Skydio vs Airpeak Flight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skydio
This app acts as your personal film crew, capturing breathtaking 4K60 HDR footage. It intelligently follows subjects and navigates obstacles, enabling unique aerial shots. Control is intuitive, from simple launches to precise manual flight.
- 4K60 HDR content capture
- Subject tracking
- Obstacle avoidance
- Autonomous flight
- One-handed control with Beacon
- Precise manual control with Controller
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Designed to be your personal film crew, Skydio 2+ captures stunning 4K60 HDR content, follows subjects, and avoids obstacles to create previously impossible shots. Launch, fly, land, and export all in the Skydio app. Connect a Skydio 2+ Beacon for easy, one-handed control at greater distances, or use a Controller for high-precision, stress-free manual control with the most advanced obstacle avoidance system ever developed. Skydio app is compatible with Skydio 2+ and Skydio 2. Skydio is an American robotics company designing, manufacturing, and supporting products in Redwood City, California.
Airpeak Flight
This application allows for the comprehensive monitoring and management of a specific aircraft, its remote controller, camera, and gimbal. It helps optimize flight experiences by tracking flight distance, battery usage, and enabling camera adjustments during flight. The app supports both manual and automated flight modes, including mission planning and execution.
- Aircraft monitoring
- Remote controller management
- Camera and gimbal control
- Flight distance and battery tracking
- Camera settings adjustment
- Manual and automated flight modes
- Mission flight planning and execution
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“Airpeak Flight” is a mobile app for comprehensive monitoring and management of Airpeak aircraft, remote controller, camera, and gimbal. From checking flight distance and battery usage, to adjusting camera settings, the app is designed to optimize the flight experience. The app is fully compatible with Alpha full-frame mirrorless cameras, allowing for camera adjustments during flight. “Airpeak Flight” can be used both with manual and automated flight modes. During the “Mission Flight mode”, the app can be used to confirm the route, execute the mission, check the status of the aircraft, and monitor the equipment. For more information about Airpeak https://electronics.sony.com/airpeak
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Airpeak Flight at 100% against Skydio's 43%. Airpeak Flight also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and monetization model (free vs paid). Skydio's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 4). 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.
Airpeak Flight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skydio has 79 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Skydio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Airpeak Flight's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Skydio | Airpeak Flight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (79 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 235 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skydio, Inc. | Sony Group Corporation |
Customer experience
Skydio
Airpeak Flight
Bugs and requests
Skydio
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes immediately on startup
- Cannot create a clip from footage
- Drone unable to update
- App takes up excessive storage space
- Video settings not saved between sessions
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- App launches in portrait mode
- GUI needs to overlay full 16:9 image
- Local video files saved in private directories
- Formatting micro-SD card issues
- App closes in flight with remote control
Requested features
29 requests- Further drone range
- GPS strength indication
- More than two points for cable cam
- Add POIs in cable cam
- Allow local video access from Photos app
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- Faster export of clips
- Tap-fly function
- Show number of GPS/beacon sats
- Augment position with phone GPS
- Cinematic steering rates for Beacon
- Battery storage function (70%)
- Allow users to set clip storage quote
- Disable video recording on phone
- Save video settings between sessions
- Landscape mode option
- Show GPS satellite count on flight screen
- Option to not start in auto-record mode
- More user input for app features
- Option to slow drone down
- Shrink protective bubble for indoor use
- Telemetry data
- Rule of thirds bars
- Center reticle
- Quick camera controls on main screen
- Curve-based gimbal and controller modifications
- Indication of GPS strength for takeoff
- Automatic reconnection feature
- More features like Parrot app
- More flight telemetry information
Airpeak Flight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Skydio
No in-app purchases
Airpeak Flight
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Skydio free?
Is Airpeak Flight free?
Which has better reviews, Skydio or Airpeak Flight?
Do Skydio or Airpeak Flight have ads?
Which is updated more often, Skydio or Airpeak Flight?
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