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AlWays ReBoots iPhone 6 iOS 8
The app is great however every time I scroll through the satellite data looking for iridium flares the app always reboots my iPhone 6 which then always tries to run an iOS update.
Apart from the above its a great app. Support please sort this issue out. I'm I sing an iPhone 6 running iOS 8SickOfTrying
Updated version is fantastic
It's been a long wait, but this updated version has eliminated old issues and added a number of new, informative features and improvements. To my knowledge, this is the most capable and well-designed satellite tracking app available.
Over the past few years, this app has helped me view and photograph hundreds of satellite passes (ISS, Chinese space station, manned & unmanned spacecraft, Hubble telescope, etc.) and Iridium flares from a multitude of geographical locations. It's also a fantastic tool for visualizing and understanding all types of satellite orbits.
This is an unbelievably handy app.
[It sounds like the user who claimed to have an issue with notifications may have just needed to change their settings within the app :) I've experienced no problems thus far. I'm using an iPhone 5S]Show lessSvenry
Good program, would be great if:
(1) Notifications had more control, for example the ability to add to calendar / reminders with entry automatically grabbing time of pass.
(2) notification had the ability to send SMS or other notification that doesn't disappear
(3) notification could send multiple reminders such as at T minus 10 mins. Then 5 minutes, then at time of pass.
(4) the program doesn't continuously require the compass to calibrate.Show lessThe Original Spoo
Great Features for a iPhone App
Decided to get back into working the amateur radio satellites and needed a portable satellite tracking app. Although it seems designed for watching satellites, it looks like it will work very well for radio coms through the amateur sats with accurate pass predictions. The "Sky" view tab is a compass with a projection of the sky where you are pointing the phone. An icon of the satellite shows where in the sky you should be looking. Pretty impressive. I used it to find the ISS on my first try. Haven't configured my radios for satellites yet, but I think it will work well.Show lessMaxheadspace
Best sat tracking program anywhere!
I have tried them all. This one is frigin' awesome. Now that I have used it for several months I couldn't imagine using anything else. It's my best friend. It's funny to read a negative comment here. Any of the negative comments are from users that have no clue. Ha.
Try it, you won't be disappointed.Show lessWFTV9
Amazing! Sooo Good!!
This app just made my evening. A couple of good friends and I, with jazz cigarettes in hand, we were able to spot many flybys. This app worked perfectly, couldn't have asked for a better, more well functioning app.Gottigen
Absolute Perfection
How could it be any better? Perfect for finding iridium flares, perfect for timing NOAA weather satellite passes, every option you can think of for ease and expertise, even a night vision mode! I want to personally meet the developer(s) of this app and it's brethren (goskywatch) and shake their hand in congratulations. They have done a perfect thing in a world where perfection is exceedingly scarce.Show lessEmulamer
App needs lots of polish
This app is basically good but it needs a lot of fine tuning. It does a great job of calculating passes accurately and showing only what you want to see. But has enough flaws that it's more frustrating to use than it should be.
First it uses excessive CPU. The phone gets really hot while it's in use and the battery drain is immense.
Second alerts don't really work. They will be haphazard sometimes but many times they are simply missed.
It downloads keplerian data each time the app is opened. That's not necessary at all.
It recalculates all passes for the day each time the passes screen is opened.
It asks for compass calibration every time the app is launched even if the feature is not used.
The tap targets for many buttons are very small and they do not register well. You can't reliably move from one day to the next in the passes view.Show lessspizo
The only Satellite tracking application you'll need!
GoSatWatch is easy to use. If you need a way to track any man made object in space GoSatWatch is hands down the only app you'll need. The only down side to this app is finding enough time to watch the sky to see all the objects it will steer you to. You will be amazed at the amount of man made objects overhead . It's a blast to look at what's visible to see using the app and looking up and see it go by, it never gets old.
Now, what's a good reason to purchase this app? There are a couple of them. First, the Space Shuttle isn't going to be flying for very much longer, so it can be fun and instructive to yourself and your family to see it fly overhead as a bright dot in the night sky. You'll have your chance to see it and the Hubble Space Telescope during the upcoming Hubble Servicing Mission.
Second, it's the International Year of Astronomy. Watching the night skies in all of their glory is fun to do whether you're using GoSatWatch to check out man-made objects or another app like SkyWalk to see the natural objects.
As the nights get warmer (for those of us in the northern hemisphere), be sure to get out your iPhone and see what's above you. You might be surprised! Take a look at the gallery to see screenshots of some of the GoSatWatch features.Show lessJiffycoil
Good software
I bought this app because the satellite app I use on my iPhone is not available on iPad.
This is brilliant. Good results with ISS and Iridium flares. I particularly like the graphics which are very helpful.Qmikx1
