Comparison

ARABSAT vs Nishan GO

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ARABSAT

Access comprehensive information about satellite operations, including channel listings, coverage maps, and technical data. Utilize tools for dish alignment, sensor calibration, and sun outage calculations. Stay updated with news and office information.

Highlights
  • Satellite coverage maps
  • Dish alignment tools
  • Look angle calculator
  • Sun outage calculator
  • TV/Radio channel explorer
  • Sensor calibration
  • News and alerts
Features
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This application provides all information about Arabsat, owned satellites, channels, calculators, dish alignment, sensors calibration, news, offices information and related customer tools in one place. Arabsat is one of the world’s top satellite operators in Middle East, Africa and Europe. It carries over 700 TV/radio channels reaching more than 80 countries. Arabsat also provides telecom connectivity services to mobile phone, fixed line, IPs, VSAT operators. In addition, Arabsat can easily deliver VOIP and broadband services. Arabsat satellite list includes the following: ARABSAT-5A, ARABSAT-5C, ARABSAT-6A, BADR-4, BADR-5, BADR-6, BADR-7. Features: • Satellite coverage maps & teleports - View Arabsat satellites coverage maps. - View multiple beams footprint contours and EIRP in graphical format. - Filtering satellites and related beams by band type. - View satellite location and related key technical data. - View teleport location and related key technical data. • Satellite calculators: - Look angle calculator: Calculate azimuth, elevation, and tilt based on your dish location and target satellite. You can save the results or go directly to dish alignment. - Sun outage calculator: Calculate Spring/Fall sun outage periods information based on your dish location and target satellite. You can save results for later reference. - Center of box calculator: Get satellite key orbital points (closest approach, ascending, descending) information. You may save results for later use. • TV/Radio channels: Explore all channels information of Arabsat satellites. • Dish alignment: - Easily align your dish to point to the selected Arabsat satellite - Three alignment modes are available which are Guide/Map/Camera modes. - Get color/sound alerts when correct pointing angles are reached. • Sensors calibration: - Get key information about Accelerometer, Gyroscope, and Compass if available. - Step by step Accelerometer and Gyroscope calibration. • News: Explore Arabsat news, events, and announcements. • Alerts: User is enabled to receive alerts related to sun outage events, center of box events, and news events. • Contact us: Contact Arabsat support using included messaging service. • Arabsat offices: Get Information about Arabsat Headquarter office and other regional offices. • About us: View information about Arabsat organization. • Customer portal web links: Useful web links of Arabsat customer tools. • Information update: All application data is updated periodically. Use can enable or disable this feature. • Language: Although English is the default user interface language, Arabic and French are also available.

About

Nishan GO

Features
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Nishan is a technology solutions company for managing all kinds of online and offline payments, as it works to bring about a change in the online or electronic purchasing experience in Saudi Arabia and the entire Arabian Gulf. We are working to develop businesses, companies, institutions, and individuals by adopting and accepting payments on various effective and secure electronic payment methods and managing them with more flexibility, security, and ease. The company works to provide the latest technologies and advanced means to facilitate and develop business and provide a safe, simple, easy, and successful payment journey Nishan aims to ensure an excellent customer journey and develop a sense of loyalty to the business sector in various sectors and fields. From the first day, you will discover that we are not only a payment management system, but instead, we are a company that contributes to business development * Online payment gateway * Payment and digital point of sale devices * E-commerce, reservation and loyalty application * Cashier and ERP system integrated with all parties

Screenshots

ARABSAT4 screens
Nishan GO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nishan GO at weekly against ARABSAT's every 11 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARABSAT ships an update every 11 months, Nishan GO weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ARABSAT versus Nishan GO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARABSATNishan GO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArabsatAtsu Studio

In-app purchases

None

ARABSAT

No in-app purchases

None

Nishan GO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARABSAT free?
ARABSAT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nishan GO free?
Nishan GO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ARABSAT or Nishan GO have ads?
Neither ARABSAT nor Nishan GO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ARABSAT or Nishan GO?
ARABSAT ships an update every 11 months, and Nishan GO weekly. Most recently, ARABSAT was updated on November 2, 2026 and Nishan GO on November 4, 2026.

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