# Planit Live: Travel Companion — Sun Moon Milky Way

> On-location celestial and light data for photographers. (iPhone/iPad app by JIDE Software, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/planit-live-travel-companion/id1455712879 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [JIDE Software, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/418072174)
- Category: Reference, Photo & Video
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 447 App Store ratings · 75 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 94 MB
- Languages: French (France), German (Germany), American English, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Korean, European Spanish, Italian, Japanese and 3 more
- Released: 2019-03-27
- Data updated: 2026-09-13
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/planit-live-travel-companion/id1455712879/reviews.md

## What is Planit Live?

Everyone wants to take great photos, yet many photos look "flat." That flatness usually comes down to one thing: the light. Photography is the art of using light, and landscape photography is the art of using natural light. That's why great landscape photographers chase the light — they capture the perfect moment when natural light from the Sun, the Moon, or the Milky Way and stars hits the best angle or reaches the ideal position. Our other app, PlanIt Pro / PlanIt Earth, gives you a powerful tool for pre-planning these moments. But once you're on location, everything changes — you're racing against time and have no time to fiddle with your phone. That's why we created PlanIt Live: the best experience for photographers in the field.

PlanIt Live isn't only for professionals. Anyone with a camera — even a phone camera — can benefit, and even if you don't shoot at all but simply want to witness a beautiful scene under ideal light, this app is for you. We designed Live around a single use case: you need a piece of information, you take out your phone, open PlanIt Live, get the answer at a glance, and put the phone away — the whole thing takes just a few seconds. In most cases you don't even need to tap anything. Apple Watch users often don't need the phone at all, thanks to reminders: set alerts for the ephemeris events that match your style, and the app will let you know when the moment arrives — right on your paired Apple Watch.

So what does PlanIt Live offer?

Daytime photography: sunrise/sunset, blue hour, golden hour, and moonrise/moonset times and directions.
Night photography: dark-night start/end times, the Milky Way Center's position and timing in the sky, planets, star trails, and the Bortle dark-sky scale.
Real Milky Way: rendered as an actual photographic image across the sky dome, precisely placed for your location, date, and time, with an optional H-alpha view that emphasizes the nebula regions.
Astro Calendar: open it from the menu or by tapping the date in the header to see upcoming sky events — switch between Events, Moon, Night, and Aurora views, each with its own per-day indicator and day detail.
Space weather & aurora: free cards for Live Sun, solar flares, solar wind, short- and long-term Kp forecasts, storm probabilities, and Aurora Tonight.
More planning: Skyglow Dome for light-pollution impact, Satellite Position and Satellite Pass for tracking, plus Tide Model and Tide Station for seascapes.
3D Compass: directions to the Sun, the Moon, and the Milky Way Center at any time of day.
Augmented Reality (AR): probably the most powerful field-planning AR available. Multi-lens switching and smooth zoom, teleconverter and wide-adapter (external lens) support, and overlays for the Sun, Moon, Milky Way, stars, constellations, and focal-length framing, plus rainbow, moonbow, terrain-outline, and light-pollution layers. Aim at a celestial object and tap Calibrate to align instantly, and capture photos/video right in AR with an info strip recording place, direction, and Sun/Moon/Milky Way details (Beta).
Photography tools: handy calculators for depth of field, exposure, ND filters, panorama planning, timelapse, focus stacking, star trails, and single-star polar alignment.
Reminders: event reminders, fixed-time reminders, and interval reminders.
Card-based interface: a redesigned card menu with multiple pages, customizable card order, card search, and top-of-page shortcuts to jump to any card.

Of course, this is just the beginning. If you were a PlanIt Pro user, you'll remember how many features we added over the years. Live will be the same. We'll keep adding what photographers need in the field, such as location (scouting) tracking and weather-related features. To thank everyone who has supported us, PlanIt Live is free to download and use for now. Please download it, use it, and share your feedback — let's build the most useful field app together.

