Hover vs Glowry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hover
Control a flying camera with real-time preview and adjustable parameters. Manage your captured photos and videos, and switch between shooting modes for creative control.
- Real-time shooting preview
- Adjustable camera parameters
- Video/Photo shooting modes
- Material management
- 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.
Glowry
Visualize your travel history with geotagged photos on a personal world map. Create visual stories of your trips, earn badges for new locations, and share journeys with friends. Secure your personal map with Face ID.
- Personalized world map of geotagged photos
- Bundle photos into journey routes
- Earn badges for visiting new places
- Share journeys with friends
- Face ID lock for privacy
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Your camera roll has been to more places than you remember. Every geotagged photo you add drops a warm, glowing dot onto your very own world map. One coffee in Lisbon, one questionable hike, one sunset you swore was "different this time" and before you know it, your map is lit up like a tiny galaxy of you! Here's what you get: - A world map that's actually yours. Not a feed. Not an algorithm. Just your dots, your places, your glow-up (literally). - Trips that tell a story. Bundle photos into journeys and watch the route trace across the map. It's a highlight reel that plans itself. - Badges for going places. New country? New continent? That one time you left your zip code? We noticed. Have a badge. - Friends' journeys, side by side. Peek at where your people have been. Excellent for wanderlust. Also excellent for polite jealousy. - Face ID lock. Your map is personal. Now it's private too one glance to open, and it's yours alone. Glowry is a cozy little club of people who point at maps and say "I've been there." No invite? Hop on the waitlist and we'll save you a dot. Go make your map glow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Glowry at 5.0 against Hover's 2.9. Glowry also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). Hover's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (101 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 and Glowry sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Glowry holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hover has 101 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hover ships an update every 2 weeks, Glowry daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hover | Glowry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (101 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 344 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd. | Kreinto |
Customer experience
Hover
Glowry
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
Glowry
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
Glowry
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$19.991 Year
- Lifetime!$99.99
