AstroShader

Name: AstroShader
Rating: 4.1 (94 reviews)
Author: AstroShader Limited

By: AstroShader Limited App

Astrophotography and night sky

Overview

Version:

1.2.4

Last updated: 2026-08-13

Ranking

#144,200 ▼ 17

Overall

Features & Capabilities

AstroShader is a pioneering astrophotography extension that lets you capture, align, and stack stars live during image capture. No transfer to a computer is required—use a stand, tripod, telescope mount, or simply rest your phone on a rock.

It provides adjustable exposure, ISO, white balance, and manual focus, plus multi-exposure stacking and 16-bit TIFF export. After capture, edit tools include stretching, background extraction, histogram curves, sharpen layers, color tweaks, and multiple save formats (HEIF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF).

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Photography Education

By:

AstroShader Limited

Rating:

4.10

(94)

Version:

1.2.4 Last updated: 2026-08-13

Version code:

889710275

Creation date:

2022-11-29

Compatible devices:

Size:

8.54MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-15

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 144,200 ▼ 17

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Developed by:

AstroShader Limited

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/astroshader/id6444631986

User Reviews

AstroShader is praised for producing striking astrophotography with an easy UI and real-time stacking previews, plus strong potential and beginner accessibility. However, it suffers from stability issues (crashes, black frames), unreliable stacking for untracked shots, camera limitations (ultra-wide not supported, limited manual controls), and triggering/save quirks that hinder reliability across devices.

Pros

Delivers stunning astrophotography results when it works.
User-friendly UI with a real-time stacked-view preview.
Rich feature set and potential for advanced processing on a phone.
Accessible to beginners with quick, impressive results.

Cons

Frequent crashes and freezes across devices and updates.
Some updates cause all-black frames or failure to capture images.
Automatic stacking struggles with untracked shots and star misalignment.
Limited camera support (ultra-wide mode not supported) and lack of manual controls (ISO, white balance).
Remote triggering and save behavior can cause vibrations or unreliable captures.

Recent reviews

Used to take T-CrB (mag 12) nova everyday, while weather permits in the past more than a year. Ever since after version update, since late June., the updated app can not produce good enough picture. Can you provide the older version such as the 1.0.38, the version just before the v1.2.0, so that I can continue to picture the T-CrB. Thank you.

by As*****, 2026-07-28

Please remove the 1000-image limit. Previous versions allowed unlimited RAW capture. I use AstroShader for deep-sky imaging and stack thousands of RAW frames in Siril. This new limit breaks my existing workflow. Please restore the previous behavior.