Want to learn how to fly a drone or improve your FPV flying skills? Drone On My Phone has been designed by the makers of Electric RC Sim to help you learn and improve faster. It includes challenges for both FPV (First Person View) and LOS (Line Of Sight). Many challenges are free and there is no third-party advertising.
Drone On My Phone now includes larger open maps if you'd rather just fly and focus on freestyle or doing things your way.
Drone On My Phone includes MFi game controller support. iOS 13 and higher supports PS4 and Xbox controllers. VR mode is available with a game controller and suitable headset, including both 2d view (like FPV goggles) and 3d view options.
Drone On My Phone also includes Bluetooth multiplayer racing. Challenge a nearby friend with Drone On My Phone over bluetooth.
Drone On My Phone uses our realistic physics engine. Beginner challenges are performed with the full physics engine and additional stabilization to simplify flying while you are still learning. This is designed to allow you to learn the skills you need a bit at a time rather than being overwhelmed with too much to remember at once. Skills to practice include hovering, landing and flying through gates.
When you feel you are ready, there are more advanced challenges to try. High and low rates are also available. Start low while you are learning, then switch to high rates when you are ready to go faster.
Drone On My Phone also includes a Games map which consists of a number of obstacle courses to fly. These are fun and will help improve your hovering and maneuvering skills.
Additional maps with more challenges are available as a low cost In-App Purchase (IAP) to help you take your skills to the next level. An Advanced Controller is available as a low cost IAP that allows you extra control over things such as expo, rates, FPV camera tilt, and drone mode. The default drone mode is STAB (also called angle mode), which gives automatic stabilization and is great for learning. It's the mode that most store-bought drones use. ACRO drone mode (also called rates mode) is also available via the Advanced Controller for advanced flying such as loops, flips, barrel rolls and maximum speed flying.
To enable a game controller, first pair your controller under iOS Settings, Bluetooth. Button bindings are shown under the Options menu in Drone On My Phone. Once a controller is paired, you can enable VR mode by pressing the appropriate button on your controller. VR mode requires a suitable headset to view properly, such as a Google Cardboard headset.
To challenge a nearby player over Bluetooth, both players should first start Drone On My Phone and go to the "Challenges" page. One player can then press "Host", and the other player can press "Join". When they are connected, the player who is hosting can select challenges and both players can compete in real time. All the free challenges are available to choose from. Also, if the host has purchased additional challenges, then all those challenges will be available as well. Bluetooth has a range of around 20m (60 feet), so you'll want to be sitting near each other. Perfect for that long bus ride or car trip!
We hope you have as much fun playing Drone On My Phone as we had making it (and playing it!)
Here are some of the great App Store reviews we've been getting:
"This is my favorite drone app by far!! Great for a beginner like me trying to learn the basics of flying a real drone."
"... if you can fly successfully using this app, you'll be able to fly the drone of your choice in the real world. The physics are realistic, and the obstacle course style training – in my opinion – is a really great way to learn to control your quad."
"I've been searching for far too long for a good FPV simulator to practice or just play around when I'm at school. This game's physics are some of the closest to life you will find at the time and the controls are spot on!"
"Hands down the best drone simulator on iOS"
Researched a bunch of apps as I too had recently purchased a DJI Mavic Pro like a lot of others. Firstly, this is without doubt the best app to practise your quad flying skills. I will say from the start though that the quad replicates the way the racing drones work which have nowhere near as much automation as the DJI products. As a result, the real Mavic is a lot easier to fly than the one in this app. Having flown a racing drone briefly, this app is much more like that.Having spent a few days I quickly found myself picking up the controls and developing a muscle memory to correct minor mistakes in my flight. I've purchased the extra course package which adds to the fun but haven't yet purchased the additional controller package. In the absence of any other real alternative apps, this has to be the best. Only loses a star as I really could do with more courses to practise my ever improving talents.
Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback and suggestions.
Buy the add ons!!
matthewcarter
Played the free version and wasn’t impressed, read a few reviews and bought the add ons. Now it’s a great FPV sim. I wish there were more tracks (an outdoor with big buildings to dive would be amazing!!)And I’d love to be able to tilt the camera up a bit more.I’m using some stick on joysticks which make it a much better gaming experience but I they’re not big enough to get full range of motion so it would be great if we could change the size of the on screen controls.
Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback and suggestions.
A bit too difficult
Banstead9
This could be great if you were allowed to reduce the sensitivity.I can fly my real drone, but flying this game is really difficult.If there was beginner, normal and advanced mode sensitivity it would make it better for everyone, rather than just a few skilled pilots.
Developer Response
Hi, thanks for the feedback. The throttle is a bit sensitive but we have found that if we reduce the sensitivity too much then the drone just becomes unresponsive. Using an iPad or a controller can also help quite a bit. You can also adjust sensitivity with the Advanced Controller 2.0 IAP, but I understand your point about that not being very beginner friendly.
Best racing sim for iPhone
Dderwen
This sim doesn’t replicate your dji or parrots or uniques. It’s based on a racing drone so don’t expect it to fly like your mavic or bebop. You control everything from takeoff to landing no gps or height hold and if you master level flight try acro. It’s actually pretty close to the real thing but without any external influences such as wind. It’s the best I’ve seen on any phone. Free flight outdoors would be a nice continuation.
Developer Response
Thanks for the excellent feedback and suggestion.
We are proud to finally announce a new update! It includes some widely requested and long overdue features:
- much bigger maps, no timers, practice freestyle etc
- rework of drone control PIDs, hopefully flies better now
- adjustable screen size for clipped ends and VR on big phones
- minor tweaks and bug fixes
We hope everyone enjoys the new updates as much as we enjoyed creating them. As usual, please keep the feedback and suggestions coming in and all the best for 2023.
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