Drone Scanner 4+
Drone Remote ID scanner
Dronetag
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
iPhone Screenshots
Description
The world's first drone Remote ID scanner made by Dronetag.
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READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING!
Limited access to features on some phones is caused by manufacturers’ restrictions. All iOS phones, for example, prohibit app access to Wi-Fi, so only Bluetooth data transmission will work (if and only the drone has an active Remote ID over Bluetooth). It is not a flaw of our app; we cannot fix this, and we don’t deserve negative reviews for these issues.
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Transform your phone or tablet into a drone scanner and track all the nearby flights over Direct / Broadcast Remote ID standards. Browse real-time data about drones on a detailed map highlighting specific flying space zones. Download Drone Scanner for free and discover what drones fly above your head.
Favourite features:
- Discover more about drones flying nearby in real-time
- Examine detailed information broadcasted by drones via Bluetooth 4, Bluetooth 5, Wi-Fi Beacon, and Wi-Fi NAN
- Browse a detailed map with your location and all nearby aircraft
- Check available data about drones, including real-time height, direction, pilot identification, pilot position, operation description, and location history
- Various flying zones marked and highlighted on the map
- Easy export of collected data
- Continuously updated to reflect the latest EU & US regulations
All these features you find in Drone Scanner – a free app for tracking drones. The app is developed by Dronetag, manufacturing devices for remote drone identification.
How it works:
Anyone can quickly identify what drones are flying in the sky nearby. Direct Remote ID is a feature that transmits live flight data via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to the surrounding area. Drone manufacturers use various technologies to build an identification feature in new drones. Older drone pilots use add-on devices, enabling them to become digitally visible. With hardware on your smartphone, Drone Scanner can receive and read broadcasted data.
What’s New
Version 1.11.2
We've added a feature to recognize drone model, new GPX export format, and fixed a few bugs.
Ratings and Reviews
Early Remote ID restrictions make room for unethical apps.
Developer is taking advantage of the unpolished functionality of the new remote ID laws. With this app, anyone in the general public can know your location and come down to harass you. Remote ID compliance is very new, and having it broadcast way more data than what’s necessary is unethical.
Ideally, developers would wait until the law is sorted so that Remote ID only displays the serial of a drone and its flight path, and give local police and the FAA the sole authority to triangulate the serial number + controller location of a drone to locate the pilot if laws are being broken.
The fact that some reviewers say it can give up a phone’s MAC address and location is outrageous.
As of right now, anyone can use the app and track you down, even if you are flying FAA compliant.
Devs - please don’t bother responding with your copy/paste responses. I’ve already read the plethora of 1 star reviews with the automated responses.
In Testing
I’m going to be installing a Dronetag beacon module on my commercial drone. I’ll post an updated review as Testing progresses.
Since the FAA eliminated the requirement for Wi-Fi or cellular connection, this makes it somewhat easier. The unit is small and light and has a long operating time.
For those concerned with privacy issues, if you’re transmitting our ID on Bluetooth it’s pretty much line of sight or less. This means any person trying to locate you must also be within your line of sight, so just be aware of your surroundings.
I will remind all those out there that have a problem with Drones that want to use this app to track and possibly harass people… interference with a drone pilot, especially a commercial drone Pilot during an authorized mission is a punishable offense.
Developer Response ,
Hi, thank you for your comment, I am glad that you like the Dronetag RID module, how did the test go?
This app actually works very well
The app reads Bluetooth drone id beacons and shows the ground station and drone on a map.
This works for me with my Bluetooth drone beacon. The developers are very up front regarding what the app can and can not do based on iPhone limitations and also drone limitations in that many drones are not up to date enough to send out a signal this app can receive.
If you are ok with receiving Bluetooth signals only and/or you have a drone that sends them out this app should work for you as it does for me.
I would like to commend the developers for a job well done on a free app and for putting up with the negative reviews from those who do not understand the technology. And yes, this is a real review. I’m just a random drone person who decided to try the app and I’m happy with it
App Privacy
The developer, Dronetag, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Dronetag s.r.o.
- Size
- 47.3 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023, Dronetag s.r.o.
- Price
- Free