# Night Sky

> Guide to Stars,Comets,Meteors

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id475772902](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id475772902)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id475772902`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** iCandi Apps Ltd.
- **Category:** Reference
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (495,561 ratings)
- **Version:** 27.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2011-11-01
- **Size:** 529 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/night-sky/id475772902)
- **Website:** [http://NightSky.com](http://nightsky.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://icandiapps.com/privacy-policy/](https://icandiapps.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**Night Sky** is an AI-powered personal planetarium for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Identify stars, planets, constellations, comets and satellites by pointing your device at the sky, then explore them with augmented reality, interactive maps and detailed space information.

With the optional Night Sky + Aura subscription, ask an AI astronomy guide questions about space, discover objects, create personalized Sky Tags, join SharePlay stargazing sessions and explore features including spatial audio navigation, AR planetary portals, an interactive solar system, Apple Watch sky tours and mindfulness experiences. The app also includes deep-sky viewing with access to more than 1.7 billion stars.

## Rankings

- #884 — Overall
- #6 — The Best AR Education Apps
- #10 — Powered by Apple Intelligence
- #16 — Essential Reference Apps
- #22 — Apps You Might’ve Missed
- #8 — planet

## Review summary

Users praise Night Sky for its educational value and ability to locate stars and planets, plus useful features for stargazing. Recurrent complaints focus on aggressive upselling and billing issues, data inaccuracies, performance crashes, and a difficult user interface. Despite strong support from long-time users and families, reliability and pricing control remain common concerns.

### Pros

- Educational tool that helps users learn constellations and planetary positions
- Helps locate celestial objects and plan stargazing by showing where things are and where to point a telescope
- Positive, long-term user base with strong overall enjoyment and willingness to recommend
- Advanced features such as iPad motion sensing and detailed sky mapping
- Family-friendly appeal; kids enjoy using the app

### Cons

- Intrusive upgrade prompts and paid add-ons that push users toward subscriptions
- Billing/trial issues including unexpected charges without notice
- Inaccurate data and misidentifications (wrong star positions/orientations, satellites data)
- Stability problems like crashes and screen freezes
- Messy navigation/UI and calibration/orientation problems

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