Moon Globe HD User Reviews
Customer Experience
~ Based on 144 written reviews from the US App Store.
What users say
Summarized from real user reviews of Moon Globe HD. Based on 149 reviews and a 4.7/5 average, it highlights the 12 positives and 12 negatives reviewers mention most about this Education app.
Positive things
- 🌙Stunning high-resolution lunar imagery
- 👍Excellent for amateur astronomers and telescope users
- 🔄Flexible viewing modes (telescope view, globe view, mirrored)
- 💡Accurate moon phase and illumination simulation
- 🎯Comprehensive crater and feature identification with labels
- 📱Works smoothly on mobile devices (iPhone/iPad)
- 🌍Shows Apollo landing sites and spacecraft locations
- ⏰Time-slider feature to see moon phases across lunar month
- 🔗Wikipedia links for detailed feature information
- 💰Excellent value for low price
- 🎨Beautiful 3D rendering and visual design
- 🧭Configurable orientation options for different telescope types
Negative things
- ⏱️No updates for 8+ years
- 🔗Dead support links and broken URLs
- 🖱️No mouse/trackpad support on Mac/iPad
- ❌Missing recent lunar missions (Chinese landers, etc.)
- 🔍Limited zoom capability compared to Google Earth
- 📏Lacks advanced data (latitude/longitude, libration, gravity maps)
- 🌓Poorly defined terminator line (should be sharp, not gradual)
- 📱iPad version not significantly better than iPhone version
- 🔤White text unreadable on bright lunar features
- 🖥️iPad version requires menu navigation for telescope view
- 🎯Search feature exits telescope view and loses orientation
- 📍Location-based features don't work properly
Is Moon Globe HD Safe?
Moon Globe HD appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Moon Globe HD is 91/100.
This assessment is based on 149 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.
Safety Analysis
~ Based on 149 App Store ratings for Moon Globe HD.
Is Moon Globe HD Legit?
Moon Globe HD appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Moon Globe HD is 85/100.
Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.
Top reviews
Great companion app for crater hopping with a decent telescope…
Macht Spaß!
This is a great app on phone and iPad, in fact the best Moon atlas for mobile. It would also be a great app for the Mac (or iPad with touchpad or mouse) if mouse support was added, or at the very least zoom and scroll buttons.
Detailed moon globe with names, and accurate moon phase. Great for identifying moon stuff when looking through a telescope.
Nice little app that does what it is meant for: It helps to identify the structures which you see in the telescope, and lets you adapt the view to the type of your telescope. Can also show you the back of the moon, but the current view of the moon is the interesting part when you own a telescope. Well worth the money.
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天文学、宇宙、NASA、JAXA、月齢に興味がある人なら絶対に後悔しない出来。無料版のHDじゃない方でも実は解像度はそれほど変わらないけど、こっちはもう少し寄れます。クオリティを考えればもっとぜんぜんぼったくっていいんだよ!有料でアップデートして欲しい。
Very pleased with the information that this app shows.
This is a superb app for moon topography and still works well although has not been updated for 8 years. Perhaps the answer is simply that it does not need updated. I would however like to know if it is now an orphan app?
Does not have the latest Lunar Landers, for example the Chinese lander. Has not been updated in 4 years. App Support links to a dead URL. All of which is a real shame, as it’s a really nice app!
Fun little app to show the moon phase and interesting details. I wish there was an option to have it open with no buttons showing (unless you tap the screen). I use it to set my daily screen wallpaper with an iOS shortcut, but the buttons keep showing. 🤷🏻♂️
Please please please please update the app. I love it but it’s getting on and at the very least needs updating for bigger screens. Topography, gravity and magnetic maps should also be added, features I’d happily pay for as in-app purchases.
As a long time amateur astronomer I think it’s just ok. An app in my pocket to identify features at the eyepiece. The terminator is poorly defined. When I select a date I want to know exactly what is in high relief on the terminator. I was also disappointed it didn’t have a little more resolution even in the HD version. It’s basic.
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This the best moon app I've found. Beautiful and well-organized.
Die App ist super einfach und klasse zur Orientierung auf dem Mond. Nie wieder verlaufen 😊
I liked the free one, purchased the more high def one. Excellent overview related to backyard visual observing. Online resources have more, like elevation, gravity, mineral maps, selection by feature type This is great for simplicity.
This is where knowledge of our Solar System begins....the Moon. Get to know our nearest neighbor w. this outstanding app.
Nutze die App am SCT, hierfür ist die Möglichkeit zur gespiegelten Darstellung perfekt zum Zuordnen und Vergleichen der Karte mit dem Teleskopbild. Sehr gut auch die Darstellung der Kraternamen, mit Möglichkeit der Anzeige weiterer Infos wie z.B. deren Größe. Mit einfachem Tippen können die Bezeichnungen an- und ausgestellt werden. Dann ist der Blick frei auf die detaillierte Mondlandschaft: Einzoomen und darüber hinweg gleiten, einfach nur traumhaft!
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Fantastic detailed map of the moon with various orientation option adds another dimension to my telescope viewing. Thank you!
One feature would be great: Being able to adjust the „darkness“ of the dark side of the moon. In reality, the transition from light to dark at the terminator is faster and steeper than here in the app.
I would like to see a grid for scale.
