Nuclides vs Satellite Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nuclides
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Nuclides is a professional reference and calculation toolkit for nuclear technology, radiation protection, nuclear medicine, reactor data, and education. Key features: 1. Look up elements and nuclides, including half-life, decay modes, parent and daughter nuclides, radiation energies, and emission probabilities. 2. Explore extended nuclear data, including excited levels, gamma transitions, electron data, fission yields, nuclear moments, and ENSDF evaluation information. 3. Simulate gamma spectra from nuclide gamma-ray data with controls for live time, energy resolution, background, dead-time loss, and related detector parameters. 4. Run decay calculations, activity estimation, dose-rate estimation, effective dose estimation, radiation dose comparison, and unit conversions. 5. Use theranostics dosimetry tools for time-activity data, cumulated activity, and simplified MIRD relationships. 6. Consult radiation safety atlas entries, radiopharmaceutical references, material densities, physical constants, binding-energy charts, toxicity information, and the INES scale. 7. Browse nuclear power plant data, operating records, advanced reactor references, and small modular reactor information. Nuclides is designed for professionals, students, and users who need fast nuclear data lookup, radiation calculations, and clear technical references. Premium subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Satellite Tracker
Visualize and track over 14,000 satellites in real-time on a spinning globe. Discover upcoming visible passes, identify objects in the sky using AR, and access detailed orbital information for each satellite.
- Real-time satellite tracking on a 3D globe
- Upcoming visible pass predictions
- Augmented Reality (AR) mode for sky identification
- Detailed satellite orbital data
- Offline catalog and live orbital elements
- Filter satellites by constellation or nation
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Every satellite in the sky, live on a spinning globe — all 14,000 of them. Satellite Tracker draws the whole catalog moving in real time: Starlink's woven shells, the GPS constellations, the ISS and Tiangong, spent rocket stages and tumbling debris. Filter by constellation or by nation, crank time to 600× and watch low orbits swirl while the geostationary ring hangs still. TONIGHT'S SKY See which satellites you can watch with your own eyes tonight — sunlit passes over your location, with rise direction, peak height and duration. Get an alert 10 minutes before, walk outside, look up. POINT YOUR PHONE AT IT AR mode draws satellites on your real sky. Pick the ISS, follow the arrow, and the station is right where your camera points. EVERY SATELLITE HAS A STORY Tap any dot for altitude, speed, period, inclination and its full orbit ring. Search 14,000 objects by name. Share any satellite with a friend. Works fully offline with a bundled catalog; live orbital elements when connected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Satellite Tracker at none against Nuclides's 2. Nuclides's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Nuclides sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Satellite Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Nuclides | Satellite Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 建锋 宋 | Cinnamon Mobile LLC |
In-app purchases
Nuclides
- Premium Subscription · Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Subscription · Yearly$9.991 Year
Satellite Tracker
No in-app purchases









