[amsat-bb] Android - apps similar to Heavens-Above?

[Don KB2YSI]

Holy cow, I overlooked ISS Detector thinking it was only for ISS. For $0.99 you
remove the ads, add the Amateur satellites and can save the list of the
ones you want!

If you want it for "free" get the Google opinion rewards app and answer a
few surveys when they pop up and receive a bit of store credit.

Thank you John and Doug for the amazing recommendation.

73, Don KB2YSI

On Jan 30, 2018 09:43, "Doug Phelps via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I second the vote for ISS Detector. If you buy the Amatuer Radio option
> for a few bucks, it is an excellent satellite AP. It even has a widget that
> constantly shows upcoming passes on the screen.
>
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>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Jan 29, 2018, 9:27 PM, John Brier wrote:
>
> > ISS Detector is my go to app for Android now. You have to purchase an
> > extra pack or the Pro version to get amateur radio sats. Only thing I
> > miss from Heavens-Above is it doesn't list time/azimuth of max
> > elevation.
> >
> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 8:39 PM, Philip Jenkins  wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> I bought a new Android tablet on Saturday - Version 7.0, Nougat.
> >>
> >> AMSATDroid seems to work fine on it, other than displaying the date as
> >> "000001 29, 2018"
> >>
> >> On the tablet, I did a Google Play Store search for Heavens-Above (which
> >> runs great on my smartphone, which is running some flavor of Android
> 4.x)
> >> and Heavens-Above didn't show up in the store...which I thought "okay,
> >> that's strange".
> >>
> >> So tonight I went to the Heavens-Above website, thinking I would
> download
> >> the Android app from there. Google Play Store pops up with Heavens-Above
> >> app but I'm getting the message "Your device is not compatible with this
> >> version".
> >>
> >> So, what I'm looking for - assuming that the Heavens-Above app won't be
> >> updated - is a similar app which will run under 7.0. How about Satellite
> >> Tracker from Tythatguy. or Satellite Tracker by Vito Technology (reading
> >> the reviews, the latter doesn't seem to be as useful as Heavens-Above or
> >> Tythatguy's version). Any others you might recommend?
> >>
> >> Comments? Suggestions? Any way to make 7.0 backwardly compatible?
> >>
> >> Philip N4HF
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