SatSquatch vs Enceladus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SatSquatch
Visualize detailed weather data with customizable maps. Access free satellite imagery and advanced layers with a subscription. Perfect for weather enthusiasts seeking beautiful, high-quality data.
- Customizable weather maps
- GOES weather satellite data
- Real-time high-res mesoanalysis
- MRMS data layers
- User-friendly interface
- Subscription for advanced features
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SatSquatch is your all-in-one professional weather data app: satellite data, full-resolution Level II radar, forecast models, mesoanalysis and more, layered however you like on a fast, GPU-drawn map. SATELLITE • All 16 GOES-East and GOES-West bands, Himawari-9 full disk, True Color and core composites • RGB composites such as Air Mass, Day Cloud Phase and Fire Temperature (Pro) • GLM lightning and LightningCast (Pro) • GOES fire detections RADAR • Level II radar from every NEXRAD and TDWR site: reflectivity, dealiased and storm-relative velocity, spectrum width and the dual-pol moments (ZDR, CC, KDP, PHI) • Every tilt, echo tops, VIL, MESH, azimuthal shear, rotation tracks, ZDR columns and a tornado debris overlay • Storm-relative velocity from the radar's own storm tracks • 15-second refresh, with live sweeps (Pro) • Radar cross-sections (Pro) • MRMS composite reflectivity and precipitation, plus hail, rotation, echo tops, rainfall totals and flash flood guidance (Pro) ARCHIVE MODE (PRO) • Replay any past date: GOES satellite back to 2017, Level II radar back to 1991, MRMS back to 2020, GLM lightning and fire detections • That day's warnings, watches, SPC outlooks and storm reports, as they stood at the time FORECAST MODELS • HRRR, RRFS, GFS, RTMA and URMA • ECMWF IFS and AIFS, RAP, AIGFS, NBM and the GEFS, REFS, AIGEFS and AIFS ENS ensembles (Pro) • Filled contours, labelled contour lines, wind barbs and animated wind particles • 18 built-in presets, from 500 mb heights and vorticity to reflectivity over updraft helicity tracks • Run-to-run trends and one-tap model compare • Point soundings with skew-T, hodograph and parameters, cross-sections and meteograms (Pro) • Ensemble probabilities, spaghetti and plumes (Pro) ANALYSIS AND OVERLAYS • NWS warnings and watches, SPC, WPC and CPC outlooks, METARs, storm reports, ProbSevere, WPC fronts and Nadocast • Mesoanalysis, observed soundings and VAD winds (Pro) • Tropical model tracks, with ensemble tracks (Pro) CUSTOMIZABLE MAPS • Stack any layers in any order, with per-layer opacity and display units • 49 colormap presets and a full colormap editor • GRLevelX colour table import and export (Pro) • Saved presets, saved locations, annotations and a satellite basemap (Pro) • Split screen with synced panes, a data inspector and measuring tools • Animated wind with a level slider from 10 m to 250 mb • Loops of up to 72 frames; export images, GIFs and videos • Settings and favorites synced across devices SatSquatch Pro is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks the features marked (Pro). Also available on the web at satsquatch.wxbyte.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wxbyte.com/satsquatch-privacy
Enceladus
This app provides a nightly forecast specifically for stargazing, showing sky conditions from sunset to sunrise. It offers customizable data displays and allows users to save custom locations worldwide for easy planning of astronomical observations.
- Nightly sky forecast
- Sunset to sunrise view
- Customizable data display
- Save custom locations
- Animated forecast gauge
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"Will I be able to see the sky tonight?” Enceladus (en-SELL-uh-dus) helps you answer this question, everyday, wherever you are. With an interface focused on showing you just the nightly forecast between sunset and sunrise, it's never been easier to plan an evening of backyard astronomy. - Large animated gauge instantly gives you the information you need at a glance - Use your own location, or save custom locations from around the world - Prefer your temperature in degrees Kelvin? Each data type can be customized to display your forecast exactly the way you want
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SatSquatch at Free against Enceladus's $2.99. SatSquatch also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). Enceladus's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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
SatSquatch is free to download; Enceladus costs $2.99 up front. SatSquatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Enceladus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Enceladus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of SatSquatch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Enceladus's.
SatSquatch ships an update every 3 weeks, Enceladus every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SatSquatch | Enceladus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | WxByte LLC | Jason Hawkins |
Customer experience
SatSquatch
Enceladus
In-app purchases
SatSquatch
- SatSquatch Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- SatSquatch Pro$49.991 Year
Enceladus
No in-app purchases









