Comparison

Treasure Tracker vs OrbitDeck

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

Head to head
About

Treasure Tracker

Log metal detecting finds with photos, GPS locations, and weather. Track routes, manage detector inventory, and organize permissions. Features an Apple Watch companion app and interactive map view.

Highlights
  • Log finds with photos and GPS
  • Track and save detecting routes
  • Manage metal detector inventory
  • Organize detecting permissions
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Interactive map view of finds
  • Customizable categories and themes
Features
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Treasure Tracker - Metal Detecting Log is the ultimate companion app for metal detecting enthusiasts. Log your finds with photos, precise GPS locations, and weather conditions, all stored completely on device. Create custom categories, track your routes while detecting, manage permissions, and maintain a complete digital record of your discoveries. - Log finds with photos, locations, and detailed descriptions - Apple Watch companion app to quickly log a find - Create custom categories to organize your finds - Track and save your detecting routes - Monitor weather conditions for each discovery - Manage your metal detector inventory - Store and organize detecting permissions - View finds and routes on an interactive map - Earn achievements as you discover more - Export and backup your data - Dark mode and customizable themes Made by a metal detecting enthusiast, for enthusiasts. Treasure Tracker is a passion project designed to help you document and organize your finds. As a solo developer and active detectorist, I'm excited to share this app with the community. Featuring custom categories, route tracking, and detailed logging - I hope it enhances your detecting adventures as much as it has mine!

About

OrbitDeck

Features
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OrbitDeck is a complete amateur-radio satellite station for iPhone and iPad. Track the birds, predict passes, tune your radio for Doppler, decode images, and log your contacts — all from live orbital elements. TRACK & PREDICT • Live look angles, range, range-rate, sub-point, and footprint • Next-pass predictions with quality scoring and elevation profiles • Daily schedule of every favorite's passes, ordered by AOS • Ground-track map, multi-day pass progression, and an all-sky radar • Animated 3D globe and a polar sky plot with AOS/LOS and direction-of-travel arrows WORK THE BIRDS • Four-dial Doppler for DX plus a single-station playbook • Per-satellite calibration shared across every Doppler screen • Link budgets, SatNOGS transponder data, AO-7 mode timer, and mutual-visibility windows RIG CONTROL (CAT) • Doppler-tune your transceiver over a Bluetooth serial adapter or an Icom network (Wi-Fi) radio • Icom CI-V, Yaesu, Kenwood (including TS-2000/790 satellite mode), and any Hamlib radio via rigctld • One full-duplex radio, a separate uplink/downlink pair, or two radios; follows your dial as you tune ROTATOR CONTROL • Azimuth/elevation control via GS-232, Easycomm, SPID, rotctld, PstRotator, SAEBRTrack, and OZ9AAR URC DIGITAL MODES & AUDIO • Over a USB audio interface or Icom network audio: record a pass, decode SSTV (Doppler-aware, with a post-pass re-decode and image fix-up), and work full-duplex FT4 on a linear transponder LOGGING • On-device QSO log with ADIF export and LoTW and Cloudlog/Wavelog upload Plus orbital analysis, live space weather, MUF/propagation, and classic OSCARLOCATOR overlays. OrbitDeck works fully as a tracker with no radio and no account. Rig control, rotator control, SSTV, and FT4 require your own amateur-radio equipment and a valid license; transmit only within your privileges. Orbital elements from AMSAT and CelesTrak; transponder data from SatNOGS; space weather from NOAA SWPC. FT4/FT8 use the MIT-licensed ft8_lib.

Screenshots

Treasure Tracker4 screens
OrbitDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OrbitDeck at Free against Treasure Tracker's $2.99. OrbitDeck also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

OrbitDeck is free to download; Treasure Tracker costs $2.99 up front. Treasure Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OrbitDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Treasure Tracker versus OrbitDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTreasure TrackerOrbitDeck
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin PullenPaul Stoetzer

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Treasure Tracker

One-time1
  • Premium Themes Bundle$2.99
None

OrbitDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Treasure Tracker free?
Treasure Tracker costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is OrbitDeck free?
OrbitDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Treasure Tracker or OrbitDeck have ads?
Neither Treasure Tracker nor OrbitDeck shows ads.

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