SkyView® User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience72.7% of reviews
Neutral8.9% of reviews
Negative experience18.4% of reviews

~ Based on 594 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is SkyView® Safe?

SkyView® appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for SkyView® is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 7,665 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

89.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 7,665 App Store ratings for SkyView®.

Is SkyView® Legit?

SkyView® appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for SkyView® is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Directional issues

Please tell me how the moon is North according to this app but I literally see it West….

Calibration Wrong

I have tried to recalibrate both automatic & manual. Allowed it to use my location & it is way off! Very frustrating & annoying!

Best iPhone sky app

I have had this app for years now and I want to encourage others to buy it it truly is brilliant

USE THIS APP!

This app is the best space app ever. I got to say it has some bugs but overall it is the best.

Amazing but a few things

What I love about this app is how you can point your phone at any location and see where a star or a planet or anything will end up in X amount of minutes. I also love how you can use your camera to make sure your calibrated well enough.

This app is cool and it is good for viewing all sorts of things but it already costs money and it has a second satellite purchase thing and it could be a hassle for some people so maybe include the satellite purchase with this or lower the price on either one.

Second, try adding the James Webb Telescope to this app because you have Hubble and the ISS on here. I saw another guy complain about this too. Other than these it’s a great app and it’s great for viewing the night sky.

Suggestions:
-Maybe add a constellation checklist to keep you looking at the night sky.
-Improve the UI a bit and add IPhone widgets.
-Add a checklist for all kinds of things to spy on.
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So happy with the upgrade

Recently bought a telescope and was looking for a free app. Lite is a great version however I was soon hooked and wanted more. For a very reasonable price, I upgraded and have been thrilled with the app. Highly recommend!!

Needs updating

Almost every time i open this app i have to manually rotate the world so the the ai picture and the actual background match.

Excellently educational and

I’ve had this all on my phone for years and years. I am always amazed when I find myself exploring inside the app and it’s awesome to see others in awe when I’m able to identify and track a specific visible body in the sky. Very comprehensive descriptions and visual representations of the map of the sky—what is seen and not seen as you look up. Packed with features like Augmented Reality mode, nighttime lighting filters, orbit tracing, supplemental soundscapes, floating constellations, and much more. The app does not use or store any data from the user. Simply a must-have app!
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Won’t calibrate to my location

App use to work really well up until the end of last year 2025. Now it says Ursa Major is behind me when it actually right in front of me. No matter how many times I re-calibrate to my location it still show stars in the wrong place. Please fix this or else it will be another star gazing app that gets deleted from my phone and I will tell all of my star gazing buddies to delete it too. Very disappointed.
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The Views

Great app, I’ve been using it for many years now.

Satellites.

I used to be able to see all the satellites on this app with my old phone. I redownloaded this app and still have satellites enabled but absolutely nothing pops up. Disappointing..

Missing a telescope?

It is a good app but the James Webb telescope is not part of the app. At least I can find the Hubble.

The best astronomy app.

This is one of the best ways to explore space, right at your fingertips. There’s no ads! You can explore, look at stars even during the broad daylight, you can find your favorite space objects, you can read information on rocket bodies, you can view planet alignments, you can even look at constellations, and an image of something, which, is supposed to resemble the constellations of which you are looking at. I never even knew that Orion was a constellation, therefore that Betelgeuse was within the constellation of Orion. I could not have guessed that Orion was a constellation, and Betelgeuse was a star inside Orion, was even a thing. That’s why I love Skyview. This is my favorite educational app I have ever downloaded. You can learn about ANYTHING about space, and watch the sky. I am telling you, Skyview is one of the best apps ever. You can view all of your favorite stars, galaxies, nebulae, planets, constellations, even literal rockets and satellites. I love that when the camera is off, the background looks, fantastic! I love how you can learn something by every tap. Find a star, tap it, and watch how all this information pops up. The name, its precise location and where it is going, and a cool fun fact.
Observe. Observe the true nature of this app.
Skyview is awesome.
How many times did I say this apps name?
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Literally the Best Space App

I absolutely love this app because I personally love space and this app shows me everything. Tonight I saw two really bright stars and wanted to find out which planets they were. It turns out that it was Jupiter and Venus! I love this app because it tells you about the planets, satellites, and the stars. It even has NO ADS! That is a big win win! Definitely the best space app for any universe lover out there! #1!
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Broken

I don’t know why the app all of a sudden is broken. It’s stuck on north. Doing the same thing in the NASA app.

Unable to find comet 2025 R3 on the app

Shouldn’t be hard. What am I missing

10/10

My go to app for anything related to the stars. Been using it for about 4 years. Never fails to amaze me. Worth the purchase!

Missing satellites

I’ve had the free version for a long time, and decided to get the full version for more things. But with the full version it says you can see the satellites like the ISS. It doesn’t let me see the ISS which is the main reason I got the app.

Artemis Missions?

Developers, will you guys include Artemis missions trackers here?

Amazing

Have had this app for years and still use it several times a week to identify stars. And now my young child is interested in looking at stars and using this app.