HFun Fly vs SENTRY Drone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HFun Fly
Control your drone with advanced features like GPS waypoint navigation, intelligent follow modes, and AI recognition. Capture stunning aerial footage with 6K photos and 2K video through a simple interface.
- GPS waypoint navigation
- GPS surround and follow modes
- AI recognition
- 6K high-definition photography
- 2K high-definition video recording
- Simple user interface
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This app is a supporting app for hfun fly medium and high-end series of four axis unmanned aerial vehicles. It has unique innovative design, supports GPS waypoint, GPS surround, GPS follow, AI recognition and other cutting-edge technologies, as well as constantly updated new functions, so as to meet the needs of users; high-definition photography, 6K pixels; high-definition video recording, 2K pixels; simple interface, etc;
SENTRY Drone
Control a drone with real-time image transmission. Capture photos and videos using buttons or gestures. Offers multiple control modes including rocker, gravity induction, and scribing flight, with VR split-screen support.
- Real-time image transmission
- Photo and video capture
- Gesture control
- Rocker control
- Gravity induction control
- Scribing flight
- VR split screen
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This application is designed to consume helicopter products. Its main functions are as follows: 1. Real time image transmission 2. Press the button to take photos and video, and gesture to take photos and video. 3. Rocker control, gravity induction control, and scribing flight 4. VR split screen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HFun Fly at 3.6 against SENTRY Drone's 1.8. HFun Fly also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). SENTRY Drone's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 18%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
HFun Fly holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 18% of HFun Fly's written reviews are positive against 33% of SENTRY Drone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HFun Fly ships an update every 2 weeks, SENTRY Drone monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HFun Fly | SENTRY Drone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better | 1.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 621 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 元明 苏 | 文 张 |
Customer experience
HFun Fly
SENTRY Drone
In-app purchases
HFun Fly
No in-app purchases
SENTRY Drone
No in-app purchases