## Key features

- Sunrise and sunset times
- Moonrise and moonset times
- Golden and blue hour calculations
- Milky Way center positions
- 3D compass for celestial bodies
- Event and time reminders

## What do users think of Planit Live?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Great for planning photography
- 👍 Useful for sunrise/sunset timing
- 👍 Excellent for night sky/astro photography
- 👍 Helps with composition planning
- 👍 Accurate sun and moon positioning
- 👍 Informative and simple to use
- 👍 Free version is very helpful
- 👍 Pairs well with other apps
- 👍 Essential tool for photographers
- 👍 Visualizes moon and Milky Way
- 👍 Good for landscape photography
- 👍 Efficient for outdoor photographers
- 👍 Provides blue hour & golden hour info
- 👍 Useful for tracking Milky Way
- 👍 Accurate bearing for stargazing
- 👍 Live version is easy to navigate
- 👍 Helps achieve desired shots
- 👍 Useful on the field
- 👍 Simplifies complex planning
- 👍 Great for beginners
- 👍 Predicts light sources
- 👍 Useful for outdoor work timing
- 👍 3D feature is a must-have

**Cons**

- 🐛 Map zooming can be laggy
- 🐛 Sunset/sunrise reminders not working
- 🐛 Grammatical errors in info button
- 🐛 Compass offset issue
- 🐛 Location not updating
- 🐛 Camera permission prompt missing

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Map zooming is laggy on iPhone X
- Sunset/sunrise reminders are not working
- Compass is offset by ~11 degrees clockwise
- Location is not updating
- Camera permission prompt is missing on first launch

**Most requested features**

- Add a widget for sunrise/sunset/moon times
- Increase the forecast time to 1 month
- Add more features to the live version
- Add a shortcut icon for the compass feature
- Fix grammatical errors in the info button
- Fix compass offset issue
- Ensure camera permission prompt appears
- Improve map zooming performance
- Fix sunset/sunrise reminder functionality
- Enable location updates

## Recent user reviews (10 of 75)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/planit-live-travel-companion/id1455712879/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 感謝とお願い

*2026-08-26*

今まではproの方を使用しておりましたが、そちらで指摘されましたように、私のような高齢者の写真愛好者には全部マスターするのは困難でした。 今回のアプリは、とても待ち望んでいたものでした。今後とも、よりシンプルで使用し易いアプリとして進展させて下さい。 出来れば星座も加えて下さい。

### 5/5 — 集摄影题材大全，特别是悬日悬月题材拍摄，提供了非常便利计划功能，节省了找机位时间，可以精准对齐拍摄主题。

*2026-08-13*

非常实用，摄影师的好帮手👍

### 5/5 — 最常用的软件

*2026-07-30*

也是从影视飓风的推荐来的
说实话是真的好用
而且也不像天文通一样有流氓弹窗广告

### 5/5 — 现场查看日落日出轨迹

*2026-07-26*

非常非常好用的一款软件，无广告还免费，到了拍摄地点掏出手机一看就知道日落轨迹，非常好用

### 5/5 — Perfect tracking and projecting rise and fall of Milky Way

*2026-07-22*

Amazing live version used in conjunction with Planit pro is amazing so easy to use and navigate around even if you don’t have any experience this makes mapping night time sky very easy Planit app is amazing 🥲

### 5/5 — 完全良心

*2026-07-22*

好久没打开现场版了，现在居然有这么多功能，还是全免费无广告，太良心了。再建议以后增加个朝霞晚霞预测功能

### 5/5 — Great tool

*2026-07-11*

Simple to use and a primary asset on travels and photography

### 5/5 — Ottima

*2026-07-10, version 1.5.2*

Grazie per la risposta ora la Nikon zr è presente ( perfetto) 👍

Applicazione ben fatta e in costante aggiornamento (mancano alcuni modelli di fotocamere esempio la Nikon ZR ) comunque gli aggiornamenti continuano a rendere l’APP sempre più professionale e ricca di informazioni con implementazioni e miglioramenti bravi e complimenti

### 5/5 — Great!

*2026-07-04*

game changer

### 5/5 — app fantastica

*2026-06-10, version 1.2.0*

l’app è meravigliosa ed è precisissima per tutto la consiglio per astronfotografia

## Frequently asked questions about Planit Live

### What does Planit Live do?

Planit Live provides essential on-location information for photographers to capture the best natural light. It offers data on sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, golden hours, blue hours, and the position of the Milky Way center.

### What are the key features of Planit Live?

Key features include precise times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset, calculations for golden and blue hours, Milky Way center positions, a 3D compass to track celestial bodies, and customizable reminders for important events.

