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✓ Old versionTime for an update please to fix the "in-correct orbit data" this app. is receiving from NASA. It's been a couple of years. Thank you..Version: 3.2.0
✓ GPS Always On or NeverThis may be a cool app, I don't know. In order to use it, it requires you to leave Location Services "always on," even when the app is not running, which will drain the battery. How do apps like that get approval by Apple? No thanks..Version: 3.2.0
✓ Not very intuitiveThe interface on this app is really quite small and fiddly and not intuitive at all. Having checked the details again, I don't think it's been updated for a couple of years, which explains it. Also, the pass times it gives you are totally different to those quoted on the NASA website and other apps. I'm not sure they're accurate..Version: 3.2.0
✓ NO LONGER WORKINGI’m so upset!!!! This app used to work so well and it was one I used so often but now it won’t even load. I press the icon, the main screen flashes up and then it goes back to my apps. I’ve tried everything. I’m going to uninstall it and try again. If that doesn’t work, I’ll have to find another app..Version: 5.0.0
✓ InaccurateOn the whole, not bad. However, if you use the clock time bar on the right to run through the passes, the clock at the top also runs forward, as it should, BUT, it does not show the same time as the one shown in the "passes" window, the difference is approximately 90 minutes. I cannot believe the creators haven't spotted that one, oh, there isn't a help or instruction section either, you have to blunder your way through....deleted.Version: 3.2.0
✓ Not accurateNearly paid the $10.00 for the Satellite app but figured I would try the free version first. The only satellite the free version tracks is the ISS. While the app interface is ok, the location of the ISS was showing in Asia but a different app I use as well as tracking on a website showed it was actually over South America. If the free app is that incorrect, I certainly wouldn't recommend paying the $10.00 for the multiple satellite tracking app. I was really hoping this was better..Version: 3.2.0
✓ App is deadThis used to be my favorite app for tracking the ISS. The app just crashes now as soon as it’s opened. It’s been years since there was an update, and I’m hoping this doesn’t mean the app has been abandoned by the developers. Holding out hope it will be fixed!.Version: 5.0.0
✓ Not accuateIt doesn't show exactly where the ISS is it's delayed by about 5mins.Version: 3.2.0
✓ Quit sending updatesI loved this app. It told me every time the ISS was going over my city. It’s exciting to see that bright light in the sky, moving so rapidly. Suddenly I stopped getting the notices. I deleted the app, now I have reinstalled it. I hope it give me my views of the Space Station back..Version: 5.0.0
✓ So-so, needs work for 4 or 5 stars1) Adding a new location doesn't update the "passes" list, so I can't find out when the ISS will pass over any other area than the one I'm in currently. 2) "Passes" list should have a filter to let you select only passes that are at a certain angle or duration. 3) "Satellites" list implies that it could include other orbiting objects, but none can be added..Version: 3.2.0
✓ Good idea-bad implementationEvent predictions are wrong. App crashes continuously. Can't see paying for another..Version: 3.2.0
✓ This appB nice to hav a setting for kph to mph for uk users.Version: 3.2.0
✓ Timing is off - ahead.I want to like this app. The timing is indeed off - verified using both other iPhone apps and PC apps, side-by-side, in real time. Location is correct, as is GMT time. Support suggests that the bad info is due to government servers being down during the government shutdown. I look forward to an update to fix the timing/calculation problem - the reliance on government server for data calculation (while the $10 paid app has an alternative server from which to receive corret TLE? Show me this app can work correctly and I'll invest in your other app..Version: 3.2.0
✓ Not very goodSetting your current position is not very user friendly if you don't give this app full time access to your location service. All up it lasted about 5 minutes before it was deleted. I have some other similar apps which do this job much more easily. It might make sense to install it to determine if you want to spend on the upgraded one offered which I won't..Version: 3.2.0
✓ It’s okCan you add it move so I can give extra star.Version: 5.0.0
✓ Crashes constantlyLatest iOS update it crashes while starting.Version: 5.3.0
✓ RubbishIf there's a rating lower than one, then I'd give this app that score. It maybe some nerds wet dream, it certainly isn't mine..Version: 3.2.0
✓ OLD PROBLEMS RETURN—WRONG days & no longer updates passes!GOOD APP, BUT TWO BIG PROBLEMS HAVE RETURNED Posted: Saturday, August 24, 2019 The app, again, shows the wrong date and day of the week & no longer automatically updates ISS passes! 1) For example, it says that today is Friday, August 23! It claims that the next pass is Sunday, August 25, but that’s actually happening on Monday, August 26! This is an incredibly bad error — and such a basic issue — for a satellite app! 2) The passes NO longer update automatically. One is forced to MANUALLY tap World (or Sky) view, then Passes to get a SINGLE DAY’S worth of passes! Then, to get another day, one has to that again! And, so on, and so forth. Irritating! Pull down to refresh the list of passes no longer works, either! OLD REVIEW — October 7, 2018 Note: Appreciate the developers' reply but, in fact, there is a refresh control! (Surprised you don't know that about your OWN app!) If you pull down the pass list, it used to calculate and show the passes for the next several days. If you wanted to see more days, just drag up. That no longer works, however, on the iPod Touch 6G under iOS 11. See later on. GOOD FEATURES This is one of the best ISS apps. It lists upcoming ISS passes, locates