DroneChecker: Drone Weather UK

Bridgewater Studio

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About this app

DroneChecker is the essential pre-flight companion for UK drone pilots. Instant flying condition ratings, live weather, wind analysis, golden hour times, airspace restrictions and a full flight log — all tailored to your specific drone.

🚁 FLYING CONDITIONS
Clear Good to Fly / Fly with Caution / Do Not Fly ratings before you leave the house. Thresholds calibrated to your exact drone model — a DJI Mavic 4 Pro pilot gets different advice to a DJI Neo pilot. Wind, gusts, visibility, precipitation, temperature, fog and geomagnetic activity all factored in. LiPo battery warning below 10°C.

🌦️ LIVE WEATHER DASHBOARD
Wind speed and gusts in km/h, mph and knots. Air smoothness rating, wind trend, visibility with VLOS rating, dew point, cloud cover, humidity, pressure and feels-like temperature. Share conditions with one tap.

📋 TODAY'S CONDITIONS SUMMARY
Plain English summary of today's flying conditions — what the weather's doing and why it matters, free for every pilot. Plus and Pro add the best flying window, a golden hour outlook and battery/visibility notes.

🗓️ FORECAST
6-hour hourly forecast with per-slot flying ratings and a 3-day outlook, free for every pilot. Plus and Pro unlock the full 72-hour hourly forecast and a 7-day best day planner.

💨 WIND DETAIL — PLUS & PRO
Switch between 10m, 80m and 120m altitude layers with a 72-hour hourly breakdown and gust forecast.

🗺️ AIRSPACE & RESTRICTIONS — FREE
Free for everyone: flight restriction zones, prohibited areas, danger areas, EGR zones, helicopter routes, military airfields (MATZ) and general aviation sites, plus ground hazards including schools, hospitals and railways. Pro adds live UK NOTAMs and AIP Supplements, updated hourly, and Planned Flights — see and share nearby flight plans.

🌅 GOLDEN HOUR — PLUS & PRO
Astronomically calculated for your exact location. Precise times for blue hour, golden hour and sunrise/sunset with live countdowns and a sun path map. No internet required.

🛰️ KP GEOMAGNETIC INDEX
Live KP index from NOAA. Caution at KP 4+. Do Not Fly at KP 6+ when GPS becomes unreliable.

✅ PRE-FLIGHT CHECKLIST
29-item checklist covering registration, hardware, batteries, environment and pre-takeoff checks. Progress saved between sessions.

✈️ FLIGHT LOG
Log flights with date, location, drone, duration and conditions — weather auto-filled from your session. Plus and Pro add Excel export and cloud sync across all devices.

⭐ SAVED LOCATIONS
Save up to 2 favourite flying spots for free. Plus and Pro unlock unlimited saved locations with live fly rating dots across all of them.

📱 OFFLINE MODE
Caches your last known weather data so you still see conditions at flying sites with no signal.

⭐ DRONECHECKER PLUS — £2.99/MONTH
- 72-hour forecast + 7-day best day planner
- Golden Hour tab with sun path map
- Wind Detail: 10/80/120m altitude breakdown
- Unlimited saved locations with live fly rating dots
- Flight log Excel export + cloud sync
- Multiple custom drone profiles
- Detailed today's conditions summary

⭐ DRONECHECKER PRO — £3.99/MONTH
Everything in Plus, plus:
- Live UK NOTAMs on the Restrictions map, updated hourly
- Planned Flights — see and share flight plans with nearby pilots

🚁 SUPPORTED DRONES
DJI Mini 1, Mini 2 / 2 SE, Mini 3, Mini 3 Pro, Mini 4K, Mini 4 Pro, Mini 5 Pro, Air 2S, Air 3 / 3S, Mavic 3 Pro / Classic, Mavic 4 Pro, Phantom 4 Pro, Avata 2, Avata 360, Neo, Neo 2, Flip, Lito 1, Lito X1, Autel EVO Nano+ and Lite+, Potensic Atom SE and Atom 2, HoverAir X1 and X1 Pro/ProMax, plus generic light and heavy profiles.

🇬🇧 UK FOCUSED
Built for UK pilots with CAA guidance, Operator ID (drones 250g+ or 100g+ with a camera) and Flyer ID (all drones 100g+) requirements.

Also available at dronechecker.co.uk on any browser — Android, iPhone or desktop. Sign in with Google or email.

Free features require no account. Plus and Pro require sign-in. Works on phones and tablets.

What’s new

Fixed changing your subscription plan from inside the app. Switching between monthly and yearly billing, upgrading from Plus to Pro, and moving back down to Plus now work properly — previously these could stop with a Google Play error.

Also fixed a rare case where starting a subscription could fail if an earlier attempt had been interrupted partway through.