SkyView®
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $2.99 | Terminal Eleven LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Over 1.7 million downloads.
App Store Rewind 2011 -- Best Education App
“If you've ever wanted to know what you're looking at in the night sky, this app is the perfect stargazer's companion.”
– CNET
"If you’ve ever been looking for a stargazing app for your iPhone, then this [is] definitely the one to get."
– AppAdvice
“SkyView is an Augmented Reality app that lets you see just what delights the sky has to offer.”
– 148Apps Editor’s Choice
You don't need to be an astronomer to find stars or constellations in the sky, just open SkyView® and let it guide you to their location and identify them. SkyView® is a beautiful and intuitive stargazing app that uses your camera to precisely spot and identify celestial objects in sky, day or night. Find all 88 constellations as they fade in and out while you scan across the sky, locate every planet in our solar system, discover distant galaxies, and witness satellite fly-bys.
Features:
• Simple: Point your device at the sky to identify galaxies, stars, constellations, planets, and satellites (including the ISS and Hubble) passing overhead at your location.
• Sighting Events: schedule alerts for upcoming celestial events.
• Apple Watch: see what objects are visible tonight and how to spot them using your Apple Watch.
• Today Widget: brand new iOS 8 today widget lets you quickly see upcoming celestial events.
• Night Mode: Preserve your night vision with red or green night mode filters.
• Augmented Reality (AR): Use your camera to spot objects in the sky, day or night.
• Sky Paths: Follow the sky track for any object to see it’s exact location in the sky on any date and time.
• Comprehensive: Includes thousands of stars, planets, and satellites with thousands of interesting facts.
• Time Travel: Jump to the future or the past and see the sky on different dates and times.
• Social: Capture and share beautiful images with friends and family on social networks.
• Mobile: WiFi is NOT required (does not require a data signal or GPS to function). Take it camping, boating, or even flying!
What a fun way to teach yourself, your children, your students, or your friends about our wonderful universe!
Reviews
Good app
Space Cadet 99
One time, a few years ago, I was trying to track a viewing opportunity for International Space Station. This app was off by several minutes. It was corrected a few days later and has been right on the mark since then. It’s very useful & certainly worth the small price.
Disappointed
horrible76
Waste of money ! I can’t get it to identify anything in sky it’s preset with planets I can be in my office and the planets are all on the floor it’s a waste
Love this app
lets play thi
I have used other apps before but were never happy with them. This app is the best by far! All you need to do is aim it where you want and there is everything I’ve been looking for. Great graphics, lots of info and more options than I know what to do with all in the simplest form. No hunting for what you want. They have done a great job here. Had the SkyView lite and loved it but this is even better. I show it to everyone! Highly recommend this app! I couldn’t be happier! Great job guys!
Won’t stay calibrated
CAG7777
Every time I open the app it’s uncalibrated. North is south, or east, or west … by the time I recalibrate it, the satellite I wanted to identify is gone. It worked fine until iPhones got the stepometer functionality
Love your App, but I can see
Blue Collar Millennial
Hi, I love your app and I think it is an insanely useful tool. But I wanted to recommend making it accessible as an audio learning tool as well. I know that sounds crazy but if it could be listened to by blind people as they move it across the sky you could provide something to them that no one in the world is.
Great app to see where the stars and planets are.
itsyojakee
This app is great if you would like to see where the planets and stars are, day or night. It has good accuracy of the planets and has very pleasant music. I recommend this app, 10/10.
So worth it!
FarmGirlAR
I had the free version of SkyView, (it’s a separate app) and I loved it. So I decided to get this one since I couldn’t find all the constellations/stars that I wanted to. It is so worth it! There are lots more constellations, stars, satellites, etc. I would suggest getting the free one first to make sure you like it and then if you do like it and want more you could get this one.
Working well
do not comply
I’m still a beginner. The app has been very helpful. I have been impressed and satisfied with the app. Still figuring out all the features.
