Comparison

Quiver vs FreeFlight Mini

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

Head to head
About

Quiver

This app combines traditional coloring with augmented reality to create an engaging and educational experience for children. Users can print pages, color them, and then watch their creations come to life on a smart device. It offers a fun way to learn various subjects and develop creativity.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality coloring
  • Printable coloring pages
  • Watch creations come to life
  • Educational content
  • Interactive games
  • Capture and share creations
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The Quiver App makes learning fun by combining physical coloring with cool augmented reality technology to create an engaging, educational and magical experience. You can test our free pages by downloading them from our website (https://quivervision.com/). By using our expertise in augmented reality technology, the Quiver App makes a huge range of educational topics fun to learn about by letting the users creativity and imagination run wild. Every colored page comes to life in its uniquely colored way, giving the artist an immediate and special sense of ownership and pride! The Quiver App is immersive, educational, exciting and inspiring – a must have tool for the classroom or at home where kids can develop skills and retain knowledge like never before. Try it out yourself and we are sure you will agree. If you are willing to subscribe, Quiver is your one-stop shop for Augmented Reality content and lesson plans for Pre K to Year 4 and beyond. The Quiver App and website offer an educational platform that helps students better visualize & understand various learning subjects. Included for free on the website are a great range of augmented reality lessons, created by teachers & educators, and specifically designed to meet the needs of all students by incorporating a variety of activities. It’s now time for you to start using augmented reality in your classroom right away! The Quiver Education dashboard also allows the Quiver App to be deployed across multiple devices in the classroom using just one subscription. This then allows all of those devices to access and use all of the available Quiver App content during the term of the subscription. How to use: - Using Quiver couldn’t be simpler. - First, find our pages by downloading the app and on our website: https://quivervision.com/. - Next, save and print your pages from the computer and color away with your favorite colors. - Ready to bring your finished creation to life? Simply open the Quiver App, press the camera button, scan the page QR code, then scan the coloring page with your camera and watch your coloring leap from the page like magic! How cool is that? - No two pages are the same, making each new Quiver experience as memorable and exciting as the last. Visit our website (https://quivervision.com/coloring-packs) for a list of available Quiver coloring pages. The pages include a range of educational pages (e.g. abc’s, space, math, science, geography) plus a range of pure entertainment pages with lots of fun and games included. Features: - Traditional coloring with immersive educational augmented reality. - Learn and discover, with quizzes and other educational tools. - A range of free lesson and activity plans to match the available coloring pages. - Watch your creations magically come to life on your smart device screen. - Engage, interact and play games with your creations. - Capture photos and videos of your creations to share with friends. - Different sound effects associated with each page. Please Note: - The Quiver App requires physically printed coloring pages to enjoy the full experience. - To print out pages, visit https://quivervision.com/coloring-packs. - An Internet connection is required to download new content associated with the Quiver App. - The Quiver App only works with QuiverVision pages - look for the Quiver Butterfly logo to ensure the pages are compatible. - In-app purchases & Subscriptions give access to premium Quiver content. - For more information, visit https://quivervision.com/. - For additional assistance, please contact us at support@quivervision.com. - For our full terms of use, please visit https://quivervision.com/terms - The Quiver App collects anonymous, aggregated analytics data for the purpose of improving the app experience. No personally identifiable data is collected nor requested by QuiverVision. View our full privacy policy at https://quivervision.com/privacy-policy

About

FreeFlight Mini

Control Parrot Minidrones with your smartphone or tablet. Features intuitive piloting, easy connectivity, and advanced flight modes for acrobatic maneuvers. Capture photos and videos in real-time for an immersive FPV experience.

Highlights
  • Intuitive piloting interface
  • Easy drone detection and connection
  • Real-time HD video saving and transmission
  • FPV racing pilot modes
  • One-touch acrobatics and flips
  • Customizable flight parameters
  • Photo capture
Features
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FREEFLIGHT MINI The official dedicated app for Parrot Minidrones*. PILOT YOUR DRONE VIA YOUR SMARTPHONE OR TABLET Download FreeFlight Mini free of charge in order to pilot Parrot Minidrones. 

