so ive been using litchi for probably 3 years now and its fine, does what i need, but ive been hearing a lot about dronelink lately and wondering if its actually worth switching or if its just people who got bored and wanted something new

main thing i care about is waypoint missions with consistent altitude holding over uneven terrain, litchi does the follow terrain thing but honestly it feels like it calculates it kind of weirdly sometimes, had a mission last fall where it wanted to drop altitude into a hillside which was fun to catch before i hit start

also curious if dronelink handles the mavic 3 better, litchi support for it felt like it took forever to come through and some features still feel half baked. not complaining just... wondering if the grass is greener. anyone actually use both?

switched to dronelink about 8 months ago and havent looked back tbh. the terrain following on it is way more reliable in my experience, uses actual elevation data rather than just interpolating between waypoints which i think is where litchi was getting confused on your hill situation. the interface takes some getting used to, its more complex upfront but once you understand how missions are structured its actually more flexible

mavic 3 support is solid, been running survey missions with it no issues. one thing that bugs me is the subscription model vs litchi being a one time purchase, but given how actively they update it i can live with it

dont sleep on the fact that litchi also just updated their app like two weeks ago, terrain follow got some changes. havent had time to test it properly but might be worth checking the changelog before you jump ship