Sky Guide
- 72 of 100 · reviews
- 4.8of 5 · store
- 365,567ratings on the App Store
- 475reviews read
An editorial reading of the saved reviews
Sky Guide is praised for its beautiful presentation, its science-articles section, and the pleasant ambient music while you use it, and many have relied on it for years. But accuracy lets it down: people with a calibrated compass see a 30-degree azimuth shift, and after updates some familiar features and flyby alerts moved behind a monthly fee, which stung those who once bought the app outright.
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What people use it for
People who watch the sky regularly and read about space, and who care about polished presentation
What reviews praise
Beautiful sky presentation, science-articles section, soft ambient music, star, planet and satellite search with details
What reviews complain about
Compass off by tens of degrees in azimuth, some features and flyby alerts moved behind subscription, no grandfathering for old buyers, Milky Way arm gone from compass mode, missing many constellations
What users experience
1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.
It’s about 30 degrees off on the azimuth from where the planets actually are and yes, I’ve calibrated my phone’s compass so it’s not that it’s the app. I uninstalled it after five minutes. Waste of time. Definitely do NOT pay for this thing.
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