Multivista vs DroneDeploy Ground App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Multivista
Access project photos, floorplans, and webcams from your construction site. Field personnel can upload their own photos directly from their mobile device to enhance project documentation.
- View project photos
- Access floorplans
- Watch live webcams
- Upload photos from mobile
- Enhance project documentation
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The Multivista mobile application allows you to view photos, floorplans and webcams from your Multivista project, as well as upload your own photos directly from your mobile phone or tablet. Now field personnel can review and add to the comprehensive photographic documentation which Multivista provides, right from the construction site!
DroneDeploy Ground App
Capture and manage ground-level project data for construction and industrial sectors. Document job sites with 360° photos and standard images, then sync to a platform for analysis and collaboration.
- 360° photo and walkthrough capture
- Standard photo capture
- Sync to DroneDeploy platform
- Project data analysis and annotation
- Team collaboration tools
- Integration with industry tools
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The DroneDeploy Ground app empowers businesses in construction, engineering, and other industrial sectors to efficiently document and manage ground-level data, providing a powerful complement to drone-based insights. DroneDeploy Ground is the next-generation ground capture app for project teams, including former StructionSite users. Note: This app is intended for enterprise users with an active DroneDeploy license. Simplify Ground-Level Data Capture in 3 Easy Steps: 1. Log in to your DroneDeploy account (trial or active license required). 2. Connect your 360 camera to capture 360° panoramas and 360° Walkthroughs, or use your device's camera to capture standard photos. 3. Sync your captures to the DroneDeploy platform for processing, sharing, and analysis. Once uploaded, your captures are processed and accessible through the DroneDeploy platform, where you can: • Collaborate with your team and stakeholders. • Inspect, compare, and annotate project data over time. • Integrate seamlessly with leading industry tools like Procore, Autodesk Build, and more. Supported Hardware: • Insta360 X5 • Insta360 X4 • Insta360 RS 1-inch • Ricoh Theta X • Ricoh Theta Z1 Visit our website for a complete list of supported hardware and to learn more about the DroneDeploy ecosystem. For Business and Professional Use: The DroneDeploy Ground app is a free companion tool for licensed DroneDeploy enterprise customers. A valid enterprise account is required for uploading and processing captures
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Verdict
Multivista and DroneDeploy Ground App both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of Multivista's written reviews are positive against 40% of DroneDeploy Ground App's. Multivista also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). DroneDeploy Ground App's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Multivista against 4.5 for DroneDeploy Ground App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 33 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Multivista's written reviews are positive against 40% of DroneDeploy Ground App's.
Multivista ships an update every 2 weeks, DroneDeploy Ground App weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Multivista | DroneDeploy Ground App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (46 ratings) — better | 4.5 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better | 40.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 435 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Multivista | DroneDeploy |
Customer experience
Multivista
DroneDeploy Ground App
Bugs and requests
Multivista
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DroneDeploy Ground App
Reported bugs
68 issues- Spam email
- Freezes, lags, slow
- Constantly have to fight to log in
- Processing walks takes forever and is unreliable
- Fails to process a walk
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- Extremely hard to login into
- Lots of errors
- Reset password and still 50/50 shot
- Massive pain to get back into the app
- Have to redownload the app
- Glichy
- App doesn’t work on the new iPhone
- Won’t even open
- Very difficult if not impossible to use at times
- Won’t select the correct icon
- Can’t zoom in anymore
- Selection something approx an inch up and left from where clicking
- App constantly crashes
- Won’t load selected items
- Still feels like a beta version
- App often crashes and becomes unusable
- Disconnects from the camera
- States universal link is not recognized
- Does not upload
- Footage is sped up and unusable
- Only works on apple devices
- Does not stay connected to camera
- Cannot get any walks to stay active
- Camera has disconnected from the app automatically
- Cannot sync walks unless iPad is connected to WiFi
- Drawings need more than two supported file formats
- Need to upload drawing in advance
- No photos of the drawing supported
- New interface is glitchy and does not work well
- Crashes constantly
- Will not let you upload photos
- Does not allow you to sync
- Error message saying there’s no space on the device
- Force closes
- Never works
- Fails constantly
- Can’t login half the time
- App crashes a lot
- Crosshairs misalign all the time
- When clicking an existing pin, crosshairs put you way below the pin and create a new pin
- Very high chance of having to do a 360 walk again because of an error
- Difficult to upload in the background
- App needs to be open to upload
- Takes a long time to upload
- App and website are always crashing
- App doesn’t stay connected to the camera
- Icons don’t show up after you’ve taken photos
- App crashes frequently
- Takes 30 + seconds between photos
- Takes a good 10+ seconds to take your next photo
- Persistent bugs
- Frustrating user interface
- Logging points takes almost twice as long
- Deleting images or removing false points is unnecessarily complicated
- App freezes while a photo uploads
- Missing folders on ground app
- Cannot upload any photos because folders are missing
- Issues with the app not uploading data
- Occasionally completely loses photos
- Cannot delete anything on the app
- Have to delete the app to redownload
- Won’t save good uploads
- Not optimized for iPad
Requested features
8 requests- New update for Insta X4 air compatibility
- Android app support
- Downloadable PDF with active 360 photos
- Support for Insta360 One R camera
- iPad optimization
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- Ability to add pins to drawings in the app without internet
- Support for more than two drawing file formats
- Background uploads
In-app purchases
Multivista
No in-app purchases
DroneDeploy Ground App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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