Launch Console Reviews

The sci-fi interface impedes LaunchConsole ’s primary purpose of providing simple, useful information. Launch times are given countdown-style (27 days, 16 hours and 42 minutes) instead of easily understandable date/time: why not give users the option to toggle between countdown and clock time? If the time now is 8:33am, and the launch countdown says, ‘00:00:0037’, why does the user have to mentally translate the countdown into a launch time of 9:10?
Also, there’s no way to transfer a countdown value of “15:22:0019” to iCalendar to set a reminder alarm. If LaunchConsole provides its own reminder alarms, it’s not readily evident.

Frankly, a simple list display of dates, times, rocket type and payload type, would be much simpler to program, easier to understand, and consume the least iPhone memory & battery resources. I rate LaunchConsole clever and useful, but seriously handicapped by the fact that the authors spent a lot of time inventing a confusing, science fiction-like interface at the expense of adding helpful features.

This WAS my “go-to” app for launches when it first came out. It was the most reliable source of information among all the websites covering the launches at Cape Canaveral, FL. As I live five miles away from the space center, am a photographer and a rocket enthusiast, I need reliable and useful information. LaunchConsole’s quirky countdown page has been truncated on my display to only show days and hours (not minutes) with the time display shifted to the right, moving the minutes off the screen. Also the “Mission Details” page that used to show the upcoming type of rockets to be launched has been just a blank overlay for at least a year. Then when the screen is touched, LaunchConsole crashes. Also, approaching launch times, the video sometimes shows the general info video on one device and the launch countdown video live-feed on another! Please update LaunchConsole.

I like LaunchConsole , just wish it would have some better functionality. There is an internet website version of LaunchConsole that was around before they made this one. What I like about that one, and this is only my preference, is it shows the seconds in the countdown. LaunchConsole only shows days, hours, minutes. Whats fun about watching launches is knowing when it’s T-minus 10 seconds especially when you don’t live by the space center. I live about 50 miles away and can’t always get to the coast to watch. Second issue and this is common with all these type of apps, it that the countdown is always off by about 10-15 seconds. Used it for multiple launches and as the countdown on LaunchConsole approaches 12, 11, 10, 9. Etc. there is the rocket already in the sky heading to orbit! Contacted developers repeatedly, but like all of you here writing reviews, all go unanswered and no fixes ever.

A lot of effort on special effects and not as much on functional usefulness. First of all mission details is void of most details, which launch site (fl, tx, ca, ak)? What about the trajectory? It would be nice to know if the first stage is planned to land for reuse.

The count down is nice but how about putting the scheduled launch time, maybe add it to the anemic mission details.

It would be nice to set a pin icalendar reminder, or does this actually do notifications? If so, I would like to select which ones I want to be reminded about. I wouldn’t want a 2 am wake notification if I am in need of sleep for work.

There needs to be a way to stifle the music and sound effects, maybe I want to check for launches when on a call or zoom meeting and don’t want others to know.

If you scroll down LaunchConsole makes weird sound effects and isn’t able to get the screen to return to the main view, it requires the apps to be hard closed and restarted.

This is almost a great app.

This started off as a great idea. Living in Florida and in range of launches it was very useful to know when to go outside and where to look.

In the past few months it has become broken and ineffective. The latest thing to fail is the countdown clock. It stopped working two weeks ago. Before that, it stopped showing details about upcoming missions.

Seems its fuel has been used up and it’s heading toward a fiery end upon re-entry.

We like and use LaunchConsole to keep up with the space coast launches viewed from our front yard. However, having to change the countdown time to the proper local time of day is irritating and should be totally unnecessary! A few tweaks to the coding and it could easily show both timers. I would give it 5 stars if those small change were made!

LaunchConsole is nice with lots of future potential and growth. Love the idea to stream line the rocket launch schedule for the fans. Can't wait to see the live stream work. LaunchConsole would would be great if it archived the past launches and videos. Would be nice if they indicated location and launch pad under details. Also maybe make it possible to add dates to iCal and have notifications on days of launch. And eventually link global launches from other countries or space items like blue origin and Virginia Galactic. Totally keeping this on my phone and testing it out. Thanks!

PLEASE add "Local Time" of the launch to the main screen!! The "countdown" is fun, but for planning, one either has to look at what time it is and then add the days, hours and minutes to that or go to the website.

As a secondary suggestion, you might link some of those other nice main screen graphics such as "Data" to more mission specific information. You already have a beautifully created foundation, now all you need do is build on it by completing the linking to the area(s) on the screen to additional information/resources.