 INTUITIVE PILOTING FreeFlight Mini’s easy-to-use interface makes piloting simple, even for beginner pilots. The app connects to your Minidrone via Bluetooth Low Energy or Wi-Fi. EASY CONNECTIVITY The FreeFlight Mini App automatically detects which Parrot Minidrone you are using. Simply turn on your drone, activate Bluetooth on your smartphone/tablet and open the application. Select your drone from the list that appears on the screen. Your drone will then connect and you are ready for take-off! If you’re using Mambo FPV, activate wifi on your iDevice and connect to your drone in the app. List of drones compatible with this application: Parrot Mambo, Parrot Swing, Parrot Minidrones Airborne Night and Cargo, Hydrofoil*, and Rolling Spider. *For Hydrofoil: place the Airborne Minidrone into the Hydrofoil structure, select Hydrofoil mode in settings, and start sailing across the water. Parrot MAMBO FPV NEW FEATURES The application will instantly recognize the FPV camera that you have connected to your Parrot Mambo. You can now save and transmit HD video content in real time! To completely immerse yourself in the FPV experience, simply place your iDevice in your Parrot Cockpit Glasses 2. You’ll see exactly what your drone sees and discover new, thrilling sensations thanks to this innovative function. Become a FPV racing pilot using the three new pilot modes. Start with the Easy mode, which will keep your drone’s position in the air even after the controls have been released. Then, move on to Drift mode. This mode deactivates the horizontal stabilization, thus allowing for sharps turns and more complex maneuvers. Last but not least, push your piloting skills to the limit and try the new Racing mode. You’ll have complete control of the drone with no stabilization assistance. The possibilities are endless! ACROBATICS, FLIPS & TURNS From the home screen of the FreeFlight Mini app, you can easily access your settings for piloting, photos, and the "Parrot Cloud.” You can also customize flight parameters, including: altitude, speed and piloting mode (accelerometer, joypad). FreeFlight Mini app also includes fun features like one-touch flip: - Experience loops, barrel rolls, and high speed 180-degree turns with Parrot Swing - Front/back/side flips with Parrot Mambo, Airborne Minidrones, Rolling Spider and Hydrofoil* *Only when it’s removed from the Hydrofoil structure and in flight mode Parrot Minidrones are ultra-compact drones with impressive agility. They can fly both indoors and outdoors with great speed and stability. PHOTOS All Parrot Minidrones can take dronies of you and your friends. You can also store images from your drone races taken by Parrot Swing in plane mode. CUSTOMIZE YOUR FLYPAD SETTINGS The new Parrot Flypad allows you to pilot your Minidrone with extra-precision and control. There are two ways to connect the controller to the Minidrone: - Automatically and directly, without the use of a smartphone. This mode offers an increased flight range of up to 200 feet - Through your smartphone or tablet. This connection mode allows you to monitor your flight status on your device’s screen, and simultaneously pilot the Minidrone using the controller You can customize your Flypad controls to suit your piloting preferences through the use of the FreeFlight Mini app. Turn on your Parrot Flypad and select it in the “controller” section of the app. From there, you can modify the button mapping and check battery life. When you start piloting, enjoy the optimized display of flight information (flight time and drone battery percentage) on your smartphone. *To pilot Parrot Minidrone Jumping Night, Race, or Sumo, you need to download the FreeFlight Jumping app.

Screenshots

Quiver4 screens
FreeFlight Mini4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FreeFlight Mini at none against Quiver's 10. FreeFlight Mini also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Quiver's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 34%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Quiver sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. FreeFlight Mini asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for Quiver against 3.7 for FreeFlight Mini. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 258 and 513 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Quiver's written reviews are positive against 34% of FreeFlight Mini's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quiver ships an update every 6 weeks, FreeFlight Mini every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quiver versus FreeFlight Mini: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuiverFreeFlight Mini
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (258 ratings)3.7 (513 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better34.2% of reviews
Number of ratings258513 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuiverVision LimitedParrot SA

Customer experience

Quiver

All ratings258 ratings
Positive64.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative32.6%
Written reviews278 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral5.8%
Negative44.2%

FreeFlight Mini

All ratings512 ratings
Positive65.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative24.2%
Written reviews351 reviews
Positive34.2%
Neutral12.8%
Negative53.0%

User reviews

Quiver

From 258 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for teaching science
  • 👍 Engaging and informative
  • 👍 Brings artwork to life
  • 👍 Fantastic people to work with
  • 👍 Reliable and professional

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't work
  • 🐛 Crashes or freezes
  • 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
  • 🔒 Requires in-app purchases to unlock content
  • 🔒 Too many in-app purchases

FreeFlight Mini

From 513 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Works well on iPhone
  • 👍 Fun and enjoyable
  • 🚀 Very nice and enjoyable for 10-year-olds
  • 👍 More reliable than a McLaren
  • 🚀 Camera works well

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Broken app sign-up/login
  • 👎 Built-in obsolescence
  • 👎 Difficult to control
  • 🔋 Short battery life
  • 🐛 Connectivity issues

Bugs and requests

Quiver

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Camera doesn't work
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Doesn't recognize colored drawings
  • Requires repeated purchases for new content
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  • Incompatible with certain devices
  • Constantly asks to download additional content

Requested features

8 requests
  • Allow users to interact with friends and post drawings
  • Expand educational content (e.g. cells, solar system, biology)
  • Add more free content and reduce in-app purchases
  • Improve camera scanning and recognition
  • Provide better instructions and guidance for first-time users
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  • Add ability to save and view 3D creations offline
  • Improve compatibility with older devices
  • Provide better customer support and communication

FreeFlight Mini

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to transfer photos
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • Drone firmware update problems
  • Drone goes out of control during flight

Requested features

4 requests
  • Automatic orientation adjustment for left-handed users
  • Ability to change control mode
  • Improved camera functionality
  • Emergency stop button

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Quiver

Subscriptions1
  • Quiver Monthly Subscription$2.491 Month
One-time9
  • Quiver Vol. 1$2.99
  • Dover Vol 1$2.99
  • Amazing Animals of New Zealand$2.99
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  • Quiver Platonic Solids$2.99
  • Summer & Sea Pack$2.99
  • Quiver Vol. 2$2.99
  • Quiver Education Vol. 2$2.99
  • BBC Children in Need$4.99
  • Quiver Holidays Pack$4.99
None

FreeFlight Mini

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quiver free?
Quiver is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FreeFlight Mini free?
FreeFlight Mini is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quiver or FreeFlight Mini?
FreeFlight Mini is rated higher. Quiver averages 3.6 out of 5 from 258 ratings, while FreeFlight Mini averages 3.7 from 513 ratings.
Do Quiver or FreeFlight Mini have ads?
Neither Quiver nor FreeFlight Mini shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quiver or FreeFlight Mini?
Quiver ships an update every 6 weeks, and FreeFlight Mini every 5 weeks. Most recently, Quiver was updated on November 10, 2026 and FreeFlight Mini on November 4, 2026.

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