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Everything on this page is built for versions after GP Passes 1.0, and none of it is in 1.0.^A-70 Until a version is released, what it holds can still change. For what 1.0 does, see Features.

Planned for 1.1

Not released

Tonight. A card at the top of the next passes, with tonight's passes that can be seen, the soonest first. The night is the sky's own: from when the sun is more than 6° below the horizon until it comes back.^A-71
The clear-sky check. For a pass that can be seen, the forecast cloud cover in a word: Likely clear, Partly cloudy or Cloudy, from Apple Weather.^A-72 It's off until you turn it on in Settings. While it's on, your location, rounded to about 10 km, is sent to Apple Weather for the forecast. Off, nothing is sent.^A-72
Smart alerts. A switch beside the alerts for every pass, Only passes I can see. Alerts then come only for passes that can be seen and, with the clear-sky check on and where the forecast reaches, only those likely clear. ^A-73 With both switches on, the app asks for the cloud cover again in the background, at most once an hour, for the same rounded place, to plan the alerts again. Element sets are still downloaded only when you tap.^A-74
Siri and Shortcuts. Ask for a starred satellite's next pass, or for tonight's passes. The answer is worked out on your phone, and nothing is fetched.^A-75
The next pass on the Lock Screen. The widget in the Lock Screen's three sizes, and the small one in StandBy. ^A-76
Share a pass as a picture. The pass's sky plot over the same lines as the shared text, with no place in it. ^A-77
What was that light? Say where in the sky you saw a light and about when, and see the satellites that were near there then, in sunlight against a dark sky, the nearest first. How bright each one looked isn't worked out.^A-78

Planned for 1.2: Point me there

Not released

Point me there. An arrow that tells you which way to turn and tilt your phone, to where a pass rises or to where the satellite is now, with taps that quicken as you get close. It's worked out on your phone from the element set and the phone's motion sensors, and nothing is sent.^A-79
By ear. With VoiceOver on, where to point is said once, then which way to turn and tilt as the phone moves. ^A-80
With the camera. The pass's path and a ring where to look, drawn over the camera's picture. The picture is only shown: no frame reaches the app, and nothing is recorded, saved or sent.^A-81
Sweep the horizon. Set your horizon mask by facing each of the eight directions in turn and aiming at the top of what stands there. The camera's picture is optional, and only the eight heights are kept.^A-82

Planned for 1.3: More sky

Not released

More groups. Choose a group when you tap Download: Space stations, Brightest, Amateur radio, Weather, CubeSats or Starlink. Each is asked for only on your tap, and at most once in two hours, each group on its own.^A-83
Event cards on the Sky tab. A Starlink train, when ten or more satellites of one launch are still flying close together, and craft at the ISS or Tiangong. They're worked out on your phone from the files it already holds, never fetched, and each card says which file its facts come from.^A-84
The observation log. Mark a pass as seen and add a note, then look back night by night from the Sky tab, with how many passes you've seen and the nights in a row. It's kept on your iPhone and sent nowhere, and you can delete one sighting or the whole log.^A-85

The privacy policy describes GP Passes 1.0.

