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Night Sky app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 9488 ratings )
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Developer: iCandi Apps Ltd.
Free
Current version: 7.5.3, last update: 3 years ago
First release : 01 Nov 2011
App size: 880.43 Mb

Night Sky is a powerful AR personal planetarium.

Quickly identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites above by simply holding your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch to the Night Sky! This is all done magically. Whether you’re looking for a constellation or the International Space Station, let Night Sky direct you to it, then explore the object in AR!

FEATURE SET:

- SKY TAGS - Make Night Sky yours, by adding personal Sky Tags to the map! Pin Sky Tags to objects in the sky to save for future reference, and share them via iMessage so others can find them! Sky Tags can be categorized, and are completely personal to you. Maybe you want to tag a star as a memorial to someone, or tag something you’d like to observe later that night. You can even add Astrophotography photos and observation notes to your Sky Tags!

- CONNECTED STARGAZING (+ Feature) - Connected Stargazing is a revolutionary new feature that utilizes SharePlay in iOS 15.1, allowing you to stargaze with others when you are apart! Start a FaceTime Audio call with those who you would like to stargaze with, then create a session by adding objects for everyone to find in the sky!

- SPATIAL AUDIO OBJECT NAVIGATION - Using AirPods Pro or AirPods Max, search for an object when automatic sky tracking is on, and Night Sky will make the star, planet or constellation ‘chirp’ in the 360° soundscape, assisting you to navigate to the object with sound!

- AR SKY WINDOW - Erase the ceiling of your bedroom, lounge or classroom with AR! Night Sky intelligently detects the ceiling or other flat surface in a room, and can make it magically disappear to reveal the sky behind it!

- BILLIONS OF STARS! (+ Feature) - Space is vast, so Night Sky has been hyper charged with over 1.7 BILLION STARS streamed from the cloud! With a new super deep zoom (greater than 10X before), prepare to delve deeper into space than you ever imagined!

- NIGHT SKY WIDGET - Add the beautiful Night Sky Widget. Available in multiple sizes get relevant data to your location on satellite flyovers, conditions, and your favorite objects!

- NIGHT SKY WATCH FACE - A Watch face designed to bring all your Night Sky complications to your wrist! Share it with others directly from Night Sky!

- MAPS UI - A clean and familiar interface with Search features including Quick Find, intelligent Night Red Mode, Light Pollution indicator and easy to use menu, prepare to navigate Night Sky quicker than ever before!

- AR PLANETARY PORTALS & AR GRAND ORRERY (+ Features) - Step onto the surface of other planets by placing AR portals around your room! Or walk around the entire Solar System using the newly refreshed interactive Grand Orrery!

- NIGHT SKY WATCH AR - Night Sky magically comes to life on Apple Watch, with Glass Constellations, Red Vision, and Night Sky Live Tours - all on your wrist!

- AR OBJECT EXPLORATION - Pull Planets, Stars and Constellations out of the sky and look at them in detailed AR!

- NIGHT SKY TOURS (+ Feature): Get a live sky tour or create your own sky tours for any location and time in the world!

- MY SKY NOTIFICATIONS - Completely customize your notifications in Night Sky.

- NIGHT SKY MINDFULNESS (+ Feature) - A mindfulness stargazing experience adding mindfulness minutes with Apple HealthKit.

- AND MANY MORE FEATURES!


Optional Night Sky+ (previously named Night Sky Premium) is available for $5.99USD/month or $39.99USD/year (or equivalent currency, price by country can vary). You can subscribe and pay through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions by entering the user settings in iTunes after the purchase. Auto-renew may also be turned off from here.
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Pros and cons of Night Sky app for iPhone and iPad

Night Sky app good for

I enjoy using this app The only drawback is thats kids are stealing my iPhone in the evening
I was camping in a dark sky park last summer and sAw many constellations I did not know this app was great to help me identify them.
after a few weeks of dark screen and reading a few bad reviews lately, i did the most obvius thing ... uninstall the app and reinstalled it ..it works right away.. great interface for the app , thats why i gave it 5 stars.. but for customer support and that scope.. minus 5 for that. so a simple solution for my iphone 4 .. and wishing you guys best ever brightiest stars ( the users )
This app is so much fun, and a must for all astronomy lovers!
I enjoy using the app but I cant stand the idea of subscriptions.
Does a great job at showing you all there is to see up there, including satellites. Like other apps of its kind you have light spectrum control but you also get light pollution control space time travel and astrophotography feature. If you want to check out Apollo 11 and 15 landing sites, get up to date daily sky viewing conditions including cloud coverage and light pollution density in your area, see a list of nearby stargazing sites and moon phases along with monthly news articles, then you have the option of a monthly subscription for a dollar. These extra features that other apps dont offer are cool and you get them for free the first month to decide if you want to keep them or not. Great app!

Some bad moments

The positioning does not work... In every direction is NORTH. The app offers you up-sell like Star Infos. They are bad. Do Not Guy them.
This used to be a fun app. Now the screen is crowded with control bars that do not work, just invite you to buy the upgrade if you try to use any of the features actually advertised as part of the upgrade (most companies upgrade after initial support), so they have taken away the functionality of what we had. How about an "upgrade" back to the working version? Why buy an app from a company that takes it away?
This app asks for money so often, and traps you into purchases. It is practically useless. Im sure there are much smarter, practical and intelligent ways to identify objects in the Night Sky.
I dont understand what happened. This app was perfect to pull out, point at what I was trying to identify for the kids, and then know the answer. Now? The app is full of noise. Cloud like stuff in the sky? Constellations and constellation names instead of star names? A sky so jam packed with junk stars that are barely visible so you cant tell what is what? Absolutely ruined a great app.
Used to be good. I paid for the "upgrade" and now its worse. And also it wont stop asking me to upgrade more. The stupid thing cant even point itself in the right directions anymore. Has to be constantly re calibrated and if you touch the screen it locks up and wont track the sky anymore. Total trash.
I purchased this a while ago. And ever since theyve updated and changed the whole look of it, it doesnt work anymore. It doesnt line up properly, and Ive gone through all my settings. It seems glitchy. And definitely not as simple to use. Waste of my money.

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