Skydio vs Drone with camera
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.
Drone with camera
Control your drone and view its live camera feed directly on your iPhone. Capture photos and record videos from your device, all transmitted wirelessly via WiFi.
- Remote drone control
- Real-time video streaming
- Photo capture
- Video recording
- WiFi connectivity
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Orrente Drone is a APP for the X-PACK7 control via WiFi protocol APP Functions: 1.Remote control X-PACK7 by the iPhone. 2.Display the real-time video which taken by the camera on the X-PACK7,video data transmitted via 2.4G WiFi protocol. 3.Take the photo and video record on the iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Skydio at 43% against Drone with camera's 0%. Skydio also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (79 vs 21). Drone with camera's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). 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.
Skydio holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Skydio's written reviews are positive against 0% of Drone with camera's.
Skydio ships an update every 2 months, Drone with camera every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Skydio | Drone with camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (79 ratings) — better | 3.0 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skydio, Inc. | 泽 刘 |
Customer experience
Skydio
Drone with camera
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
Drone with camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Skydio
No in-app purchases
Drone with camera
No in-app purchases
