Skywatch for iPhone

The whole platform, in your pocket

The Skywatch iOS app puts the live detection map, flight and acoustic history, zone alerts and incident reporting in the hands of officers and operators in the field. It signs in with the same Skywatch account as the web app.

Live mapZone alertsPhone as a sensorOn-scene reports
Everything the web app shows, on the move
ACTIVE 2 · SENSORS 5 · ZONES 3 ACOUSTIC DETECTION Rooftop sw-2 · VIEW
SKYWATCH FOR IPHONE
01 — LIVE MAP
See what the sensors see

Drones from Remote ID sensors appear live with their track, operator position, altitude and speed, over your alert zones and sensor coverage. Acoustic detections, possible gunshots and radio-nearby markers sit on the same map, with a banner the moment a new one arrives.

  • Standard, satellite and hybrid map styles
  • Drone, operator and flight-path detail sheets
  • Acoustic markers with clip playback and review
  • Directions to a drone, operator or microphone
HEARD BY MICROPHONESAcoustic events within 5 minutes of a flight
POSSIBLE GUNSHOTSWith review status and clip
RADIO NEARBYPossible pilot near a sensor
02 — HISTORY
Every flight, every sound

Search the complete flight history by date range, serial and altitude, the same filters as the web app, and scroll through it page by page. Acoustic detections for the same window have their own tab, and each flight shows any microphones that heard it.

  • 24 h, 7 d, 30 d, all-time and custom ranges
  • Map of flight locations and acoustic markers
  • Flight detail with path replay
  • Drone, gunshot and radio filters for acoustic events
Alerts and reports on scene
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DRONE IN ZONE"Stadium North" · DJI Mini 4 Pro · 210 ft
03 — ALERTS
Know the moment a drone enters your zone

Zone alerts appear as notifications while the app is open or recently in use, so the phone tells you when a drone crosses into airspace you care about. Whitelisted drones stay quiet and watch-listed drones stand out.

  • Zone alert notifications
  • Whitelist and watchlist management
  • Zone list and details
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UAS INCIDENT REPORTPre-filled from the detection
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LICENCE SCANName, address and ID number from the barcode
04 — REPORTS
Build the violation report before you leave

The on-scene report wizard walks the officer through a UAS incident. Scan the barcode on the back of the operator’s driver licence to fill in their details, photograph the aircraft, and produce the same law-enforcement report as the web app, ready to share.

  • Driver-licence barcode scan (AAMVA PDF417)
  • Photo capture and text recognition
  • Saved reports list with sharing
  • Same report format as the web app
Your phone is a sensor too
PHONE AS A SENSOR

With the app open, the iPhone listens for Bluetooth Remote ID broadcasts and sends them through the same pipeline as a fixed sensor, so they appear on the live map, in history and in alerts.

SENSOR UPLINK

Pair with a nearby Skywatch sensor over Bluetooth and relay its detections through the phone’s internet connection, where the sensor has no signal of its own.

SECURE SIGN-IN

The same account and two-factor sign-in as the web app, with passkey support.

ACOUSTIC LAB

A companion iPhone app turns an iPhone and microphone into an acoustic drone sensor. ▸ ACOUSTIC DETECTION

PHONE DETECTION LIMITSiOS lets apps see only Bluetooth 4 "legacy" Remote ID broadcasts, and only while the app is in the foreground. Bluetooth 5 long-range and Wi-Fi Remote ID are invisible to iPhone apps, so fixed Skywatch sensors see far more than a phone.
ANDROID APP — COMING SOONA Skywatch Android app is on the way with the same live map, alerts and reports. Android phones can also pick up Wi-Fi Remote ID broadcasts, so an Android phone will see drones an iPhone can’t.
Your team, on the same map

Members of a Skywatch team, or of an event while it’s on, see each other’s live position on the Skywatch map in the web app, the Skywatch iPhone app and the De-confliction app, right next to drones, acoustic detections and sensor coverage. No separate tracking app needed.

TEAMS & EVENTS

Create a standing team, or an event with a start and end time. Event members see each other only while the event is on.

EMAIL INVITES

Any member can invite people by email. Someone new creates their Skywatch account from the invite and joins straight away.

ONE SWITCH

One location-sharing switch for your account, the same on every device. Teammates fade after 2 minutes without an update and disappear after 5.

ONE ACCOUNT

Create a Skywatch account from any app and use it everywhere. Every account gets the De-confliction tool and the live map; law enforcement users can request full access from inside the app.

WHEN YOU’RE VISIBLEThe phone apps share your position while they’re open on screen or recently used, not in the background. Switch sharing off at any time; Skywatch master accounts can see every shared position.
Part of the SKYWATCH platform

One account for the web app, the Skywatch iPhone app and the De-confliction app: the live map, alert zones, history, incident reports, teams and every module on this page.

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