Really enjoying it, would like it to have a couple more features however.
1) countdwpn as lock screen. It may be worthwhile to make it possible to set the countdown timer as a phone’s lock screen. I’d appreciate it as someone who does not always remember to go to the up to check on launch status.
2) more detailed about the launch. One-paragraph descriptions is definitely not enough
3) as a long-term project it would be awesome to add info about international launches from other sites. Because not all potential users love on Florida :)

Super excited to have something like this now readily available in the palm of your hand to give the basic information on current launches and near future launches. LaunchConsole is great for locals who forget about all that goes on AND for tourists who have come to the area just to see a launch. I would suggest being able to bring up the tutorial again as there are a lot of cool features LaunchConsole offers and most people (me!) don’t always spend the time to read through all the features and guides in the first go around and so far I have been unable to pull the intro back up. I also agree with some of the other reviews that it would be nice to expand on the information for each rocket. There are so many cool fun facts it would be easy to integrate in. Thanks to whoever made LaunchConsole happen!

I like LaunchConsole but the only thing it needs is the actual estimated time of launch, you know like it’s at 10:30 pm or so. Not just a countdown. I mainly use this for a reference for when a launch is, then I go to either Spacex’s or ULA’s website to see when the launch counts down to zero. But remember there is a delay of anywhere between 5-30 seconds when watching on a device.

LaunchConsole is great for locals in FL who want quick access to launch schedules and the compass is such a perfect feature for when you aren’t sure exactly where to look. The one thing I would really like to see added is a notification and reminder feature. The schedule changes frequently and I find myself missing launches because I forget to look at the updates.

What happened to LaunchConsole? It was my favorite to watch the launches but recently, I can't watch the video of the actual launch. And the buttons are missing to navigate through LaunchConsole . I am very disappointed. I've deleted and downloaded but nothing helps.
Please help

Best app for all information about space launch🚀, I live an hour from the Kennedy Space Center and I really enjoy LaunchConsole. Give you info on when is going to launch, what kind of rocket is, a compass so you know exactly where to look and a play button so you can see and hear al the details. Thank you so much for making LaunchConsole I am enjoying it very much

Love LaunchConsole. No more searching the internet to find information on the launch time which is usually outdated and incorrect.
The only suggestion is that they add a reminder alarm maybe 15 minutes (or user adjustable) before the launch so you never miss one. Thanks to the developers for such a user friendly, reliable, awesome and free app. Im sure many more people are seeing launches because of LaunchConsole.

With everything going on in the world of space and rockets right now, it's great to have LaunchConsole! I get notified of launches before they happen, and can watch the live stream right from LaunchConsole . I live a city away, so the compass is super helpful to know which way to look for a rocket over the horizon. Plus it looks great! Developers seem to be active and working on some reliability issues, but I love having a quick tool for launches.

I love LaunchConsole and have used it for a long time now. Unfortunately for the past week now I have bot been able to use. Every time I open LaunchConsole it crashes when I try to view video, just shuts down. Also does not show the next launch or view the next rocket that is going to launch. Very big bummer. Can someone reach out and help me with this.

Thank you developers for updating LaunchConsole I’ve had a problem with LaunchConsole the main user interface at the home screen of LaunchConsole was all messed up I mean you couldn’t even tell when a rocket launch was scheduled so thanks for updating LaunchConsole the problem is so far fixed and I thank you for it I wish you and everybody the best.

Sincerely
Alex.

This is LaunchConsole I have been dreaming of since moving to space coast. I even tried to help design a version of my own but this is way better. The only improvement I can see would be push notifications. How amazing would it be to get a little message like “launch in an hour” or something to remind you? I seriously forget about them but want to watch because they’re fascinating! Anyway, amazing app! Can’t wait to see a launch with it and test it fully.

It’s free, no in app purchases, it has a compass direction indicator so you know where to look for launch, link to live video stream, universal countdown timer that works for any time zone, description of rocket and mission details, upcoming launch information months in advance. Just a solid free app and particularly great for Floridians or visitors that can view a launch.

LaunchConsole is gorgeous. Interesting. Great layout. Why 2 stars? It’s not useful! Not unless you launch the thing every morning; no, I don’t. The information is great, but it integrates with absolutely nothing. I need a push notification, or the ability to add launches to a calendar... or, we’ll, anything. As it is, you have a countdown in LaunchConsole , but you better set the alarm yourself (it’s not a timer). Also, the “Countdown” page is usually wrong, differing from the next “Upcoming Mission” page’s content significantly.

LaunchConsole is too cool. I love being able to watch live video leading up to the launch. My biggest gripe is that they don’t just list the time of the launch, only a countdown. It’s kind of a pain to look at future launches and add the countdown time to the current time to figure out what time the launch is.

LaunchConsole does one thing, and one thing very well. I seriously have been looking for an app like this for a long time and this is nearly perfect. My only request is for push notifications! Right now, I have to make a note of upcoming launches and set reminders or calendar alerts so I don’t miss launches, but push notifications eliminate all of that. Please add push notifications!

LaunchConsole is great for any space geek but the one thing missing, it does not tell you where the rocket is launching from. The launch compass points in the direction but being in AZ it pointing east, it does not specify if it's Texas or Florida.
If you go to mission detail, same issue, it does not specify launch location.