PL GPS vs Flash Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PL GPS
Control your drone's direction and throttle in real-time. View live camera feeds from the UAV and capture photos or record videos directly from your phone.
- Real-time UAV connection via WiFi
- Live drone camera feed display
- Direction and throttle control
- Photo capture
- Video recording
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Through the real-time connection with the uav through WIFI, the pictures taken by the uav will be displayed, and the phone will control the direction of the aircraft throttle, shoot the pictures of the uav and record the video
Flash Studio
Manage your 3D printers remotely from your smartphone. Monitor print status, view live video feeds of your printer's operations, and control multiple printers simultaneously.
- Remote printer monitoring
- Real-time video feed
- Manage grouped printers
- On-the-go management
- Smartphone integration
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Flash Studio is an integrated mobile app developed by FLASHFORGE for on-the-go management of 3D printers. Users can monitor print status via smartphones, view real-time video of printer operations remotely, and efficiently manage grouped 3D printers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flash Studio at 56% against PL GPS's 0%. Flash Studio also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 2). PL GPS's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flash Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flash Studio has 3.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of PL GPS's written reviews are positive against 56% of Flash Studio's.
PL GPS ships an update every 2 weeks, Flash Studio weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PL GPS | Flash Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 55.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 介甲 张 | 浙江闪铸三维科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
PL GPS
Flash Studio
In-app purchases
PL GPS
No in-app purchases
Flash Studio
No in-app purchases
