Comparison

FlightPlan! vs Blue

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FlightPlan!

Visually program and execute flight paths for your Tello drone. Control the drone manually or upload pre-designed flight plans. Monitor real-time telemetry data on a digital cockpit display.

Highlights
  • Visual flight plan programming
  • Upload flight plans to drone
  • Manual drone control
  • Real-time telemetry display
  • Glass cockpit interface
  • WiFi connection management
Features
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This app allows you to visually program a flight plan for the Tello Drone and then upload it to the drone for execution. You can also fly the drone manually with the app if you wish. Real time telemetry from the drone is displayed on the glass cockpit. Tello is a mini drone equipped with a HD camera that is manufactured by Ryze Robotics and includes a flight controller with DJI smarts. We access the Tello API by connecting to the airframe via a WiFi UDP port. Once a connection is in place, the drone is controlled using simple text commands. So before using the app, make sure that your Tello drone is on and the iPhone is connected to the Tello WiFi. You can check this by going to Settings -> WiFi. The first time that you use the app it will request your permission to use Location Services. This is required to allow the app to determine the SSID of the WiFi connection so we know when you are connected to the drone. The app doesn't use location services for anything else. The app has two modes of operation: manual and planning / auto pilot. The app status is shown in the top centre panel. This panel also indicates whether WiFi is connected or not. It may take a few seconds for a change in WiFi status to be displayed.  If you are connected to the Tello and in manual mode, then tapping the take off icon will cause the drone to auto take off and hover. Tapping land will auto land. Only tap emergency stop if necessary as it will immediately stop all four motors and the drone will fall out of the sky! Tapping the plan button toggles the app state between planning mode and manual mode. In planning mode a grid (representing the ground) and yellow arrow (representing the drone), will appear. The arrow direction indicates the front of the drone. In planning mode, you can enter the sequence of commands which will be transmitted to your drone for execution. Start with take off or you will receive a warning message. When you are finished with your flight plan tap land. The arrow will simulate the position of the drone but is not to scale. Tapping the upload icon will send your flight plan to the Tello and execute it. While the plan is being flown, the app will display the glass cockpit. Real time telemetry from the drone is displayed on the glass cockpit. This includes pitch, roll, yaw, velocity (x, y, z), temperature, time of flight (tof), height, battery percentage, motor on time, barometric pressure, and acceleration (x, y, z). A full description of how the app operates is provided at our website (reefwing.com.au). FlightPlan is a refined version of another that I described in an article called "Programming the Tello Drone using Swift." (https://medium.com/@reefwing/programming-the-tello-drone-using-swift-f9122fd4aeb8?). You can refer to this article to understand how the app operates and create your own version.

About

Blue

This application assists bus supervisors in notifying students about approaching buses and managing pickups from multiple schools. It streamlines the process of dropping students off at their homes.

Highlights
  • Student notifications
  • Bus approaching alerts
  • Multi-school pickup management
  • Home drop-off coordination
  • Supervisor communication tool
Features
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This app helps the bus supervisor to call the students and notify them when the bus approaches their homes, on the other side allows the supervisor to pickup the students from multiple schools and drops them of at their homes

Screenshots

FlightPlan!4 screens
Blue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blue at 5.0 against FlightPlan!'s 1.0. FlightPlan!'s advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FlightPlan! versus Blue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlightPlan!Blue
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReefwing SoftwareSeam Labs Technologies LLC

Customer experience

FlightPlan!

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Blue

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FlightPlan!

No in-app purchases

None

Blue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlightPlan! free?
FlightPlan! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blue free?
Blue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FlightPlan! or Blue?
Blue is rated higher. FlightPlan! averages 1.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Blue averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FlightPlan! or Blue have ads?
Neither FlightPlan! nor Blue shows ads.

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