Comparison

Drone360 vs AirStory

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

Head to head
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 β€’ Interactive 360 panorama viewer with drag-to-look controls β€’ Editor for standard drone photos and compatible 360 panoramas β€’ Facebook-compatible GPano metadata added when sharing supported 360 JPEGs β€’ Import from your camera roll or Files app, including files on connected storage supported by your device β€’ Free to import, view, edit and save edited copies inside Drone360 β€’ One-time unlock to export and share your photos β€’ 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 β€’ Adjustable filter strength β€’ Press-and-hold before-and-after comparison β€’ Save, reuse and delete personal filter presets β€’ Undo and redo filter and adjustment changes β€’ Manual controls for brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, highlights, shadows, sharpness and fade β€’ Vignette for standard photos only, excluded from 360 exports β€’ Custom text watermarks with adjustable size and opacity, six positions, four font styles and six colours β€’ Save edits as separate JPEG copies while keeping your originals β€’ Share standard photos to Instagram, Facebook, Messages and other supported apps β€’ Share compatible 360 panoramas to Facebook with GPano metadata for interactive viewing β€’ Supports compatible photos and completed 2:1 spherical panoramas from DJI and other drone brands β€’ 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.

About

AirStory

Features
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Every flight has a story. AirStory helps you find it. Your hard drive is full of incredible flights. Sunrises. Hidden beaches. Perfect orbits. Wildlife you didn't expect. AirStory turns all of it into a beautiful library you can revisit, replay, and share β€” no editing skills required. Insert your SD card once, and years of forgotten flights become a library organized by place and time, ready to explore. RELIVE EVERY FLIGHT Watch any flight the way you flew it: the video plays alongside a live map that traces your path, an altitude graph you can scrub, and a smooth 3D replay over real terrain. Fly it again from your couch. ORGANIZED BY WHERE YOU'VE BEEN AirStory sorts your flights by the places you visited β€” beaches, parks, the trip you took last spring β€” so finding that one perfect sunset takes seconds, not an afternoon of scrubbing folders. STORIES, MADE FOR YOU Pick a few favorite flights and AirStory finds the best moments β€” the orbits, the reveals, the dives β€” and cuts them into a short, music-scored story automatically. Mark your own favorite clips too, and build exactly the highlight reel you want. SHARE IN ONE TAP Every story becomes a link you can text to friends or post anywhere. They just tap and watch β€” no app, no sign-in. ON EVERY SCREEN AirStory is one app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Import a flight from your phone the moment you land, curate on iPad or Mac when you're home, and pick up right where you left off β€” your library stays in sync. Fly. Import. Rediscover. Share. β€” AirStory works beautifully with DJI drones. Your original videos stay yours β€” AirStory keeps a lightweight copy for smooth playback and never touches your master files.

Screenshots

Drone3604 screens
AirStory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AirStory at none against Drone360's 1. Drone360's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

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

Both are free to download. Drone360 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AirStory asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drone360 ships an update monthly, AirStory every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 5 level
Drone360 versus AirStory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrone360AirStory
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly β€” betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationPaidβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size42 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDRONE COMPANION LTDDon Browning

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Drone360

One-time1
  • Drone360 Full Unlock$4.99
None

AirStory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drone360 free?
Drone360 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AirStory free?
AirStory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drone360 or AirStory have ads?
Neither Drone360 nor AirStory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drone360 or AirStory?
Drone360 ships an update monthly, and AirStory every 6 weeks. Most recently, Drone360 was updated on October 15, 2026 and AirStory on October 28, 2026.

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