# Moon Globe HD — user reviews > 149 indexed App Store user reviews of Moon Globe HD by Midnight Martian, rated 4.70/5 from 149 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moon-globe-hd/id376000038/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moon-globe-hd/id376000038.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 121 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of Moon Globe HD? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌙 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 **Cons** - ⏱️ 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 **Commonly reported bugs** - App not updated in 8 years, compatibility concerns - Support links lead to dead URLs - Location services don't work accurately - Terminator line appears fuzzy instead of sharp - iPad version lacks smooth telescope view access - Search feature causes app to exit telescope mode - Feature search doesn't maintain feature visibility after search - White text invisible on bright crater areas - No zoom difference between free and HD versions (reported by some users) - Unexpected app closure when sharing wiki pages to OneNote - Aliasing/jagging artifacts along lunar horizon - Label resolution degrades when zoomed in - Latitude/longitude perspective feature not functioning **Most requested features** - Mouse and trackpad support for Mac and iPad - Zoom and scroll buttons for easier navigation - Update with latest lunar landers and missions - Topography, gravity, and magnetic field maps - Moon phase names (full moon, new moon, etc.) - Grid overlay for scale reference - Measurement tool similar to Google Earth - Higher resolution imagery and greater zoom depth - Lunar latitude and longitude coordinates display - Libration information and ephemeris data - Selenographic co-longitude of sun - Secondary crater nomenclature - Ranger spacecraft impact points - Print and save functionality - Earth glow simulation option - Transparent labels to show terrain context - Improved text contrast with black borders on white labels - Observing list feature to keep selected features highlighted - Manual coordinate entry for location - High-resolution labels when zoomed in - Automatic location feature improvements ## Newest reviews (16 of 149) ### 4/5 — Very Nice *2022-02-14* 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. 🤷🏻‍♂️ ### 5/5 — Super zur Orientierung und Information *2021-02-23* Die App ist super einfach und klasse zur Orientierung auf dem Mond. Nie wieder verlaufen 😊 ### 5/5 — Used regularly-good *2021-02-02, version 2.3* 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. ### 5/5 — Our Solar System.... *2020-12-13* This is where knowledge of our Solar System begins....the Moon. Get to know our nearest neighbor w. this outstanding app. ### 5/5 — Ein Traum! *2020-11-25* 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! ### 5/5 — Amazing App! *2020-09-11* Fantastic detailed map of the moon with various orientation option adds another dimension to my telescope viewing. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Great for Moon photographers with telescope *2020-06-18* 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. ### 4/5 — Good reference. *2020-05-24, version 2.3* I would like to see a grid for scale. ### 5/5 — Absolutely stunning! *2020-05-11* I’m a very dedicated amateur astronomy educator, and I spend a lot of time showing people the moon. I’m sad to say that my knowledge of the names of the moon’s craters and highlands is middling at best. This app is a beautiful and easy-to-use tool for reviewing those names, for figuring out what you can see on the moon when, and for generally exploring our closest celestial neighbor. There’s nothing half as good on the app store for learning our moon ### 5/5 — 100% worth it *2020-04-29* I’m an amateur astronomer and this app is pretty darn great for students like myself. 10/10 ### 5/5 — Best Moon App *2019-09-10* I use this great app every time I use my telescope. I use it to determine which lunar feature I will view & investigate. Although I haven’t had the app for long, it has become an useful lunar tool. ### 5/5 — Please update!!! *2019-06-02* Please update the app by adding the names of phases like full moon for example and all the other names of all the moon phases thank you. PS this update is mandatory to give your app a five star rating and a 5.0 rating cause according to the App Store the app is 4.7. ### 5/5 — Moon Globe 👍👍 *2019-05-03* I had this on an old iPad years ago and loved it. While watching a space doc tonight it made me think... where’s my Moon Globe !?!? Glade to see your still around! Paid the .99c to support a great app 🙏 ### 4/5 — Sehr praktisch, mit kleiner Einschränkung *2019-04-17* Eine tolle App, vor allem zur Vorbereitung einer Beobachtung am Teleskop. Ich nutze sie schon seit ein paar Jahren. Die Zone des Zwielichts ist allerdings etwas breit geraten, der echte Terminator auf dem Mond ist deutlich schärfer begrenzt. Dadurch zeigt die App in diesem Bereich viele Strukturen, die im Teleskop nicht zu sehen sind. Wenn man das einstellen könnte, wäre sie perfekt. ### 4/5 — Measurement tool *2019-03-20* All this needs is a measurement tool like google earth and this would be perfect. ### 4/5 — Moon globe HD *2019-02-26* Nice program , but need more crater’s names.... ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Even in HD no Zoom *2018-08-30, version 2.3* I bought both and there is no difference no Zoom ### 2/5 — Good, but out of date and unsupported *2022-02-23* 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! ### 2/5 — The Moon does not have an atmosphere *2013-12-25, version 2.2.4* This app is not very useful as a guide for observing the Moon simply because the terminator (the line between light and dark) fades vaguely across the Moon's surface rather than being a sharp line. Midnight Martian seems to have imported the terminator from their Mars Globe app -- Mars has an atmosphere and therefore twilight, but the Moon is airless and the terminator is perfectly sharp. You need to know where the Moon's terminator is at any given time to identify craters and other features seen through a telescope. The vague terminator is the biggest problem with this app, but it also lacks information important to the serious observer, such as lunar latitude and longitude, libration, and anything beyond the most basic information about specific lunar objects. A link to wikipedia is fine when you have an internet connection and time to read a wikipedia article, but I would expect a mobile app to have more information available from within the app, and to have it organized in a quickly useful format. ### 3/5 — Getting old *2021-12-12* 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. ### 3/5 — It’s Ok but a few disappointments *2021-10-24* 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. ### 3/5 — Beautiful Simplicity *2019-07-26, version 2.3* BUT... would like to see an update to include Chang’e spacecraft locations. ### 3/5 — Great app no iPhone X update *2017-11-29, version 2.3* Please update to work with IOS X ### 3/5 — Arm chair use only, not very useful observing the moon *2014-07-18, version 2.2.4* This app is almost great but has some serious flaws that interfere with its use outdoors to actually find and observe features on the moon in a telescope or binoculars. For some reason even though the iPhone version has a nice button for the telescope view, the iPad version requires that you navigate through a menu to switch to telescope view. If you are using Moon Globe while doing actual observing, telescope view is essential. Worse if you search for a lunar feature then Moon Globe switches out of telescope view and zooms in in “Above Globe” mode. This makes you loose orientation with no idea where the feature is on the view I’m seeing in the telescope unless I go back to the menu and manually select telescope view. That’s when the really bad news comes because Moon Glob no longer shows the feature you were looking for. At a minimum to be useful in actually observing the moon: If moon globe is in telescope mode when you search for and select a feature, it should show that feature without leaving telescope mode. Another improvement would allow an features to be selected for an observing list and all of the selected features would stay highlighted regardless of view. The database and graphics of this app are excellent, the usability to an actually observer is very poor. ### 3/5 — More magnification? *2013-05-02* I would love to be able to be able to magnify the images at a greater rate. If Google earth can show objects as small as cars, why can't we see the moon landing remnants, for example? ### 3/5 — Good app *2013-03-11, version 2.2.4* Even better if the automatic location gave accurate position like other astro apps. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Made for each other *2026-06-13* Great companion app for crater hopping with a decent telescope… ### 5/5 — Toll *2026-03-17* Macht Spaß! ### 5/5 — Great app on mobile *2025-12-08* 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. ### 5/5 — Best moon globe app *2025-01-19* Detailed moon globe with names, and accurate moon phase. Great for identifying moon stuff when looking through a telescope. ### 5/5 — Good for orientation *2024-06-04* 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. ### 5/5 — 月をぐるぐるして裏側も見られる *2024-02-12* 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。 ### 5/5 — Замечательно *2024-01-07* Дети в восторге. Я тоже. ### 5/5 — Great App *2023-05-27* Very pleased with the information that this app shows. ### 5/5 — No update for 8 years *2023-01-25* 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? ### 5/5 — Best moon app *2021-07-02* This the best moon app I've found. Beautiful and well-organized. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*