# Stellar Tour - AR Stargazer — Astronomy: Night Sky Star Map

> AR stargazing app with astrophysicist-led tours of celestial objects. (iPhone/iPad app by Aaron Day.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stellar-tour-ar-stargazer/id1197929178 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Aaron Day](https://appshunter.io/developer/1028872452)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $2.99)
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 1,690 App Store ratings · 91 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 485 MB
- Languages: American English, Icelandic, Japanese, Latin American Spanish
- Released: 2017-03-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-21
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stellar-tour-ar-stargazer/id1197929178/reviews.md

## What is Stellar Tour?

Stellar Tour is the only AR stargazing app written by an astrophysicist. Point your phone at the night sky and get a guided tour of everything up there: two billion real stars, every planet and major moon, eclipses, meteor showers, and 13,000 deep-sky objects.

Astrophysicist Dr. Aaron Day wrote every word. Instead of the standard flood of random facts, Stellar Tour tells the scientifically accurate story of each world: what it is like on the ground, in the seas, or floating through the clouds.

THE NIGHT SKY, FOR REAL
• Two billion stars from ESA's Gaia survey, each in its true position. Pinch to zoom from your backyard to the galactic core.
• The Milky Way as it actually looks, with constellations, planets, and satellites overlaid on your live sky.
• Night Vision mode keeps your eyes dark-adapted with a pure red display.

ECLIPSE EXPLORER
Simulate any solar or lunar eclipse from your exact location: local timings, a disc animation of the Moon crossing the Sun, and a live countdown. Built for the total eclipse of August 12, 2026.

PLAN YOUR NIGHT
• Sky Calendar: every eclipse, meteor shower, conjunction, and full moon. The week ahead is free; the full year comes with the expansion.
• Night Planner: the best targets for your sky tonight, hour by hour. Cloud cover from the weather forecast is reported so you can plan ahead.
• Reminders that fire only when something is worth stepping outside for, including the International Space Station and Tiangong Space Station passes with a live countdown.

GO DEEPER
• Telescope Catalog: 13,000 NGC, IC, and Messier objects, searchable and shown on your sky.
• Exoplanets: nearly every known world, in its actual position on the sky, with sizes, temperatures, and orbits.
• The Solar System up close: planets and major moons in NASA probe imagery, in visible light, ultraviolet, infrared, and radar. Rotate them to any angle.

FOR EVERYONE
• Kid Mode rewrites the whole tour for young explorers.
• Birthday Sky: a shareable card of the sky on the night you were born.
• Smart search: ask for exactly what you want.

Take the Stellar Tour!

## Key features

- Augmented reality stargazing
- Astrophysicist-guided tours
- Detailed exoplanet information
- High-resolution solar system visuals
- Exploration of galaxies and nebulae
- Interactive 3D planet and moon models

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cosmic Expansion | $9.99 | one-time |
| AR Sky View | $3.99 | one-time |
| Cosmic Expansion | $9.99 | one-time |
| Remove Ads 1 | $2.99 | one-time |
| Remove Ads 2 | $9.99 | one-time |
| Remove Ads 3 | $14.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Stellar Tour?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🌟 Amazing app
- 👍 Excellent for stargazing and learning
- 🔭 Helpful for identifying stars and constellations
- 🌌 Detailed information on planets and exoplanets
- 🎓 Great educational tool for all ages
- 🤩 Impressive 3D graphics and visuals

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
- 🤔 Some features not intuitive or user-friendly
- 💰 Wish it was completely free without in-app purchases
- 🌍 Language localization could be improved

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Login screen freezes
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Videos not playing offline as expected

**Most requested features**

- Add support for viewing comets and other celestial events
- Improve AR functionality and integration
- Provide more detailed information on exoplanets
- Introduce a dark mode option for better visibility at night

## Recent user reviews (10 of 91)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stellar-tour-ar-stargazer/id1197929178/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Me

*2026-04-24, version 6.2*

You are the best app ever really 📣

### 5/5 — Good fun learning with kids

*2026-02-26, version 5.5.0*

My kids learn more about starts and planets.

