DroneDeploy Flight App vs DJI Go4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DroneDeploy Flight App
Automate drone flights for advanced aerial data capture. Generate high-quality maps and 3D models directly from your mobile device. Analyze, annotate, and share your data with teams for various professional applications.
- Automated flight planning
- High-resolution map generation
- 3D model creation
- Data analysis and annotation
- Team collaboration
- Support for various DJI drones
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DroneDeploy is the leading flight app for drones with millions of missions flown by over 130,000 pilots. DroneDeploy is the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones, making the power of aerial data accessible and productive for everyone. The free DroneDeploy app provides easy automated flight and data capture, and enables you to create, explore and share high-quality interactive maps, orthomosaics and 3D models directly from your mobile device. Fly your DJI drone autonomously with just two taps on your iOS device. Quickly process your imagery with DroneDeploy to generate accurate, high-resolution maps and 3D models. Analyze, annotate and share your maps with others directly from within the app. Extend your capabilities and take your analysis to the next level with AI reporting and over 80 best-in-class apps available for install within DroneDeploy’s App Market. DroneDeploy is the ultimate app for a wide range of high-accuracy aerial imaging and mapping applications in construction, solar, agriculture, surveying, mining, insurance, inspection and more. DroneDeploy has empowered users to map and analyze over 30 million acres in more than 160 countries. DRONE SUPPORT • Mavic 2 Pro / Zoom / Enterprise / Dual (thermal) • Mavic Air 2 • DJI Air 2S • Phantom 4 Pro V1 / V2 • Phantom 4 • Inspire 2 • Matrice 200 / 210 / 210 RTK V1 / V2 • Matrice 300 RTK Not compatible with the following hardware: • DJI Mavic Mini series HIGHLIGHTS • Easily plan and schedule repeatable flights • Fly and capture massive areas • Disable auto-flight with a single tap • Includes a full featured manual flight mode • Film professional quality video hands-free • Create automated spherical panoramas • Record all your flight logs in one place • Measure elevation, distance, volumes, surface area and roof geometry (roof reports) • Quickly create survey-grade maps and models with ground control points • Collaborate with teams through shared maps, annotations and comments • Wirelessly upload images from the drone • Export data in the format you need - JPG, Geotiff, OBJ, XYZ, LAS • Explore orthomosaic, NDVI, VARI, digital elevation maps and 3D models - - - Find out more at www.dronedeploy.com Please join us in improving and discussing the app at http://forum.dronedeploy.com
DJI Go4
Control your DJI drone and capture stunning aerial footage. This app offers real-time HD image transmission, camera control, and advanced editing tools for your aerial photos and videos. Easily download, edit, and share your creations with the world.
- Real-time HD Image Transmission
- Camera Settings Adjustment
- Updated Editor with templates and music
- Convenient video downloading, editing, and sharing
- Integrated live streaming
- Flight data recording
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Capture the world from above. DJI GO 4 has been optimized for all of DJI's latest products. These include the Mavic Series, Phantom 4 Series, and Inspire 2. It provides near real-time image transmission and camera settings adjustment, as well as editing and sharing of aerial imagery. Features: All-new Homepage and UI Near Real-time HD Image Transmission Camera Settings Adjustment Updated playback interface Updated Editor with improved UI More templates and music tracks in Editor Convenient video downloading, editing and sharing Integrated live streaming Near real-time flight data recording
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DroneDeploy Flight App at 4.7 against DJI Go4's 3.0. DroneDeploy Flight App also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (40% vs 24%). DJI Go4's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
DroneDeploy Flight App holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.3K and 6.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of DroneDeploy Flight App's written reviews are positive against 24% of DJI Go4's.
DroneDeploy Flight App ships an update fortnightly, DJI Go4 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DroneDeploy Flight App | DJI Go4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.3K ratings) — better | 3.0 (6.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 24.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.3K | 6.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 387 MB | 826 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | DroneDeploy | DJI |
Customer experience
DroneDeploy Flight App
DJI Go4
User reviews
DroneDeploy Flight App
From 5.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fantastic user experience
- 🚀 Very streamlined
- 🚀 Automated missions are great
- 🚀 Excellent program
- 🚀 Easy to understand and operate
Room to improve
- 🐛 BUG RIDDEN, COST ME TIME AND MONEY, WASTED ON SITE DISASTER 4YRS NOW
- 🐛 Many bugs
- 🐛 Crashes mid flight
- 🐛 Freezes, glitches, and crashes
- 🐛 Unreliable, loses drone position, cuts video feed
DJI Go4
From 6.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth flight experience
- 📷 Great camera quality
- 🔒 Robust safety features
- 🔋 Long battery life
- 🤖 Intelligent flight modes
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes
- 🤯 Connectivity issues
- 🤖 Unreliable intelligent flight modes
- 📱 Compatibility problems with newer devices
- 🚫 Restricted flight zones
Bugs and requests
DroneDeploy Flight App
Reported bugs
7 issues- Crashes on iOS 12.5.1 and 12.5.2
- Doesn't work with iOS 14 update
- Login issues, can't create account
- Doesn't work on iPad mini
- Fails to upload and process flight data
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- Loses GPS signal mid-flight
- Camera view doesn't work with Mavic 2 Pro
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Exposure control within the app
- Ability to change start position
- Support for more drone models like DJI Mini 2, Mavic Air 2, and Inspire 1
DJI Go4
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes during flight
- Unable to connect to drone
- Firmware update failures
- Incorrect no-fly zone detection
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Offline flight planning
- Improved video editing tools
- Waypoint support
- Better notification system for updates
In-app purchases
DroneDeploy Flight App
No in-app purchases
DJI Go4
No in-app purchases
Questions
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