Comparison

Dronetag vs MavGCS

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

Head to head
About

Dronetag

Enhance drone safety and compliance with European regulations. Manage your drone fleet, track flights in real-time, and view restricted airspace. Integrates with a hardware device for enhanced visibility.

Highlights
  • European regulation compliance
  • Fleet management
  • Real-time flight tracking
  • Restricted zone identification
  • Flight planning
  • Flight journal export
Features
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Dronetag brings an all-in-one solution for safe drone flights that allows you to comply with the new European regulations, manage your fleet and stay informed about your current flights. Our vision is to provide drones with safe access to the airspace and to prevent their accidents. We manufacture a hardware device Dronetag Mini designed as an add-on that can be mounted to any drone. Mini ensures that your drone is visible for all air traffic participants. It is no larger than half of your favorite müsli bar, weighs 30 grams, and stays charged for up to 8 hours. The device may be combined with our app to unlock new possibilities for your flights. The combination of the Dronetag Mini device and app offers the following: - Local and network remote identification in compliance with the European regulations. - Add and manage an unlimited number of unmanned aircraft. - View restricted zones such as airports within the whole EU. - Plan your flight, including the time and altitude. - Track your current flight on the map and receive notifications. - Keep and export a flight journal for all your drones. - See other airspace participants with Dronetag devices installed. - Search full-text: Locations, restricted zones, aircraft, and Dronetag devices.

About

MavGCS

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MavGCS is a ground control station for drones and model aircraft that use the MAVLink protocol: ArduPilot, PX4 and INAV. Connect your iPhone to your aircraft's telemetry and see everything that matters on one landscape screen. No drone at hand? Open Settings, choose Demo and tap Connect: a simulated aircraft takes to the air so you can try every screen and button. FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS • Artificial horizon with airspeed and altitude tapes, heading, climb rate, throttle and wind • Battery voltage, current and remaining charge, with a battery gauge • Systems panel: gyro, accelerometer, compass, barometer, GPS, rangefinder, airspeed and EKF, each green, yellow or red • EKF and vibration health at a glance • Sixteen live readings: speeds, altitude, distances, satellites, attitude, wind and pressure MAP • Satellite imagery, with place names and roads in Hybrid view • The aircraft, home and the path flown, with lines for heading, track, where it is steering and where it will be • Weather radar for 50 km around the aircraft • Terrain is kept on your phone, so the terrain instruments work without a signal; choose how much in Settings TERRAIN AWARENESS • Terrain radar: the ground ahead, coloured by how much clearance there is • Live AGL: the ground along your track, your height above it now and the smallest gap ahead • Compass rose showing the way home, your course over the ground and the wind CONTROL • Arm and disarm with hold-to-confirm buttons • Change flight modes, fly to any point by tapping the map, and set speed, altitude and loiter radius • Choose how often telemetry is sent, to suit slow radio links • ETA to the next waypoint, and directions to the aircraft in Google Maps CONNECTS OVER • UDP or TCP: WiFi telemetry bridges such as mLRS and ELRS, LTE telemetry, or a simulator (SITL) MavGCS is open source (GPL-3.0). Always fly within the law and keep your aircraft in sight: MavGCS is an aid, not a certified navigation or collision-avoidance system. Created by Derin Hakan Karakurt.

Screenshots

Dronetag4 screens
MavGCS4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dronetag and MavGCS are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Dronetag versus MavGCS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDronetagMavGCS
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDronetagDerin Hakan Karakurt

In-app purchases

None

Dronetag

No in-app purchases

None

MavGCS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dronetag free?
Dronetag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MavGCS free?
MavGCS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dronetag or MavGCS have ads?
Neither Dronetag nor MavGCS shows ads.

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