DroneEar

Hear the sky. DroneEar identifies drone acoustic patterns in real time with your phone's mic and shows their direction — fully on-device. No cloud, no data sent.

DroneEar detects nearby drones using your smartphone's Bluetooth sensor and microphone. All processing happens on your device — no internet connection required, and no data ever leaves your phone.

TIER 1 — Remote ID Detection

• Detects BLE Remote ID broadcasts (ASTM F3411 standard)
• Reads a broadcasting drone's serial number, GPS position, altitude, speed and heading
• Shows the drone's real bearing and distance from your location
• Shows the operator's location when the drone broadcasts it

TIER 2 — Acoustic Detection (Beta)

• Detects multirotor drone sound through the phone microphone
• Matched against acoustic fingerprints built from real drone recordings
• Acoustic detection only signals that a drone-like sound is nearby — it does not provide a position
• Support for more aircraft types is planned for future updates

MORE FEATURES

• Real-time map showing the position of Remote ID drones
• Detection history
• Indoor/outdoor environment detection — flags conditions that affect detection accuracy
• Three display themes: Day, Night, and AMOLED

15 LANGUAGES Korean, English, Ukrainian, Arabic, Gulf Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Urdu, Filipino, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese

PRIVACY

• 100% on-device processing
• No data collection of any kind
• No analytics, no tracking
• No internet required
• No account required

DISCLAIMER DroneEar is an awareness aid, not a security or safety system. Remote ID detection only works for drones that broadcast Remote ID, and many drones do not. Acoustic detection is a probabilistic estimate strongly affected by environment, distance, and background noise. Do not rely on DroneEar for safety-critical decisions or security purposes.