NightCap Camera

58 of 100 · reviews
4.4of 5 · store
2,924ratings on the App Store
497reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

This is a deep manual camera-control tool for shooting stars, the ISS, star trails and timelapses, and people who master the tutorials genuinely like it, with no equivalent on other platforms. But it has gone long without updates and lags and freezes badly on newer iPhone 16 and 17 Pro, and the Moon comes out grainy and blurry even following its own guide. Some got better aurora shots on the plain camera app.

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What people use it for

A beginning astrophotographer willing to work through the tutorials for night shots without expensive gear

What reviews praise

Deep manual camera control like real photography, ISS, star-trail and timelapse modes, a cheap way into astrophotography without expensive gear, no equivalent on other platforms

What reviews complain about

Lags and freezes badly on iPhone 16 and 17 Pro, long without updates, the Moon comes out grainy and blurry even by the tutorial, no Bluetooth shutter, steep learning curve

Mentioned for these jobs

Figure out whether the sky will be clear tonight at a specific spot, so they can decide whether to set up the telescope and camera or not waste the nightAstrophotographers and night planners