Comparison

DroneDeploy Flight App vs Blueye

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Blueye

Features
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The Blueye app is the pilot station for Blueye underwater drones. Fly the Blueye X1, X3, X3 Ultra and X7 from your iPhone, iPad or Mac, and keep flying the earlier Blueye Pioneer and Pro. PILOT • Steer with the on-screen joysticks, or connect an Xbox, PlayStation or MFi game controller. • Let the drone hold depth and heading for you, or keep station and altitude over the seabed with a DVL. • Read depth, heading, pitch and roll, water temperature and battery level on top of the live video. • Tune exposure, white balance, gain, color correction and the turbidity filter for the clearest picture. RECORD • Live video in Full HD from the X1, X3, Pioneer and Pro, and in 4K UHD with HDR and zoom from the X3 Ultra and X7. • Record video and take photos on the drone, on a timer or by distance traveled, with telemetry overlays and voice commentary from your device's microphone. • Download photos, videos and sonar recordings to your device, or move them to a USB drive in the drone. • Live stream the dive to an RTMP server (beta). NAVIGATE • Follow the drone on the map with a Blueye GPS, DVL or USBL positioning system, mark points of interest, and plan and run semi-autonomous waypoint missions. • Combine base maps and overlays, import your own offline maps (MBTiles), and use Kartverket depth data in Norwegian waters. • Publish the drone's position and sonar to TAK clients such as ATAK and iTAK. SONAR, PAYLOADS AND AI • Multibeam sonar: live imaging, recording and playback, tilt control, and measurement of distances and areas in the sonar image. • Guest port payloads: external cameras and lights, grippers and manipulators, DVL, scaling laser, water quality sensors and ultrasonic thickness gauges. • On the X3 Ultra and X7, onboard computer vision draws object detection and segmentation overlays on the video, tracks the target you select, and measures detected objects with the scaling laser. Freeze the video to measure lengths and areas yourself. LOG AND REPORT • Every dive is logged with its telemetry, media, points of interest and annotations. Review it afterwards and export Word or PDF inspection reports. • Sign in to Blueye Cloud to sync dive logs, photos, videos and sonar recordings to your organization. KEEP IT RUNNING • Update the drone's Blunux software from the app, check diagnostics and contact support without leaving the app. • Several devices can connect to one drone: one pilots while the others watch the live video. • No drone at hand? Demo mode lets you explore the app. The app is available in English, Norwegian, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese and Ukrainian. Connect your iPhone, iPad or Mac to the Blueye surface unit's Wi-Fi and you are ready to dive. Visit www.blueyerobotics.com for more about Blueye and our drones.

Screenshots

DroneDeploy Flight App4 screens
Blueye4 screens

Verdict

The call

DroneDeploy Flight App and Blueye are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DroneDeploy Flight App ships an update fortnightly, Blueye every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
DroneDeploy Flight App versus Blueye: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDroneDeploy Flight AppBlueye
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.3K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size387 MB317 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDroneDeployBlueye Robotics AS

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

Blueye

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DroneDeploy Flight App

No in-app purchases

None

Blueye

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DroneDeploy Flight App free?
DroneDeploy Flight App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blueye free?
Blueye is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DroneDeploy Flight App or Blueye have ads?
Neither DroneDeploy Flight App nor Blueye shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DroneDeploy Flight App or Blueye?
DroneDeploy Flight App ships an update fortnightly, and Blueye every 3 weeks. Most recently, DroneDeploy Flight App was updated on October 20, 2026 and Blueye on October 17, 2026.

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