Sky Guide Reviews – Page 10
5/5 rating based on 694 reviews. Read all reviews for Sky Guide for iPhone.
Sky Guide is free iOS app published by Fifth Star Labs LLC
Superb, but some suggestions.
sus_pilot
I wish that I could have rated your product a 4.8 instead of integer 5, as there are two things I’d love to see. First, once I have searched for an object, please don’t unlock the search when I touch the screen again. Or give me the option to remain locked once I find something. It is very annoying to turn off the compass, type in something, find it, and then “lose” it when I tap the compass again. Another example is if I want to advance the clock a couple of hours to see where an object might be later. Second, I’ve been using your product as an aid in astrophotography. When aiming a 400mm lens, it’s been a lifesaver. That said, placing my iPhone flat on the back of a DSLR to aim it is OK, but it can be very awkward when something is high above the horizon (such as Andromeda as I write this). A “90 degree” viewing option would be extremely helpful so I can put my phone flat on the hot shoe of the camera or edge on to the back of it. Even a “mirror image” view, where I can put the phone across the filter ring of my lens and effectively look over my shoulder would be very helpful. All in all, a great piece of software.
Access to the sky above!!!
PBmurph
This is such a wonderful app that allows an opening up and understanding of the night world above! We have been seeming the ISS notifications but until my wife said Hey!!! What’s that and we looked up... then we saw what goes by nightly and so clear as well... this app is 5 stars (pardon the pun!!!) thank you !!!!
Fun to use
pottersink
Love the music as well as constellations. It is great to look a a star or planet in the sky and use this to see what it actually is. I have enjoyed using it.
Top apps ever
Hardcore_Since_4
This is one of the very, very few apps I have consistently and continue to routinely use since getting my first iPhone back in 2010, iPhone 4. It’s that good. I love the beautiful simplicity of it while being the most accurate of any other “star guide” app on the market. I love the explanations of each star, satellites, monthly news on what to look for in the coming weeks/months! I also REALLY appreciate the developers for not over-complicating the app with stupid subscription plans, ads and all the other grubby behavior so many once great apps have sadly adopted (and therefore ruined). Please keep it up and thank you for making such a fab app! My only wish is to see when certain lower atmosphere radio/satellites are spinning around over oceanic coastlines where lots of fishing occurs but I understand that is not exactly this apps “astronomical” intention. :D