Starry Map vs Star Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starry Map
Identify stars, constellations, and satellites by pointing your phone at the night sky. Augmented reality overlays display celestial names in real-time. Receive notifications for upcoming satellite passes and meteor showers.
- AR celestial identification
- Constellation and star catalog
- Satellite tracking and alerts
- Meteor shower notifications
- Offline functionality
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Point your smartphone at the night sky to instantly identify constellations, stars, and satellites. AR overlays show celestial names on the live camera view, and you can swipe to explore any direction. Get alerts for visible ISS passes and meteor showers. Includes: ・88 constellations (with Hevelius illustrations) ・Solar system planets, dwarf planets, asteroids ・Stars up to magnitude 12 ・About 100 Messier objects (nebulae and clusters) ・Over 10,000 satellites ・More than 300 comets ・Meteor showers and asterisms (Summer/Winter Triangle, Big Dipper, etc.) ・Satellite pass alerts (ISS, Hubble) ・Meteor shower peak notifications Works offline (satellite data won't update). Terms of Service https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Star Map
Explore the night sky with this stargazing app. Point your device to the sky to identify thousands of stars, planets, constellations, and more. It uses your device's sensors and GPS to provide an accurate celestial view.
- Augmented reality sky view
- Identify stars, planets, and constellations
- Uses device sensors and GPS
- Explore thousands of celestial objects
- Track ISS and satellites
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Star Map is an exquisite stargazing app enabling you to explore the night sky through the screen of your device. Make an effortless journey through thousands of stars, comets, and constellations. All you have to do is point your device to the sky! Star Map taps your device’s sensors and the GPS to determine the exact position of stars, planets, constellations, comets, ISS, satellites, star clusters, nebulae and meteor showers in the night sky.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Starry Map at 4.5 against Star Map's 2.2. Starry Map also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 20%) and ratings volume (246 vs 6). Star Map's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Starry Map sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Star Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
Starry Map holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starry Map has 246 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Starry Map's written reviews are positive against 20% of Star Map's.
Starry Map ships an update every 2 weeks, Star Map every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starry Map | Star Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (246 ratings) — better | 2.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 246 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | にゃんこソフトウェア | 广东单词世界科教有限公司 |
Customer experience
Starry Map
Star Map
In-app purchases
Starry Map
- Unlock Features2 variants$0.991 Month
- Unlock Features7 Days trial2 variants$0.991 Month
- Unlock Features$3.991 Year
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- Unlock Features7 Days trial$3.991 Year
- Unlock Features (Lifetime)$9.99
Star Map
No in-app purchases
