TelloFpv vs SDFly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TelloFpv
Enhance your drone piloting experience with advanced controls and features for the Ryze Tello quadcopter. Offers improved telemetry, VR FPV mode, and a variety of automated flight functions for creative aerial photography and videography.
- Enhanced telemetry data
- VR FPV mode
- Automated flight modes (Return to Home, Orbit, Dronie)
- Trainer mode for learning
- Multiple flight profiles (Sport, Video, Cine)
- Controller support with flexible mapping
- Flight log and PDF manual
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Tello FPV is a control app for the Ryze Tello camera drone quadcopter offering many additional features and more control. Feature set: * Enhanced telemetry (distance, altitude, pitch & roll indicators) * Home indicator showing you the way back home * VR FPV Mode, supports adjustable views * Advanced video options * Trainer mode: Teach someone else without risking your drone (external controller required) * Three flight profiles: Sport mode - video mode - cine mode * Wired and wireless gamepad controllers (ONLY controllers supported by iOS) * Gamesir T1d, T1S and Parrot Flypad * Flexible stick & button mapping, mode 1-4 * Headless mode * Autopilots: - Return to home - Circle at any distance - Lock heading on POI - Long distance dronie - Boomerang: dronie + 360 + return - Orbit: dronie + circle - 360° video - panorama photos (no automated stitching, external stitching app required!) * Flight log * Full PDF manual included in App! Required privileges * Storage - Storing photos and videos * Bluetooth - Only required for T1D, T1S and Flypad Important: When using this app consider safety your responsibility and use the drone and this app at your own risk! We shall have no responsibility for any damage caused to your drone or any damages or injuries caused to you or anyone else. This app comes without any warranties, express or implied, including without limitation, those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. By purchasing and using this app you declare to agree to these conditions!
SDFly
Control your drone with live HD viewing, adjust camera and gimbal settings, and plan complex flight missions. Share your aerial footage through live streaming on popular platforms. Supports joint operations with multiple devices.
- Live HD viewing
- Live HD streaming
- Aircraft and gimbal control
- Mission planning
- Various flight modes
- Multi-device connection
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SDFly is whole new flight App designed by SwellPro. It marks the new era for SwellPro. SDFly allows SwellPro pilots to do live HD viewing; adjust aircraft, gimbal, and camera specs; proceed mission planning (include route planning and grid flight planning); do live streaming and sharing aerial footage. This App currently supports the SplashDrone 4. Features: - Live HD viewing - Live HD streaming of the great aerial view on various streaming platform includes Twitch, TikTok - Adjust camera Pro setting - Control aircraft and gimbal - Various flight mode selection (sport, cruise, orbit, headless+) - Mission planning - route planning, grid flight planning, tap to flight, orbit mode - Convenient aerial photos & videos viewing, download, and sharing - Joint operation. SplashDrone 4 supports multi mobile devices connection for up to 4 devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SDFly at Free against TelloFpv's $6.99. TelloFpv's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 2.3) and review sentiment (60% vs 20%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
SDFly is free to download; TelloFpv costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TelloFpv holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of TelloFpv's written reviews are positive against 20% of SDFly's.
TelloFpv ships an update weekly, SDFly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TelloFpv | SDFly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (28 ratings) — better | 2.3 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rainer Bischof | Shenzhen SwellPro Technology Co.,LTD |
Customer experience
TelloFpv
SDFly
In-app purchases
TelloFpv
No in-app purchases
SDFly
No in-app purchases









