For-hire drones aren't particularly new. The service seems like the first manifestation of what Gofor, an early idea for on-demand drones, was aiming for. And there have also been other, sparser networks: Dronebase, for instance, is another service that hooks people up with a drone pilot for established rates. 

But Droners appears to be the first to give a platform and Uber-styled competition model for drone pilots. In fact, nix the app and substitute cars for drone pilots and it's essentially the same thing.

There's a job board, where clients can choose what service they need, be it sports recording, real estate footage, events, production and editing. Unlike Dronebase, which only seems to do imaging and video, Droners even opens the floor up to 3D scanning drones, drone trainers, and repairmen as well.