RCFPV App vs DroneScout pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RCFPV App
Control your drone with your iPhone, stream live video, and explore new perspectives with 360° views. Plan your flights with integrated weather forecasts. A free version offers basic features, with a PRO membership unlocking advanced controls and ad-free experience.
- 360° Flyover views
- Real-time drone control
- Live camera streaming
- Integrated weather forecasting
- Flight planning tools
- Ad-free PRO membership
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Take to the Skies with RCFPV App - Go Fly for Drones Flyover 360°: Discover new perspectives with Flyover 360°. Select any location on the map, take off, and immerse yourself in a captivating 360° view. Prepare and perfect your flight plans with this innovative feature, designed for explorers and drone enthusiasts alike. Connect & Control: Seamlessly link your iPhone to your drone with RCFPV App. Experience the thrill of flight with real-time control through a user-friendly joystick interface. Watch the world unfold from above with live streaming from your drone’s camera, all on your iPhone’s screen. Weather Forecasting: Plan your flights with confidence using our integrated weather forecasting tool. Get up-to-date weather information with an intuitive interface, ensuring clear skies for your aerial adventures. Save your favorite locations and never be caught off-guard by weather changes. ***NOTICE: The RCFPV App provides a free version with the basic feature of Flyover 360°. By upgrading to a PRO membership, you can remove ads and gain unlimited access to exclusive features such as Connect Control Drones and Weather Forecasting, enhancing the overall user experience. ***SUBSCRIPTION: We offer auto-renewing subscription: - Length: monthly and yearly - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - You will be able to access the Premium features of the app for the duration of the subscription - Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period - You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your Apple account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Please visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 for more information on how to proceed. - You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your Apple Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period - Any unused portion of a free-trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Your Privacy Matters: Your adventures are your own. We respect that. Read our Privacy Policy here: https://vqf.corp-company.com/privacy_policy Fly Right: Every flight should be a safe one. Please familiarize yourself with our Terms of Use here: https://vqf.corp-company.com/terms_of_use Join Our Community: We’re grateful for the trust and support of our users. Your feedback propels us higher. For comments or questions, reach out to us here: https://vqf.corp-company.com/contact-us
DroneScout pro
Transform your phone into a drone radar to detect nearby drones using RemoteID/DRI technology. View drone details, save flight paths, and get enhanced airspace awareness. Premium features offer notifications, historical data, and advanced map options.
- Drone detection via Bluetooth/WLAN
- Map display of drone locations
- View drone details and flight paths
- Save flight paths to GPX
- Notifications for detected drones (premium)
- Historical detection data (premium)
- Multiple map providers and layers (premium)
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See which drones are flying around you. DroneScout detects drones that broadcast Remote ID — also known as OpenDroneID or DRI — over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and shows them live on a map. For each detected drone you get its position and flight path, altitude and height, speed and direction, serial number, operator ID, UAS type and operation description, plus the pilot's location whenever the drone broadcasts it. REMOTE ID, IN SHORT Remote ID is a digital licence plate for drones: the aircraft broadcasts who and where it is, directly over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. It is mandatory for most new drones above 250 g in the United States (FAA) and the European Union (EASA), with comparable rules in Japan, Singapore and China. DroneScout implements the open OpenDroneID standards ASTM F3411 and ASD-STAN EN 4709-002 over Bluetooth Legacy, Bluetooth Long Range S8, Wi-Fi Beacon and Wi-Fi NaN. It also receives China's national Remote ID standard GB 46750-2025. FREE • Live detection and tracking of nearby drones • Live map with drone and pilot position • Full broadcast detail: serial number, operator, altitude, speed, direction • Brand identification • Export a flight track to GPX SILVER • Notification when a new drone is detected nearby • Flight history, stored on your phone and searchable later • Model identification: over 300 brands and over 400 drone models recognised • Detailed drone info tab, no banner GOLD — everything in Silver, plus • Extra map providers and layers: normal, satellite, terrain • Offline maps (MBTiles) • Label drones with your own names • Group drones and write notes per drone PLATINUM — everything in Gold, plus • Push detections to your own server, to CalTopo, or to the Drone Radar network • ADS-B: nearby manned aircraft alongside drones, via a local GDL 90 receiver, with network ADS-B as fallback PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING Remote ID was designed on the assumption that an ordinary smartphone could receive it. On Apple hardware, that assumption fails outright: no iPhone or iPad, on any model, can receive Bluetooth Long Range S8, and iOS does not let any app — ours or anyone else's — scan for Wi-Fi Beacon frames at all. This is a platform restriction, not a defect in the app: without an accessory, an iPhone's realistic ceiling is Bluetooth Legacy, a small minority of real-world Remote ID broadcasts. China's GB 46750-2025 standard mandates exactly the two transports Apple blocks — Bluetooth Long Range S8 and Wi-Fi Beacon — while leaving Bluetooth Legacy optional. Many GB 46750 drones transmit Bluetooth Legacy anyway, so an iPhone or iPad without Bridge can often still see a good share of them — just not a guaranteed one. Our affordable optional DroneScout Bridge receiver sidesteps all of that: it listens on Bluetooth Legacy, Bluetooth Long Range S8, Wi-Fi Beacon and Wi-Fi NaN on 2.4 GHz, and on 5 GHz too on the higher Bridge models — including drones that broadcast Remote ID only on 5 GHz, such as Skydio — then rebroadcasts everything as plain Bluetooth Legacy, which your iPhone and iPad receive normally, no Wi-Fi radio required on the phone's side. Range up to 2 km. PRIVACY Detections stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded unless you enable a server integration yourself. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy policy: https://dronescout.pro/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://dronescout.pro/eula/ Website: https://dronescout.co/app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RCFPV App at 4.2 against DroneScout pro's 3.7. RCFPV App also leads on ratings volume (245 vs 12). DroneScout pro's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 29%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. RCFPV App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and DroneScout pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RCFPV App holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RCFPV App has 245 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of RCFPV App's written reviews are positive against 57% of DroneScout pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | RCFPV App | DroneScout pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (245 ratings) — better | 3.7 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 245 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VQF Corporation | BlueMark Innovations BV |
Customer experience
RCFPV App
DroneScout pro
In-app purchases
RCFPV App
- RCFPV PRO Monthly$6.991 Month
- RCFPV PRO Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
DroneScout pro
- Silver package monthly$2.991 Month
- Gold package$5.991 Month
- Platinum package$9.991 Month









