DroneTools vs Waterway Info System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
DroneTools
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The drone weather app for UAV and FPV pilots: DroneTools checks the current wind, gusts, rain, Kp index and daylight at your location and shows the flight conditions as a clear traffic light. One look and you know whether you can fly. Made for drone pilots in hobby, photography, film, surveying, inspection and emergency services. And for organizations with a DJI Dock: FireDock brings the incident, the map and live video in real time to your iPhone and iPad. FLIGHT CONDITIONS AT A GLANCE ⢠Optimal, Limited or Critical for every value and as an overall status ⢠Warning symbols show instantly what's off ⢠Missing or outdated weather data is never shown as green ⢠Updates automatically and reloads as soon as the network is back ALL KEY DRONE WEATHER DATA ⢠Wind speed at 10 m and 120 m altitude, wind gusts ⢠Chance of rain and rain rate (rain, snow), visibility, low clouds, temperature ⢠Kp index (geomagnetic activity) for GPS accuracy ⢠Daylight: next sunrise and sunset, day and night per EU air law, calculated on device and available offline YOUR DRONE, YOUR LIMITS ⢠Set your own wind and weather limits with sliders ⢠Drone profiles for every quadcopter or multicopter, share and import them as a file ⢠Three templates to get started: Cautious, Wind-Resistant Drone and Waterproof Drone ⢠Switch off the critical level or single values, e.g. warn waterproof drones only in heavy rain ⢠Your units: m/s, km/h, kn, mph, °C, °F, km, mm/h, mi, in/h, 12 or 24 hours FOR FIRE BRIGADES, SITE SECURITY AND INDUSTRY WITH FIREDOCK FireDock connects alerting with DJI FlightHub 2 and the DJI Dock: when the alarm comes in, incident marker, route and flight task are ready. Automated, not autonomous: a responsible remote pilot releases the takeoff. ⢠For fire brigades and industrial fire services, site security, security services and critical infrastructure operators ⢠Incident at a glance: keyword, location, drone status and a map with incident site, dock and drone ⢠Live video from the drone in real time, in under a second. Crews on the ground see their vehicle and know when to stop ⢠The camera at the dock from the moment the alarm comes in, or all the time if your organization chooses ⢠Green dot: live almost without delay. Orange dot: slower connection, a few seconds behind ⢠Release takeoff, do not fly, abort and return to home, depending on your role ⢠Takeoff, abort and return confirmed with Face ID ⢠Notifications on alarms, flight events and problems, encrypted for your device ⢠Connect via QR code, link or MDM ⢠Roles Viewer, Pilot and Lead ⢠Optimized for DJI FlightHub 2, including FlightHub 2 On-Premises on your own server CopterTec is a DJI Enterprise Gold Partner and a certified DJI FlightHub 2 On-Premises partner. FireDock requires a FireDock installation at your organization. FOR ORGANIZATIONS ⢠Set limits centrally via MDM, managed values are locked in the app FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC ⢠Large tiles on iPad and Mac, keyboard shortcuts āR and ā, ⢠Dark mode, large text and VoiceOver Data sources: Open-Meteo and GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (CC BY 4.0), NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center as a backup for the Kp index. Your location is only used, rounded, for the weather request, is not stored by the app and is never sent to FireDock. DroneTools and FireDock are made by CopterTec.
Waterway Info System
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Find interesting information about rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water. View a list of moorings, marinas, bridges with clearance heights, and much more. Includes news for inland navigation and a quiz to challenge your knowledge about body of waters worldwide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Waterway Info System at 14.0 against DroneTools's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | DroneTools | Waterway Info System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fabian Briese | CproSoft GmbH |
In-app purchases
DroneTools
No in-app purchases
Waterway Info System
No in-app purchases
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