Comparison

Scout Radar vs Space Channel

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

Head to head
About

Scout Radar

This app turns your mobile device into a real-time radar to visualize enemy locations. It also features automatic room calibration for optimal audio output. Requires a companion Windows application and a home Wi-Fi network.

Highlights
  • Real-time enemy location radar
  • Visualize enemy positions
  • Automatic room calibration
  • Adapts speakers to room acoustics
  • Works with Sound BlasterX 720°
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Scout Radar transforms your mobile device into a radar display that reveals your enemy's location in real time. Now, besides hearing your enemies, you can actually visualize and pinpoint your enemy's position. Plus, the Automatic Room Calibration feature intelligently adapts your speakers to the unique acoustics of your room, so you always get the best audio possible. Works With: - Sound BlasterX 720° Requirements: - iPhone 5 and above - iOS 9 and above Notes: - Requires Scout Radar for Windows. Visit www.blasterx.com/scoutradar. - Works on home Wi-Fi network only. Does not work on intranet.

About

Space Channel

This platform delivers global news and entertainment focused on space exploration and industry. It covers commerce, policy, and community developments in low Earth orbit and beyond, offering news, movies, and live coverage.

Highlights
  • Global space news
  • Space industry coverage
  • Movies and entertainment
  • Live programming
  • Exclusive events
Features
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Space Channel is the world's premier global news and entertainment media platform dedicated to space. Connecting the stories that will inform the future of commerce, policy, entertainment and community in low Earth Orbit and beyond, Space Channel is available in more than 30 million households worldwide and explores every aspect of the genre with news, movies, exclusive events and live coverage from every sector of the global space industry. You can watch Space Channel’s live programming via Connected (Smart) TV applications as well as online at www.spacechannel.com What's inside today: — Space Economy. A live market terminal for the companies building the space industry: launch providers, satellite operators, imaging and comms. A sector-rank leaderboard, sentiment, breaking sector events, and tap-through detail with interactive charts. — UFO Division. Declassified UAP intelligence, read cold by a six-analyst panel. A daily briefing with a narrated audio read, reopened case files with consensus bars, full analyst dossiers with citations and primary source documents, and a live intelligence wire. — Lunar Command. The race back to the Moon, tracked end-to-end. A live moon-phase observer computed on-device, nation standings, program lanes for Artemis, Chang'e, and the commercial landers with milestone timelines, a daily Mooncast briefing, and a lunar news wire. — Mars Operations. The race to Mars. A live inner-solar-system orrery you can rotate and zoom, a Mars observer with distance, light-time, next opposition and season, program lanes, the active and retired rover and orbiter roster, a Mars image gallery, a daily Marscast, and a Martian wire. — Space Force. The U.S. Space Force in its own command view. The Guardian posture — satellites on orbit, Deltas, Guardians — a daily Fifth Domain intelligence brief with sourced citations, program lanes for National Security Space Launch, the Space Development Agency and more with milestone timelines, a service imagery gallery, a daily briefing, and the Space Force dispatch wire. Space Channel is built around a free membership so your mission control stays in sync across your devices. Create an account in the app to get started. Privacy first: no ads and no third-party trackers. Diagnostics are opt-in and use Apple's MetricKit — anonymous crash and performance data only, nothing personal. For the curious, the obsessed, and anyone who wants the universe in their pocket without the algorithmic shouting. Welcome aboard. More dashboards are on the way.

Screenshots

Scout Radar3 screens
Space Channel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Space Channel at 57% against Scout Radar's 0%. Space Channel also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (581 vs 5). Scout Radar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 33 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Space Channel sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Scout Radar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Space Channel holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Channel has 581 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Scout Radar's written reviews are positive against 57% of Space Channel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scout Radar ships an update fortnightly, Space Channel every 33 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Scout Radar versus Space Channel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScout RadarSpace Channel
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (5 ratings)4.7 (581 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5581 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 33 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCreative Labs Pte. Ltd.Space Channel Inc.

Customer experience

Scout Radar

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Space Channel

All ratings581 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative35.7%

Bugs and requests

Scout Radar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Space Channel

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App won't load or open
  • Shows offline status when launched
  • Persistent crashes affecting multiple users over months
  • Pop-up comments appearing during video playback

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improved app stability and loading performance
  • Option to disable or control pop-up comments
  • Better offline functionality

In-app purchases

None

Scout Radar

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Space Channel

Subscriptions2
  • Space Channel Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Space Channel Premium Annual$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • Movie Purchase Tier 1$0.99
  • Movie Purchase Tier 2$1.99
  • Movie Purchase Tier 5$4.99
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  • Movie Purchase Tier 10$9.99

Questions

Is Scout Radar free?
Scout Radar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Space Channel free?
Space Channel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scout Radar or Space Channel?
Space Channel is rated higher. Scout Radar averages 1.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Space Channel averages 4.7 from 581 ratings.
Do Scout Radar or Space Channel have ads?
Neither Scout Radar nor Space Channel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scout Radar or Space Channel?
Scout Radar ships an update fortnightly, and Space Channel every 33 months. Most recently, Scout Radar was updated on November 3, 2026 and Space Channel on November 3, 2026.

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