Comparison

Drone Buddy vs PreFlight 107

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

Head to head
About

Drone Buddy

This app provides drone pilots with essential flight data, including weather radar, wind maps, and no-fly zone information. It helps users plan safe flights, discover new flying locations, and stay updated on drone news. An optional subscription offers advanced features.

Highlights
  • Weather radar and wind maps
  • No-fly zone data
  • Best flying window forecasts
  • Crowd-sourced flying spot discovery
  • Drone news updates
  • Drone flying hub for jobs and business
Features
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Don’t waste a trip. Check wind, weather, and airspace before you take off — then find nearby flying sites shared by other pilots. Trusted by over 1 million pilots. 4.7 stars from 8.4K App Store ratings. WHAT YOU GET • Go / no-go — a clear fly check for your pin from weather, TFRs, and U.S. Class B/C/D/E • Wind and weather — live wind, gusts, rain radar, and visibility so you know if it’s actually flyable • Best flying windows — the calmest daylight slots, scored for wind, rain, cloud, visibility, and daylight • No-fly reference maps — global airports, U.S. Class B/C/D/E, US / UK / Canada national parks, TFRs, stadium events, and FAA UAS restricted areas. Adjust airport circle range for your certification. These are planning tools, not official clearance, and not a LAANC filing. • Where to fly — crowd-sourced sites with photos and notes from other pilots • Flying Hub — save favorite spots; businesses can post jobs, inspections, surveys, and training • Drone news — regulations, gear, and industry updates DRONE BUDDY PRO Check any pin first: go / no-go on a searched site, hourly wind, calm flying windows for 10 days, and TFR alerts on the pin you care about. 3-day free trial on the annual plan, then the yearly price shown in-app. Cancel anytime in Apple ID settings. Also available as a 3-month plan or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Manage or cancel in Account Settings. Please cross-check local laws and airspace before every flight. Drone Buddy is not affiliated with the FAA and does not replace B4UFLY or an FAA-listed LAANC app. Maps and community sites can be incomplete — you are responsible for a legal, safe flight. Privacy: https://dronebuddy.io/privacy Terms: https://dronebuddy.io/terms Support: sayhi@dronebuddy.io Web: https://dronebuddy.io

About

PreFlight 107

This app helps drone pilots plan flights and ensure FAA compliance. It provides real-time weather, airspace information, and hazard alerts. Generate official flight logs and mission briefings for safe and legal drone operations.

Highlights
  • Live LAANC authorization
  • Drone weather and airspace maps
  • AI risk assessment
  • Tamper-evident mission briefings
  • Part 107 compliance tools
  • Flight logging and hangar management
  • ADS-B traffic radar
Features
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PreFlight 107 is the ultimate drone flight-planning app for recreational drone pilots and FAA Part 107 certified remote pilots. Check live LAANC authorization, decoded aviation hazards, drone weather and airspace maps — all before you fly. Generate tamper-evident Mission Briefing PDFs that hold up to FAA scrutiny. Fly for fun or run a commercial UAV operation — PreFlight 107 gives you the tools and awareness to fly confidently and stay FAA compliant. NEW: Site Watch tells you when it's good to fly at your saved spots — and ask Siri "Can I fly?" for a hands-free read. En español también. Try Pro+ free for 7 days — Mission Briefings, white-label client PDFs, recurring briefings, and every Pro tool. Cancel anytime. DECISION SUPPORT Fly Now Score — one 0–100 go/no-go score from wind, gusts, ceiling, visibility, hazards and airspace. Tap to see why. (Free) Density Altitude — know when hot, high or humid air cuts climb power and flight time. (Free) AI Risk Assessment — an instant AI go/no-go read with plain-English reasoning. 3 free previews; unlimited with Pro+. Ask Siri — "Can I fly?" for a spoken Fly Now Score and verdict, hands-free. (Free) AIRSPACE & SAFETY Live LAANC grid overlay with authorized flight ceilings Real-time TFR alerts and aviation hazards Decoded PIREPs, SIGMETs and AIRMETs within 50 nm Nearby airport awareness circles Live ADS-B traffic radar — manned aircraft in your area WEATHER Hyper-local drone weather at your exact GPS location Wind speed, gusts, direction, cloud cover, visibility and ceiling METAR/TAF data from nearby stations 15-day forecast for trip planning PART 107 COMPLIANCE Part 107 currency tracker with 90/30/7-day reminders Compliance reminders — before insurance or FAA registration expires FAA ID Vault for certificate and registration numbers Insurance policy tracking Auto-Evidence PDF — one-tap FAA inquiry packet: pilot cert, weather, airspace, insurance FLIGHT LOGGING & HANGAR Log every flight with date, location, duration and notes Flying Insights — hours by month, conditions you fly in, per-aircraft stats and a shareable Year in Flying recap (Pro) Track your fleet in the Hangar — 70+ models: DJI, Autel, Skydio, Parrot, FPV Server-stamped Depart/Land logging with a METAR snapshot Battery estimates that adjust to weather Export-ready Part 107 records PLANNING TOOLS Live Observer Link — share a link that updates your conditions, airspace and TFRs live while you fly (Pro+), or a one-time snapshot (Pro) Site Watch — pick the days and hours you fly at a saved site and get a heads-up the evening before when it looks good (Pro: every site, plus changed-conditions and TFR alerts) Night Ops Mode — sunset countdown with anti-collision-light verification checklist MAP Interactive Mapbox airspace map Class B/C/D airspace rings Restricted, Prohibited and Special Use Airspace overlays Temporary Flight Restriction overlays PRO unlocks: 15-day forecast, decoded aviation hazards, Auto-Evidence PDFs, Night Ops Mode, Class B/C/D + TFR + SUA overlays, 3D Wind Tower, METAR/TAF briefings, unlimited flight logs with FAA-format PDF export, voice proximity alerts, AR airspace view (iOS), cloud sync, Apple Wallet pilot card and a public pilot profile. PRO+ FEATURES Mission Briefings — tamper-evident 6-page PDF with auto-fetched weather, airspace, NOTAMs and hazards AI Morning Brief — 7 AM & 2 PM briefings, AI-written for your location Client Bundle — your Mission Briefing and flight report merged into one verifiable PDF Plain-English decode for METAR, TAF, SIGMET, AIRMET, PIREP White-label mode — your logo and branding on every Mission Briefing PDF Landowner permission form and crew roster LAANC approval PDF appendix Recurring briefings — auto-generated and emailed SHA-256 tamper hash — independently verifiable at preflight107.com/verify Note: Informational use only. Always verify airspace and conditions with official FAA sources before flight. Terms of Use: https://preflight107.com/terms

