DJI Virtual Flight vs Flight Announce
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DJI Virtual Flight
Practice FPV drone flying techniques from home with this simulator. Learn freestyle tricks and navigate realistic environments using your goggles and controller. Designed for aspiring FPV pilots to hone their skills safely and conveniently.
- FPV flying practice
- Realistic flight controls
- FPV freestyle trick learning
- Designed flight tutorials
- Multiple lifelike locations
- Goggle immersion
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Take off and feel the blood pumping through your veins. Introducing DJI Virtual Flight, a mobile app designed by the DJI flight simulator team for practising FPV flying techniques. With DJI Virtual Flight, you can double the fun by learning through practice. Put on the goggles, grab your remote controller, and launch DJI Virtual Flight to learn flashy FPV freestyle tricks. Experience flying in the comfort of your own home. Product Highlights - Put on the goggles and immerse yourself in DJI Virtual Flight - Try out the realistic feel of the flight controls - Become an expert FPV drone pilot through well-designed tutorials - Practice flying along carefully designed flight tracks - Multiple lifelike locations with vivid details Compatible DJI Devices: DJI FPV Goggles V2, DJI FPV Remote Controller 2, DJI FPV Motion Controller Recommended Systems: iOS 12.0 or later versions Recommanded Devices: iPhone: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone SE 2, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max iPad: iPad 7th Generation, iPad 8th Generation, iPad Air 3, iPad Air 4, iPad pro 2ed, iPad pro 3rd, iPad pro 4th, iPad pro 1st 10.5'', iPad pro 1st 11'', iPad Pro 2ed 11''
Flight Announce
Enhance your flight simulator experience with realistic passenger announcements, airline sound packs, and cockpit callouts. This companion app adds immersive audio elements from boarding to landing, making your virtual flights feel more authentic.
- Passenger announcements
- 60+ Airline sound packs
- Cockpit callouts
- GPWS alerts
- Cabin ambience
- Landing applause
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Bring your Infinite Flight simulator flights to life with passenger announcements, airline sound packs, cabin ambience, cockpit callouts, GPWS alerts, and landing sounds. Flight Announce is made for simulator pilots who want flights to feel more realistic from boarding to landing. Features: - Passenger announcements - 100+ Airlines sound packs - Boarding, pushback, takeoff, descent, landing, parked at the gate sounds - Engine SFX (A320 family) - Cabin ambience - Landing reactions - Copilot voices - Speed callouts - Flap and gear callouts - GPWS alerts - Cockpit switches sound - GSX - Taxi bump and runway bump, and touch down sounds - Support Autopilot+ How it works: 1. Open Flight Announce 2. Choose your airline sound 3. Start your flight session 4. Open Infinite Flight > General > Enable Infinite flight connect 5. Let the app play sounds based on your flight Flight Announce uses local network access to read simulator flight data on your device or local network while a flight session is active. Audio and preferences are processed on device. This app is an independent companion utility for Infinite Flight simulator use. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by Infinite Flight, Infinite Flight LLC, or any airline. Airline names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only as visual identifiers for user-selected sound packages. Flight Announce is for entertainment and flight simulator use only. It is not intended for real-world aviation, navigation, training, flight planning, or aircraft operation. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flight Announce at 90% against DJI Virtual Flight's 34%. Flight Announce also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). DJI Virtual Flight's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 24). On price, ads 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. Flight Announce sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. DJI Virtual Flight asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flight Announce holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DJI Virtual Flight has 1.8K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of DJI Virtual Flight's written reviews are positive against 90% of Flight Announce's.
DJI Virtual Flight ships an update every 2 months, Flight Announce every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DJI Virtual Flight | Flight Announce |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.8K ratings) | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.8% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3.2 GB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DJI | LIANG YING LU |
Customer experience
DJI Virtual Flight
Flight Announce
Bugs and requests
DJI Virtual Flight
Reported bugs
4 issues- Progression system issues (unable to unlock new levels)
- Controller input not registering properly
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add more drone models and maps
- Implement customizable control settings
- Add PID tuning and track building features
- Support for using controller without goggles
Flight Announce
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DJI Virtual Flight
No in-app purchases
Flight Announce
- Flight Announce Pro3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Flight Announce Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
Questions
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