Avision for Drones vs Aloft Air Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avision for Drones
This app helps drone pilots plan, get airspace authorization, and execute flights. It offers flight validation against regulations, weather, and obstacles, and supports fleet management for advanced operations. Live video streaming enhances situational awareness for emergency response.
- FAA B4UFLY airspace awareness
- Automated FAA LAANC authorization
- Flight plan validation
- Fleet management
- Live video streaming
- Situational awareness tools
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Avision™ provides drone pilots with information and tools to efficiently plan (via FAA B4UFLY airspace awareness), approve (via automated FAA LAANC - Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability), and execute flight operations as well as track activity over time. Flight Intelligence™ offers automated flight plan validation against the constraints including regulations, weather, terrain, and obstacles. Avision UTM system provides essential fleet management services for BVLOS operations in advanced air mobility, aerial transportation and drone delivery. UTM functionality combined with live video streaming capabilities support extended situational awareness for first responders, public safety, and emergency response operations. To access services, user will be prompted to create an account and login. Fleet management and FAA LAANC commercial (part 107) require an upgrade to paid account. Information gathered by the App complies with company privacy policy.
Aloft Air Control
This platform streamlines drone operations and airspace management. It offers advanced tools for team, fleet, and airspace coordination, including LAANC and UTM capabilities. An accompanying web app provides enterprise-level features for advanced users.
- Drone operations management
- Airspace management
- LAANC capabilities
- UTM integration
- Team and fleet management
- Next-gen tools
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Air Control is the new platform from Aloft (formerly Kittyhawk). Air Control is rebuilt from the ground up to bring new levels of automation and compliance to our industry-leading drone operations and airspace management solutions. Air Control combines the best of our full-stack platform with next-gen tools for team, fleet, and airspace management with LAANC and UTM capabilities. For advanced LAANC tools, fleet management tools, reporting, and other enterprise features, you can access the all-new web app at https://air.aloft.ai/. For more information, see https://aloft.ai/air-control/. To learn more about using your app within a team or organization, or to review our SOC2 and ISO27001 audits, please contact enterprise@aloft.ai. For direct support, you can contact our team at any time at support@aloft.ai.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Avision for Drones at 4.0 against Aloft Air Control's 3.2. Avision for Drones also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). Aloft Air Control's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (154 vs 33). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Avision for Drones holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 154 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Avision for Drones's written reviews are positive against 33% of Aloft Air Control's.
Avision for Drones ships an update every 2 months, Aloft Air Control every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 22, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avision for Drones | Aloft Air Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (33 ratings) — better | 3.2 (154 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 32.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 154 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avision Incorporated | Aloft Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Avision for Drones
Aloft Air Control
Bugs and requests
Avision for Drones
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Aloft Air Control
Reported bugs
6 issues- LAANC approvals not showing
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Crashes and freezes
- Issues connecting to DJI controllers
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- Unreliable weather data
Requested features
8 requests- Expand the boundaries of LAANC
- Add FaceID login
- Improve landscape mode support
- Add 2FA to accounts
- Improve DJI integration
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- Add option to re-upload failed missions
- Add dark mode option
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
Avision for Drones
No in-app purchases
Aloft Air Control
No in-app purchases
Questions
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