ABS Satellite Fleet vs ARABSAT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ABS Satellite Fleet
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Experience seamless access to ABS’s global satellite fleet through the ABS Satellite App. Our app offers Flat Map and Earth View modes, integrated Sun Outage alerts, and intuitive fleet search features. Use it even offline—perfect for professionals needing broadcast, data, maritime, or government satellite insights in any location
ARABSAT
Access comprehensive information about satellite operations, including channel listings, coverage maps, and technical data. Utilize tools for dish alignment, sensor calibration, and sun outage calculations. Stay updated with news and office information.
- Satellite coverage maps
- Dish alignment tools
- Look angle calculator
- Sun outage calculator
- TV/Radio channel explorer
- Sensor calibration
- News and alerts
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This application provides all information about Arabsat, owned satellites, channels, calculators, dish alignment, sensors calibration, news, offices information and related customer tools in one place. Arabsat is one of the world’s top satellite operators in Middle East, Africa and Europe. It carries over 700 TV/radio channels reaching more than 80 countries. Arabsat also provides telecom connectivity services to mobile phone, fixed line, IPs, VSAT operators. In addition, Arabsat can easily deliver VOIP and broadband services. Arabsat satellite list includes the following: ARABSAT-5A, ARABSAT-5C, ARABSAT-6A, BADR-4, BADR-5, BADR-6, BADR-7. Features: • Satellite coverage maps & teleports - View Arabsat satellites coverage maps. - View multiple beams footprint contours and EIRP in graphical format. - Filtering satellites and related beams by band type. - View satellite location and related key technical data. - View teleport location and related key technical data. • Satellite calculators: - Look angle calculator: Calculate azimuth, elevation, and tilt based on your dish location and target satellite. You can save the results or go directly to dish alignment. - Sun outage calculator: Calculate Spring/Fall sun outage periods information based on your dish location and target satellite. You can save results for later reference. - Center of box calculator: Get satellite key orbital points (closest approach, ascending, descending) information. You may save results for later use. • TV/Radio channels: Explore all channels information of Arabsat satellites. • Dish alignment: - Easily align your dish to point to the selected Arabsat satellite - Three alignment modes are available which are Guide/Map/Camera modes. - Get color/sound alerts when correct pointing angles are reached. • Sensors calibration: - Get key information about Accelerometer, Gyroscope, and Compass if available. - Step by step Accelerometer and Gyroscope calibration. • News: Explore Arabsat news, events, and announcements. • Alerts: User is enabled to receive alerts related to sun outage events, center of box events, and news events. • Contact us: Contact Arabsat support using included messaging service. • Arabsat offices: Get Information about Arabsat Headquarter office and other regional offices. • About us: View information about Arabsat organization. • Customer portal web links: Useful web links of Arabsat customer tools. • Information update: All application data is updated periodically. Use can enable or disable this feature. • Language: Although English is the default user interface language, Arabic and French are also available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ABS Satellite Fleet at every 4 months against ARABSAT's every 11 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ABS Satellite Fleet ships an update every 4 months, ARABSAT every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ABS Satellite Fleet | ARABSAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.3 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SatBeams | Arabsat |
In-app purchases
ABS Satellite Fleet
No in-app purchases
ARABSAT
No in-app purchases







