Airdata UAV vs Thunder Drone Checklist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Airdata UAV
Manage your drone operations with flight planning, weather forecasts, and flight track analysis. Log pre- and post-flight checklists and live stream directly to a secure platform. Supports multi-user access and offline functionality.
- Drone weather forecast
- Flight track browsing
- Pre- and post-flight checklists
- Live stream from any flight app
- Multi-user support
- Offline mode
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Use our new iOS app to check the OKtoFLY drone weather forecast, browse through your drone flights tracks, fill pre- and post-flight checklists, and live stream from any flight app to our secure platform. TO GET STARTED: Please register for a FREE account at: https://airdata.com/register It takes less than a minute to start analyzing your flights on AirData! What's new with our AirData iOS app? - Flight planning with OKtoFLY.com drone weather forecast - View recent flights - Live stream ANY flight app through airdata.com by privately broadcasting your phone/tablet screen (works with any drone manufacturer) - Complete pre- and post-flight checklists - Support for multi-user and multi-login - Accommodate no internet connection About AirData AirData UAV is the largest online drone fleet data management and live streaming platform. With over 45,000,000 flights uploaded to date, we are processing an average of 25,000 flights a day, with high-resolution data stored per each flight, and now serving more than 350,000 active users. AirData UAV utilizes vast amounts of flight data and unique mathematical algorithms to provide state-of-the-art crash prevention information by identifying potential safety problems. It is used by large fleet operators around the world not only as a log book, but also as a comprehensive flight safety data analysis platform with advanced maintenance and pilot tracking.
Thunder Drone Checklist
This app provides a comprehensive checklist for drone pilots to ensure responsible flight operations. It allows customization of checklist items, cloud data saving, and emailing of flight logs. It also records flight location, weather, and timestamps, maintaining a history of multiple drones and flights.
- Customizable flight checklists
- Cloud data saving
- Email flight checklists
- Record flight location, weather, date/time
- Flight history log
- Manage multiple drones
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Thunder Drone, It's the ultimate drone checklist for responsible drone pilots. With Thunder Drone's intuitive interface, you can customize the application to add or remove items from your checklist. You want to save your data to the cloud? Thunder Drone has you covered, with its ability to email the flight checklist to your email account. With the touch of a button, Thunder Drone will record the current flight location, weather conditions, and date time stamp your flight. Thunder Drone keeps a running history of your flights. The application even keeps track of multiple drones you may fly, and keeps all your drone checklists in one convenient database. You tried the rest, now fly with the best with Thunder Drone!!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Thunder Drone Checklist at 100% against Airdata UAV's 51%. Thunder Drone Checklist also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Airdata UAV's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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.
Thunder Drone Checklist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Airdata UAV has 34 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Airdata UAV's written reviews are positive against 100% of Thunder Drone Checklist's.
Airdata UAV ships an update every 3 weeks, Thunder Drone Checklist every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Airdata UAV | Thunder Drone Checklist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (34 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Airdata UAV, Inc. | Steven Martin |
Customer experience
Airdata UAV
Thunder Drone Checklist
In-app purchases
Airdata UAV
No in-app purchases
Thunder Drone Checklist
No in-app purchases
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