Aloft Air Control vs Findlay Force
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aloft Air Control
This platform streamlines drone operations and airspace management. It offers advanced tools for team, fleet, and airspace coordination, including LAANC and UTM capabilities. An accompanying web app provides enterprise-level features for advanced users.
- Drone operations management
- Airspace management
- LAANC capabilities
- UTM integration
- Team and fleet management
- Next-gen tools
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Air Control is the new platform from Aloft (formerly Kittyhawk). Air Control is rebuilt from the ground up to bring new levels of automation and compliance to our industry-leading drone operations and airspace management solutions. Air Control combines the best of our full-stack platform with next-gen tools for team, fleet, and airspace management with LAANC and UTM capabilities. For advanced LAANC tools, fleet management tools, reporting, and other enterprise features, you can access the all-new web app at https://air.aloft.ai/. For more information, see https://aloft.ai/air-control/. To learn more about using your app within a team or organization, or to review our SOC2 and ISO27001 audits, please contact enterprise@aloft.ai. For direct support, you can contact our team at any time at support@aloft.ai.
Findlay Force
Access exclusive behind-the-scenes content and stay informed about new hat releases. This application is built for members to enjoy good times and exclusive updates.
- New hat release notifications
- Behind-the-scenes content
- Exclusive member updates
- Community interaction
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An app designed for members of the Findlay Force. Stay up to date with new hat releases & behind the scenes content not available anywhere else. Built for good times!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Findlay Force at 78% against Aloft Air Control's 33%. Findlay Force also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.2) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Aloft Air Control's advantage is ratings volume (158 vs 24). 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.
Findlay Force holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aloft Air Control has 158 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Aloft Air Control's written reviews are positive against 78% of Findlay Force's.
Aloft Air Control ships an update monthly, Findlay Force every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aloft Air Control | Findlay Force |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (158 ratings) | 4.8 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.9% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 158 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Aloft Technologies, Inc. | James Hickey |
Customer experience
Aloft Air Control
Findlay Force
Bugs and requests
Aloft Air Control
Reported bugs
6 issues- LAANC approvals not showing
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Crashes and freezes
- Issues connecting to DJI controllers
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- Unreliable weather data
Requested features
8 requests- Expand the boundaries of LAANC
- Add FaceID login
- Improve landscape mode support
- Add 2FA to accounts
- Improve DJI integration
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- Add option to re-upload failed missions
- Add dark mode option
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
Findlay Force
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Aloft Air Control
No in-app purchases
Findlay Force
No in-app purchases
