# Star Walk - Night Sky Map

> View & Explore the Universe✨ Constellations, stars, solar system planets finder.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.vitotechnology.StarWalk](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.vitotechnology.StarWalk)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.vitotechnology.StarWalk`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Vito Technology
- **Category:** EDUCATION
- **Downloads:** 1,814,064
- **Rating:** 3.60 / 5 (7,248 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-06
- **First published:** 2013-12-20
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 165 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitotechnology.StarWalk)
- **Website:** [https://vitotechnology.com](https://vitotechnology.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://vitotechnology.com/privacy-policy.html](http://vitotechnology.com/privacy-policy.html)

## Description

**Star Walk - Night Sky Map** is an interactive astronomy app designed for stargazers of all ages who want to explore and learn about the universe. It provides a real-time map of stars, constellations, planets, and satellites, allowing users to identify celestial bodies simply by pointing their device to the sky. The app includes features like a constellation star finder, AR stargazing, and a time machine to view the sky at different periods.

Ideal for teachers, students, parents, and space enthusiasts, Star Walk offers educational content including astronomy facts, Wikipedia articles, and a detailed gallery of celestial objects. It also includes a night mode for comfortable stargazing and the ability to view the sky in various radiation spectrums. Star Walk Plus subscription unlocks advanced features such as deep space objects, meteor showers, dwarf planets, and an ad-free experience. No internet connection is needed, enabling users to stargaze anywhere.

## Rankings

- #47,794 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.vitotechnology.StarWalk.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.vitotechnology.StarWalk.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`

## Review summary

User reviews are mixed: many praise the star map, exploration features, and long-running reliability, with strong positive sentiment. However, recurring issues include intrusive ads, confusing pricing/subscription practices, concerns about content accuracy and missing features, and frustrating UX/UI elements like exit difficulties and settings ad pop-ups.

### Pros

- Excellent overall experience with a reliable star map.
- Great for exploring stars and galaxies.
- Long-standing, trusted app that has served users for more than a decade.
- Positive sentiment from diverse users across languages and regions.

### Cons

- Ads are extremely intrusive and pervasive, interrupting usage and settings.
- Subscription model and pricing are confusing and user-unfriendly, including paying again to remove ads and difficulty managing subscriptions.
- Content accuracy concerns and missing features (e.g., misleading lunar occultation information; Earth view not shown).
- UX problems such as difficulty exiting the app and ad pop-ups in settings.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.vitotechnology.StarWalk)