Sources

A-70 1.1, 1.2 ("Point me there") and 1.3 ("More sky") are built after 1.0 and merged into the app's main branch, not released; none of their features is in 1.0 (on 2026-11-10, 1.0 was in Apple's review). Source: Passes: PR #42 "GP Passes 1.1", #43 "GP Passes 1.2: Point me there", #44 "1.3, More sky" (merged 2026-11-09 and 2026-11-10; each body: "Nothing ships from this: 1.0 is in Apple's review"); Passes.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj at ca62db3: MARKETING_VERSION = 1.0 in all six configurations.
A-71 1.1, Tonight: a card at the head of the next passes with tonight's passes that can be seen, the soonest first; the night runs from the sun going more than 6° below the horizon to its coming back above that. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): Modules/Sources/PassesCore/Tonight.swift:3-7; commit 23c544a.
A-72 1.1, the clear-sky check: for a pass that can be seen, the forecast cloud cover in a word (Likely clear, Partly cloudy, Cloudy), from Apple Weather; off until turned on in Settings; while on, the location rounded to about 10 km is sent to Apple Weather; off, nothing is sent. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesCore/Clouds.swift:31-38, :57-58 (the switch and its note, app text); PassesCore/ObserverLocation.swift:391-392 (off unless set); Modules/Tests/PassesCoreTests/CloudsTests.swift:81; commit 6f8d0d7.
A-73 1.1, smart alerts: "Only passes I can see", a switch beside the alerts for every pass; alerts come only for passes that can be seen and, with the clear-sky check on and where the forecast reaches, only those likely clear. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesCore/PassAlerts.swift:152-157 (app text); commit ad12927.
A-74 1.1: with the clear-sky check and smart alerts both on, the cloud cover is asked for again in the background, at most once an hour, for the same rounded place, to plan the alerts again; element sets stay on the tap. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesUI/BackgroundClouds.swift:7-19; README.md:9-11; commit 926906f.
A-75 1.1, Siri and Shortcuts: a starred satellite's next pass, and tonight's passes, worked out on the phone; nothing is fetched. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): Passes/Intents.swift:65-76 (the phrases); PassesCore/Answers.swift:3-5; commit 4266c33.
A-76 1.1: the next-pass widget on the Lock Screen in its three accessory sizes (inline, circular, rectangular), and the small one in StandBy. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesWidgetsUI/NextPassWidget.swift:60-62; commit f65fd1e.
A-77 1.1: Share this pass also as a picture: the pass's sky plot over the same lines as the shared text, holding no place. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesUI/PassCardPicture.swift:5-6; commit 850a172.
A-78 1.1, What was that light?: from where in the sky a light was seen and about when, the satellites of every file the app holds that were near there then, above the horizon, in sunlight against a dark sky, the nearest first; how bright one looked is not worked out. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesCore/ThatLight.swift:4-10; PassesUI/ThatLightScreen.swift:6; commit 6b7da99.
A-79 1.2, Point me there: which way to turn and tilt the phone to where a pass rises or the satellite is, as an arrow and taps that quicken as it comes near; worked out on the phone from the element set and the phone's motion sensors; nothing is sent. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesCore/Pointing.swift:4-8; commit 1f7e416.
A-80 1.2: with VoiceOver on, where to point is said once, then the way to turn and tilt as the phone moves. Source: Passes: commit c22501d; Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesCore/PointingVoice.swift:55.
A-81 1.2: Point me there with the camera: the pass's path and a ring where to look drawn over the camera's picture, or an arrow at the edge; the camera's picture is shown and nothing more: no frame reaches the app, nothing is recorded, saved or sent. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesUI/CameraPreview.swift:8-11; PassesUI/SkyOverlay.swift; commit a418dfe.
A-82 1.2, Sweep the horizon: the horizon mask set by facing each of the eight directions and aiming at the top of what stands there; the camera's picture is optional; nothing is kept but the eight heights. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesCore/HorizonSweep.swift:3-5, :76; commit 2e5307e.
A-83 1.3, more groups: Space stations, Brightest, Amateur radio, Weather, CubeSats and Starlink, chosen when Download is tapped; each asked for only on that tap, at most once in two hours, each group counted apart. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesCore/Download.swift:10-12, :30-36, :56-63; commit a52947c; PR #44.
A-84 1.3, event cards on the Sky tab: a Starlink train (ten or more satellites of one launch still flying close together) and craft at the ISS or Tiangong; worked out on the phone from the files it holds, never fetched; every card says which file its facts come from. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesCore/EventCards.swift:4-13, :18-32; commit 2795c7d.
A-85 1.3, the observation log: a pass marked as seen, with a note, kept on the iPhone and sent nowhere, listed by night from the Sky tab with how many passes were seen and the nights in a row; one sighting or the whole log can be deleted. Source: Passes main ca62db3 (2026-11-10): PassesCore/ObservationLog.swift:3, :114-119 (app text), :164-170, :174, :210-213; commit e6521d5.