# Star Walk HD - Night Sky View — user reviews > 273 indexed App Store user reviews of Star Walk HD by Vito Technology Inc., rated 4.75/5 from 6,354 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-walk-hd-night-sky-view/id363486802/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-walk-hd-night-sky-view/id363486802.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,331 · 4★ 731 · 3★ 140 · 2★ 44 · 1★ 108 ## What do users think of Star Walk HD? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌟 Amazing app - 🔭 Excellent for stargazing - 🗺️ Helpful for identifying stars, planets, and constellations - 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visuals - 🤓 Educational and informative - 🤩 Fascinating and entertaining - 🧭 Useful for navigation and planning observing sessions - 🧠 Helps expand knowledge of the universe **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches - 🧭 Compass/orientation issues - 🔍 Difficulty finding specific celestial objects - 🗓️ Calendar/event information not always up-to-date - 🔊 Annoying background music - 💰 Paid updates/features **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes or freezes when opening the app - Incorrect orientation and compass readings - Outdated or missing event/calendar information - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Add option to adjust light pollution levels - Implement more detailed information on stars, planets, and other objects - Improve satellite tracking and identification - Integrate with weather data for better observing planning - Add support for more locations and coordinate systems - Enhance the time travel/simulation capabilities ## Newest reviews (16 of 273) ### 4/5 — Great app *2023-11-29, version 7.3.0* Love this app yet can't seem to get updates. Not that the stars and planets are going to change but wrinkles could be ironed out, such as Launch dates for Starlink satellites being shown as the year 1923. 😂 ### 4/5 — Duplicate date *2023-11-04, version 7.3.0* November 5th has 2 listings for daily events. When you tap one in the second listing it comes up with November 6 date and time. Is the rest of the month incorrect??? Does this happen other times and this is why I can’t see ISS. Otherwise love this app. ### 2/5 — Don’t waste your money *2022-11-21, version 7.3.0* Use SkyView, which is free and much better. Unfortunately you can’t get a refund with apps. Buyer beware. ### 5/5 — Always helpful *2019-08-14, version 7.3.0* This is a great app for those of us that are newbies! ### 5/5 — Review *2019-07-17, version 7.3.0* I don’t understand very much of space but this site amazes me and shows me what is happening. ### 5/5 — Beautiful and useful *2019-06-11, version 7.3.0* I’ve been an amateur astronomer for many years...this lovely program would sure have helped back in 1959 or so...not totally accurate sometimes, but it’s dealing with a boatload of data...well done, programmers! 👍 ### 5/5 — Star Walk *2019-05-25, version 7.3.0* Absolutely love being able to go out at night and look where Star Walk shows events happening or just find constellations in the night sky. Love looking for shooting stars! Aka meteor showers! ### 5/5 — One of my favorite apps *2019-05-15, version 7.3.0* I forget when I installed this app on my iPad but after I moved out of the city to a place where I could really see the stars it's become my most used app. I've learned to recognize constellations, observe satellites, notice various asteroid showers, and best of all, track the Milky Way across the night sky. I've even taken up night photography to capture some of the magic myself. I keep the music off so I don't wake anyone. I love this app! Heavenly. ### 5/5 — Starwalk *2019-05-11, version 7.3.0* I have an astronomy class this has help me get straight A’s. ### 5/5 — Passion!!! *2019-04-26, version 7.3.0* It shows tat the people who created it are absolutely passionate about their love of the heavens ### 5/5 — Always keep... *2019-04-23, version 7.3.0* Have always gazed at the night sky and was amazed at the size of the universe. Read many books and articles but Star Walk prompts and information keeps it new. ### 5/5 — Knowledge . *2019-04-20, version 7.3.0* Great app. Learned a lot about universes. Masses of stars. Worried about what may turn up soon to our planet after Signals sent by S E T I. Scary stuff. They might even be allready here. ### 5/5 — Star Walk *2019-04-13, version 7.3.0* I have enjoyed this app very much! FR ### 5/5 — Amazing 😉🥰🥰 *2019-03-20, version 7.3.0* I love the way that you get to discover new things ### 5/5 — Walking the stars *2019-03-19, version 7.3.0* It lets me explore the stars and also get a chance to possibly discover some. ### 5/5 — Straight forward *2019-02-17, version 7.3.0* With all the necessary and none of the unnecessary bells and whistles. Time lapse, orientation, detailed item description, Night