“SkyORB” 2021
While the app is labeled “SkyORB”, it also presently appears elsewhere as SkyORB 2021 - which now going on 3 years ago.
While I find no fault in the app, the nomenclature is both misleading & inconsistent.
While I find no fault in the app, the nomenclature is both misleading & inconsistent.
This app got too big for its britches
This app used to be amazing, now it is buggy and NEVER works. You need to be a CalTech scientist to figure it out. Save your time and money.
I should have known better!
I should have known better than to spend money on the premium add-on for an app that hasn't had any reviews in 2 years, with many of those old reviewers complaining they paid for premium but didn't get the premium functionality.
That's exactly what happened to me - I bought the premium add-on so I would have the Apple Watch functionality. Apple knows I paid (I received the receipt from them) but the app does not and the Apple Watch functionality isn't there. I've reinstalled the app multiple times on both devices and have rebooted both of them many times.
So that's $4 down the drain that I spent for functionality that would be very useful if it existed, but it does not. I have contacted the developer but haven't yet received a reply. I will gladly update this review and award 5 stars if I ever get the premium SkyORB functionality I paid for.
(Several 2021 updates to the app claim to have dealt with this problem but they haven't.)
That's exactly what happened to me - I bought the premium add-on so I would have the Apple Watch functionality. Apple knows I paid (I received the receipt from them) but the app does not and the Apple Watch functionality isn't there. I've reinstalled the app multiple times on both devices and have rebooted both of them many times.
So that's $4 down the drain that I spent for functionality that would be very useful if it existed, but it does not. I have contacted the developer but haven't yet received a reply. I will gladly update this review and award 5 stars if I ever get the premium SkyORB functionality I paid for.
(Several 2021 updates to the app claim to have dealt with this problem but they haven't.)
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Dec’21 version
Most features are useless without a subscription. But it will still tell you dates of new&full moons, which is all I use it for.
Look Elsewhere
The advertising part works extraordinarily well.
Nothing else does unless you pay money.
Look elsewhere.
Nothing else does unless you pay money.
Look elsewhere.
Broken again
Used to be a great app, however now it seems every week its reset on the update. Now you have to accept tracking to get into app to reactivate subscription, but the privacy settings link is broken so you cant see what the app is doing. And to add insult to injury it forgets every time you close app you have premium subscription so you have to reapply it before you get overwhelmed by adds that take you away from the app.
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Crashes
Crashes every-time I select Live Sky (telescope icon), and other times as well. EXTREMELY difficult to read font and no scaling there of.
Looks useful, but unable to navigate the interface.
Looks useful, but unable to navigate the interface.
Ripoff
Ads come back every time I open the app, even though I paid to remove them. This is crap. Uninstalled in spite of having my purchase price stolen.
SkyORB
2020 version just keeps crashing at splash scree even after numerous re-installs on my iPhone 5C running IOS 10.3.4
Looks great, but....
How on earth do you drive it? Completely unusable for me.
Fails to load
Used to work, but as at November 2019, fails to load on iPhone 6 and iPad 3. Shame. More concerned with advertising than the core program.
Whoops! With iOS 13.1.3 App Is A Black Screen
I received a news banner on my home screen and ‘slid’ it to open SkyOrb. Only a completely black/blank screen appeared. Clicks everywhere were pointless as the app was unresponsive. No (viewable) news is NOT good news! Previously this has been a 5 STAR app! Please fix the 13.1.3 bug. (I have a 10 Xs Max iPhone.) Thanks!
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Oct. 14 update Problem
Will not open on iPad 2.
Asteroid tracker
I would like if you could add an asteroid tracker so that it can track asteroids and see where they are headed.The rest of the app was great 🙂
Having fun again
My life is so fast paced. I forget I used to spend hours glued to my Meade With Sky ORB I look up again! Wish there was an app that takes care of everything I have to do after work and maybe even fixes up old scopes that have sat in the basement since grad school. Ha!
Nope
Slow
Good graphics BUT
Easy to maneuver but the auto location is off a lot in longitude and the manual correction takes forever to cycle through and is not retained so each time you have to do it again or live with the error
Excelent for be a free App.!
Excelent for be a free App.!... I would like to take pictures from the events as the App is showing me.!
The best app ever!
I think this app is cool because it provides the latest space facts.
iPad Pro
Great, awesome, wonderful app! A huge downside though is changing longitude and latitude. Single tap, no scrolling or ability to enter coordinates :(
