Sky Live: Heavens Above Viewer

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4.6of 5 · store
14,641ratings on the App Store
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An editorial reading of the saved reviews

The app shows observing conditions and sky events for your location, and when you're at home it works great and is clear. But the main flaw is that searching other locations barely works, and that's exactly what you need to plan a trip to dark skies away from the city. On top of that it hasn't been updated in a while and the clear-sky percentage sometimes doesn't match reality.

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What people use it for

People who mostly observe from home and want the conditions and events for their own location

What reviews praise

Local and accurate observing conditions, interesting upcoming sky events, clear and intuitive view, helps beginners with a telescope

What reviews complain about

Searching other locations barely works by address or zip, only major cities, can't save your own spot, no updates in a long time, clear-sky percentage sometimes disagrees with the weather, dull grey widget look

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I really liked the way the app worked but my recent experience is it’s not very accurate. Maybe it needs some time ranges, instead of one number that covers the entire evening. But tonight, for example, we got clouded out by 8pm after Sky Live said 81% clear tonight. Maybe it will be 81% clear in a

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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