Bullitt Satellite Messenger

Bullitt Satellite

About this app

SERVICE NOW LIVE IN CONTINENTAL USA AND ACROSS EUROPE.
Other regions to follow - see Bullitt.com for details.

Affordable satellite messaging, location sharing, and SOS, wherever you have a clear view of the sky!*
COMPATIBLE HARDWARE REQUIRED

Bullitt Satellite Messenger offers low-cost messaging over satellite. Communicate with family, friends, and co-workers, in places where it's never been possible to get a message out before. Cellular dead spots no longer mean you cannot stay in contact. When a message is important, we want you to be able to send it.

And in an emergency, you have a reliable means to raise the alarm - day or night, wherever you are*, you can reach the response center via satellite and get the help you need.

*within the service coverage area.
Note: a Bullitt Satellite Messenger account and service plan is required to send or receive messages over satellite.

Ratings and reviews

Only way to stop the app from running is to force stop. They don't offer option to change to lower cost plan and support does not reply as promised (I've emailed 3 times with the only response being, they will reply within a week). Only way for person to get and send messages once they have app is to have the app open and running. Otherwise, they never know message was sent.

Well, I had such high hopes, especially since it's the first affordable messenger plan on the market. Worst part, you can't sign into the app without an internet connection, which defeats the purpose of a satellite messenger. This is a HUGE issue! Second, took me an hour to set up, and it was frustrating. Everytime I would get near the end of the process, it would say something went wrong, and I would have to start all over. The customer service is nonexistent and uncontactable.

Tested on July 4 2023 in Portland, OR area (service is now available); it seems to work OK. I suspect this app and device experience is not as good as Garmin's offerings, but it less costly (so far/as it seems). FYIs: Sending messages requires the Bullitt for both sender and receiver. Android shows the a notification for this app's background services by default (but you can disable that in phone settings). Does not seem to have a tracking feature for now Will update as I learn more.

What's new

This update includes a number of bug fixes and stability improvements.
The public release notes are now published here: https://app.versions.bullitt.com/