so ive been using litchi for probably two years now on my mini 3 pro and honestly its been fine but a buddy of mine keeps going on about dronelink and how the mission planning is way more flexible. i tried the free tier of dronelink for like a week and honestly couldnt figure out if it was actually better or if i was just used to litchi's interface at that point.

the thing that bugs me about litchi is the waypoint altitude stuff when you're flying in terrain that changes a lot ? like i do a lot of work around hillsides and sometimes the follow terrain option does weird things near ridgelines. does dronelink handle that better or is it the same kind of issue. also curious if anyone's had problems with either app after the DJI firmware updates last fall because litchi had that weird period where focus track was basically broken.

been using both for a while, dronelink for mapping missions and litchi when i just want something quick and repeatable. dronelink's terrain following is genuinely better imo, it pulls from better elevation data and you can tweak the buffer height above terrain which litchi doesnt really let you do in the same way. that said the learning curve is real, took me a few weeks before i stopped second-guessing my mission setups.

the fall firmware thing hit me too, had a litchi mission just kind of pause mid-flight and go into hover for no reason. updated the app and it mostly went away but i still dont fully trust it for anything critical without doing a test run first.

i just use the DJI fly app waypoints lol i know its basic but for what i do it works. might look into dronelink at some point tho