Comparison

DroneTools vs Forty Customs

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

Head to head
About

DroneTools

Features
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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. 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Limited or Critical for every value and as an overall status • Warning symbols show instantly what's off • Missing or outdated weather data is never shown as green • Updates automatically and reloads as soon as the network is back ALL KEY DRONE WEATHER DATA • Wind speed at 10 m and 120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 • Wind in m/s, km/h, kn or mph; °C or °F; km and mm/h or mi and in/h; 12 or 24 hours 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 ⌘R and ⌘, • Dark mode, large text and VoiceOver Data sources: Open-Meteo and GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (CC BY 4.0). Your location is only used, rounded, for the weather request and is not stored by the app. DroneTools is made by CopterTec, the team behind FireDock, the drone solution for fire brigades and emergency services.

About

Forty Customs

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The Forty Customs app is a clean, fast and intuitive companion built specifically for Super73 e-bikes. Designed with a minimalist philosophy, it gives you instant access to your bike's most important settings without unnecessary complexity. Whether you own one Super73 or several, the app makes it easy to manage multiple Super73 profiles, connect in seconds and personalize your riding experience. Features • Connect to compatible Super73 e-bikes via Bluetooth • Built-in turn-by-turn navigation on display • Manage multiple bike profiles • Settings are remembered and automatically applied after reconnecting • Real-time speedometer with a clean, easy-to-read interface • Adjust ride settings with an intuitive interface • Automatic connection to your preferred bike • 10 Second sprint mode challange • Clean, distraction-free design focused on speed and simplicity Built by riders, for riders Every interaction has been carefully refined to feel responsive and effortless, allowing you to spend less time navigating menus and more time enjoying your ride. Compatible with supported Super73 models. Acknowledgements: Portions of the Bluetooth implementation are based on research and documentation from the open-source Walker73 project by Axel Fougues.

Screenshots

DroneTools4 screens
Forty Customs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DroneTools at every 5 days against Forty Customs's every 2 weeks. Forty Customs's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DroneTools ships an update every 5 days, Forty Customs every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
DroneTools versus Forty Customs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDroneToolsForty Customs
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabian BrieseJasper Aarts

In-app purchases

None

DroneTools

No in-app purchases

None

Forty Customs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DroneTools free?
DroneTools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forty Customs free?
Forty Customs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DroneTools or Forty Customs have ads?
Neither DroneTools nor Forty Customs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DroneTools or Forty Customs?
DroneTools ships an update every 5 days, and Forty Customs every 2 weeks. Most recently, DroneTools was updated on October 18, 2026 and Forty Customs on October 8, 2026.

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