Pivo Track vs Hover
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pivo Track
This app uses AI-powered auto-tracking to follow your movements for training, remote lessons, sports, and video creation. It offers customizable presets and features like target exposure and tracking windows for seamless filming.
- AI Auto-Tracking (Face, Body, Horse, Pet)
- Remote Lesson Tracking
- Customizable Tracking Window
- Fixed Exposure for Outdoor Settings
- One-Click Presets for Instant Tracking
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Pivo Track is your ultimate Auto-Tracking training partner. Capture beyond limits! Bringing auto-tracking for riding, remote lessons, sports and video creation, customizable presets and more, all in one app. - Key Features - AUTO TRACKING Using the innovative AI tracking technology, there’s never been an app better equipped to follow every move. Choose between Face Tracking, Body Tracking, Horse Tracking (Basic and Advanced) and Pet Tracking for the ultimate training and filming experience. UPGRADE YOUR TRAINING SESSIONS Improve your skills by training with your coach, even if you can’t connect in person. Pivo Track’s “Lessons” feature does all the work following you during your remote lessons, allowing your coach to check every movement and tiny detail. TARGET EXPOSURE, TRACKING WINDOW and MORE Film seamless shots with the ability to set and limit the Pod's degree of rotation. You'll never have to worry about uneven lighting in your videos, as the exposure is evenly fixed for perfect outdoor settings. ONE-CLICK PRESETS FOR INSTANT TRACKING All-new Presets allow you to not only find the right tracking settings for any situation, but to also customize and save these settings to be used again with one click. Set your own Presets to get consistent tracking results every time. - Subscriptions - Subscribe now to enjoy additional benefits such as longer Lessons duration and bigger Pivo Cloud storage. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Hover
Control a self-flying camera for real-time shooting previews and detailed parameter adjustments. Capture photos and videos with various modes and manage your footage efficiently.
- Real-time shooting preview
- Camera parameter adjustment
- Adjust flight angle, distance, and tracking
- Switch between single and continuous photo/video modes
- Manage video and photo materials
- One-click film maker
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Hover is an exclusive app for Hover Camera. You can preview the shooting in real time and lock the shooting details; the camera parameter adjustment function brings various gameplay, and there is also a video material management function to create your exclusive library for photogenic spot. Function introduction: -【Real-time preview】Real-time preview of the shooting ,check the quality and content at any time; -【Camera parameter adjustment】arbitrary adjustment of the camera's flight angle, distance and tracking form, and shoot more freely. -【Video/Photo mode】Single mode/continuous mode can be switched during the shooting process, to freeze every wonderful moments; -【Material Management】One-click film maker, saving time and efficiency, and sharing one step faster.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pivo Track at 4.8 against Hover's 2.9. Pivo Track also leads on ratings volume (2.5K vs 101). Hover's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Pivo Track sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per month and Hover sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pivo Track holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pivo Track has 2.5K ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Pivo Track's written reviews are positive against 33% of Hover's.
Pivo Track ships an update fortnightly, Hover every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pivo Track | Hover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.5K ratings) — better | 2.9 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.0% of reviews — better | 32.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 101 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 342 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Three I Inc | Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Pivo Track
Hover
User reviews
Pivo Track
From 2.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great technology and customer service
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Follows rider like a robot
- 👍 Affordable and convenient
- 👍 Indispensable equestrian tool
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unreliable, randomly stops recording
- 🐛 Loses track of horse easily, especially when close
- 🐛 Buggy app, crashes frequently
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance, sometimes works great, sometimes doesn't
- 🔋 Poor battery life
Hover
From 101 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great quality
- 👍 Fun to use
- 👍 Innovative product
- 👍 Good video quality
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Login issues
- 🐛 Connection failures
- 🐛 Confusing UI
- 🐛 Ads in notifications
Bugs and requests
Pivo Track
Reported bugs
5 issues- Loses connection to device
- Can't log in or create account
- App freezes and crashes frequently
- Videos not saving properly
- Audio issues, can't pass through audio
Requested features
4 requests- Manual zoom mode
- Apple Watch integration
- More tracking options beyond just faces/bodies/horses
- Ability to stream live to multiple platforms
Hover
Reported bugs
24 issues- App closes out after login attempt
- Repeated failures to connect to drone's WiFi
- Cannot access videos or photos even when logged in
- App shuts down involuntarily
- Setup process is a moving target
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- New update damaged batteries, reducing flight time
- App not loading at first
- App says network failed
- App doesn't connect to drone
- Audio recording not downloading/merging with video
- Photo function lost after update
- Cannot sign into app, network unavailable error
- App doesn't work
- App requires full access to media
- App requires full access to photos
- App requires GPS access to download videos
- App doesn't connect for downloads after iPadOS update
- Permissions issues, requires full photo library access
- Cannot initiate connection/pairing with VoiceOver screen reader
- Doesn't allow shooting more than 15 seconds in specific modes
- Login process does not allow re-login, prompts for new account
- Mode tab cannot be used to access mode settings
- Network unavailable error when downloading videos
- Manual button not found
Requested features
18 requests- Allow access to album when drone is off
- Unlock flight modes immediately
- Add voice control
- Add more fun flight modes
- Improve UI and UX design
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- Add comprehensive editing tool features
- Add manual flight mode for iPad
- Allow flight at any firmware version
- Add option to mute or lower robotic sound
- Add settings for camera quality adjustments (EV, contrast, saturation, sharpening)
- Allow reinitiating flight from phone without tapping power button
- Add duration option on all modes
- Program a sequence for flight execution
- Allow limited photo access instead of full access
- Improve translations
- Add more operational manuals in the app
- Allow user-controlled exposure/EV, saturation, contrast, and sharpening settings
- Add option to create instructions in a sequence for execution and return to user
In-app purchases
Pivo Track
- Lesson+$24.991 Month
Hover
- 450 Token$0.99
- 4500 Token$9.99
- 45000 Token$99.99
