MAVLink Telemetry vs Foxglove WebSocket Bridge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MAVLink Telemetry
Monitor live flight data from MAVLink-compatible drones in real-time. Track altitude, speed, GPS, battery, and more on an interactive map with system health indicators. Ideal for professional drone operators needing field telemetry.
- Real-time MAVLink telemetry via UDP
- Live map with flight trail tracking
- Battery, GPS, and RC signal monitoring
- System health dashboard
- Flight timer and altitude tracking
- Demo mode for exploration
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MAVLink Telemetry gives you real-time flight data from any MAVLink-compatible drone, directly on your iPhone. Built for professional and commercial drone operators who need reliable, at-a-glance telemetry in the field. Live Telemetry Dashboard Monitor altitude, ground speed, vertical speed, GPS coordinates, satellite count, battery level, RC signal strength, and flight mode. Interactive Flight Map Track your drone's live position and flight path on a full-screen map with heads-up telemetry overlay. System Health Monitoring Keep tabs on accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, GPS, and battery status with clear health indicators. Key Features · Real-time MAVLink telemetry via UDP · Live map with flight trail tracking · Battery, GPS, and RC signal monitoring · Flight timer and altitude tracking · System health dashboard · Configurable connection settings · Demo mode to explore the app without a drone Compatibility Works with PX4 and any MAVLink-compatible flight controller over UDP. Default port 14540, configurable in Settings.
Foxglove WebSocket Bridge
Stream robotics and sensor data from your iOS device directly to Foxglove Studio. This application serves as a demonstration, providing libraries and examples to help developers build their own custom servers for real-time data visualization.
- Stream sensor data from iOS
- Integrates with Foxglove Studio
- Demonstrates WebSocket Protocol
- Provides libraries and examples
- Open-source code available
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Stream sensor data from your iOS device to Foxglove. This app demonstrates how a custom server can use the Foxglove WebSocket Protocol to stream robotics data into Foxglove. Write your own server starting with the libraries and examples provided at https://github.com/foxglove/ws-protocol. View the source code for this app at https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-ios-bridge. For further documentation on how to use Foxglove, visit https://docs.foxglove.dev/. ROS and the “nine dots” ROS logo are trademarks of Open Source Robotics Foundation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MAVLink Telemetry at every 2 weeks against Foxglove WebSocket Bridge's monthly. Foxglove WebSocket Bridge's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MAVLink Telemetry against 5.0 for Foxglove WebSocket Bridge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
MAVLink Telemetry ships an update every 2 weeks, Foxglove WebSocket Bridge monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MAVLink Telemetry | Foxglove WebSocket Bridge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Random Noise Studios | Foxglove |
Customer experience
MAVLink Telemetry
Foxglove WebSocket Bridge
In-app purchases
MAVLink Telemetry
No in-app purchases
Foxglove WebSocket Bridge
No in-app purchases
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