SOTA Goat App Reviews

If you are an iOS user and a Summits on The Air (SOTA) operator - you need this app!!! This is by far the best way on iOS to do all the things you need to do: post and view spots and alerts, find summit refs and information, and more! And it makes goat sounds. Just download it already! 73 de WU7H

This app has been rewritten by the developer to work with SOTAWATCH 3. In addition, some nice new features have been added such as customizable push notifications and a Summit Tracker that reports straight line distance to the summit. I highly recommend this program. Thanks, Rockwell!

Good show Rockwell! A fine update to a super App. Easy to use. Gives great info. Thanks. K7VK

This is my GO TO app for Summits On The Air. Great features for doing SOTA activations.

Essential tool.

Really nice but still has a problem I and others experience where sometimes you have to log out and back in again

From Setting Alerts to letting you know when you’re in the Activation Zone - the developer must be a GOAT to have nailed all the needs of a SOTA activator. I use this app from planning to activating every SOTA mission. W6BFT

I use the app to determine when I'm in the Activation zone and I take a screenshot. Sometimes on a peak I forget it's designator; I consult the app. The peak compass and the remaining distance read outs help me avoid false summits. These features work when you're out of cell phone data coverage, because of the downloaded database. Well worth the price. Thank you!

Spots have stopped appearing on my Lock Screen.

…with 2 small additions: 1) Adding the ability to filter the list of spots and alerts, for instance by region or band. 2) When a user clicks on a spot or alert, including a map of the summit’s location on the spot or alert detail page, instead making the user click More Information, bouncing him or her to the summit’s SOTA profile, and making them click again to choose a map source.

I am not complaining here, just sharing. On 9/25/2021 using version 1.6.3 on iOS 15, I tried to create a New Alert, filled in the information, and clicked save. I then got a screen full of error messages.

This app is a fantastic SOTA tool. If it had the ability to filter alerts/spots by association and/or other data points it would be 5 star perfect.

Love the app and use it for every SOTA. Two complaints: 1. The band selector scroll wheel on the Spots screen is terrible on my iPhone 12. I can't see what band is selected because the lower window covers up the scroll wheel. I have to use SOTA Watch to spot as a workaround. 2. I wish I could filter alerts and spots. I'm only FM for now, so the long list of foreign and HF alerts and spots is just clutter for me. Awesome app. Keep the updates coming! 73