the ISS on a globe view, provides a night sky view, etc. It's a very good app, but there are problems as noted. Read on for the highlights, a description of the problems, and suggestions. IMPROVEMENTS THEY MADE! The developers have been listening to feedback! ISS passes are now shown on a single screen. This is a major improvement in usability. (You used to have to manually step through, a day at a time, which was slow, went to a new screen, and the displayed flashed!) I do wish, though, that it would calculate many passes at once; instead, one has to scroll down and still wait a bit for the next pass to show up in the list! In the good news department, the developers provide a button for the previous day, if you want to check on yesterday's passes! The accuracy problems (days, times of passes) seem to have been finally fixed, too! THE PROBLEM IS BACK! They also fixed a problem (one version earlier) with alerts where they used to be ON by default and you had to *manually* turn each one of them OFF. Now, they are OFF by default and that makes a HUGE difference (no longer any worries about being unexpectedly awakened in the middle of the night!). GREAT FEATURE: SKY VIEW It's great to tap on an upcoming pass and see a pop-up sky map showing the ISS pass through the stars. MAJOR PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS PASSES NO LONGER UPDATE! A major problem as of September 22, 2018! When one pulls down the pass list on an iPod Touch 6G, the app no longer updates the ISS passes! You have to switch to another view first, e.g. World, and then return to passes to get GoISSWatch do its calculations and show the next day's passes. Even worse, it only updates one day or night at a time, so you have to keep switching views and returning to Passes. Before you could just pull down the pass list and it would update several days at a time! That fortunately still work on the iPad. PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP! SKY VIEW ISSUE In addition, the Sky Views need major improvements. The cardinal directions E and W are reversed from how they are in virtually every other sky charting and satellite app out there! East is on the right and West on the left. Now, this works if the ISS is crossing the sky from West to North and you are facing North. But today, we had an ISS pass going from West to South. Alas, the result was that the ISS is shown moving in the *opposite* direction from what actually happens in the sky! There is no setting to switch the orientation. I tried moving the sky view display through the nadir and also the zenith--no change, no luck. I checked my location--it's correct, so it's not a hemisphere problem. TIP: if you rotate the iPad, holding it with the home button at the top, you can have the southern (West to East) passes display correctly! Another issue: At low brightness, the cardinal point designations-- N, E, S, and W--are not legible! Their blue coloring faded into the background. Furthermore, on the iPad, tapping on a pass opens up a small chart in the upper left corner that's hard to read. I think they simply brought over the one from the iPhone version. It should be larger or even full screen. (On the iPhone, we should be able to tap on the sky view and zoom in.) The Sky View also could use constellation lines to help observers figure out where the ISS is going to be traveling! Each pass has an alarm clock symbol--that makes it look like they are on! The icon needs changing-- perhaps an alarm clock with a slash through it?! The alerts could use another option--e.g., an hour before time of the ISS pass. Sometimes 30 minutes is NOT enough time to get one's household and family organized--delay dinner, put on coats and boots, get oriented to the sky, etc. RECOMMENDATION FOR OTHER USERS Explore your current astro apps as many have little known or buried satellite features! For example, Sky Safari Plus can show you the ISS (and other satellites) with their path among the constellations --and you can zoom in, too. In looking at my other apps, I also discovered that Starmap 3D+ (not to be confused with Starmap2 or Starmap Pro by a different developer) provides a full list of passes on one page -- great-- and mini sky charts, to boot! CONCLUSION Bottom line: GOISSWATCH is a good app for catching ISS passes! Definitely download this and give it a whirl..Version: 5.0.0
✓ Won’t workBoth this app, and its related app “GoSatWatch”, have the same problem as noted by others - when opening the app it goes blank for a second then crashes and closes. Removing data and reinstalling, as suggested by the developer, does not work. These apps where brilliant a year or so ago but are frustratingly useless now..Version: 5.3.0
✓ Needs Apple Watch appPlease add support for Apple Watch..Version: 4.0.1
✓ Not there yet.Great graphics, but off when it comes to timing. If I was only using this app, I'd never see it. Graphic shows its overhead, but it shows 10 minutes later. I also use ISS Spotter which it perfect every time. Sorry, but this app needs some work..Version: 3.2.0
✓ DisappointedApp works on IPhone5 ,, but not on Ipad4. Try's to start ,,, then shuts down..Version: 3.2.0
✓ Paths not populate anymorePaths not populate anymore.Version: 5.3.0
✓ BrokenLatest update has broken the app Keeps flashing up calibrate every second. Can not use the app now. It worked before update but does not work now. Nothing to do with case or magnetic field..Version: 4.1.0
✓ Please give us % cloud coverI have only tried to view the ISS a couple of times - both without success. Most likely due to cloud cover. Please include a percentage cloud cover filter (preferably adjustable set point) to filter out passes which are unlikely to result in an acceptable viewing. With this feature I would give 5 stars..Version: 3.2.0
✓ Times (and magnitudes) are offLOVE the concept - but times are off by about 6 minutes - and visual magnitudes appear to be way off..Version: 3.2.0
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