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 3.1) and ratings volume (77 vs 20). 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 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 20 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. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skydio | Drone with camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (77 ratings) — better | 3.1 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 20 |
| 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
In-app purchases
Skydio
No in-app purchases
Drone with camera
No in-app purchases
