App Profile: VatScope

Joe 525

Rating: 5/5

VatScope is really awesome. Used it for a long while now and I definitely think it's the best VATSIM scope app around for mobile. From my usage, I have a few suggestions for potential improvement. This is just my opinion, of course. 1) When you select an airport and want to, for example, select the "ATC" tab, it takes two motions: swipe up to expand the popup and then tap "ATC." I think this could be simplified to one tap by automatically expanding the airport popup whenever ARR, DEP, or ATC is selected. 2) I think it would be cool to have some graphical icons representing what positions are staffed at a given airport. Like, a simple letter D for DEL, G for GND, T for TWR, and so on. Maybe this could appear next to the airport "pin" icon on the map or next to the title or something on the popup window. I could see this maybe causing a cluttered look, but just a thought. 3) This is not really a minor thing and I don't know if it'd go against the intended visual style of the app, but I think it'd be nice to have a few variations of airplane icons for different types of aircraft. Right now everything has a generic airliner shape - perhaps there could be a generic Cessna-type icon, a helicopter icon, a fighter jet icon, and an airliner icon or something along those lines. Sort of like how Flightradar24 does it. Thanks for writing this app. I don't take offense if none of these suggestions come to fruition, but I just wanted to offer my opinion!

Keirtt

Rating: 5/5

This is an excellent app and something I use daily for simming. One thing I would like to see is the ability to filter by aircraft type. Sometimes I enjoy seeing which aircraft are in the sky and would love to see this as a feature released in a later version.

KSEEaviation

Rating: 4/5

This is the best VATSIM server explorer for iOS. It is extremely helpful both as a pilot and a controller since the app parses every bit of data possible, such as online time, ATIS message, voice servers, etc. For 5 stars, add an automatic refresh feature. It gets confusing when you forget to refresh the data. Once a minute would be awesome. Another idea that would be great to have is a friends feature, where you can create a list of IDs as “friends”, and they are specifically highlighted on the map or list so you can follow people you know.