BLK2FLY Live vs PennDOT
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.
PennDOT
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The PennDOT AAR app allows construction staff to create project activity notes while working in the field. The app provides users to record notes, add relevant documents and save to server. The app supports data capture in offline mode and syncs data as it connects to internet. The created notes can be viewed by other users who work on the project. The app also supports bookmarking notes that are relatively more significant.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BLK2FLY Live at 14.0 against PennDOT's 17.6. 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.
BLK2FLY Live ships an update every 2 months, PennDOT every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLK2FLY Live | PennDOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 251 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leica Geosystems AG | Executive Office of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
In-app purchases
BLK2FLY Live
No in-app purchases
PennDOT
No in-app purchases
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