Moon Atlas Reviews – Page 2
5/5 rating based on 24 reviews. Read all reviews for Moon Atlas for iPhone.
Moon Atlas is paid iOS app published by Julian James
Exceeded my expectations
Cheule
I was doing some lunar observations tonight, and the little moon map in my astronomy app (pocket universe) wasn't cutting it. I remembered seeing this a few days ago in the store, but was hesitant to purchase it without any customer feedback posted yet. Boy I'm glad I did! It has every feature I was hoping for and THEN some. You can adjust the moon map to the orientation of your telescope view (inverted, mirrored, etc), it has a very nice night vision interface (something I didn't expect in a moon app, but nice to have), as well as the ability to turn on and off grids, names, etc. The moon can be rotated or locked into proper view. You can easily pinch and zoom, then double tap any prominent feature and get info like where the name came from and how large the feature is. Also the moon map itself is very high resolution. Easily higher than what my C-11 can resolve, yet not so high as to be confusing (it starts to become apparent you are zooming in too much right about when it should, if that makes sense). Seriously, if you have ever thought of buying a moon map for use with telescopic viewing, don't hesitate... get this!
Needs a little work...
Raymond23
I wish I could love this app a little more, but there is potential. You can spin the moon and zoom in on anything. Looks great but the images get blurry pretty quickly. I don't expect a google earth degree of detail of course, but a higher degree of resolution should be available. Also, the zoom and pan features are really touchy. It can be frustrating when zooming in or out as the screen will just jump and you lose what you were looking at. More information on key structures would be nice. You only get a couple of lines on The Sea of Tranquility and Appalo 17. Taping on these labels should give you a lot more info and some photos. This app have the potential to be a lot more then a virtual telescope (and a tempermental telescope at that). But, overall, it is still a wonderfull and useful app. The Mars Atlas on the other hand, is a complete mess. Crashes within 5 seconds of launch every single time. Still waiting for a reply on the e-mail I sent the developper. Very disappointing...
Meh
JazzCritic
I was hoping this would be as good as moon globe for iPhone. No even close. I wasted about 4 bucks on this. Way over priced for what it is.
Must have net connection
KC2PED
On the ipad the app crashes as soon as it sees there in no net connection.
Moon Atlas Rocks!
AshtonATL
This app is great for lunar aficionados! I love the ability to find spacecraft sites and see some facts on each one (note: the develoer needs to correct the Surveyor 3 date - it did not land on the same day as Apollo 11!). I like the night mode for use without destroying your night vision and the ability to flip the view to match that in your telescope. I rarely buy aps, but this one is worth it.
It' ok.
ampullae
Please add autofill in search box. I'd also like better resolution of images when zooming in. Also, add layers - for example, lunar landing layer that shows the sites. For now, users need to to manually enter every site individually (again, auto populate would be nice). Unless you know the site locations, that is a bit of a hassle. The layer feature would be really nice because right now if you zoom out at all you lose the site you just found. Another layer could be "impact craters" and would only show those. I give it a "3"for now. If you enhanced everything but the resolution I would give strong 4 stars. If you improved the resolution I'd give a very strong 5 stars. Right now, I wont't use this app much in its current form. Very expensive for what it is right now. Sorry I took the chance. Am using first gen iPad.
Colongitude
vajfitz
Great addition of colongitude in latest version. Important information for observing.
Excellent lunar app
South Star
The addition of colongitude makes this the first app to my knowledge to provide this important info. THANKS! I do a lot of lunar observing and find this to be a handy and useful iPhone app. I no longer feel compelled to haul out an atlas or notebook. Worth the money.
Love this app - Highly recommended
MarkMath
Moon Atlas is a handy app that does exactly what it is supposed to do - show you lunar details on a 3D Moon. I use this app on my iPhone and iPad. I love it, especially when hosting a Moon Party for friends and family. A note to the developers... one enhancement I would like to see is the ability to save screen shots as graphic files.
No Better
Thlky
This app is not any better or offer any other features that free apps for lunar observation. Disappointed. Would like a search option that would not "transport" you there, just show it on the map. Also a tap feature to identify something would be nice rather than having to zoom in to try to find a label.