronize with the Drone Harmony cloud, load sites, plan and adapt flight plans, and execute missions. It provides the required toolset to plan and execute missions from the Mapping & Inspection and Terrain categories in the flight plan catalog. You can also adapt missions planned in Drone Harmony Web on the iOS mobile device (e.g., gimbal adjustments). Flight mission planning and execution in iOS Future updates of Drone Harmony for iOS will include numerous key additions, such as the 3D interface. Moreover, missions can currently not be executed in the virtual stick control mode, meaning that some drones (e.g., the Mavic Mini, the Mavic Air 2, and the Spark) and missions that include panorama waypoints, are currently not supported. The support of this flight mode will be included in an upcoming update.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Drone Harmony Mobile at every 6 weeks against DJI Pilot's every 5 months. Drone Harmony Mobile also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). DJI Pilot's advantage is ratings volume (174 vs 6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
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 — 2.1 for DJI Pilot against 2.0 for Drone Harmony Mobile. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DJI Pilot has 174 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 9% and 9% positive.
DJI Pilot ships an update every 5 months, Drone Harmony Mobile every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DJI Pilot | Drone Harmony Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (174 ratings) — better | 2.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.0% of reviews | 9.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 174 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 374 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | DJI | Drone Harmony AG |
Customer experience
DJI Pilot
Drone Harmony Mobile
Bugs and requests
DJI Pilot
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes on launch or during flight
- Login verification code field unresponsive due to keyboard overlay
- Flight records screen zoomed in with no scroll capability
- Sync button cut off screen on iPhone devices
- External speaker connection causes immediate crash
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- Device compatibility detection fails despite meeting requirements
- Screen jumps during login process preventing verification entry
- App freezes on verification screen
- MSX thermal mode reverts to low-resolution after firmware update
- Auto-focus not working in video mode
- Downloaded videos appear out of focus during live view
- No-fly zone unlock confirmations not populating
- Drone controller linking shows success but doesn't actually connect
- App crashes when syncing flight records on iPad Pro
- Constant disconnections from drone during operation
- Firmware upload fails repeatedly
- GPS timestamping not copying to clipboard on iOS
- App not supporting advertised iOS versions
- Crashes on iOS 13+ versions
- Incompatible with iPhone 6S despite listed support
Requested features
15 requests- Waypoint programming and autonomous flight modes
- Intelligent Flight Modes (IFM) support
- Thermal camera radiometric data and FLIR tools integration
- Live streaming to Facebook and other social media platforms
- Flight record sync functionality on iOS
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- iPad Pro full-screen optimization and resolution support
- MSX thermal mode functionality
- Parity with DJI Go 4 app features
- Proper keyboard handling for login screens
- Landing protection toggle option
- Support for all enterprise drone models
- iOS 13+ compatibility
- iPhone XS/XR/11 Pro Max support
- Multi-gimbal support on iOS
- Firmware update functionality
Drone Harmony Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DJI Pilot
No in-app purchases
Drone Harmony Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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