The main difference between a camera drone and a toy drone, is that camera drones are capable of recording videos and images that are worth putting on the internet. Toy drones can’t capture good videos or photos because they lack high quality components like gimbals for stabilization, or fast image processors for capturing high resolution video.

Camera drones usually have more flight time, better range, better video quality, better image quality, and more autonomous features. This makes them much more expensive, but at the end of the day, you get what you’re paying for.