Comparison

EU vs DroneTools

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

EU

This utility app helps users understand aviation flight time limitations under EU-OPS regulations. It was available for free and supported until early 2016, with a successor app available for current needs.

Highlights
  • EU-OPS regulation support
  • Flight time limitation information
  • Available for iPhone and iPod
  • Free to download
Features
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This App is approaching a full stop landing February 2016 with the launch of the new EASA FTLs. Until then it is available for free. My new app 'EASA vs Airline FTL' has hit the app store. It has been rewritten from scratch, it's universal (now for iPad too!) with many major improvements. It also supports EU-OPS, so it is of use for you from now on. Please read about details there. Please click on the developer's name (Alexander Flohr) or search for 'EASA vs Airline' Thank you for using my EU-OPS apps until now, they will continue to be supported until April/2016.

About

DroneTools

Features
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The drone weather app for UAV and FPV pilots: DroneTools checks the current wind, gusts, rain, Kp index and daylight at your location and shows the flight conditions as a clear traffic light. One look and you know whether you can fly. Made for drone pilots in hobby, photography, film, surveying, inspection and emergency services. FLIGHT CONDITIONS AT A GLANCE • Optimal, Limited or Critical for every value and as an overall status • Warning symbols show instantly what's off • Missing or outdated weather data is never shown as green • Updates automatically and reloads as soon as the network is back ALL KEY DRONE WEATHER DATA • Wind speed at 10 m and 120 m altitude, wind gusts • Chance of rain and rain rate (rain, snow), visibility, low clouds, temperature • Kp index (geomagnetic activity) for GPS accuracy • Daylight: next sunrise and sunset, day and night per EU air law, calculated on device and available offline YOUR DRONE, YOUR LIMITS • Set your own wind and weather limits with sliders • Drone profiles for every quadcopter or multicopter, share and import them as a file • Three templates to get started: Cautious, Wind-Resistant Drone and Waterproof Drone • Switch off the critical level or single values, e.g. warn waterproof drones only in heavy rain • Wind in m/s, km/h, kn or mph; °C or °F; km and mm/h or mi and in/h; 12 or 24 hours FOR ORGANIZATIONS • Set limits centrally via MDM, managed values are locked in the app FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC • Large tiles on iPad and Mac, keyboard shortcuts ⌘R and ⌘, • Dark mode, large text and VoiceOver Data sources: Open-Meteo and GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (CC BY 4.0). Your location is only used, rounded, for the weather request and is not stored by the app. DroneTools is made by CopterTec, the team behind FireDock, the drone solution for fire brigades and emergency services.

Screenshots

EU4 screens
DroneTools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DroneTools at every 5 days against EU's monthly. EU's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EU ships an update monthly, DroneTools every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EU versus DroneTools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEUDroneTools
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander FlohrFabian Briese

In-app purchases

None

EU

No in-app purchases

None

DroneTools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EU free?
EU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DroneTools free?
DroneTools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EU or DroneTools have ads?
Neither EU nor DroneTools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EU or DroneTools?
EU ships an update monthly, and DroneTools every 5 days. Most recently, EU was updated on October 11, 2026 and DroneTools on October 18, 2026.

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