### 5/5 — amazing

*2026-01-04, version 5.5.0*

great app, can't deside if SkyView is better, but i recommend getting both

### 5/5 — WOW!!

*2025-12-18, version 5.5.0*

This is the greatest app! I love being able to even see the moon below the horizon so I know where it will rise! Since I live so near a large city, it’s not always easy to see all the stars. So it’s great that the app helps me identify the constellations even when I’m not able to see all the stars involved! It’s almost like a video game! :)

### 5/5 — Best star app

*2025-12-13, version 5.5.0*

I love stellar Tour ❤️ it’s cool how you can change the dates and see where the stars and planets move!

### 5/5 — 🌐💠

*2025-10-07, version 5.5.0*

💝💝✅✅✅

### 5/5 — The truth

*2025-09-24, version 5.5.0*

Keep this type of tech growing and developing. Pipeline it to me. Exclusively.

### 5/5 — Pplkjn

*2025-07-30, version 5.5.0*

Jensns

### 1/5 — Crashing

*2025-06-14, version 5.5.0*

Opened only once and kept crashing on the next attempts

### 5/5 — 5 Stars

*2025-04-10, version 5.5.0*

I think this star tour was and is an amazing way to learn different star constellations and lots of other background information about our planet, stars and solar system! :)

## Frequently asked questions about Stellar Tour

### What does Stellar Tour do?

Stellar Tour is an augmented reality stargazing app that allows users to explore the night sky. It provides scientifically accurate information and guided tours of exoplanets, stars, planets, moons, galaxies, and nebulae, narrated by an astrophysicist.

### What are the key features of Stellar Tour?

Key features include AR stargazing, astrophysicist-led educational tours, detailed information on exoplanets with their sizes and orbits, and high-resolution, rotatable 3D models of solar system planets and moons using NASA probe imagery.

### Is Stellar Tour free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases, suggesting that some content or features may require additional payment.

### What devices is Stellar Tour compatible with?

While specific compatibility details are not provided, AR apps typically require devices with AR capabilities, such as modern smartphones and tablets running recent versions of their operating systems (iOS or Android).

### Who would benefit from using Stellar Tour?

This app is ideal for amateur astronomers, students, educators, and anyone curious about space who wants to learn about celestial objects in an engaging, visually rich, and scientifically accurate manner.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 7.2 — 2026-08-08

The total solar eclipse is August 12. Eclipse Explorer gives you the exact times for wherever you are standing, and that eclipse's page is free for everyone through the 12th.

This update fixes the eclipse screen's location heading, which appeared in English for readers in other languages and sometimes forgot the place name entirely. It also corrects a few facts in the object descriptions, including how long Io takes to orbit Jupiter.

### 7.1 — 2026-08-04

The August 12 total eclipse is two weeks out, and this update is about being ready for it.
• Sky Forecast: hourly cloud cover and conditions for your exact spot, plus the week ahead
• Sky reminders now read the forecast, so a clouded-out peak night says so
• During eclipse week the whole Eclipse Explorer is free for everyone
• Tap a meteor shower's radiant right in the sky to learn about the shower
• Night vision: every control, scroll bar and title now holds deep red
• Night Planner: a plan for another place speaks that place's times, every row
Plus smarter sky event announcements and dozens of small fixes.

### 7.0 — 2026-07-24

The August 12 total eclipse is coming, and this update is built for it.
• Eclipse Explorer: any eclipse, simulated from your exact spot, with local timings and a live countdown
• Night Planner: the best targets for your sky tonight, hour by hour
• Telescope Catalog: 13,000 deep-sky objects, searchable
• Birthday Sky: the sky of the night you were born, as a card worth sharing
• Sky Calendar: the week ahead free, the full year with the expansion
Plus a moonless Perseid peak the same night, smarter notifications, and many fixes.

### 6.5 — 2026-06-28

The sky just got a whole lot bigger. This version adds billions of real stars — the actual Milky Way, mapped star by star, so you can zoom from familiar constellations all the way down into the dense glow of the galactic core and keep finding more. It's the biggest thing we've ever added, and it took a while to get right. We hope it leaves you a little starstruck.

### 6.2 — 2026-04-22

This version add Cosmic Style! The constellations are now drawn with fiery energy beams. It's a bit dramatic, so if it's too much you can always turn it off in settings.

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## More apps by Aaron Day

- [Cosmology](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cosmology/id1028872453)

All apps by Aaron Day: https://appshunter.io/developer/1028872452

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