The Flying App vs TR
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!
TR
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This is a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) application for GlobalSat TR-520 configuration. By synchronizing with your TR-520, you can check the FW/APP versions and current settings. Also, you can adjust device settings to fulfill different user scenarios. With this application and TR-520, we believe you will have a better experience. Functions: Basic Information FW version / APP version Cellular settings Device settings Security setting Firmware upgrade Support iOS 11 or above.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TR at every 5 days against The Flying App's every 7 months. TR also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Flying App ships an update every 7 months, TR every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Flying App | TR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | XTIM sari | Globalsat Technology Corporation. |
In-app purchases
The Flying App
No in-app purchases
TR
No in-app purchases
