Astronomy Picture of the Day Reviews

Many good features, but the interface is flawed and the ads have gotten worse!

AstroPaul

Another APOD app undermined by developer greed! It was bad enough when the ads were confined to the info screen, now they span the display! We come to look at beautiful space images and learn about the science behind them--not to be bombarded with ads! Do we really want to see a banner ad about dandruff shampoo for men?!! So much for the other worldly experience! What made this especially troubling was that the app was a NASA service and had the NASA logo on it--our publicly-funded projects and government efforts should not be open for advertising dollars! Now, it's become fully private, but the ads have become more of a nuisance. Happy to donate to NASA or the app developers, but lose the ads! A NEW PROBLEM: THE INTERFACE They have changed the swiping action--you now have to swipe to the LEFT to go back a day which is backwards from how it used to work and how most other apps work. Very bad, and counter to the general GUI for iOS apps. OTHER ISSUES Could use a thumbnails view spanning weeks. Could use a single button save photos to the camera roll. Could use a full screen mode, so the image takes over the entire display. OLD: Now that the app uses the NASA logo for its icon, it means it looks exactly the same as other NASA apps--which is visually confusing. IN THE PLUS COLUMN It has a spiffy gallery feature that shows the photos for many days. It's a quick way to find appealing photos. It also has two key features that make it better than the other leading astro pic of the day app, TwilitSky. It can save the photos to the I-device Camera Roll and doesn't have the fractured glass image that appears repeatedly in TwilitSky. As a result, it's still the apod app I use most often! It's also a universal app meaning it works well on the iPad, too, providing great views there.

Ad Tease & Quirky Thumbnails

Ol_Vinyl

Nothing's for free. Dev's want me to "upgrade" in order to skip ads, & visit their site for low-rez videos. What's really odd though, is scrolling through thumbnail view has some images overlapping others, seemingly at random. Either poorly written, or maybe conflict with iOS 9.3.1 on an iPad. Other photo / video galleries don't seem to have that problem. ---- Quick Edit: why not just get NASA & JPL apps? Much better from the source!

Great daily app! Could use an update :)

HipsterLyss

Hello. I love this apod app. I use this app daily. I would like if it was compatible with Pinterest! The photos and the information is so fascinating, I want to share it with others. Besides the compatibility part, the app is awesome. If you love space, download this app. New photos each day :)

Usually great pics,

AmlynH

However it drives me nuts that so many now do not show/direct you to the website. I want pics on the app, which is why I have it.

Wonderful

Merryjman

APOD is one of the greatest websites on the internet. I have learned so much from it and the pictures are beautiful and unique. To have it in app form - and for free - is great. Thank you to the admins and developers for the site and app.

Amazing view of the Universe

vpfcinci

This is one of the most amazing apps I have ever used. It's one of the very firsts apps I look at when I awaken in the morning. You will absolutely love it.

Pics not available

Pilotom

For the last few days instead of the APOD I get a message to go to the APOD website to see the pic. What's the purpose of having the app if you keep having to go to the website? Disappointed.

Great service, great app

Aesirus

APOD has been delivering beautiful photos and knowledge to me for years now, and the app makes it easy to scroll through them, save them, or download them. The widget is a nice touch too.

Love “ Astronomy Picture of the day” and thank the app

MaNeptune

I enjoy watching the pictures everyday. Now I don’t need to use my computer to enjoy the pictures, just on my phone! Great!

Not nearly as good as my old APOD app

Dogs Person

I got this app because a previous APOD app wasn’t updated and would not run with iOS 11. Sorry to say, it’s not half as good as the old app. It takes longer to load pictures, and more often than not, especially if the APOD is a video, it says it cannot load and gives a link to the official APOD website, which does not work. This app is hardly worth the trouble.

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