Fly Rating Thresholds
DroneChecker Plus
DroneChecker Plus
Plan your flight. Know your window. Never waste a trip.
£2.99/ month
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What you get
Unlimited saved locations
Free includes 2 saved locations — Plus and Pro remove the limit and add a live fly rating dot to each one
Extended forecast
72-hour hourly forecast + full 7-day planner (free tier shows 6h + 3 days)
Wind Detail
Wind speed and direction at 10m, 80m and 120m, gusts at 10m, a 72-hour hourly breakdown, and a wind map with a rain radar overlay
Satellite view
Switch the Restrictions and Flying Spots maps to satellite imagery, to see the field you’re heading for
Full conditions breakdown
Best flight window, golden hour timing & battery notes added to your daily summary
Fly window alerts
Get notified when conditions turn flyable at your saved location
Golden Hour tab
Precise golden hour, blue hour & photo conditions, plus a live sun-path map and sunrise/sunset quality score
Flying Spots
Discover good places to fly shared by other pilots — photos, access & parking tips and reviews — plus share your own with photos
Custom drone profiles
Add your own drones with custom wind limits
Custom wind thresholds
Adjust caution and no-fly wind limits per drone
Cloud flight log sync
Your flight log syncs automatically across all your devices
Export flight log
Download your full flight history to Excel or Google Sheets
Extended share text
Share a detailed conditions summary — wind, rating, forecast and golden hour in one tap
Only with Pro
Live NOTAMs
Temporary restrictions & no-fly notices on the Restrictions map, refreshed hourly from NATS, plus a dashboard warning when one applies where you are
Planned Flights
See where other pilots plan to fly nearby, and share your own planned flight so others can avoid the area
Free, always
Everything in the free app stays free
Fly rating, 6-hour forecast, 15-minute nowcast, restrictions map, pre-flight checklist, daily summary, ID reminders and your first 10 logged flights
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Settings
Appearance
Theme
Always starts in dark mode
Map style
Maps can stay light or dark whatever the theme
Units
Wind speed
Temperature
App
Celebrations
A short animation for milestones, like your first logged flight
Privacy Policy
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Terms of Service
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FAQ
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Review
Your drone and location
Run the first-launch setup again
Drone
Learner mode
Warns earlier, at three-quarters of your drone’s wind limits
Wind thresholds
Adjust caution/no-fly limits for your drone
Custom drone profiles
Add or edit your own drones
Pilot & Registration
Drone IDs & details
Add your IDs and drone serial numbers
Blocked pilots
Manage pilots whose community posts you've hidden
Notifications
Flight alerts
Off
Support
Send feedback
Report a bug or suggest a feature
Data
Reset all data
Clears settings, checklist and consent
About
App version
Data Sources
Where each figure and map layer comes from
Data Sources
DroneChecker doesn’t invent its readings — every figure and map layer comes from one of these published sources.
Weather
Open-Meteo, with MET Norway as fallback
Space weather
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (planetary K-index, live and forecast)
Rain radar
Airspace
UK AIP (NATS) — flight restriction zones, prohibited, restricted and danger areas, helicopter routes and AIP Supplements
NOTAMs
The NATS AIS pre-flight bulletin, via the uk-notam-archive mirror
Airfields
UK Military AIP (MOD AIDU) for military MATZ; OurAirports for civil and airsports sites
Ground hazards
OpenStreetMap contributors; SSSI (England) boundaries from Natural England via environment.data.gov.uk
Maps & search
OpenFreeMap, data © OpenStreetMap contributors; place search by Open-Meteo and Photon, reverse geocoding by Nominatim
Satellite imagery
Powered by Esri World Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics and the GIS User Community. Imagery can be months or years old
Drone wind limits
Manufacturers’ published wind-resistance figures, per model
Learner mode
Flight Alerts PLUS
Push notifications for fly windows at your saved location. Customise what triggers an alert and when.
Status
Enable alerts
Off — toggle to enable
Send feedback
Bug report or feature idea — tell us what's going on.
App version, drone and location are attached automatically — no need to type them.
Prefer email? bbridgewater.dev@gmail.com
Report content
What's wrong with it?
We review every report, typically within 24 hours, and remove anything that breaks our rules.
Blocked pilots
Their Flying Spots, reviews and Planned Flights stay hidden from you until you unblock them.
Delete Account
This permanently cancels any active subscription and erases your cloud data — flight log, alerts, saved locations, drone IDs and planned flights. This cannot be undone.
⏱ Long timer
Drone IDs & details
Store your CAA IDs and we'll send a push reminder before each renewal.
Operator ID
Renews on
Remind me
Flyer ID
Expires on
Remind me
Pilot name
Used in your flight log exports, along with your Operator ID.
My drones
Serial numbers for each drone you fly. Saved as soon as you add them, and filled into the flight log for you.
Share my details
Tick what to include. Your phone's share sheet sends it, so DroneChecker never sees the message.
Add a drone
Model
Nickname (optional)
Aircraft serial number
Remote ID serial (optional)
Share a Planned Flight PRO
Let other pilots know where and when you'll be flying. Visible to other Pro users on the Restrictions map.
Flying area
📍 Drag the pin to your flying area
Area radius
500m radius
Date
Start time
Duration
Drone type (optional)
Notes (optional)
My Planned Flights

Share a Flying Spot
Location
📍 Drag the pin to your spot
Title
Conditions & why it's good
Access & parking
Legality / permission notes
Who owns the land? (optional)
Tags (optional)
Photos (optional, up to 3)
Flying Spot
Saved Spots
Map Layers