# Star Gazer: Sky Map& Astronomy — user reviews > 210 indexed App Store user reviews of Star Gazer by Best Butter LLC, rated 3.90/5 from 6,867 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-gazer-sky-map-and-astronomy/id1441048929/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-gazer-sky-map-and-astronomy/id1441048929.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,236 · 4★ 559 · 3★ 326 · 2★ 317 · 1★ 1,429 ## What do users think of Star Gazer? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent for novice users - 👍 Easy to use and navigate - 🌟 Helpful for stargazing and learning about constellations - 🔍 Accurate in identifying celestial objects **Cons** - 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription - 💰 Paywall for many features - 🐛 Glitchy performance, especially in AR mode - 📚 Lack of instructions and guidance **Commonly reported bugs** - AR camera not aligning correctly with sky - Frequent crashes and freezes - Subscription issues with billing and cancellation **Most requested features** - Add labels for planets and constellations - Improve zoom and navigation capabilities - Implement dark mode for better night vision - Provide more educational content and information ## Newest reviews (10 of 210) ### 2/5 — Stop popups! *2026-07-30, version 14.2* Too many popups asking for reviews ### 4/5 — Prateek Srivastava *2026-05-28* Great **Developer response:** Thanks for your review! We're happy you're enjoying Star Gazer. Clear skies and happy stargazing! 🌙⭐ ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-04-11, version 13.3* The app is frozen in one location ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-08-25, version 12.6* The ar on the app is really good and accurate. Love it. ### 1/5 — Utilisation *2025-08-13, version 12.5* C’est pas évident comment utiliser cette application sans payer. ### 5/5 — Hate it so much *2025-08-02, version 12.5* Why why WHY is it horrible I don’t understand it, hard to use, greedy app, I just want to look at stars ### 1/5 — Bad app *2025-07-31, version 12.5* I hadn’t even played for an hour and I needed the monthly subscription ### 5/5 — Family outing *2025-07-19, version 12.5* So impressive and educational ### 5/5 — Hate it so much *2025-07-12, version 12.3* Why why WHY is it horrible ### 1/5 — Arnaque *2025-07-10* J’ai installé l’application mais je ne pouvais pas l’utiliser sans payer. NUL **Developer response:** Bonjour, Merci pour votre retour. Nous sommes désolés que l’accès aux fonctionnalités ait été décevant. L’application propose un abonnement pour soutenir le développement continu, mais nous comprenons votre frustration et prenons vos remarques en compte pour améliorer l’expérience. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — it's alright. *2026-08-18, version 14.3* you have to pay for everything except to see the constellations and different images created in the sky. ### 1/5 — Aucun intérêt sans achat. *2026-08-13* Impossible de regarder quoi que ce soit en étant sur la version gratuite. ### 1/5 — Trop naze *2026-07-04* Trop naze, ça sert à rien du tout ### 1/5 — I works once *2026-06-18, version 14.0* It only worked once, now it wants me to pay instead of getting if for free ### 1/5 — Too expensive *2026-06-13, version 13.9* Too slow ### 1/5 — Too expensive! *2026-06-13, version 13.9* Just a money grab! Find a different app! Some lazy jazz created an app and doesn’t want to work the rest of his life, doesn’t care about anyone but himself but just wants money ### 1/5 — Nul *2026-04-17* Payant ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-11-27, version 13.2* Don’t waste your time this is honestly one of the worst apps I’ve used for STARS I just signed up for the free trial and I think the paid version is worse than the free trial. You can’t search for planets. There’s way better apps out there if you wanna look for stars and planets. ### 1/5 — Frustrating! *2025-10-21, version 13.0* Can’t try the ap without adding a billing address and credit card - frustrating! ### 1/5 — Not a good start *2025-09-01, version 12.6* Just trying to learn how to look at stars and it's way too intense ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-08-12* Verry Nice ### 5/5 — Bl€(€// *2026-08-12* 60€ par mois c’est trop cher pour ce que c’est ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-06-04, version 13.9* Great app!! ### 5/5 — Neesecito *2026-06-03, version 13.9* The best motion I made yet ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-04-29, version 13.5* Love it get this <3 ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-04-07, version 13.3* New approach to the space exploration ### 5/5 — Science *2026-03-09, version 13.3* Reall good app as I have started likening science and space so I bought a telescope and now this app can help me understand what I see 10/10 recommend ### 5/5 — Best stargazing app ever! *2026-02-07, version 13.3* Really good shows me a lot about the galaxy and it’s good to learn about it ### 5/5 — Star Gazing *2026-02-03, version 13.3* Star Gazing es la mejor aplicación de todas por qué así puedes saber todo sobre las constelaciones sus nombres y cómo suelen ser me encantó esta aplicación por qué así te vas a dar cuenta de todo sobre cómo son las estrellas en el mundo con las constelaciones ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2026-01-17, version 13.2* This app is truely amazing. --- *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 2026-09-08.*