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Starmap

Starmap at Mac App Store analyse

Fredd
Reference Education
9,328 ratings · Power index: 1714
Free Mac App Store Follow Website
Version 5.0.1
Size 131.32 Mb
Updated 1 week ago
Released 09 Jun 2026

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Starmap is the complete reference for everyone who observes the real night sky — built by a professional astronomer, and given freely. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No tracking. Simply the most catalogue-complete star atlas ever published for iPhone. • Millions of stars, 88 constellations, and the full Messier, NGC, IC and Caldwell catalogues • Specialist catalogues no other app carries: Sharpless, van den Bergh, Lynds, Barnard, Abell clusters • Live solar physics from NOAA — sunspots, flares, X-ray flux, Kp index and aurora forecasts • 9,900 named lunar features, with their origins and etymologies • Live comets, asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects from the Minor Planet Center • Deep-sky detail enriched on demand from SIMBAD, searchable by any catalogue identifier • A true optics workflow: define your telescope and eyepieces, see real field of view, Telrad rings and reticles • A dark-adapted red night-vision mode, made for use at the eyepiece Point your phone at the sky to identify anything above you, or plan the night before you step outside. Rise, transit and set times for every object, sent straight to your calendar. A reference work, not a toy. Free, because that is what it should be.

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Monthly Downloads > 37.71k
Est. Revenue ~ $15.43k
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Version History

Latest: 5.0.1

New: - New "Tonight" section: shows which objects are best observed tonight. Fixed: - The map could sometimes freeze when returning to the app. - Corrected the Moon phase display. This release brings: • A complete visual-observer atlas — millions of stars, 88 constellations, and the full Messier, NGC, IC and Caldwell catalogues, rendered by magnitude with constellation artwork, the Milky Way, coordinate grids and an accurate horizon. • Specialist deep-sky catalogues no other consumer app ships — Sharpless, van den Bergh, Lynds Bright and Dark Nebulae, Barnard dark objects, southern dark clouds and Abell galaxy clusters. • Live solar physics from NOAA — sunspot and plage regions, daily sunspot number, F10.7 flux, GOES X-ray class, flare activity, three-day Kp forecasts and aurora maps for both hemispheres. • 9,900 lunar surface features across 16 IAU types, with name origins, etymologies and parent–child relationships. • Live solar-system objects from the Minor Planet Center — comets, asteroids, trans-Neptunian and interstellar objects, browsable by orbital family and searchable by name. • SIMBAD integration — open the detail of thousands of deep-sky objects and stars, and search by any cross-identifier (2MASS, GJ, 1RXS and more). • A real optics workflow — define telescopes, eyepieces, cameras, finders and binoculars; see true eyepiece field of view, Telrad rings, reticles and image flip for star-hopping at the eyepiece. • Three themes including a dark-adapted red mode for night vision, light-pollution and twilight simulation, selectable grids and reference lines, and adjustable sky quality. • Calendar integration — add rise, transit, set and twilight times for any object straight to your calendar. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No tracking. Free, because that is what it should be. Clear skies.
Price changed to $4.99
v4.9 1 week ago

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winnerwinnerchikendinner · 16 years ago

Awesome!! really cool!! I would like to update to the pro version And I thing it would be really cool if you could just have an in app purchas for the differnce between the two so i wouldnt have to pay fir the features I already have! Thanks

Woot!

shadohh · 16 years ago

I purchased this last night and I was eager to try it. On a semi cloudy night with a bright jupiter I was able to orientate the starmap to the sky and I was able to many other planets and galaxies! I wish I had a 3g phone for the GPS function. I wish apple would provide a gps module for the older phone. I suggest maybe a compass to use this program best if you cannot find anything to orientate the map to. The panning works well. The map is a little laggy when you move with your finger but I am sure this will be fixed soon. I have had a telescope for about a year now and this is one of the best tools I have found so far.

Perfect app!

Mxracer375 · 15 years ago

Ive had my telescope for about two months and have been interested in looking up into the night sky for a while longer. This app has soooo much more to offer than many of the other apps in the app store. In fact this app reminds me of a program Id have on my MacBook. It has an incredible amount of useful features that Im still finding that make locating celestial objects easy as pie. I am looking forward to my first messier marathon and I know this app will make it much easier. One complaint about this app tho.. My neck is sore from constantly looking up =P

Still My Favorite App...

aviatr7 · 15 years ago

I was hesitant at buying Starmap because of the price, especially with other star programs out there that are less expensive. After having it and using it for almost a year, Ive got to say its still my favorite app by far. I still find myself sitting outside at night looking at the sky and using Starmap to locate stars and constellations. Its very user-friendly and although there are so many ways to personalize the settings (which is fun, too), its just as easy to download it and use the default settings. Youll never get tired of it, and neither will the friends you show it to!

Great Support

rah711 · 15 years ago

Im a novice star gazer but I wanted to write this review mainly for the quick assistance that Frederic (the developer) gave me. The app. is very easy to navigate, but as I said the help which I received was exceptional. No sooner than I sent an email for support that I received a response. He even offered to help with an issue that was totally unrelated to his app. I was having update problems and he offered his assistance. In the future I will check out any app that this gentleman is associated with.

Great fun!

Eamjar · 15 years ago

This app is so much fun and very easy to use. There is an easy to follow star map + options to identify planets, stars and constellations. A glass of wine, a starry night and this app is all you need.

Really beautiful and packed with well-explained features and settings

Steamfire · 15 years ago

This app is amazingly beautiful and now has been updated to be very fast! There are such a wealth of features only found on very very expensive desktop planetarium programs. I used to use GoSkyWatch until this one got its speed in scrolling around the sky up, and now this is by far my favorite astronomy app.