Satellite Tracker App Reviews

I have run several satellite tracking programs - under Palm, iPhone/touch, Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems. I cannot get this one to correctly show orbits of one of the most popular FM amateur satellites. It senses my location. But gives very wrong results. Tried asking the developer a question: One Web site for them is not accessible; the "support" site offers nothing at all. No forum for inquiries. No email contact info for the author. I will gladly pay for good apps (Ive paid over $230 for 86 apps). But with no support and not working as each and every one of the five other programs I use for tracking satellites, I cannot support this one. I was hoping to leave this "problem report" on a support forum somewhere. This is the only place the developer, apparently, wants comments.

Couldnt even really get into the app cause it wouldnt set my location automatically with gps. Pretty inconvenient.

Simple, fast, accurate, free. What a deal.

I like this app. This is awsome! Get it if u are intrasted in tracking satelites.

Loaded the program, started it up and it asks To usemy location and I told it "okay". It then tells me that no TLE files are loaded, whatever those are, asks me if I want to download them so I say yes. After a few minutes it says satellite tracker was unable to download them and I should try again another time. Ive re loaded the program 3 times now and this same thing keeps happening with No results, guess I wont be using this program. also I wish they had not incorrectly spelled "satellite"

Will not input my corodinates. Sukish app.

Cool app except now it closes when I open it.

OK app, esp. for the free price, except that the pass information is always approx. two minutes off when compared to another program like Orbitron that is always dead on, despite having the same current location information in both programs and current TLEs etc. When youre tracking LEOs two minutes is a HUGE amount of time. I work around it by mentally adjusting the times it gives, but I shouldnt have to.

Same problem as DuLe22 reported on 7/4/10 - the app has stopped working for me. It launches & then after a few seconds it closes down. Previously, it had always worked as advertised & I enjoyed using it, especially for free (!).

Would be great but every time i try to start it up it closes back out to my ipod home page

This app looked good at first. The automatic TLE download appeared to work perfectly and I found myself with a huge list of satellites to choose from. I was willing to overlook the fact that it doesnt run in landscape mode and isnt well suited to my iPads screen, but it not only didnt auto-detect my position, but it told me no satellites were visible from my location even after I entered it by hand. Maybe I just didnt enter the lat/lon correctly, though - the app gives no indication of how to specify north/south/east/west. I tried negative/positive numbers, but that didnt seem to work.

Went to use the app but it only returns to iPod home page. Worked fine for months. IDK what went wrong.

Great app. Its help me at my work . And its very simple .. Thanx alot ..

This is a great free app for tracking satellites. I have had absolutely no trouble with it. It is accurate and easy to use. I used it this morning to find and watch the International Space Station travel overhead. The app tells you exactly when and where it will appear on a simple sky map. It is able to download the two-line element set files from the Internet, so its always up to date. There are other satellite trackers, especially for following NASA missions and the ISS in particular, but this one is my favorite. ISS Lite is good for getting a feel for where the satellite is currently located (great graphics), and the NASA App has lots of other info about the missions, but this app is the best at helping you find a satellite in the sky. Highly recommended!

Works really well for a free app! Try it out!

Initially appeared to worked fine and seemed to have a nice feature set. When editing the order of selected satellites, it kept crashing. FInally, it got itself into a state where it crashes on launch every time. Rebooting the phone doesnt help. Apparently the app has corrupted its data file and crashes on subsequent launch attempts. Even if deleting the app and reinstalling would work, it likely will require manual re-entry of all frequencies and data - a major pain. Developers web site has NO contact information. Considering date of last update of this program, it appears that it, and its paid version with the same "support" web site, are no longer supported. Given this, no sale for the paid version and minimum review stars for this free version. If support becomes available, I am very interested in the paid version since the free app seemed to be very nice, as mentioned at the beginning of this review. Otherwise, no go.

No support, cant find world map for tracking, frequent crashes. Dont waste your time.

I dont understand how to download the data!!! Help!

I like the level of detail provided for the satellite location and trajectory, however the user interface is not laid out very well- certainly not intuitive. It often leaves you guessing where to go next. More revisions are needed to make this app better.

Just downloaded it. Does nothing but crash on launch. Its "Free" and you get what you pay for. All of the good reviews must be from friends of the programmer.