Hover vs PictoPocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
PictoPocket
Transform your photos into dynamic displays with this app. Upload images from your device to a connected frame and watch them come to life. Easily update your display with new pictures whenever you wish.
- Upload photos from camera roll
- Connect to PictoPocket frame
- Dynamic photo display
- Easy photo updates
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PictoPocket lets you bring your pictures to life! Pair the app to a PictoPocket frame and upload any photo you choose from your camera roll. See the image expose on the PictoPocket frame. When you feel it's time for a change, simply choose a new photo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PictoPocket at 100% against Hover's 33%. PictoPocket also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Hover's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (99 vs 8). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Hover sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PictoPocket asks for nothing beyond the download.
PictoPocket holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hover has 99 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Hover's written reviews are positive against 100% of PictoPocket's.
Hover ships an update every 2 weeks, PictoPocket every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hover | PictoPocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (99 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 342 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd. | Splinter Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Hover
PictoPocket
Bugs and requests
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
PictoPocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hover
- 450 Token$0.99
- 4500 Token$9.99
- 45000 Token$99.99
PictoPocket
No in-app purchases
