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Top 5 Apps for Your Drone Technologies

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Are you interested in the world of drone and drone technologies? Have you wondered what the best apps are that you can use in conjunction with your drone? While flying your drone with a remote is cool, using an app can make the experience even better.

From being able to capture amazing videos and photos, to allowing others to operate your camera while you are using it, the technology is expanding and ever growing. It can be hard to keep up with the latest technology, but we try! Below, we will show you the top 5 apps that we have found to be useful with drone technologies, so you can enhance your fun outdoors.

Hover

If you are looking for an app that will help you find not only good weather, but giving great launching points to take off. Hover takes information from a database of no-fly zones as well as live weather information. With the live weather information, the app can also give you a tracking of how the weather will change over coming hours. This helps you determine when you should fly and for how long.

The detail that this app offers is amazing, and you can safely fly in areas, knowing they are open fly zones. You can operate this app with your drone simply and designate how high you want your drone to fly and when to capture the imagery or beauty of nature. Overall, you won’t be disappointed when pairing this app with your new drone.

This app works surprisingly well and is simple to operate. You can even check your flight logs. It is a must-have app for both drones and UAV piloting. You get a flight readiness indicator too as well as a news feed to keep you updated. Find Hover on both Android and Apple products.

Autopilot

Great for spy drones and regular drones, the Autopilot app that works with various brands to expand the versatility of your experience. You can move the camera in several ways and even track objects with it. It offers a smooth way to take amazing shots and video.

You will definitely feel like a professional while using this app with your drone. The imagery is amazing and you can use either the autonomous or semi-autonomous modes of flight. You can also use control sequences!

This app also takes in more information as you fly your drone, and you can use this information in many ways, including technical issues and locating certain problems. Overall, this is a great app that is detailed and can be found at the Apple store.

Parrot Flight Plan

If you purchased a Parrot drone, you get access to the free app called FreeFlight Pro. This gives you the basics of flying the drone, using the controls and giving you previews of the images. However, you can upgrade to the Parrot Flight Plan for just $20 and get more function out of it.

Not only can you plan a flight with this app but you can send it to the drone and it will automatically fly that path. You control how high you want the drone to fly and find waypoints so that the drone can complete the flight path.

With this version, you can control the camera and when you want to record video. You can create flights and save flight plans, too. Find this app at the Apple store and it is updated regularly to keep your app up to date.

GoPro Passenger

When you are out using your GoPro Karma drone, you can use the app for it called GoPro Passenger. This allows other people to view the video you are taking that is attached to your new drone. As if that isn’t cool enough, the person viewing your video can control the camera by zooming, panning and tilting the camera just like a pilot.

So, if you go on vacation and climb a mountain, your friends can watch you succeed, in real time, and can also control the camera so they can take in the beauty around you as you share your adventures with them! You can find this app on both the Android and Apple store. Your friends will love you for it.

Pix4D

If you are looking for more out of a drone app, then Pix4D might be for you! Using photogrammetry, you can create a 3D model from an image that is 2D, like your drone videos! The app creates a path for your drone to fly, and then it uploads the video and all data to the Pix4D server.

The Pix4D app seems to take your regular drone and make it seem professional with the mapping tools. It’s great that it captures images by itself, as well as other data such as multi-spectral, thermal and RGB information. This helps you get the best mapping and 3D models for your drone.

Keep in mind that this app will not work with all drones, so you should check to see if yours is compatible. However, it is a free app that works well and gives you top-notch software.

Now you can have an image of something that your drone flew over, which can stand as a memory or piece of art for your home. All you need is a drone, 3D printer and this app to engage more with drone technologies! You can find this app for both Apple and Android devices.

Conclusion

So that’s it! You now have the top 5 apps that can work in conjunction with your phone to enhance your drone adventures! There is new technology coming out all of the time, but with these apps you can feel like you are in the future now, with all of the great enhancements! Now that you know a few things about drones and using apps, we hope these can be helpful to you on your next adventure!

 

About Author:

Jack is a true drone passionate and he focused his education on this amazing field. Thus, he graduated the Drone/UAV Pilot Training Certificate program and now he’s a member of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. His main purpose right now is to find and develop new features and help others discover the wonderful experience of flying a drone. For this, he is the main editor and content creator at MyDroneLab Blog where you can find everything you want to know about drones.

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