Seestar
authentic ratingThe app runs the Seestar smart telescope and gets praised for making quality shots easy for any beginner, an intuitive interface, and an alpaca driver for advanced users to connect other software. What breaks it is the forced firmware update in the middle of an observing session in the cold, it eats time and battery and cannot be postponed. There are also in-app ads to buy a Seestar shown to Seestar owners, and the version 3 update that broke tracking, frame stacking and WiFi.
Reviews are full of concrete use: shooting Mercury from a balcony, photometry of variable stars and AGN, three S50 and S30 telescopes in three locations, the alpaca driver. The gap of 4.16 versus 3.16 is explained by real anger at forced firmware updates in the field, not by templated five star reviews.
What users love
- Quality shots right out of the box for a beginner
- Very simple and intuitive interface
- Running several S50 and S30 telescopes at once
- Alpaca driver for advanced users
- Easy to learn
What users hate
- Forced firmware update in the middle of observing that eats time and battery and cannot be postponed
- In-app ads to buy a Seestar shown to Seestar owners
- Version 3 broke tracking
- Frame stacking and WiFi
- No way to enter RA and Dec coordinates to go to an object
- No landscape orientation on iPad
Who it is for
Seestar smart telescope owners, astrophotography beginners, and anyone who wants simple sky imaging without manual setup
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