Skydio vs SDFly
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.
SDFly
Control your drone with live HD viewing, adjust camera and gimbal settings, and plan complex flight missions. Share your aerial footage through live streaming on popular platforms. Supports joint operations with multiple devices.
- Live HD viewing
- Live HD streaming
- Aircraft and gimbal control
- Mission planning
- Various flight modes
- Multi-device connection
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SDFly is whole new flight App designed by SwellPro. It marks the new era for SwellPro. SDFly allows SwellPro pilots to do live HD viewing; adjust aircraft, gimbal, and camera specs; proceed mission planning (include route planning and grid flight planning); do live streaming and sharing aerial footage. This App currently supports the SplashDrone 4. Features: - Live HD viewing - Live HD streaming of the great aerial view on various streaming platform includes Twitch, TikTok - Adjust camera Pro setting - Control aircraft and gimbal - Various flight mode selection (sport, cruise, orbit, headless+) - Mission planning - route planning, grid flight planning, tap to flight, orbit mode - Convenient aerial photos & videos viewing, download, and sharing - Joint operation. SplashDrone 4 supports multi mobile devices connection for up to 4 devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Skydio at 4.0 against SDFly's 2.3. Skydio also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 20%) and ratings volume (77 vs 11). SDFly's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skydio has 77 ratings behind it against 11, 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 20% of SDFly's.
Skydio ships an update every 2 months, SDFly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skydio | SDFly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (77 ratings) — better | 2.3 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skydio, Inc. | Shenzhen SwellPro Technology Co.,LTD |
Customer experience
Skydio
SDFly
In-app purchases
Skydio
No in-app purchases
SDFly
No in-app purchases