### Is Planit Live free to use?

Yes, the app is currently free to use. The developers are offering it at no cost to gather feedback and build a useful tool for photographers.

### What kind of photography is this app best for?

This app is ideal for landscape photography and astrophotography, as it focuses on providing data related to natural light from the sun, moon, and stars. It helps users find the perfect moments for stunning shots.

### Can I use this app on my phone or a professional camera?

The app is designed for use on smartphones and is beneficial for anyone with a camera, including cell phone cameras. Its simple interface is meant for quick information retrieval on location.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.5 — 2026-09-02

NEW: Shutter Release — control your camera from the app. Plug your camera in over USB and shoot from the new Shutter Release page in the menu: live view with tap to focus, shutter / aperture / ISO wheels, a manual-focus wheel, video recording, and interval shooting for timelapses. Bluetooth connections offer shutter control only, and Wi-Fi support is coming in a future update. Sony, Nikon, and Canon bodies are supported; Fujifilm, Panasonic, and Olympus/OM System cameras are likely compatible but not yet tested — the full model list is on the page. If a camera misbehaves, tap the report button on the camera preview to send us a diagnostic log.

• Panorama: independent horizontal and vertical click-stop increments — for example, your panorama head's azimuth detent for Horizontal while leaving Vertical free.

• Polar Alignment: guide stars now account for precession (removing up to ~0.5° of offset), the single-star altitude guidance corrects in the right direction, the clock position switches between decimal and hour:minute with a tap, and daylight-washed planets are no longer offered.

• Astro Calendar: around new Moon, a Yallop crescent-visibility rating shows whether to look after sunset or before sunrise, the best time, and how visible the thin crescent should be.

• AR: the sky now follows you as you walk — previously it stayed pinned where AR started, so you could drift off-centre.

• Fixed the Moon's shape during a lunar eclipse: Earth's shadow now falls across the disk from the direction it really does in the sky.

• Wind speed now follows your unit system (mph ↔ km/h); m/s and knots stay as you set them.

• Improved stability, including two AR-related crash fixes.

### 1.5.4 — 2026-08-13

Version 1.5.3

• Redesigned menu — A cleaner, card-based layout puts everything within reach: quick-launch cards for the 3D Compass and AR, tidy Schedule and General groups, and a settings button right in the header.

• Jump to any card — Shortcut buttons now run across the top of every page, one per card, so you can tap straight to the view you want instead of scrolling.

• More calendar views — The calendar now switches between Events, Moon, Night, and Aurora, each with its own per-day indicator and detailed day breakdown.

1.5.4
New Sun views: H-alpha — The Live Sun card adds two ground-based hydrogen-alpha (H-alpha) views from the NSO/GONG network, right after Sunspots — a grayscale chromosphere view and an orange-tinted version — showing filaments, prominences, and flares.

Fixed Moon surface orientation — The Moon's surface detail now stays correctly oriented in every phase, across the front page, 3D Compass, and AR. Previously, waning moons could show the craters and maria rotated about half a turn even though the lit phase and terminator were correct.

Improved stability — Fixed several crashes involving location permissions, sensors, and app resume.

### 1.5.2 — 2026-07-08

Faster sky-event navigation — Added previous and next controls to the time bar, so you can jump directly between sky events instead of dragging through the day.
Calendar access from the time bar — Added a calendar button on the time bar to open the Astro Calendar for the selected day.
Fixed Moon track display — Fixed an issue where the Moon marker could appear off the Moon track.

### 1.5.1 — 2026-07-07

Card search and suggestions — Added card search keywords and a way to submit ideas for new cards.
Tools cards — Added new Tools cards for depth of field, exposure, ND filters, panorama planning, timelapse calculator, and focus stacking.
Single-star polar alignment — Added single-star polar alignment support with correct Northern and Southern Hemisphere azimuth guidance.
Night cards — Added Planets, Star Trails, and single-star polar alignment cards to the Night group.

### 1.5.0 — 2026-07-03

New free space-weather and aurora cards — Live Sun, History Flare, Solar Wind, Solar Wind Forecast, HUXt Forecast, and Aurora Tonight etc. 13 cards.
User Interface — Fully supports multiple pages and customizing the order of cards.
AR and Compass — Added rainbow, moonbow, terrain-outline, and light-pollution overlays. New and easy way to calibrate in AR.
Astro Calendar
More planning cards

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