Screenshots

Drone Buddy4 screens
PreFlight 1074 screens

Verdict

The call

Drone Buddy and PreFlight 107 both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PreFlight 107's written reviews are positive against 55% of Drone Buddy's. Drone Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (8.4K vs 13). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Drone Buddy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PreFlight 107 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Drone Buddy against 4.6 for PreFlight 107. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drone Buddy has 8.4K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Drone Buddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of PreFlight 107's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drone Buddy ships an update weekly, PreFlight 107 every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Drone Buddy versus PreFlight 107: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrone BuddyPreFlight 107
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (8.4K ratings) — better4.6 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews54.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.4K — better13
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKirway LLCDavid S. Mendez

Customer experience

Drone Buddy

All ratings8,419 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews241 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral10.0%
Negative35.3%

PreFlight 107

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Drone Buddy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Map crashes after populating airports
  • Profile settings not saving
  • Inconsistent wind speed data

Requested features

4 requests
  • Color-coded wind speed indicators
  • Ability to report and verify no-fly zones
  • Integration with air traffic control
  • Metric units support

PreFlight 107

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Drone Buddy

Subscriptions8
  • Upgrade to Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Unlock Drone Buddy Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Drone Buddy Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Drone Buddy Pro 3 months$12.993 Months
  • Unlock Drone Buddy Pro$17.996 Months
  • Unlock Drone Buddy Pro Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Unlock Drone Buddy Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Unlock Drone Buddy Pro Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlock Pro Access Lifetime$79.99
  • Unlock Pro Lifetime$99.99
5 purchases

PreFlight 107

Subscriptions5
  • PreFlight 107$9.991 Month
  • Pro+ Founder$14.991 Month
  • Pro+ Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
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  • Yearly Pro)$79.991 Year
  • preflight107_19999_1y7 Days trial$199.991 Year

Questions

Is Drone Buddy free?
Drone Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PreFlight 107 free?
PreFlight 107 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drone Buddy or PreFlight 107?
Drone Buddy is rated higher. Drone Buddy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 8.4K ratings, while PreFlight 107 averages 4.6 from 13 ratings.
Do Drone Buddy or PreFlight 107 have ads?
Neither Drone Buddy nor PreFlight 107 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drone Buddy or PreFlight 107?
Drone Buddy ships an update weekly, and PreFlight 107 every 10 days. Most recently, Drone Buddy was updated on November 9, 2026 and PreFlight 107 on November 9, 2026.

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