The Flying App vs SpeedyBee App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Flying App
Control bionicbird drones with intuitive gesture commands or an optional joystick. Experience the sensation of flight with flapping-wing ornithopters that can fly over 100 meters and even attract real birds.
- Intuitive gesture controls
- Optional physical joystick attachment
- Long-range flight (100+ meters)
- Flapping wing ornithopter technology
- Piloting assistance with gyro sensors
- Attracts real birds
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The Flying App only supports iPhones with Bluetooth 5 and over. Tablets are not adapted to use it. Throughout history man has dreamed of flying. Today, Bionic Bird offers the opportunity to experience that extraordinary sensorial adventure: to fly like a bird, or an insect, with flapping wings. Our ornithopters takes on the heavens with a range of more than100 meters. Even apartment interiors don’t scare them! The Flying App is ultra-sensitive and intuitive: a wave of the hand, the bird obeys. With our newest relase, the X-Fly, you'll get many additional features: a piloting assistance brought by our custom dedicated gyro sensors, and the ability to stick the X-Play, a dedicated physical joystick, on your smartphone and transform it into a real remote controller! In the sky, all our models are the only flying object in the world that does not frighten birds away. On the contrary, it attracts them all! Friends and enemies alike... Have a great flight!
SpeedyBee App
This application allows users to adjust flight controller parameters wirelessly via Bluetooth. It supports various flight controller firmwares and requires a compatible mobile device. Easily configure your drone's settings on the go.
- Wireless flight controller parameter adjustment
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Supports Betaflight, iNav, and Butterflight
- Automatic Bluetooth activation/deactivation (with SpeedyBee adapter)
- Mobile device configuration
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SpeedyBee is an Appllication for Flight controller parameters settings. Communication between mobile devices and flight control boards can be achieved through Bluetooth, you can use mobile devices to set the parameters of the flight controller.Any Bluetooth module compatible with your mobile device can be used, but if using the SpeedyBee Bluetooth-UART Adapter, this Bluetooth module will deactivate and activate automatically according to the status of the drone(armed/disarmed), no Bluetooth signal interference during the flight. Flight Controller Requirements: Betaflight firmware version ≥ 3.1.0 iNav FC version ≥ 1.8.1 Butterflight firmware version ≥ 3.1.0 System Requirements : iOS 13.0+ Instructions for use： 1.Connect the Bluetooth PCB with the UART interface of the Flight Controller, or use the flight controller integrated Bluetooth. 2.Open the Betaflight Configurator, on the Ports tab, open the Configuration/MSP port of the Bluetooth PCB, for the Bluettooth module of BLE4.0, 19200 is the recommended baud rate value. 3.Open the APP, connect the Flight Controller via Bluetooth, and you can adjust the parameters now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Flying App at 4.3 against SpeedyBee App's 3.3. The Flying App also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). SpeedyBee App's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (39% vs 22%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
The Flying App holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpeedyBee App has 121 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of The Flying App's written reviews are positive against 39% of SpeedyBee App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
The Flying App ships an update every 7 months, SpeedyBee App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Flying App | SpeedyBee App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better | 3.3 (121 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 38.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 121 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 295 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XTIM sari | 珠海市快蜂科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
The Flying App
SpeedyBee App
Bugs and requests
The Flying App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SpeedyBee App
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes on startup (iOS 13-17)
- Crashes when saving settings
- Crashes when accessing Blackbox tab
- Crashes when entering CLI commands
- Crashes when selecting motors in Betaflight
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- Crashes when accessing OSD configurator
- Landscape mode not working on iOS
- Bluetooth connection drops frequently
- Cannot connect to certain flight controllers
- Settings not saving properly
- Settings lost when switching between devices
- Mode range settings unreachable on screen
- Garbled CLI output
- Adapter bricking after failed connection
- Password prompt for SpeedyBee adapter
- White screen on app launch
- Not compatible with latest firmware versions
- Blackbox file crashes app
- WiFi connection fails for firmware updates
- App doesn't recognize saved PID settings from PC
Requested features
15 requests- INAV 8.0+ support (most requested)
- USB-C/OTG cable connection support
- Wired connection option for iOS
- PID Toolbox integration
- Blackbox log reading improvements
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- ExpressLRS WiFi connectivity
- BLHeli_32 ESC support
- Advanced tuning tabs for INAV
- Landscape mode fix for iOS
- Dark mode option
- French language translation
- Russian language support
- Chinese language support
- Backup functionality for iOS
- Map layer rendering for missions
In-app purchases
The Flying App
No in-app purchases
SpeedyBee App
No in-app purchases
