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TelloFPV - Fly DJI Ryze Tello

Volate!lo · 2,183 ratings · ★ 4.3

4.3
★★★★★
2,183 ratings
5 ★
1,501 (69%)
4 ★
279 (13%)
3 ★
106 (5%)
2 ★
57 (3%)
1 ★
213 (10%)
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Top complaints - extracted from 27 negative reviews

Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.

1
"drone"
10 negative reviews mention this · 37% of all complaints
★★★★ "garbage lost my drone I'll be looking at legal action against you for the drone" - Jon Player
2
"money"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★ "waste of money app doesn't work" - Michael Hipwood
3
"work"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★ "waste of money app doesn't work" - Michael Hipwood
4
"connect"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★ "i purchase for DJI drone will not connect, can you refund payment please." - keith harfield
5
"original"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Yeah the app is not unclear it what it wants me to do. My question is WHY a program made to connect to something requires me to use flight mode, this makes the already dodgy Bluetooth connection hook a complete pain and the original app nev…" - Magnus Roe
6
"tello"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★ "Auto hide IS NOT ON . Shows controls but has no controls. And it won't hold connection. turned plane mode and the tello app keeps saying turn plane mode on. But its on. When I try using the app the original way I get a connection according …" - DEEZ NUTS ARE HAIRY
7
"refund"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★ "Paid £5.99 for this thing to crash the drone straight into the window. I think you owe me a new drone, bit I'll accept part responsibility & settle for keeping the APP PLUS A FULL REFUND. INSTANTLY PLEASE!!! THANKS." - RMC SCOOBY
8
"doesn"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★ "waste of money app doesn't work" - Michael Hipwood
9
"doesn work"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
10
"lost"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★ "garbage lost my drone I'll be looking at legal action against you for the drone" - Jon Player
11
"connection"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Yeah the app is not unclear it what it wants me to do. My question is WHY a program made to connect to something requires me to use flight mode, this makes the already dodgy Bluetooth connection hook a complete pain and the original app nev…" - Magnus Roe
12
"calibration"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★ "how to do IMU calibration in this app?" - Jakub Šmíd

📋 All 27 negative reviews

Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").

★★★★ Michael Hipwood 2/1/2026 v1.9.8
waste of money app doesn't work
★★★★ Jon Player 12/3/2025
garbage lost my drone I'll be looking at legal action against you for the drone
★★★★ RMC SCOOBY 8/1/2025 v1.9.8
Paid £5.99 for this thing to crash the drone straight into the window. I think you owe me a new drone, bit I'll accept part responsibility & settle for keeping the APP PLUS A FULL REFUND. INSTANTLY PLEASE!!! THANKS.
★★★★ Jakub Šmíd 7/31/2025 v1.9.8
how to do IMU calibration in this app?
★★★★ keith harfield 5/8/2025
i purchase for DJI drone will not connect, can you refund payment please.
★★★★ DEEZ NUTS ARE HAIRY 7/21/2024 v1.9.8
Auto hide IS NOT ON . Shows controls but has no controls. And it won't hold connection. turned plane mode and the tello app keeps saying turn plane mode on. But its on. When I try using the app the original way I get a connection according to my phone. But tello app says otherwise And the few seconds I get the take off promt it takes off but loses connection and will fly away. Another person in your comments said their drone was lost due to this issue. Plane mode doesn't work . What next.
★★★★ Leon Mcqueen 4/26/2024 v1.9.8
This app does NOT connect the ICU AND IT IS £6!! PLS GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK😭😭😭
★★★★ Lance Reagan 3/9/2024 v1.9.8
Will not pair with Apple or Android. And both platforms meet/exceed system versions and requirements.
★★★★ Kenneth Hamburg 12/13/2023 v1.9.8
Don't buy the tello drone or pay for app wast of money problem connecting
★★★★ Finley B 11/11/2023 v1.9.8
Lost my drone. Randomly just flown off, after the controls became inverted and stopped working. Tried the retuning to home feature and continued to fly other direction on the first week of having the app.
★★★★ Anurag Kumar 6/2/2023
I want my refund as soon as posible.
★★★★ Sherri Gray 2/24/2023 v1.9.1
This app sucks, I want a refund immediately !!!!
★★★★ Lowell Johnson 8/14/2022 v1.9.1
connectivity is barely existent. terrible app. nonsensical way of connecting device.
★★★★ Matthew Baughman 8/4/2022 v1.9.1
App doesn't work. I bought this app because Tellos own app no longer works. This app says "IMU Calibration required"....and the instructions say to open the ORIGINAL app to fix that...but the app no longer works! Waste of money.
★★★★ Ashlin Donnellan 7/9/2022 v1.9.1
Crashes on startup
★★★★ Darren Watts 6/18/2022 v1.9.1
This WAS a good app, but the 'set the controller to neutral' is ridiculous and I can't even use it
★★★★ Anthony Durkan 6/12/2022
Didn't work and thought the £5 fee was a one off but turns out it's a monthly fee
★★★★ נדב אלחיאני 6/11/2022 v1.9.1
No worth the cost. No advantage comparing to the original free tello app
★★★★ Heather Wade 5/28/2022 v1.9.1
So frustrating! Twitchy to set up , does **not** work without cell connection, extremely limited range and altitude for no reason. Terrible experience.
★★★★ chris yong 5/25/2022
not recommended for this app when connect with oneplus nord my drone keep to one side always unbalance and delay on controlling,the original tello app still the best
★★★★ Richard Korkowski 5/11/2022 v1.9.1
Won't connect unless the main app is used the whole reason I paid for this is because it wasn't connected. Now it says I need to imu calibration and it can only be done in main app save your money 💰
★★★★ Deus Deorum 5/8/2022 v1.9.1
Add the follow me feature instead of having 2 apps I wouldn't mind paying more for it to be here instead of having it separate.
★★★★ CroNosS 4/25/2022 v1.9.1
5£ for a app who not working. I can't even open on Samsung 20S+ 5G. I going to refund this. Also all this ATENTION !!!!!TELLO APP ARE FAKE, NO ONE WORKING. DON'T BUYING THIA YOU LOSING MONEY 2 TIME. FIRST WHEN YOU BUY YHE DRONE AND SECOND WHEN YOU BUY THE APP.
★★★★ E. Rodriguez 3/6/2022 v1.9.1
Was trying to do the circle POI when it suddenly shot up to the sky..Pressed home button and I thought it was coming back when it shot up again much much higher until connection was lost. I watched helplessly as it flew away and never to be seen again. Goodbye$100. I wonder if I used the regular Tello app if that would have happened. I thought FPV was better. Only reason I bought this app was because of video capture. The original app didn't record any video.
★★★★ Vladimir Žagrić 2/9/2022 v1.9.1
I'm totally disappointed 😞 Bought this app so I can use my PS4 controller but it doesn't work. Developer responded that's its problem with controller and my phone even tho I can use it in different apps without a problem...
★★★★★ Magnus Roe 12/3/2024 v1.9.8
Yeah the app is not unclear it what it wants me to do. My question is WHY a program made to connect to something requires me to use flight mode, this makes the already dodgy Bluetooth connection hook a complete pain and the original app never required this. I've removed another star as this implementation makes the app useless to me.This disables WiFi and Bluetooth and thus disconnects my connection to the drone AND the controller
★★★★★ Mark Malandra 12/26/2021
Connect with drone but, it couldn't calibrate told me to go to stock app. That wouldn't even start on my phone.

Sentiment summary

82%
Positive (4-5★)
6%
Neutral (3★)
12%
Negative (1-2★)

✓ Strong positive sentiment - clone path is harder, users like the existing app.