BLK2FLY Live vs DroneDeploy Ground App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLK2FLY Live
Control your aerial LiDAR scanner with this app. Plan and run autonomous scan missions, monitor progress with live video and 3D maps, and manage recorded scans. It also provides airspace restriction information for safe operation.
- Autonomous scan mission planning
- Real-time spherical video stream
- 3D preview map of environment
- Scan management and upload
- Airspace restriction information
- Flight regulation violation warnings
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Use the BLK2FLY Live app to connect to your Leica BLK2FLY aerial LiDAR scanner. The app serves as an easy and intuitive interface towards your BLK2FLY and lets you control its scan flights including the ability to plan and run autonomous scan missions. A spherical live video stream and a 3D preview map of the environment allows to monitor the scan progress in real-time. Recorded scans can be managed within the project browser section of the app. Moreover, recorded scans can be directly uploaded to our Reality Cloud Studio powered by HxDR for post processing and enhanced visualization. As safety plays an important role the app additionally provides airspace restriction information and warns the user if flight regulations are violated.
DroneDeploy Ground App
Capture ground-level data for construction and industrial projects. Log in, connect a 360 camera or use your device's camera, and sync captures to the platform for processing and analysis.
- 360° panorama capture
- 360° Walkthroughs
- Standard photo capture
- Sync to DroneDeploy platform
- Collaboration tools
- Annotation and inspection
- Integration with Procore and Autodesk Build
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The DroneDeploy Ground app empowers businesses in construction, engineering, and other industrial sectors to efficiently document and manage ground-level data, providing a powerful complement to drone-based insights. DroneDeploy Ground is the next-generation ground capture app for project teams, including former StructionSite users. Note: This app is intended for enterprise users with an active DroneDeploy license. Simplify Ground-Level Data Capture in 3 Easy Steps: 1. Log in to your DroneDeploy account (trial or active license required). 2. Connect your 360 camera to capture 360° panoramas and 360° Walkthroughs, or use your device's camera to capture standard photos. 3. Sync your captures to the DroneDeploy platform for processing, sharing, and analysis. Once uploaded, your captures are processed and accessible through the DroneDeploy platform, where you can: • Collaborate with your team and stakeholders. • Inspect, compare, and annotate project data over time. • Integrate seamlessly with leading industry tools like Procore, Autodesk Build, and more. Supported Hardware: • Insta360 X5 • Insta360 X4 • Insta360 RS 1-inch • Ricoh Theta X • Ricoh Theta Z1 Visit our website for a complete list of supported hardware and to learn more about the DroneDeploy ecosystem. For Business and Professional Use: The DroneDeploy Ground app is a free companion tool for licensed DroneDeploy enterprise customers. A valid enterprise account is required for uploading and processing captures
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DroneDeploy Ground App at 4.6 against BLK2FLY Live's 3.7. DroneDeploy Ground App also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (41 vs 3). BLK2FLY Live's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DroneDeploy Ground App holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DroneDeploy Ground App has 41 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BLK2FLY Live ships an update every 2 months, DroneDeploy Ground App weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLK2FLY Live | DroneDeploy Ground App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 41.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 251 MB | 436 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leica Geosystems AG | DroneDeploy |
Customer experience
BLK2FLY Live
DroneDeploy Ground App
Bugs and requests
BLK2FLY Live
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DroneDeploy Ground App
Reported bugs
68 issues- Spam email
- Freezes, lags, slow
- Constantly have to fight to log in
- Processing walks takes forever and is unreliable
- Fails to process a walk
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- Extremely hard to login into
- Lots of errors
- Reset password and still 50/50 shot
- Massive pain to get back into the app
- Have to redownload the app
- Glichy
- App doesn’t work on the new iPhone
- Won’t even open
- Very difficult if not impossible to use at times
- Won’t select the correct icon
- Can’t zoom in anymore
- Selection something approx an inch up and left from where clicking
- App constantly crashes
- Won’t load selected items
- Still feels like a beta version
- App often crashes and becomes unusable
- Disconnects from the camera
- States universal link is not recognized
- Does not upload
- Footage is sped up and unusable
- Only works on apple devices
- Does not stay connected to camera
- Cannot get any walks to stay active
- Camera has disconnected from the app automatically
- Cannot sync walks unless iPad is connected to WiFi
- Drawings need more than two supported file formats
- Need to upload drawing in advance
- No photos of the drawing supported
- New interface is glitchy and does not work well
- Crashes constantly
- Will not let you upload photos
- Does not allow you to sync
- Error message saying there’s no space on the device
- Force closes
- Never works
- Fails constantly
- Can’t login half the time
- App crashes a lot
- Crosshairs misalign all the time
- When clicking an existing pin, crosshairs put you way below the pin and create a new pin
- Very high chance of having to do a 360 walk again because of an error
- Difficult to upload in the background
- App needs to be open to upload
- Takes a long time to upload
- App and website are always crashing
- App doesn’t stay connected to the camera
- Icons don’t show up after you’ve taken photos
- App crashes frequently
- Takes 30 + seconds between photos
- Takes a good 10+ seconds to take your next photo
- Persistent bugs
- Frustrating user interface
- Logging points takes almost twice as long
- Deleting images or removing false points is unnecessarily complicated
- App freezes while a photo uploads
- Missing folders on ground app
- Cannot upload any photos because folders are missing
- Issues with the app not uploading data
- Occasionally completely loses photos
- Cannot delete anything on the app
- Have to delete the app to redownload
- Won’t save good uploads
- Not optimized for iPad
Requested features
8 requests- New update for Insta X4 air compatibility
- Android app support
- Downloadable PDF with active 360 photos
- Support for Insta360 One R camera
- iPad optimization
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- Ability to add pins to drawings in the app without internet
- Support for more than two drawing file formats
- Background uploads
In-app purchases
BLK2FLY Live
No in-app purchases
DroneDeploy Ground App
No in-app purchases
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