Satellite Transponders vs SatChannels
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
SatChannels
Discover detailed information about TV channels and satellites. Save favorites for offline access and utilize location services to find satellite data like azimuth and elevation.
- Channel information
- Satellite data
- Offline access
- Save favorites
- Location services
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Find all the information about channels and satellites. Save channels and satellites to check their information later or when you are offline. LocatIon is required to get satellite's information like azimuth, elevation, distance...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Satellite Transponders at 58% against SatChannels's 0%. Satellite Transponders also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and ads (none vs shown). SatChannels's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price 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. SatChannels asks for nothing beyond the download.
Satellite Transponders holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Satellite Transponders has 292 ratings behind it against 12, 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 0% of SatChannels's.
Satellite Transponders ships an update every 4 months, SatChannels every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Satellite Transponders | SatChannels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (292 ratings) — better | 3.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 292 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 11 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, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yuriy Kvasha | Daniel Nowendsztern |
Customer experience
Satellite Transponders
SatChannels
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
SatChannels
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Satellite Transponders
- Professional package$2.99
SatChannels
No in-app purchases
Questions
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