DroneScout pro vs AeroRadar

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

AeroRadar is an observation radar for the air traffic around you, on the ground or in the air: ADS-B aircraft from the adsb.fi and adsb.lol community networks, FLARM gliders from the Open Glider Network, on a radar dial or on a map. It is not an aviation safety tool, and never an anti-collision system. THE SKY AROUND YOU • Live ADS-B traffic from adsb.fi and adsb.lol, queried together so their coverage adds up, a new picture at most every 5 seconds. • Ranges of 10, 25, 50 and 100 km on the dial, 250 km on the map, in kilometers or nautical miles. • Tap an aircraft for its registration, type, altitude, speed, heading and distance. Altitudes in meters then feet (3,353 m · 11,000 ft), speeds in km/h or knots. • Altitude filter: an adjustable ceiling from 500 to 30,000 ft, or none, and aircraft on the ground shown or hidden. • When a network call fails, the aircraft on screen stay, with the age of their data. DIAL AND MAP • A radar dial that puts you at the center, with four range rings, north-up or in Compass mode. • A map that puts the same traffic back on the terrain, with dashed heading vectors and labels. • Dark by default, light if you prefer. iPhone and iPad, portrait or landscape. • Energy saver refreshes every 10 seconds instead of 5: half the network wake-ups, and the radar stays active. TRAFFIC SOURCES • FLARM traffic (gliders, tow planes, hang gliders, paragliders) from the volunteer Open Glider Network, with distinct icons and GPS altitudes; an aircraft seen by both networks appears once. • Pilots who opted out of OGN tracking are never shown. • Each source has its colour: ADS-B, FLARM and radio beacons, pilots’ apps, computed MLAT positions. • FLARM, Apps and MLAT switch off one by one in Preferences. With FLARM and Apps off, the connection to the Open Glider Network closes. TRAFFIC OUTPUT • AeroRadar feeds the navigation app running on this same device as a FLARM-NMEA receiver on TCP port 2000 (host 127.0.0.1): nothing leaves the device. For any app that accepts a FLARM or NMEA source at an address of your choice. • Up to 32 targets per burst, closest first, never a position older than 30 seconds; the stream carries the traffic plus your own position. • While output is on, AeroRadar feeds your navigation app from the background and follows your aircraft, blue location indicator visible; with another app in front, the radar refreshes every 10 seconds. PRIVACY • No account, no ads, no analytics, no trackers, no third-party SDK, no in-app purchases. • Your approximate position, rounded to about 1 km, goes to adsb.fi, adsb.lol and, while the FLARM source or the Apps source is on, to the Open Glider Network, for one purpose only: selecting the traffic around you. Nothing identifies you or your device; the OGN login line names the app, the same for everyone. • Airline routes and some registrations come from adsbdb.com, asked by the aircraft’s callsign or address. • Receive-only by design: your position, or your aircraft’s, is never broadcast as a beacon visible to others. • Preferences stay on the device, and disappear with the app. • Data from adsb.fi, adsb.lol (ODbL license) and the Open Glider Network, for personal, non-commercial use. LIMITS • Community traffic from the internet: accuracy, completeness and continuity are not guaranteed. • An aircraft can be missing: out of receiver range, without a transponder, with ADS-B switched off, or hidden by your own filters. Low-flying helicopters are the hardest to hear. • ADS-B altitudes are pressure altitudes referenced to 1013.25 hPa, those of flight levels, not QNH-corrected altitudes. • Never use it to navigate, separate or avoid traffic, and never in IMC. • Your duty to “see and avoid” remains yours alone: stay vigilant at all times. Vigilance in flight remains the sole responsibility of the pilot in command. • The disclaimer is shown at every launch, and must be accepted every time.