vision. All I need ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Upgrade or take it off the App Store! *2023-03-03, version 7.3.0* This was last updated 4 years ago? Just recently upgraded constellations for 2019? Come on! I was trying to use this tonight. I had my iPad facing north and it kept telling me that it was facing west. I ended up downloading another app to find out what two objects were. I will not download anything else from this developer! ### 1/5 — This IS SO STUPID *2020-12-21, version 7.3.0* It’s SO STUPID ### 1/5 — I think I remember when it worked... *2020-11-28, version 7.3.0* Would be nice if it was currently capable of identifying the moon when it was pointed at it. Possibly it just ignores timezones like mine as too difficult to handle. Maybe it doesn’t know the time, when it’s told what it is. Whatever. Will just have to find another app that is fit for purpose. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2020-10-30, version 7.3.0* Downloaded this app and it simply does not work. DO NOT waste your money. Apple Store should really arrange reviews by most recent. ### 1/5 — Star walk *2019-01-13, version 7.3.0* This app doesn’t work on my iPad. ### 1/5 — Useless menu *2018-12-16, version 7.2.5* Notifies me about events such as comets, then doesn’t show where they are. Stupid. ### 1/5 — Used to be great, app no longer calibrates direction *2018-09-03, version 7.2.5* This app used to be so great, you could hold it to the sky and identify exactly what you were looking at. With some update along the way, when you hold the device up, it no longer moves to track where you are pointing (east, west, etc.). Big disappointment. ### 1/5 — Waisted money *2018-08-16, version 7.2.5* The app doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — Just bought then a new version comes out. *2018-08-12, version 7.2.5* I purchased this app. It’s ok, but doesn’t go further than the year 1600 which is useless for biblical applications. Not very user friendly either. Weeks after I bought this they released a new version that has to be purchased. Crooked business practices for a half done app. Refund for review change. ### 1/5 — Removed Stars in Rating from Original *2018-06-24, version 7.2.5* It used to be easy to use, simply tilt it and go. Now I cannot get that to work! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awesome satellites! *2025-03-23, version 7.3.0* I love how you can see and check out the ISS, but the 1 problem is I cannot see satellites orbits so if you could add that thank you ### 5/5 — Greatest App *2020-12-22, version 7.3.0* Seeing Jupiter and Saturn alignment was amazing. This is the best app available. Also enjoyed seeing Santa and his sleigh. Creators must have had fun last night. ### 5/5 — Awesome!!! *2020-09-19, version 7.3.0* This app is the best stargazing app I have EVER had! There’s is a time machine and the asteroids and the dwarf planets and the illustrations for the constellations are amazingly amazing! Maybe in the next update you can add the mass and radius of the stars in the Figures section. Maybe you can even add the Large Magellanic Cloud. If you did that would be great! Keep up the great work! - iOS 14 Guy ### 5/5 — Every minute on this app is EXCITING!!! *2020-04-27, version 7.3.0* You're going to love it. The adjustments are phenomenal! There's a slide bar to adjust the density of all the stars to see. What that means is you get to blow your mind of all the stars there are mapped, (omg!!!) or you can thin out the ones further away and see what's right in front of you for less confusion...But there's nothing confusing about this app! There's another slide bar for the time clock you can free wheel and see satellites and stars move in their as is orbits. Truly a visual to be seen!! Day or night, see how to navigate... There's extra info on stars and satellites when you touch click them. Get your kids on this app ASAP! Thank you to all the developers as many times as there are stars, I love this app. ### 5/5 — :-) *2019-10-29, version 7.3.0* I 💖this app. I can see the stars so clearly for once 😔🙁😕I never do unless I’m on this app ### 5/5 — Brilliant! *2019-09-23, version 7.3.0* this app is magic...it’s great to sit at my desk and activate the application that reminds me of my place and the insanity of it all. ### 5/5 — Looks amazing *2019-09-17, version 7.3.0* It’s up there,now you can see the detail ### 5/5 — Sila *2019-09-14, version 7.3.0* Love it ### 5/5 — Fun Astro App *2019-08-20, version 7.3.0* I enjoy using binoculars for astronomical observations. This app is my go to for learning the night sky. ### 5/5 — Totally awesome *2019-08-17, version 7.3.0* Beautiful, easy to use, unbelievable amount of information, wonderfully easy, so much knowledge and beauty in an app --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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