Comparison

Orbital VR vs Drone360

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

Head to head
About

Orbital VR

Features
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Orbital VR - Powerful VR and 360 Video Playback & Editing for iOS Experience immersive video the way it was meant to be viewed. Orbital VR is a high-performance VR video player for iOS and macOS that delivers the features professionals and enthusiasts expect without compromise. Seamless VR/360 Video Playback -- Enjoy smooth, reliable playback with support for most common VR video formats. Navigate effortlessly with timeline thumbnails for precise scrubbing and instant scene previews, making it easy to find the exact moment you’re looking for. Now with insta360 .insv support! Built-In VR Editing Tools -- Go beyond playback with powerful editing capabilities. Trim your videos with precision and create custom camera sequences directly inside the app. Craft guided viewpoints and cinematic perspectives that can be exported for seamless viewing on non-VR devices. Accelerated with Metal -- Orbital VR harnesses the power of Metal to deliver blazing-fast export speeds—up to 5× real-time playback. Subscriptions: For terms and conditions regarding subscription usage, please refer to the following: 1. Privacy policy: https://orbitalvr.app/privacy 2. End user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Drone360

This app allows drone pilots to view, edit, and share 360-degree photos. It preserves essential metadata for interactive uploads to social media and offers a range of editing tools and filters specifically for aerial photography. The app works offline and supports various drone brands.

Highlights
  • Interactive 360 panorama viewer
  • Metadata preservation for social media uploads
  • Aerial photography filters and manual adjustments
  • Import from camera roll, Files, or SD card
  • Custom text watermarking
  • Full resolution export (JPEG/TIFF)
  • Optional GPS/EXIF data stripping
Features
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Drone360 is a drone photo editor and interactive 360 panorama viewer built for drone photographers. Sharing a 360 panorama through apps that remove its panorama metadata can leave it appearing as a flat image. Drone360 adds Facebook-compatible GPano metadata when sharing supported 360 JPEGs, helping Facebook recognise them as interactive panoramas. Import photos from your camera roll or the Files app, including images transferred from SD cards and DJI folders. Drone360 automatically identifies images with a compatible 2:1 panorama layout and lets you explore them using drag-to-look controls. Edit standard drone photos and 360 panoramas with aerial photography filters and manual adjustments. Fine-tune filter strength, hold to compare your edits with the original, and save your favourite settings as personal presets. WHAT’S INSIDE • Interactive 360 panorama viewer with drag-to-look controls • Editor for standard drone photos and compatible 360 panoramas • Facebook-compatible GPano metadata added when sharing supported 360 JPEGs • Import from your camera roll or Files app, including files on connected storage supported by your device • Free to import, view, edit and save edited copies inside Drone360 • One-time unlock to export and share your photos • 14 built-in filter options: Normal, Golden Hour, Haze Cut, Vivid Sky, Cinematic, Arctic, Dusk, Mono, Coastal, Soft Dawn, Overcast, Urban, Autumn and Clean Mono • Adjustable filter strength • Press-and-hold before-and-after comparison • Save, reuse and delete personal filter presets • Undo and redo filter and adjustment changes • Manual controls for brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, highlights, shadows, sharpness and fade • Vignette for standard photos only, excluded from 360 exports • Custom text watermarks with adjustable size and opacity, six positions, four font styles and six colours • Save edits as separate JPEG copies while keeping your originals • Share standard photos to Instagram, Facebook, Messages and other supported apps • Share compatible 360 panoramas to Facebook with GPano metadata for interactive viewing • Supports compatible photos and completed 2:1 spherical panoramas from DJI and other drone brands • On-device photo editing and viewing, available offline ABOUT 360 SHARING Interactive 360 viewing is available only in apps that support it. Instagram does not support interactive 360 photos: panoramas shared to Instagram appear as flat images and may require cropping. Facebook’s recognition and display of 360 photos depend on its current support and processing. Drone360 prepares supported panoramas with the required metadata but cannot control how another app displays them. Drone360 works with completed panoramas; it does not stitch separate images together. Internet access is required for purchases, purchase verification and online sharing. Drone360 is built by the team behind Drone Companion. We fly. We edit. We built the app we wished existed.

Screenshots

Orbital VR3 screens
Drone3604 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Drone360 at 15.1 against Orbital VR's 18.6. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Orbital VR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Drone360 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 6 level
Orbital VR versus Drone360: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbital VRDrone360
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHandlebar CreativeDRONE COMPANION LTD

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Orbital VR

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Drone360

One-time1
  • Drone360 Full Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Orbital VR free?
Orbital VR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drone360 free?
Drone360 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Orbital VR or Drone360 have ads?
Neither Orbital VR nor Drone360 shows ads.

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