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GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test is #34 in Navigation Paid in China and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test update history & changes
Last change · 28 events since 9 Sep 2015Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 27 events in the last 12 months
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test charting in a new countryTaiwan
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · IN
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · IN
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · JP
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Navigation · AE · Top Paid · Navigation · CN
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Grossing · Navigation · AE · Top Grossing · Navigation · KR
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · KR
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test charting in a new countryMalaysia
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test charting in a new countryPoland
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test charting in a new country in 2 chartsPhilippines · South Africa
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · RU
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · RU
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test new best rank in the overall chart: #104Top Paid · All Apps · ES
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · GB
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test new best rank in the overall chart: #129Top Paid · All Apps · IT
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test new best rank in the overall chart: #130Top Paid · All Apps · MX
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test charting in a new country in 2 chartsMexico · Thailand
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10 in 3 chartsTop Paid · Navigation · BR · Top Paid · Navigation · CA · Top Paid · Navigation · FR
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · IT
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · DE
- 📈GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · US
- 🆕GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test first spotted by AppInsider#47 in Top Paid · Navigation · Italy
- 🆕GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-04. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid diagnostic utility for iPhone and iPad that tests GPS module performance, provides satellite data visualization, and assists in troubleshooting location issues for navigation apps. The app holds a strong #3 position in the US Navigation Paid charts and maintains top-25 rankings across multiple international markets including France, China, and South Korea.
Similar apps: GPS Test, Satellite Finder, Geo Tracker
GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test on the App Store
App details
GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| NavigationPaid | #34 | |
| NavigationPaid | #21 | |
| NavigationPaid | #16 | |
| NavigationPaid | #67 | |
| NavigationPaid | #118 | |
| NavigationPaid | #40 | |
| NavigationPaid | #27 | |
| NavigationPaid | #42 | |
| NavigationPaid | #26 | |
| NavigationPaid | #75 | |
| NavigationPaid | #37 | |
| NavigationPaid | #50 | |
| NavigationPaid | #37 | |
| NavigationPaid | #71 | |
| NavigationPaid | #73 | |
| NavigationPaid | #52 |
Apps near GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test on the chart
Navigation Paid, around #34.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's ability to diagnose GPS hardware issues and verify signal strength for other navigation apps. While praised for its simplicity and responsive developer support, some users express frustration with limited satellite visualization details and occasional compatibility glitches.
Mostly positive (80% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and not being useful.
What people like
- Useful: “I couldn’t recommend it more highly”
- Ease of use: “Simple, uncluttered design”
- Features & content: “This is a great diagnostic tool”
- Connection & sync: “Was able to install a new gps/WiFi antenna”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn’t work on IPhone 11”
- Useful: “Works great but I’d love to see the signal strength of all satellites being received”
About GPS Diagnostic: Satellite Test
- Essential tool for your iPhone & iPad.
- Test the GPS module.
- Fast GPS lock time.
- Precise navigation parameters.
- Supplements operation of your navigation apps.
- GPS "JumpStart" technology.
- If location cannot be determined then it diagnoses why.
- Assists you in changing conditions to get a reliable location.
- GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, QZSS full support.
- Latitude & Longitude, and WGS84 included by default.
- In-App Purchase: USNG, MGRS, UTM, OSNG, GEOREF, GARS & 174 Datums (free basic functionality).
- **NEW** Smaller footprint (now only 35MBytes)
- Free technical and customer support by email.
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OVERVIEW:
- Lodestone Chart™ displays all essential GPS satellite information using a chart with only 4 bars. This dramatically simplifies the diagnostic process (Registered Copyright).
- GPS "JumpStart" technology may resolve GPS problems with third-party navigation applications that have a frozen location, are slow to respond or are performing inaccurately.
- Uses the internal GPS of your iPhone or iPad.
- Includes a Speedometer, Altimeter and Compass.
- Location and altitude ( best-in-class accuracy and reliability )
- Speed (SOG) and Course (COG).
- Heading (i.e. Compass) with ability to turn on and off the manual compass calibration.
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IN-APP PURCHASE (IAP) = "COORDINATES-PRO"
This adds additional coordinate systems and datums to the app to let you accurately work with many paper maps and charts used by civilians, U.S. military and NATO forces for walking, sailing, and flying. The coordinate systems and datums included are:
- United States National Grid (USNG)
- Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) -Old and New
- Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
- Ordnance Survey National Grid (OSNG) for Great Britain
- World Geographic Reference System (GEOREF)
- Global Area Reference System (GARS)
- 174 Datums (e.g. WGS84, NAD83, NAD27, WGS72, ED50, ED79, OSGB36 etc....).
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REVIEWS:
- The developer is a professional software and hardware engineer working in the satellite space industry. He is a yachtmaster and pilot with a passion for navigation and Apple products.
- Consistent 5 star reviews, see what users are saying:
"Perfect Diagnostic Tool - This is the best app if you need to know the actual status of the internal GPS."
"Great app for kick starting navigation apps - This app finds a position every time and then all other nav apps work."
"Excellent application - This was a much needed application for iOS devices."
“I love the app. It’s been great to have when buying a new phone from eBay to check that the GPS is working. I had to return 3 phones last time before I got one with operational GPS.”
"Awesome, over used term but this app is - This app does what other developers said they could not do."
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