Freefly ALTA vs Ruko Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Freefly ALTA
Configure, tune, and monitor your drone remotely. This app provides in-depth checklists and allows for quick adjustments to key parameters, ensuring you spend more time capturing shots and less time on setup.
- Aircraft configuration adjustments
- Flight tuning parameter control
- Real-time sensor monitoring
- Firmware update checks
- In-depth pre-flight checklists
- Apple Watch companion app for checklists
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Set up, tune and monitor your ALTA remotely with the Freefly ALTA app. A seamless interface, in-depth checklists and the ability to quickly adjust key parameters means you spend less time on the ground and more time setting up the next shot. --- Key Features: CONFIGURATIONS Dial in your ALTA setup by adjusting key aircraft configurations. Adjust ALTA flight tuning parameters, perform channel mapping, change ALTA LED colors, enable on-screen display items for first-person view (FPV) camera systems, adjust safety settings and more. MONITOR View the status of your ALTA in flight, examine real-time charting of numerous ALTA sensors and flight parameters, or check for firmware updates. MONITOR helps you make sure ALTA is performing at its best. CHECKLISTS Make sure ALTA is always ready to get the shot and stored safely for the next job with a set of in-depth checklists. Use the companion Apple Watch app to view checklists. --- Refer to the ALTA user manual before using the ALTA app to change configurations and for information on safely operating an ALTA. Compatible with Freefly ALTA. Learn more about Freefly products and technology at www.freeflysystems.com
Ruko Scanner
This utility app allows users to read and edit information from Ruko external Remote ID modules. It supports searching for Remote ID signals, binding UAV identity information to an RID account, and resetting binding details. The app also functions as a monitoring tool to view broadcast information from nearby drones and their locations on a map.
- Read and edit Remote ID module information
- Search for Remote ID signals
- Bind UAV identity to RID account
- Reset module account binding
- Monitor drone broadcast information
- View drone and map locations
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This APP is used for reading and editing Ruko external Remote lD module information 1. It can support to automatically search the Remote lD signal, load device UAV identity information and bind to the RID account. 2. You can use it to reset the Remote lD module account binding information. 3. It can be used as a monitoring tool APP to check the broadcast information of the Remote lD module and the flying drones around it. 4. You can browse the detailed map location and drone location through this APP.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ruko Scanner at 3.0 against Freefly ALTA's 2.6. Ruko Scanner also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Freefly ALTA's advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 17%). 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.
Ruko Scanner holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Freefly ALTA's written reviews are positive against 17% of Ruko Scanner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Freefly ALTA ships an update every 3 months, Ruko Scanner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Freefly ALTA | Ruko Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 3.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FREEFLY SYSTEMS INC. | Shenzhen Ruike Innovation Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Freefly ALTA
Ruko Scanner
In-app purchases
Freefly ALTA
No in-app purchases
Ruko Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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