FlareFinder

The FlareFinder is now available as a free download on Apple Store for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is supporting English language. It weighs in at only 2.2 MB to download. The new FlareFinder app version 1.0 has been updated on 2014-04-10. The Apple Store includes a very useful feature that will check if your device and iOS version are both compatible with the app. Most iPhone and iPad are compatible. Here is the app`s compatibility information: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Bottom Line: For more information about FlareFinder check developer Christian Hansen`s website : http://wednesdaynightlights.tumblr.com/

Use to love this app now it won t work at all Just a frozen screen or a blank screen Obviously some glitch that needs to be fixed     What happened ValkyrieAngel

FlareFinder Update 1 Irritatingly the app still asks you for your location every time you launch it A nuisance See note 10 below 2 There s no way of updating the flare passes when it s opened save by exiting and re entering the app Should be a pull down or better a circular arrow icon 3 An update on one of the earlier suggestions It would be much clearer and more useful for observers if the altitude and azimuth info were presented separately i e Alt 34 Az 110 E Running the degrees together is harder to process In any event here s the original review which still holds This is a great app It more than holds its own against the higher end apps for finding out when Iridium flares will occur It lists all the key information on one screen That includes altitude direction and brightness That is something that many other apps still lack With those you end up having to hunt through multiple screens The FF app has a great tutorial although at this stage most people will know how use an app It comes with an astronomical night friendly red display mode built in something many apps lack Of course flare finding as opposed to faint fuzzy searching doesn t really need it but it s still nice to have especially if you re out doing telescopic observing too Flare viewing is done naked eye While FF doesn t have some of the features of the high end apps e g compass orientation star charts etc it nevertheless is quite good Plus once one knows the cardinal directions 0 North 90 East and 180 South you don t need the compass and you re all set It may well replace the Iridium Flares app that I ve been using for years even though that one has more features With Iridium Flares you don t get all the key information on one screen bad and it makes you recalibrate the compass whenever you open it and even repeatedly after that A major nuisance Some unsolicited advice for the developer 1 Get Iridium into your app s name somehow I know the your title is different but it doesn t get found in the App Store Searching for Iridium does not turn it up Why not Iridium Flare Finder with spaces in the name 2 Skip the opening tutorial just leave it under the Info Help button Also provide a cancel or exit button during the tutorial so one can escape it if needed I got caught again just now 3 Separate the altitude and azimuth numbers Running them together can be hard to process especially if the flare is in the Northeast I e 50o 34o 4 Add some info about the flares themselves 5 Use Tonight Tomorrow labels rather than dates for flares soon to happen 6 Make the app universal It runs fine on the iPad in the 2x mode but would be better in HD mode it would also show up in the default App Store searching on the iPad which only looks at iPad apps 7 Reminders up to one hour in advance not just 5 minutes 8 App icon on home screen is too spartan Needs improved jazzier space related design 9 It d be great if if could run under iOS 6 too We have iPhones and iPads on which we d like to use it but can t 10 There is another major usability problem Your app prompts the user each time it is opened for one s location I would definitely drop that Many of us observe from one location only and this repeated prompting is a nuisance You have nicely put a last location button there but one wants the flare information quickly not having to set location each time Virtually none of the astro apps out there including those for flares require you to enter or set your location each time From a users perspective that s really a nuisance In any event it s a great app Best wishes for successful future development                 Nice app however it has two major usability issues and other problems AstroPaul

Okay developer here Thank you all for the very helpful reviews I am actively working on updates so I hope to incorporate as much feedback as possible Cheers all                     Thanks for the reviews ItsChristianHansen

Great app Thanks for making it One thing that would be nice is if it would tell where the center of the flare is so that I could get to where it would show up brighter                     Great fun Brennan.McQuerry

Even though alarm sound are turned on it only produces screen alerts I hope this can be corrected IPhone 5s Ios 7 1 1                 Works perfectly but no alarm sound Terry Trees

This app worked perfectly And the 5 minute reminder is really helpful so I can get outside and let my eyes adjust before the flare                     Works great Andy Folz