Satellite Transponders vs Q Codes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Satellite Transponders
Access a comprehensive database of global TV satellites and their parameters. Easily search for channels, providers, and satellite information, and manage your favorites. An optional professional version offers advanced features like augmented reality and smart searching.
- Global satellite database
- Search by channel, satellite, radio, provider
- Display channel, radio, provider details
- Frequency, polarization, FEC, Symbol Rate display
- Favorites list
- Augmented reality (Pro version)
- Smart searching with sound (Pro version)
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This program is a data base of all TV satellites in the world. You can easily find a satellite parameters. Features: - Sort by satellite - Search by channel name, satellite name, radio name, provider name - Displaying the channel name, radio station, a provider with the link to the official site, encoding display - Displaying a frequency, polarization, FEC and Symbol Rate - List of favorites - Available in-app purchases of professional version An enormous data base. More than 12,800 video channels, 3900 radio stations and 180 Internet service providers *** 4in1 in-app purchase - Augmented reality - Smart searching with sound indication - Sorting by frequency - Satellite calculator Available professional version SatFinder PRO with augmented reality feature at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/satfinder-pro/id523233755
Q Codes
Access a comprehensive collection of standardized radiotelegraph communication codes, primarily for amateur radio use. This utility allows for rapid searching and lookup of any Q Code.
- Standardized Q Code collection
- Radiotelegraph communication codes
- Amateur radio focus
- Quick lookup functionality
- Comprehensive code database
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Q Codes are a standardized collection of codes developed for radiotelegraph communication especially amateur radio. This tool is designed for quick look up of any Q Code
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Satellite Transponders at 4.3 against Q Codes's 3.7. Satellite Transponders also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (288 vs 7). Q Codes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Satellite Transponders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Q Codes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Satellite Transponders holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Satellite Transponders has 288 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Satellite Transponders's written reviews are positive against 50% of Q Codes's.
Satellite Transponders ships an update every 4 months, Q Codes every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Satellite Transponders | Q Codes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (288 ratings) — better | 3.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 288 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yuriy Kvasha | Jonathan Gibbs |
Customer experience
Satellite Transponders
Q Codes
Bugs and requests
Satellite Transponders
Reported bugs
3 issues- Compass not working on iOS 9 devices
- Incorrect transponder frequencies listed for some channels
- Satellite search not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to filter by satellite type (C-band, Ku-band, etc.)
- Option to sort channels by frequency
- Satellite coverage maps for current location
- HD channel identification
Q Codes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Satellite Transponders
- Professional package$2.99
Q Codes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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