Satellite Transponders vs Antenna Pointer
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
Antenna Pointer
This map application allows users to draw markers, lines, and sectors directly onto maps. It is primarily designed to assist with the installation and validation of sector antennas for LTE, WiFi, and other technologies.
- Draw markers on map
- Draw lines on map
- Draw sectors on map
- Import GPX files
- Validate antenna installations
- Assist with sector antenna setup
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Antenna Pointer is a map app with possibility to draw markers, lines, sectors and GPX files on it. The app was design mainly to use as a tool which will help to properly install sector antennas (LTE, WiFi and other) but it can be also use to validate existing installations. If something in app is not clear - please send me e-mail - I will try to explain everything... Subscription pricing and terms: Antenna Pointer offers ads-free and limit free version available as an auto-renewable subscription for $9.99 per year. Price may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: http://www.mge.net.pl/antennapointer_privacy_policy.html Terms of use: http://www.mge.net.pl/antennapointer_eula.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Satellite Transponders at 4.3 against Antenna Pointer's 2.8. Satellite Transponders also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (288 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 and Antenna Pointer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Satellite Transponders holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Satellite Transponders has 288 ratings behind it against 4, 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 Antenna Pointer's.
Satellite Transponders ships an update every 4 months, Antenna Pointer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Satellite Transponders | Antenna Pointer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (288 ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 288 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yuriy Kvasha | Maciej Grzegorczyk |
Customer experience
Satellite Transponders
Antenna Pointer
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
Antenna Pointer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Satellite Transponders
- Professional package$2.99
Antenna Pointer
- Remove ads and limits$9.991 Year
Questions
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