Comparison

Starry Map vs PickrickAR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • AR celestial identification
  • Constellation and star catalog
  • Satellite tracking and alerts
  • Meteor shower notifications
  • Offline functionality
Features
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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/

About

PickrickAR

Features
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We are exploring Augmented Reality as a way of making history visible in a location-based installation that recreates events that happened over 8 months in the 1960s, on a site that is now part of the Georgia Tech campus. On July 3 1964, the day after the Civil Rights Act was passed, George Willis, Jr, Albert L. Dunn, and Woodrow T. Lewis, all ministers and students at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, attempted to gain entry to the Pickrick restaurant a notorious bastion of resistance to integration. The events of that day became the basis of the first lawsuit brought under that Act, filed by the legendary Constance Baker Motley of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Over the next few months the owner of the restaurant, future Georgia governor Lester Maddox, tried renaming the restaurant and changing the signage to evade the legal process, but a rotating group of non-violent protesters risked violence at the hands of armed mobs in order to repeatedly demonstrate that the restaurant was acting in violation of the Civil Rights Act. They eventually forced Maddox to close and so that on February 23 1965 Jack Googer, who worked on Peachtree Street, was able to peacefully sit down to lunch in the now renamed Gateway Cafeteria. Soon after, the restaurant was bought by Georgia Tech, and after about 50 years of use as an administration building and a campus police station, it has now been torn down to make way for the Eco-Commons. Our project is an exercise in using Augmented Reality storytelling to make the invisible visible in two ways. First we are working to project the image of the building and animated recreations of the protests onto the very changed current landscape. Second, we are attempting to beyond the usual protagonist of the story – the segregationist fried chicken seller — to bring into the non-violent protesters into the foreground.

Screenshots

Starry Map4 screens
PickrickAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PickrickAR at none against Starry Map's 7. PickrickAR also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Starry Map's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Starry Map sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PickrickAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Starry Map ships an update every 2 weeks, PickrickAR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and December 16, 2025 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Starry Map versus PickrickAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarry MapPickrickAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (246 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings246 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB1.4 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperにゃんこソフトウェアGeorgia Tech

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Starry Map

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time1
  • Unlock Features (Lifetime)$9.99
None

PickrickAR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Starry Map free?
Starry Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PickrickAR free?
PickrickAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Starry Map or PickrickAR have ads?
Starry Map shows ads; PickrickAR does not.
Which is updated more often, Starry Map or PickrickAR?
Starry Map ships an update every 2 weeks, and PickrickAR every 2 months. Most recently, Starry Map was updated on September 25, 2026 and PickrickAR on December 16, 2025.

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