SkyView®

Description

SkyView® brings stargazing to everyone. Simply point your iPhone, iPad, or iPod at the sky to identify stars, constellations, planets, satellites, and more! Over 3.2 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!

Recent Reviews

• ★★★★★SvSouthernCross

  So happy with the upgrade

  Recently bought a telescope and was looking for a free app. Lite is a great version however I was soon hooked and wanted more. For a very reasonable price, I upgraded and have been thrilled with the app. Highly recommend!!

• ★★★★★strc123

  Needs updating

  Almost every time i open this app i have to manually rotate the world so the the ai picture and the actual background match.

• ★★★★★Mtthwgnzlz

  Excellently educational and

  I’ve had this all on my phone for years and years. I am always amazed when I find myself exploring inside the app and it’s awesome to see others in awe when I’m able to identify and track a specific visible body in the sky. Very comprehensive descriptions and visual representations of the map of the sky—what is seen and not seen as you look up. Packed with features like Augmented Reality mode, nighttime lighting filters, orbit tracing, supplemental soundscapes, floating constellations, and much more. The app does not use or store any data from the user. Simply a must-have app!

• ★★★★★YukiKabuki

  Won’t calibrate to my location

  App use to work really well up until the end of last year 2025. Now it says Ursa Major is behind me when it actually right in front of me. No matter how many times I re-calibrate to my location it still show stars in the wrong place. Please fix this or else it will be another star gazing app that gets deleted from my phone and I will tell all of my star gazing buddies to delete it too. Very disappointed.

• ★★★★★One_mad_max

  The Views

  Great app, I’ve been using it for many years now.

• ★★★★★XnXnty

  Satellites.

  I used to be able to see all the satellites on this app with my old phone. I redownloaded this app and still have satellites enabled but absolutely nothing pops up. Disappointing..

• ★★★★★Sammy Chez

  Missing a telescope?

  It is a good app but the James Webb telescope is not part of the app. At least I can find the Hubble.

• ★★★★★S0zC24rush

  The best astronomy app.

  This is one of the best ways to explore space, right at your fingertips. There’s no ads! You can explore, look at stars even during the broad daylight, you can find your favorite space objects, you can read information on rocket bodies, you can view planet alignments, you can even look at constellations, and an image of something, which, is supposed to resemble the constellations of which you are looking at. I never even knew that Orion was a constellation, therefore that Betelgeuse was within the constellation of Orion. I could not have guessed that Orion was a constellation, and Betelgeuse was a star inside Orion, was even a thing. That’s why I love Skyview. This is my favorite educational app I have ever downloaded. You can learn about ANYTHING about space, and watch the sky. I am telling you, Skyview is one of the best apps ever. You can view all of your favorite stars, galaxies, nebulae, planets, constellations, even literal rockets and satellites. I love that when the camera is off, the background looks, fantastic! I love how you can learn something by every tap. Find a star, tap it, and watch how all this information pops up. The name, its precise location and where it is going, and a cool fun fact. Observe. Observe the true nature of this app. Skyview is awesome. How many times did I say this apps name?

• ★★★★★mrszal

  Literally the Best Space App

  I absolutely love this app because I personally love space and this app shows me everything. Tonight I saw two really bright stars and wanted to find out which planets they were. It turns out that it was Jupiter and Venus! I love this app because it tells you about the planets, satellites, and the stars. It even has NO ADS! That is a big win win! Definitely the best space app for any universe lover out there! #1!

• ★★★★★theoriginalwjburr

  Broken

  I don’t know why the app all of a sudden is broken. It’s stuck on north. Doing the same thing in the NASA app.