Hover vs AKASO 360
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.
AKASO 360
Control your action camera, preview footage in real-time, and edit videos with creative templates and filters. This app offers an all-in-one solution for shooting, editing, and sharing your content seamlessly.
- Camera control
- Real-time preview
- Intuitive editing interface
- Creative templates
- Filters
- All-in-one workflow
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AKASO 360 App is specifically designed for AKASO 360 action cameras. It provides camera controls and real-time preview functionality. The intuitive editing interface, featuring creative templates and filters, enhances your shooting experience and helps you quickly create amazing videos. From shooting to editing and sharing, complete your creative journey seamlessly within this all-in-one workflow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hover at every 2 weeks against AKASO 360's every 2 months. Hover also leads on ratings volume (95 vs 6) and review sentiment (33% vs 20%). 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 — 2.9 for Hover against 3.0 for AKASO 360. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hover has 95 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Hover's written reviews are positive against 20% of AKASO 360's.
Hover ships an update every 2 weeks, AKASO 360 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hover | AKASO 360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (95 ratings) | 3.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.8% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 337 MB | 268 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd. | Proexpress Distributor LLC |
Customer experience
Hover
AKASO 360
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
AKASO 360
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hover
No in-app purchases
AKASO 360
No in-app purchases
