Sky Live: Heavens Above Viewer

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3.5

of 5, across 443 reviews

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★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions
Not working. App worked until I pay 0.99$ for the full version and it stopped working (not even opening the app) as soon as I paid the amount!
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Wrong a lot of times. Wrong all the time for my area
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Jupiter Saturn December 21. It did. It show nothing for sky very disappointed
★★★★★slow performance and long loading times
Slow to update. Slow to update and not accurate
★★★★★search fails to find what is needed
Do Not Get! LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. This app seems to be a nice looking, peek into the current conditions at your location, I’ll give it that. The BIGGEST HINDERANCE is that there is such limited searchable locations, it basically cripples the app. If you need to travel to “X” location (possibly hours away), but want to check star gazing, weather, and visibility conditions beforehand? Better make sure you’re only going to a location available on their list. Otherwise, you’ll find you cannot search for common towns, locations, areas, or even GPS coordinates and get their relative info (at least in the US, I have not tried other countries). This has issue has been reported by other users over a year ago and still has not been fixed. This one issue alone makes it NOT WORTH IT to get this app for the .99 cents it costs for the “pro” features, heck it makes it not worth it for the free one either. But I guess, in theory, if you’ve done research on other better apps/services and then, got on-location to view magnificent night skies, this would do a good job to tell you once you got there that you’ve got “great stargazing conditions.”
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Disappointing. Not really. what I thought it would be. No realtime view of the cosmos or planets that I could find. Just some fake looking fixed wallpaper and scroll down to view graphs.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
No chart?. No star chart???
★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors
Doesn't open anymore!. IPhone X with 14.2 app doesn't work.
★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions
Cost $1 to even open/test the app.. Nope
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Upgrade. Upgraded but see no difference. Please allow me to cancel the upgrade!
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Disappointed. Thought I would easily be able to understand and do more with this App-
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
I don’t understand it.. I’m looking for an app that can tell me how to find things and what they are in the night sky, and I guess this isn’t it, or I just really don’t understand how to use it. I did pay, not even using the free version.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Ruined our night.. I relied on this app to travel 2 hours to north New Hampshire on a night it listed 85% "Great" for star gazing. I kept wondering why there were tons of large clouds in the way up. Sure enough, the clouds darkened the sky and it poured for the entire time the Milky Way was highest in the sky. Absolutely the complete opposite of reality.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Dissapointed. This is a very basic app; it should be free. There are plenty of other free apps providing more information.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Nearly every feature is locked. Absolutely pointless app. Can only locate the sun. Don’t bother.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Cities don’t search. I can’t search for cities I’m Going to in Colorado which is the whole reason I bought the app so I can plan our sky gazing adventure
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Rip Off!. Not actually Heaven’s Above. Unlike the real website on the Internet, this only shows one satellite: the ISS. Make millions of $$ by ripping off iPhone users one at a time. RIP OFF! FAKE!
★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions
Extremely limited. No indication of what the notifications DO, Just asks you if you want them. Does not display any specifics for seeing and transparency, just a one-word judgement of whether the conditions are good, fair or poor. Confusing interface, no clear way to bookmark multiple locations and no apparent way to choose a location from a map if you need to travel to observe. Just a terrible, mediocre app that hides features behind a paywall that aren't even remotely worth paying for. Download a free clear sky chart app and learn how to read it. It'll be infinitely more useful than this piece of garbage.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Meh. - not enough cities - app says viewing conditions 8%, I go outside and clear sky!
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Cannot use app without location services turned on. Useless. I am interested in locations that are not where I am. Let us CHOOSE a location of interest.
★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors
Limited Info but Crash Often. It shows limited info about viewing conditions but it crashes frequently for it does. Looks pretty but it is like an app created on the fly.
★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions
I would appreciate a refund.. I would appreciate a refund.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Uninstall. I just want to uninstall this app. Long-press won’t work on this app for the typical iPhone uninstall. Disappointed. (Miss Google-Sky.(
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Nice try. At first I thought this app would work great but there’s to many inaccuracies like giving viewing details of the ISS during daylight hours! ( oops) also it doesn’t update! says star viewing is at 80% clear when it’s total cloud cover! Enough said ! I deleted it!
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Disappointing. I thought I’d be able to hold my iPad to the sky and this app would identify the stars and planets. Not. It’s useless for me. Very disappointed.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Total waste of money. Thought this app would really assist in my stargazing nights.....it is a BUST!!!! EVERYTHING.....I MEAN EVERYTHING this app says it can do can be found in other apps that provide so much more information. Totally disappointed in it and find NO redeeming qualities for use. Don’t bother with this one....there are plenty more that are much better.....all I can think is the high rated reviews are from the developers.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Not iPad optimized.. Installed on my iPad Mini 5 and it has that 1x / 2x option for scaling, meaning it’s not optimized for the iPad...
★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors
Broken, maybe a scam. App wouldn’t let me input any location other than my current one without buying $1 IAP. Trying to buy the $1 IAP led to a very sketchy site that asked for my Apple ID password. No thanks.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
Not Impressed. Found the interface lacking information I wanted. Colander events was extremely difficult to set, never did figure it out. Weather information better in free app. Lunar information better in free app. Basically, you pay a dollar to find you you need to buy another app to get the most out of this one. Interface was awful.
★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific
SkyView. Could be better