# Star & Planet Finder — user reviews > 378 indexed App Store user reviews of Star & Planet Finder by Nir Alperovitch, rated 4.10/5 from 1,808 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-and-planet-finder/id361753588/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-and-planet-finder/id361753588.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,089 · 4★ 350 · 3★ 99 · 2★ 65 · 1★ 205 ## What do users think of Star & Planet Finder? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🌟 Accurate planet tracking - 🔍 Easy to locate planets - 🎓 Educational for kids - 👍 Useful for amateur astronomers - 🔭 Helpful for telescope use **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and bugs - 💰 Paywall for many features - 🧭 Inaccurate location tracking - 🔄 Outdated and not updated - 📱 Compatibility issues with newer devices **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when opening - Incorrect planet and star locations - Unable to restore in-app purchases - GPS tracking not working properly - Frequent freezes and performance issues **Most requested features** - Add dwarf planets and other solar system objects - Improve accuracy of planet and star positioning - Implement a dark mode option - Provide more free features without paywall - Add support for latest iOS versions and devices ## Newest reviews (16 of 378) ### 2/5 — Crashing upon open *2026-06-08, version 6.7.1* Love this app, but for the past month, it hasn’t worked. It continuously crashes upon open. Hope it gets fixed cause I love the app. ### 2/5 — Too many bugs *2026-06-01, version 6.7.1* I enjoyed the free version for years and then purchased the upgrade. Since that purchase, I haven’t been able to use the app - for months. I’ve deleted and reinstalled but nothing helps. Please fix the bugs. I open and it immediately closes. ### 2/5 — Used to be great *2026-06-01, version 6.7.1* Used to use this app regularly, and loved it. Recently, though, it crashes immediately after opening, over and over. Tried deleting it downloading again; still won't function at all. ### 4/5 — Please fix bug *2026-05-29, version 6.7.1* It crashes anytime I try to open the app ### 4/5 — Won’t open after software update *2026-05-28, version 6.7.1* Os updated and now the app closes as soon as it opens. ### 3/5 — Crash *2026-05-03, version 6.6* Keeps crashing want to use it, but can’t access anything ### 2/5 — No longer works *2026-03-27, version 6.7.1* It was a great, useful app but ever since updating my iPhone 11's software to OS26, it continuously crashes. That was months ago. Please fix. ### 1/5 — Don’t get it *2026-03-17, version 6.6* Trash didn’t work it told me the moon was beneath me, but I could see it in the sky ### 1/5 — Crashed on iOS 26+ *2026-03-17, version 6.6* I really liked this app, but just letting folks know it is current not functioning ### 1/5 — Is this app dead? *2026-03-14, version 6.6* I liked it when I first got it but lately it crashes every time I try to use it. Looks like it hasn’t been updated in years and the reviews are from three years ago. It still took my money when I paid for satellites a few months ago. It worked that night and hasn’t worked since. ### 1/5 — Complete waste of time *2026-03-14, version 6.6* Are you serious not only is this app completely useless but it serves no purpose. It has no identification of anything on the phone and the fact that you think I wanna pay for something like this is completely ignorant I wouldn’t give you $.10 for this app. ### 1/5 — Fail *2026-03-12, version 6.6* Hasn’t worked for weeks ### 1/5 — GLITCH MAKING ME CRAZY *2026-03-11, version 6.6* Love this app but there's a glitch right now when you click on a planet and it just crashes the whole app and won't work. Very annoying ### 2/5 — Non functional *2026-03-11, version 6.6* Used to be great, but this app hasn’t worked for many months. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-03-08, version 6.6* Never works ### 1/5 — Down *2026-03-04, version 6.6* Can’t use it it’s down ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Problems *2026-07-02, version 6.7.1* The app will not open on my iPhone. I have deleted and reinstalled. When I “try” to open the app, it immediately closes. ### 1/5 — Not functioning *2026-06-30, version 6.7.1* App crashes upon opening, it used to function well until recently ### 1/5 — Currently crashing on iOS 26.5 *2026-06-26, version 6.7.1* Can you fix the bug please? It just crashes when it opens now. I’ve deleted and reinstalled it and same issue. I love the app, just would like this bug fixed. ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2026-06-17, version 6.7.1* This used to be a great app but it suddenly stopped working. I thought it might just need to be updated but I have the latest version. Restarting the phone doesn’t help. When I cluck to open the app it will pop up like it’s going to open then it just crashes and that’s it. Bummer ### 1/5 — App quit working. *2026-06-12, version 6.7.1* It keeps crashing ### 1/5 — Yet another example of a greedy developer disabling a formerly good app *2026-05-31, version 6.7.1* I am one of the many who recently discovered, to my great disappointment, that the app instantly crashes as soon as I tap the icon to load it. I haven’t touched a single setting on my phone, haven’t touched the software or OS, but now the app just crashes. It really sucks when greedy developers take away functionality from formerly great apps. Never have I missed the days more when you used to buy your software on discs and the manufacturer had NO way to disable it after the fact. I despise this immensely greedy culture that has developed around the internet and smart phones and apps. ### 1/5 — Crashes upon Opening *2026-05-31, version 6.7.1* Keeps crashing immediately upon opening. Fix it and I’ll change the review to 5 stars. This app was perfect. ### 1/5 — Crashes!! *2026-05-27, version 6.7.1* I’ve been paying for this app for years and it just doesn’t work it crashes ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2026-03-22, version 6.6* App crashes each time I click on a planet. No longer able to view in AR mode and therefore useless ### 1/5 — Crashed App *2026-03-19, version 6.6* This app has a bug and crashes upon loading. Zero stars. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — App crashing *2026-06-03, version 6.7.1* I am having the same issues as the last reviewer. This happens after iOS updates. Last time in April I had deleted the app and then remit after a week and it started working. But now it is not starting even if I do that. ### 5/5 — Crashes ever since iOS update. *2026-06-03, version 6.7.1* I love this app more than anything. But since the latest iOS update, it crashes the second I open it. ### 5/5 — PLANET FINDER *2026-03-18, version 6.6* This app is amazing, although whenever I try to check something like the location of the Moon or any other thing it just crashes. But before, it was a great help to find out about the night sky about a year ago - when it didn’t crash. I used money on this app too, but I might delete it because it’s been crashing for a very long time. Please fix the bug. Also, this only worked on my IPhone 6 but I’m using IPhone 13 mini now and it doesn’t work. I think these new IPhones don’t work as the app is around 15 years old or more. ### 5/5 — Master Hector *2026-03-14, version 6.6* My best star & planet Finder ### 5/5 — i like the app *2026-03-03, version 6.6* thanks to this app i saw the planet alignment ### 5/5 — Please fix the bug *2026-03-03, version 6.6* I love this app more than anything. It is the best that I’ve discovered out of all the others when it comes to planet finding and it’s the most accurate and less complicated than others. but recently there’s been a bug I can’t even click on planets in the visible or not visible to know where they even are at. It crashes every single time the second I tap on any planet. Please fix this. This was my favorite. ### 5/5 — Planet and stars finder *2026-02-28, version 6.6* I like to use it with my grand kids, easy to use, but lately has been crashing and sometimes we can’t even open it. Even with that I give 5 stars ### 5/5 — Moon molad *2025-11-28, version 6.6* Absolutely awesome ### 5/5 — GREAT APP BUT KEEPS CRASHING LOL *2025-11-23, version 6.6* DEVS FIX WHENEVER YOU CLICK THE PLANETS TO VIEW THEM THE APP CRASHES ### 5/5 — Very accurate *2025-08-26, version 6.6* It knows when the planets are up and it’s mostly free. It made me look at planets for the first time, i would highly recommend. --- *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 2026-09-06.*