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DishPointer Augmented Reality
  • Price
    $9.99
  • CategoryProductivity
  • Versions3 archived
  • Installable3 of 3
  • AvailabilityRemoved from the App Store
  • SellerDP Technologies Ltd

RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 2.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

As of July 4, 2017
     
23 Ratings

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Point your phone towards the sky and see on the live camera screen where the satellites are, any line of sight (LoS) issues by trees or buildings and the look angles. Couldn't be easier to install your dish with this augmented reality satellite finder. As a professional installer said: "Invaluable, gets the job done in half the time".

Works best on the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 since they have an internal compass. On the 3G and iPod Touch it works like an inclinometer - see the notes below.

***************** See video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFtcgYRcu4 or search "DishPointer Youtube" *****************

BusinessWeek: "Best iPhone Augmented Reality Apps for Business - Tracking Satellites in Space - DishPointer AR Pro"

Wall Street Journal: "An enterprise app"

Tele-Satellite: "Award winning DishPointer App: It's never been this easy to check satellite reception"

"As a broadcast professional, this app is unvaluable" UplynxSteve, Broadcaster

"I have never had so much value out of a program. I dumped a BB Bold because I needed this app!" 1955jmgs, Professional V-Sat Installer

"Revolutionary product, truly one if not the best app I have ever used for my line of work", Super Canadian, Professional Installer

"Worth every Penny!..It worked just as it says", tnterrapin, DIY-Installer

Features ======== + Augmented Reality, see the satellites on the display + Works world wide at any location with any satellite + Does not require cell signal or internet access + Select the satellites to be displayed from a list + Add or delete your own satellites to/from the list (PRO) + Displays satellite settings (azimuth, elevation, skew) and current magnetic as well as true heading for the screen center + Clarke Belt (satellite arc) is shown from east to west - all geostationary satellites are along this arc + When moving the iPhone laterally or vertically, the arc and the satellites move in real time with the live image + Ability to lock the compass, i.e. the arc won't move laterally anymore +For 3G users, ability to enter a lateral reference point, such as a manual compass reading or an existing satellite position + Ability to enter location

Why get the Pro version? ============== + Add your own satellites to the list, update them whenever you want - complete independence when satellite positions change or new ones appear - no need to wait for an official update. For business critical missions a must. +Be on the safe side for future updates and new features. Pro version always take priority over the standard version.

Usage instructions ========= 3GS/4 users: 1. Switch it on and tap AR View button 2. In camera mode, look at the bottom label and rotate iPhone until it heads towards south (true heading = 180°). (People located on the southern hemisphere should point the iPhone north). 3. Lift the iPhone and watch the satellites appear 4. Move the device laterally and see the satellites moving too 5. Compass is sensitive to interferences but and works best when device is held flat. You can lock the compass in that position and lift the iPhone up but don't move it laterally then.

3G/iPod Touch users: 1. As above but set the lateral reference mode first. The app needs to know in which direction you are pointing the iPhone. So either enter a manual compass bearing compensated for magnetic declination or a satellite position if you have already a working satellite or used DishPointer Maps for a reference Point. 2. Lift the iPhone up and see the arc but don't move the iPhone laterally, as it won't get shifted.

NOTE: The app does not require Cell or internet, works on its own.

If you have any problems or feedback, please drop us a line at [email protected]. We are anxious to make this product work perfectly for every one of you.

DishPointer® is a registered trademark of DP Technologies Ltd

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1.0
Requires iOS 2.0+
Non-Retina
August 5, 2009
68 KB Install Download
2.0
Requires iOS 3.1+
Non-Retina
176 KB Install Download
2.1
Requires iOS 3.1+
Non-Retina
October 5, 2010
292 KB Install Download

Chart History

Top Paid · Productivity View chart ›
Peaked at #198 (May 17, 2011) · 3 archived captures · May 2011 – Aug 2012
Top Grossing · Productivity View chart ›
Peaked at #68 (December 28, 2011) · 1 archived capture · Dec 2011
Top Paid · Utilities View chart ›
Peaked at #286 (May 12, 2010) · 1 archived capture · May 2010

Ratings Over Time

sampled from 4 archived captures
DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
March 4, 2010 2.0 — 35 $9.99
March 20, 2011 2.1.2 — 55 $9.99
March 30, 2012 — — 60 $9.99

From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.

Archived Reviews

8 of 25
Update ASAP
     
by Row low · September 23, 2017

iOS 11 won’t work and it’s where I locate my satellite thru dish please update...

Needs an update
     
by HERKENG1964 · October 25, 2017

This app needs to updated for ios 11. Right now it is useless for me

Not worth it.
     
by Fly KUGN · April 8, 2016

$10 for an app that isn't even formatted for the iPhone 5 and up. It didn't help me get my DirecTV dish pointed any better than the onscreen guide. Wish I could get a refund.

Works, but not accurate
     
by AaronBooke · October 21, 2016

App works for the most part, but has distressing tendency to give a somewhat different location in the sky, for the same satellite, every time I use it. I guess it's okay to get a rough idea of where a satellite is, but it's no good for anything approaching precision aiming.

Actualizarlo
     
by pipo4677 · September 19, 2017

Favor de actúalizarlo para iOS 11 en verdad lo necesito

Worthless
     
by 1josh141 · September 12, 2014

Messed with my dish for an hour with this app. Downloaded a free one and was watching tv in five minutes. Wasn't even close. Solid idea, terrible execution.

Awful
     
by Mike0105 · October 7, 2015

Not worth the price at all!!! You can get a free app with the same tools. Don't waste your money. Keep looking.

No support
     
by sattelitechuck · February 2, 2018

I needed my app updated and when I went to update it, support no longer worked and now I am left with a app that does not work and no support to contact to get update. This app is worthless now.

Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.