# SkySafari — user reviews > 376 indexed App Store user reviews of SkySafari by Simulation Curriculum Corp., rated 4.70/5 from 17,831 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skysafari/id1257281849/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skysafari/id1257281849.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 14,887 · 4★ 1,849 · 3★ 499 · 2★ 172 · 1★ 424 ## What do users think of SkySafari? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly - 🚀 Accurate sky mapping - 🌌 Detailed information on celestial objects - 💡 Helpful for stargazing and astronomy - 🔭 Useful for telescope owners **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches - 🤑 Excessive upselling and in-app purchases - 🤯 Confusing version and feature differences - 🙄 Intrusive notifications and sounds - 🤔 Difficult to use some features **Commonly reported bugs** - Compass not working correctly - Disappearing or missing objects - Time travel feature issues - Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Ability to hide toolbar and UI elements - More customization options - Improved telescope integration - Better comet and new object tracking ## Newest reviews (10 of 376) ### 3/5 — Needs improvement *2026-07-17, version 8.0.2* Font is waay too small and no way to adjust. Music is annoying and needs a setting to disable. ### 2/5 — Not that good *2026-06-14, version 8.0.2* Find instructions and help mediocre - no help ### 4/5 — Amazing! *2026-06-09, version 8.0.2* This app is a great way to explore the galaxy, and learn about planets, stars, nebulas, etc definitely worth your money ### 2/5 — Good app. Too much greed. *2025-12-24, version 7.6.6* Good app with good functionality and loads of info. However the price of this app is premium and every time there are new features they release a new full priced app. It’s unnecessary and it’s greedy. Currently no trace of 3I atlas on this version but as soon as I’m prompted to check out the “new version” front and centre is a picture tracking 3i atlas in the sky. Update your app and stop rinsing your customers. I brought your app, paid to upgrade the version and now you’re telling me I can’t get updated catalogue unless I pay another $60?!? Disgusting. ### 3/5 — 汉化 *2025-12-05* 希望能够准确汉化，而是翻译！ ### 4/5 — 🫶😍❤️ *2025-09-19* Amazing, especially if go far away from bright cities to watch the sky, but one thing - the widget is not working, just shows blank placeholders ### 4/5 — Eine Erholung in dieser Chaoszeit 😢🌹😃 *2025-09-18* Ästhetisch und informativ ### 2/5 — Do not pay for this app *2025-09-14, version 7.6.1* I just purchased this app and anything I’m zooming, it is all blackout. I’m using default settings, on regular iPhone. This is just a waste of money ### 2/5 — Paid for functionality that isn’t present *2025-08-28, version 7.6.1* Purchased premium to connect my tracking mount to their map and it has no way to connect to my SynScan mount. ### 1/5 — De repente todo lo que tenía, no está *2025-08-15, version 7.6.1* No sé qué ha pasado. El año pasado podía buscar planetas aprender y tal. Ya pagué por la aplicación, pero ahora resulta que todo lo que tenía, lo tengo que pagar por suscripción. Acepto que mejore y claro, eso sea un Plus pero pk pagar mediante suscripción por lo que antes tenía por el precio que había pagado?!? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Costs Too Much *2026-08-12, version 8.1.0* Ripoff. They just raised price from $20/yr to $30/yr. ### 1/5 — Never lines up *2026-06-06, version 8.0.2* Still have to guess what you’re looking at. ### 1/5 — 분명 유료로 결제했던거 같은데 *2026-06-05* 프리미엄 구독까지 하라는건 뭔 심보인지 모르겠네 ### 1/5 — Informations erronées *2026-06-01* Pour le soleil. La distance indiquée est de 79,7al: C’est risible d’avoir fait une telle erreur sur notre étoile ### 1/5 — Inconsistent *2026-05-10, version 8.0.2* Accuracy of where stars and planets are is inconsistent. ### 1/5 — A bit shady *2026-04-30, version 8.0.2* I purchased this app only to be met with: - learning there are newer versions that need to be purchased separately - in-app pop-ups and promos everywhere - spam notifications on promos for the apps I should’ve purchased in the first place - Multiple paid subscriptions in addition to what I already paid with no clear way to understand the differences in them all I also noticed some of the really aggressive responses to feedback here. Just seems like a very strange business model packed with unclear communications, and salesy approach to stars. No idea how good this app is since its covered in a layer of misdirection and upgrade promos. Everything makes you feel like you made the wrong purchase. ### 1/5 — Buyer policy aware *2025-12-17, version 7.6.6* I paid for the app previously and now the app is asking me to pay again for premium content without any explanation. It only offers monthly or yearly subscription plans, but I already purchased permanent/lifetime access few months ago: Please review my account and confirm why I am being asked to pay again. ### 1/5 — Misleading and Greedy *2025-09-22, version 7.6.1* I feel like I just paid admission for an amusement park and then on top of that every time I get to a ride, I have to pay another fee. Me being my naïve self decided to think that because I spent money on an app not only would I get higher quality, but wouldn’t be paywall behind another subscription service. One of the reasons why I picked this app over the other app was in the feature photos, it shows a quick overview of what is happening each night. I pay for the app, I searched for this really neat feature to see what’s happening, and then guess what? I see a premium badge. I say oh I guess this is for me since I’ve paid money already for this app. But no actually just because you paid five dollars I guess makes you a basic sucker, sorry customer. No if you want to be premium give us either $2 dollars every month or $20 a year. I’ve requested a refund. I don’t recommend this at all. Don’t advertise features that are behind a subscription with being explicit that the service is part of the subscription. It’s bad business practices. ### 1/5 — Obvious errors! *2025-08-22, version 7.6.1* Three short terms out of eight cardinal points of the compass in Chinese are wrong!!! ### 1/5 — Subscription *2025-08-21, version 7.6.1* A premium app with additional subscriptions, horrible. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 🥇sky app ever 🔥 *2026-08-07, version 8.1.0* ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks for the update, what a masterpiece ### 5/5 — The best star information! *2026-07-26, version 8.0.2* It gives me information about stars a lot! ### 5/5 — Excelente *2026-06-18* Gosto muito de pesquisar o céu no SkySafari. ### 5/5 — Eye 👁️ Opener! *2026-04-16, version 8.0.2* Since I have gotten into astrology more this app has helped me integrate the astronomy 🔭 to it. I highly recommend this app for that easy flow in your astro journey. Thank You for the amazing work done! One small suggestion if possible haven’t been able to find. Is there a way to download as an ICS file the transits to be alerted in our calendar 📆 it would be awesome to have. ### 5/5 — Meraviglia! *2026-02-17, version 7.6.6* Ottima! La uso da anni, quasi ogni giorno; faccio lezioni, serate e consultazioni. Perfetta su cellulare e computer Mac. Spingo perché sia sempre più performante! Tipo: i disegni delle costellazioni, fig mitiche, potrebbero essere differenti, più belli, diversi dalle altre app….li uso molto! ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-11-29, version 7.6.6* It’s a great app for my astrophotography ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-11-03, version 7.6.6* Great app, I’ve enjoyed it for years but they raised the price in Nov 2025 to $3.99 from $1.99. Sorry but $48 a year is too much. ### 5/5 — 🥇sky app ever 🔥 *2025-09-24, version 7.6.3* ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you for the update more than all the stars in the universe this app made stargazing effortless,, what a masterpiece ### 5/5 — Colosal! *2025-08-30, version 7.6.1* Bellísimo el mundo exterior y gracias por permitirme verlo! ### 5/5 — 终于有中文了 *2025-08-12* 终于有中文了，感动，我等了5年啊 --- *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.*