The Sky Pro by Redshift

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1. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Off by 20°. Cannot fix.. It doesn’t navigate properly. I can point my iPhone towards the moon stars or planets. It’s always about 20° off. I’ve tried to calibrate the compass. With these large errors, the app is useless.

2. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   move the rocket button. it is in the same space as apple's stupid three dots at the top center of the screen. apple will never move its three dots multiscreen buttons, so sky needs to move its button. the rocket mode can not be access now.

3. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Lost the most important element. Very very disappointed to discover that with the new version you can only go back to 1600 AD. This makes the tool totally useless for the work that I do. Total disappointment when I purchased this based on their advertisement that states "You can simulate the universe from 1000BC up to the year 2500 AD". If you plan to use the time option... Look elsewhere because this doesn't do as advertised.

4. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Very angry.. There seems to be 2 versions of this app. I decided to go for the so called “free trial”. The free trial cost £8.99 and is taken out of your account straight away. It appears by going for the trial version you are diverted to actually buying the paid for one. Then you are informed in six days they will take a further £13.49 out of your account. I have managed to [hopefully] cancel the £13.49 subscription. Note to apple. Why is there no zero star as one star implies a minimum 20% rating for a product?

5. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   No distances. Your new app doesn’t show distances to celestial objects like the old app or at least I can’t find them. Why not?

6. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   A True Contender. Update 01/11/2022: So after about a year of the subscription fee I'm disappointed to say there's been nothing added since my original review. It makes me wonder what exactly I'm paying for. It seems like they just want to resell me the app over and over again without giving me anything in return. I understand that apps require upkeep and without it they quickly become abandoned, which in turn means they inevitable quit working as they fall further and further behind. On the other hand I want more than just maintenance updates if I'm gonna be paying a hefty annual subscription fee. I guess time will tell but I doubt I'll be subscribed for much longer if no further content is ever offered. It's a shame too because I really want to support science apps but I also want to feel I'm getting my money's worth. This is a great app but there's always room to grow. Do the devs agree? When the devs first released this new version of their astronomy software, Redshift, I was excited. I've spent countless hours with their old version exploring and reading everything it had to offer. I quickly preordered the new version and waited for it to be released while wondering what new treasures were in store. Then after it was finally released came the disappointment. While the new Redshift looked more polished there seemed to be very little in terms of new content and what seemed even worse to me at the time was that now it came with a subscription fee. I was tempted to rush to the app store to write a scathing review but I decided to wait to see if anything new might still be coming. Ultimately, it was the right move. Adding the ability to explore different galaxies like you would for objects inside the Milky Way is a fantastic new addition that really expands the feeling of depth to this model universe. I do wish you had more range to view the universe on the grandest scale but you are only able to zoom out 100kpc away from any galaxy. I would like to be able to rotate the universe from a greater distance and then zoom down into a random galaxy. While I don't expect to be able to see objects in the far away galaxies it would be cool if eventually they added certain objects that we can observe in the nearby galaxies such as the LMC, SMC and Andromeda. Hopefully, that's why they have subscription fee now, to have ability to keep adding content. I can't wait to see what develops but for now it's a solid 4 stars with potential to be a perfect 5. Thanks to the devs on their awesome astronomy app!

7. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   A nice new version. They’ve given the old app a very nice fresh and welcome lick of paint. What I really didn’t like about the last version was that after spending a lot of time customising it to my liking, it would sporadically return all the settings to default which put me off using the app completely in the end. I’m happy to see this issue doesn’t occur in this new version (so far). I like this version enough to consider upgrading to ultimate, but I would like more details about what i’m actually going to get for my money, the website seems to be a bit vague about this. I’m a casual astronomer, I don’t have a telescope which is software compatible and it appears that this is the main benefit of upgrading. Edit: Just seen that a free trial of Ultimate is now being offered, so this has answered my question. However, after accepting the offer i’ve opened the app and there are no noticeable additions, in fact I can’t see any at all ?! Edit: The free trial expired before the fix and I didn’t even get a chance to try the Ultimate version. Email was sent to the developer and I received no reply. I want to see what I’m getting before I upgrade but I cannot use the free trial again. Disappointed! Response to developer comment: I have sent an email stating just that, and I’ve sent a private message on the Facebook group and I haven’t had a reply to either.

8. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

   Do not reinstall. If you have installed the ultimate version, you will lose telescope control and extended time frames to just 1600AD upon re-installation.

9. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

   A worthy upgrade. Love this app and a great fresh new look to Redshift. Only one question developer’s- why are there no rings visible for Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune?

10. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Where is the comet?. Upgraded to the new version to follow the development of Comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas....... predicted to be the most impressive comet for some time. So where is it? The old version allowed me to download ‘observable comets’ and Y4 Atlas was there. The new version downloads ‘historical comets’ but Y4 Atlas is NOT there. So the new version is great if I want to review the historical sky but NOT if I want to view the current top comet? Great...... go back to using the old version and kiss my money goodbye 😡 UPDATE..... Very quick response to my comment and YES, Comet Y4 Atlas has been added to the comet download file. Having now spent some time playing with the new version it does look great and seems smoother than the old version hence my revised star rating. Still not sure if current observable comets will be supported..... seems a bit strange to just concentrate on historical ones? The spacecraft section seems to have disappeared as well..... discovered this when I wanted to check the path of tonight’s ISS pass. Maybe it’s in the extended version?

11. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Not quite ready. I’ve just bought Redshift Sky Ultimate. It says in the help manual that I can get conjunctions and meteor shower information. The app only has eclipse information. But they say they’re fixing it. Otherwise it looks fine.

12. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Good. Too much reliance on Constellations

13. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Its as a telescopic build into your Device!. Im impressed so many features im still learning how to find features

14. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    CD43. A truly beautiful app. Highly recommend it for all who love astronomy.

15. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Stellar. Fun to use and learn more!👍

16. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    The Good & Bad. This is my favorite astronomy app, I’v been using it for years now and I just love how in depth you can go when you travel to near by stars and galaxy it’s incredible to me that they have mapped this much space and actually have been able to calculate every star and galaxy to real live time, you can even travel in the future like I think 100 years ? Maybe more then that, I’v used this app many times to check out a reported close encounters with certain meteorites that were reported by nasa or main stream media outlets and it’s fun to see how they project it’s trajectory. I’m not even an astronomer I just love to learn about space. I don’t like though that you guys keep upgrading all the versions cause I’v purchased the $50 one and the older $20 app and to be honest im not too excited if you guys are switching to subscription instead that would bum me out and lose me as a customer maybe if it’s a $1.99 a month idk. Still, Love this product love the app definitely 5 Star rating and incredible work mapping and documenting everything you have been able to discover or help discover 👍🏼!

17. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Usually fabulous. Since last update however none of the information is accurate. Keeps telling me that the sun rises at 12 noon and there is no setpoint. Keep saying the moon is 98% full and rising although we are waning and just before half. When I hit reset to current location everything goes black except for the orbits. Best of all, when I hit follow the sky, I get a pop-up telling me that follow the sky only works when I am on earth. 😦 Update. I got in touch with the developer and they told me to delete it and reinstall. Ever since then it has worked out fabulously. Exactly what I remember it to be and more.

18. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Still the Same!. Great app... wish it wasn’t so expensive.... but I had RedSky when I had it on my “computer” loaded by “floppy disk.” This updated version that allows real-time sky following on a mobile phone is excellent. I really recommend that educators use this app.

19. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Worth it’s cost.. If all apps were this good I would buy more apps. Clean UI. Friendly to beginners. The devs obviously care. It is my hope that if you are on the fence, I can nudge you into supporting good apps like this one. Edit: I forgot to mention the most important part. Dr. Becky recommended this app. Edit 2: YOU GUYS! The augmented reality is fantastic. This app keeps delivering.

20. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Buy it!. Worth every penny. Love this app.

21. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    A downgrade to the original. I, too was looking forward to upgrade of a fantastic original app. What a disappointment! What’s with “famous comets” - had full comet base before - now only in subscription version, which is not even available (l bought subscription, but with problems in release, I won’t be able to try it out before “free trial period” is over. Does not sound like a keeper...)? Does not retain all my preference settings, and often crashes when I hit search icon. I understand that first releases have some problems, but they should have held off releasing this now - not ready... Revised review: problems fixed - trial run with subscription went good. I enjoyed previous version, and looks like this is another winner. Thanks to developers for responsiveness.

22. ★★★★★clear and easy workflow

    Good App. Have just updated my old Redshift App to this one and I am very pleased with it. Has some big improvements and the basic version is well worth the money. Not so sure about the subscription update and I think it should be a bit more flexible. There are only a couple of features that I would like from the subscription version but they are not worth paying the amount of money being asked to get. I feel that it would be better if we could pick and choose what we want. I only have two criticisms of the App. The first is the size of the moon. Unless you zoom right in, it appears as a bright point in the sky. When I look at the moon in real life it always appears with a face with clearly visible markings. Secondly, the 'Todays Sky' is pretty useless as it shows hardly any information. To me, it should show which planets will be visible and when, moon rise and set plus perhaps the best three or four deep sky objects. You can add the planets to your Favourites which then gives you the above information so why have ‘Today’s Sky' unless it contains more information. So, overall a good, easy to use App and well worth the money.

23. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Some improvements on original version. The only improvement I’m likely to use is the improved time forward/reverse wheel. This is far easier to control than the old one. In the old version I could select to show central & neighbouring constellation lines which I cannot do in this new version. I don’t like the delay taken for the constellation lines to appear after the user has stopped scrolling the screen. This slows down the time you can easily recognise the area of sky you are looking for. My main interest is satellite identification. The satellite data base has not improved on the last version. There are other apps out there which are capable of showing far more satellites, as an example satellite Vanguard 1, which does not show on a Redshift search even when the maximum number of objects is selected. Hoping these issues can be corrected in a future update. Thanks for sorting out the constellations in the update. Looking forward to seeing more satellites too please. Also I preferred the Telrad view finder in the old app. (+1*)

24. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Redshift Sky Pro. Blue background took a bit of getting used to. Still one of the best apps there is. Thank you again for an excellent planetarium. 5 star rating.