Drone Scanner

Dronetag

About this app

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 company manufacturing devices for drone remote 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. Pilots of older drones are using add-on devices, enabling them to become digitally visible. With hardware on your smartphone, Drone Scanner can receive and read broadcasted data.

Ratings and reviews

Works fine for me. I used a Spektrum A9500 RID module and Android phone. Once the RID module acquired GPS lock, it quickly showed up on the Drone Scanner app in the correct location and distance. Don't forget to turn Bluetooth ON. To those folks griping about having to use RID- don't blame DroneTag, after all, they are hobbyists just like us. We all hate the stupid way this whole RID thing is being forced upon us. I appreciate that they made this helpful app available. Thanks. ;)

I'm waiting to test the connectivity with my D.J.I. Mavic 2 Zooms, both now upgraded to RID capability. Meanwhile, I downloaded this app weeks ago and have discovered that I don't have the "Drone Scanner" icon on my Android phone (Samsung). It is listed on the phone's app list. I can open it there or on the Play Store site but not from a short cut. The tutorial looks helpful, but going through it is clunky and not always successful.

The app works great, however I'd like to have the ability to save the trace showing exactly what your drone's path was. So far the only way I can find to do so is to take a screenshot. Also, you loose that trace if you turn off the transponder. I'd love to have the ability to "save" before closing the app. Partly because if Karen accuses you of flying over her you have a way of showing you didn't.

What’s new

We have added an initial version of our data spoof detection, along with fixes for a few minor issues.