Comparison

DroneDeploy Flight App vs Filio

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

Filio

This app revolutionizes construction documentation by capturing geotagged photos, videos, and scans directly on plans or maps. It uses AI to organize and make jobsite records searchable, streamlining progress tracking, inspections, and reporting for field teams.

Highlights
  • Geotagged photo and video capture
  • Document on plan sheets and maps
  • AI-powered search and organization
  • Offline-friendly capture and sync
  • Professional PDF and Word reports
  • Team and project management
Features
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Filio is an AI-powered construction photo documentation and field reporting platform for contractors, inspectors, and engineering teams. Capture geotagged photos, videos, scans, annotations, measured visuals, and 360 media on plan sheets, blueprints, or maps, then turn them into searchable, report-ready jobsite records. Filio preserves the field context that matters, including GPS location, date and time, bearing, elevation, weather, and captured-by details. Use Filio for progress tracking, inspections, QA/QC, closeouts, punch lists, engineering observations, and evidence packages. AI captions, AI labels, tags, and custom fields make project media easier to organize, search, and retrieve when it matters most. With Filio, teams can: - Capture jobsite media in the mobile Field Data Collector app - Document directly on plan sheets and map views - Keep records searchable with AI captions, AI labels, tags, and metadata - Review projects by media library, map, plan sheet, and timeline - Manage teams, projects, groups, offices, stakeholders, and permissions in the Web Console - Generate professional PDF and Word reports with repeatable templates Built for real field workflows, Filio supports offline-friendly capture and reliable sync so teams can keep working even when connectivity is limited. Replace scattered camera rolls, folders, and manual reporting with a faster, more defensible jobsite documentation system.

Screenshots

DroneDeploy Flight App4 screens
Filio4 screens

Verdict

The call

DroneDeploy Flight App and Filio both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Filio's written reviews are positive against 40% of DroneDeploy Flight App's. Filio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). DroneDeploy Flight App's advantage is ratings volume (5.3K vs 58). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for DroneDeploy Flight App against 4.6 for Filio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DroneDeploy Flight App has 5.3K ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of DroneDeploy Flight App's written reviews are positive against 83% of Filio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DroneDeploy Flight App ships an update fortnightly, Filio weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DroneDeploy Flight App versus Filio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDroneDeploy Flight AppFilio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.3K ratings) — better4.6 (58 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.3K — better58
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size387 MB218 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDroneDeployFiliocorp

Customer experience

DroneDeploy Flight App

All ratings5,227 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews140 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral7.9%
Negative52.1%

Filio

All ratings58 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

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

Filio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DroneDeploy Flight App

No in-app purchases

None

Filio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DroneDeploy Flight App free?
DroneDeploy Flight App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Filio free?
Filio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DroneDeploy Flight App or Filio?
DroneDeploy Flight App is rated higher. DroneDeploy Flight App averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.3K ratings, while Filio averages 4.6 from 58 ratings.
Do DroneDeploy Flight App or Filio have ads?
Neither DroneDeploy Flight App nor Filio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DroneDeploy Flight App or Filio?
DroneDeploy Flight App ships an update fortnightly, and Filio weekly. Most recently, DroneDeploy Flight App was updated on October 1, 2026 and Filio on September 13, 2026.

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