SkyORB 2021 Astronomy in AR
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Free | Stephane Denis | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
SkyORB features many functions as a 3D real-time representation of the planets position around the sun, the ability to hold your device and point toward a visible star and planet and reveal the name by tracking the GPS position, compass orientation, the elevation from the gyroscope or with ARKi.
SkyORB is free to download and you can upgrade to the premium version directly from the application to enjoy even more features, as notifications and on-the-cloud backup.
What you will get with SkyORB (Lite version):
• Fast (multi-core optimized) and lightweight (<100MB), full featured astronomy app.
• a 3D real-time planetarium with photo-realistic rendering,
• a Zoom all the way in to the solar system, or zoom all the way out to the rest of the Milky Way in 3D.
• a 3D real-time sky rendering, with tracking from compass and gyroscope, Augmented reality with ARKit support.
• Comets and satellites positions, with update from the Web for latest entries, including near earth asteroids.
• Weather forecast from current location,
• Personalized ephemeris including next 60 days astronomy events, including peak day of meteors showers, date of planets elongation and opposition.
• Display day/night terminator on a world map,
• Powerful universal search engine: type few letter and find a matching nebula, constellation, place, planets, space probes (Pioneer and Voyager) and more.
• Moon phases with dates, including rise and set times,
• Ability to simulate the sky from any place in the world and even from other planet like Mars
• Be alerted when a phenomenon (planet at its brightest, full/new moon, eclipse) is occurring with local notifications. Also receive enhanced push notifications of astronomy news released in the press.
Upgrade to SkyORB Premium (one-time purchase or 12-month membership) and unlock access to a host of additional features that will extend and improve your use of SkyORB as:
• Ad-free version
• Full screen in planetarium view, including more view unlocked
• Display more information on moon phases, ephemeris.
• More views unlocked, including ability to hide user interface in planetarium and local view modes,
• More complete search engine,
• Easily recover your premium upgrade to all your devices connected to your account, thanks to the iOS cloud storage.
• And many more features unlocked !
• Apple Watch (watchOS 2) with vocal search engine, digital crown, equation of time complication, and stand alone from the phone.
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PLEASE NOTE that your 12-months Premium Membership will automatically renew for the same duration and price as the one originally chosen.
You can update your membership or switch off the automatic renewal 24 hours before the next subscription payment by signing in to your iTunes account (AppStore / page bottom Sign In / View ID) and go to the "Manage Subscriptions" section. No cancellation is possible during the running subscription period. See privacy policy link at https://www.realtech-vr.com/support/privacy?SKU=2. Premium membership requires internet connection.
Reviews
Whoops! With iOS 13.1.3 App Is A Black Screen
ActionAppGuy
I received a news banner on my home screen and ‘slid’ it to open SkyOrb. Only a completely black/blank screen appeared. Clicks everywhere were pointless as the app was unresponsive. No (viewable) news is NOT good news! Previously this has been a 5 STAR app! Please fix the 13.1.3 bug. (I have a 10 Xs Max iPhone.) Thanks!
Ripoff
Kevin_in_cs
Ads come back every time I open the app, even though I paid to remove them. This is crap. Uninstalled in spite of having my purchase price stolen.
Great outdoors companion
surrealiPod
Excellent app... Great graphics and very useful when outdoors and trying to identify constellations... You don't always have your charts, but you always have your phone with app! Stephen Landry
Save your time and energy--skip this one!
AstroPaul
I usually keep *all* astro-related apps on my i-devices. But not this one! The "free" version includes banner ads across the bottom AND is crippled by many missing features. The interface is confusing and cluttered. Rows of icons appear, disappear, and an odd message about "drag this cursor" shows up, but doesn't seem to work. This is my second time trying this app. The first time I deleted it because they placed an always-on clock in the upper left that displayed seconds and hence was perpetually in motion. It was visually distracting. They've dropped that, but still leave a clock in space-- and a Facebook icon on the screen, too! In addition, the display and interface are poor. The banner adverts for games across the Bolton is tawdry. The top portion of the screen is blocked by a set of icons--while it might be convenient to have *some* of them available--they need to be at the bottom of the screen!! Otherwise, the app completely destroys the illusion of looking out at the night sky. Some icons are obscure and many are simple toggles. The orrery does NOT work intuitively; other apps handle this much better. In short, I gave up again! Your time--and energy-- to say nothing of $ -- would be better spent elsewhere on richer, fuller apps. Try some if the free or inexpensive light versions of such apps as Distant Suns, Sky Safari, Starmap, etc. Note: they wisely offer tiered versions, without adverts cluttering up the night sky! You'll find excellent orreries, too!
CNC
Cosmic Nerve Center
This app has many excellent observational tools. I find it difficult to navigate some of it's options but all in all, it is a wonderful source of information and perspective.
Don't spend money on this.
ehdonhon
I just wanted something to point at the sky and figure out what I was looking at. At one point this app could do that. Now the interface is so complicated that it is a beast to use. Plus, there is no useful documentation. Half the time, it freezes up on me when I want to use it most. Here is the other thing: I spent good money on this app. But then they got rid of the old "free" version and renamed this paid version as the free one. Then they came out with a new paid version. So even though they have my money, I now get constant nags to give them more for a piece of junk. For shame!
It needs more before I will buy
Movingwithgrace
I do like that I can point at the sky and see what is there. I have not figured out what and how to use all the features. They keep asking me to invest in the premium version to 'unlock all the features,' but I don't find the features on the free version that easy to utilize. I wish they would add some helping features so there would be on screen info about how to get the most out of it... Then I might consider upgrading for more.
