SQUARED FPV vs RocControl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SQUARED FPV
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A toy quadrocopter control by wifi with video transfer real time. Support iOS 7 ,iOS 8, iOS 9,iOS 10,iOS 11,iPhone 5 ,iPhone 5c,iPhone 5s,iPhone 6, iPhone 6 plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s plus,iPhone 7, iPhone 7 plus,iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus,iPhone x.
RocControl
Control your digital model railroad layouts remotely. Manage locomotives, switches, and signals, and set trains to run automatically. Connect to a Rocrail server to operate your entire layout from your mobile device.
- Control locomotives, switches, and signals
- Automatic train operation
- Dialogs for blocks, turntables, and staging yards
- Dedicated locomotive throttle
- Layout, driving, and system control tabs
- Automatic connection to local Rocrail servers
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The app controls digital model railroad layouts by driving locomotives, set switches, set signal, and let run trains automatically. This app is a mobile client for the model railroad program Rocrail. See https://wiki.rocrail.net for more information on Rocrail. The app offers dialogs for blocks, turntables, traversers, staging and fiddleyards; All you need to control your model railroad layout with a mobile device. A special dialog is the throttle for controlling locomotives speed and functions. The app has 3 main tabs: One for the layout, one for driving and one for the system controls and tracing. In order to control a model railroad layout the app must be connected to a Rocrail server. If one is found on the local network, mDNS/Bonjour, it will automatically connect to it. The Rocrail Demo server can be connected if no local server has been found. This option is available in the Settings menu, the gear symbol right on top, if no local server has been found.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SQUARED FPV at 7.0 against RocControl's 16.6. On price, update cadence, 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.
SQUARED FPV ships an update every 10 days, RocControl fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SQUARED FPV | RocControl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | G FORCE, K.K. | Rocrail |
In-app purchases
SQUARED FPV
No in-app purchases
RocControl
No in-app purchases
