Optoma TapCast vs DE FPV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Optoma TapCast
Wirelessly stream audio, video, and your mobile screen to a compatible projector or interactive flat panel. Control your device remotely or mirror your desktop to your smartphone for direct touch interaction.
- Stream audio and video
- Remote control projector
- Mirror mobile screen
- Control projector from desktop mirror
- Wireless display solution
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TapCast is a wireless display solution which offers a friendly and convenient user experience for home entertainment, corporate and education sharing and collaboration. To use this APP on your phone or tablet, you need an Optoma Projector / IFP with TapCast Server pre-installed. With TapCast you can: 1. Stream any audio or video file to your Projector / IFP. 2. Use your smartphone as Remote Controller for your Projector / IFP. 3. Mirror your mobile screen to your Projector / IFP. 4. Mirror your desktop screen to your smartphone and touch the screen directly to control your Projector / IFP, as if you are touching your Projector / IFP. This is the client side APP. The server APP is exclusively found on Optoma Projector / IFP that has TapCast Server built in.
DE FPV
Stream live video from your drone's camera directly to your device. Capture photos and videos in real-time and experience immersive first-person view with VR goggles.
- Live drone camera feed
- Record photos and videos
- Store media in app album
- VR mode for first-person view
- 2.4GHz Wi-Fi transmission
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This streaming drone gives you a birds-eye view of the world using its onboard video camera. Capture video and pictures in real time transmitted via 2.4GHz Wi-Fi. App functions: 1. Displays a live streaming feed taken by the drone's onboard camera. 2. Records and stores photos and videos directly to the app's album. 3.Use VR mode in conjunction with VR googles to experience a FPV(frist person view) experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DE FPV at 3.6 against Optoma TapCast's 2.0. DE FPV also leads on review sentiment (37% vs 0%) and ratings volume (191 vs 8). Optoma TapCast's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). 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.
DE FPV holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DE FPV has 191 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Optoma TapCast's written reviews are positive against 37% of DE FPV's.
Optoma TapCast ships an update every 5 weeks, DE FPV every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Optoma TapCast | DE FPV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (8 ratings) | 3.6 (191 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 37.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 191 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optoma Corporation | Xiamen Huoshiquan Import & Export CO., LTD |
Customer experience
Optoma TapCast
DE FPV
Bugs and requests
Optoma TapCast
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DE FPV
Reported bugs
19 issues- Wi-Fi connection fails
- Camera feed not showing
- App controls won't activate
- Tutorial videos won't load
- Cannot select drone model in tutorial
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- Drone crashes
- Motors cut out unexpectedly
- App shows 'no internet connection'
- App shows 'unsecured network'
- App shows 'not connected to drone wifi' when connected
- App crashes when using it
- Camera works only once
- Drone doesn't stay still
- Camera is glitchy
- App is slow
- App is hard to understand
- App kicks user out
- Cannot connect to camera
- Invert Y axis camera
Requested features
7 requests- Fix tutorial video loading/clicking
- Improve Wi-Fi connection stability
- Fix camera connectivity and glitches
- Make app compatible with more drone models
- Improve app performance and reduce crashes
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- Add Bluetooth connectivity option
- Provide troubleshooting support for connection issues
In-app purchases
Optoma TapCast
No in-app purchases
DE FPV
No in-app purchases
