Gotomote vs Telescopius
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gotomote
Control your telescope mount with this handheld device. It offers easy setup, star alignment, and advanced features for guiding and tracking celestial objects. Access a comprehensive database of astronomical objects.
- Handheld GoTo controller for OnStep mounts
- Database of Quasars, Messier, Galaxies, and Bright Stars
- One, two, or three-star alignment
- Customizable parking functionality
- Pulse-guiding and object centering
- PEC programming and GoTo speed settings
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Gotomote is a handheld GoTo controller for OnStep telescope mounts. It’s easy-to-use and built over powerful asynchronous socket that creates great connection and a very little latency. To get going all user would need is select a site, set date/time, star align the telescope and park. • App has a database of Quasar, Messier and a vast database of Galaxies with a named Bright Star catalog. • Initialization of date/time/location, and align with one, two, or three stars. • Align with one-star to quickly get going or two/three stars to correct for polar axis misalignment, cone error, etc. • Parking functionality includes the ability to set the park position (anywhere you like), quickly fetches your already added sites and set it, park, and to unpark. • The guide are for pulse-guiding, centering objects, reticule dim and bright settings. • Commands for PEC programming, set GoTo speed, set backlash for RA and Dec. • Gotomote also allows to set tracking rate, compensated tracking, adjust rate, switch tracking control.
Telescopius
Discover celestial objects for your telescope and plan stunning astrophotography shots. Save favorite targets, simulate camera framings, and create intricate mosaics. Explore a community gallery of breathtaking astrophotography.
- Find telescope targets
- Save favorite celestial objects
- Simulate astrophotography framings
- Plan image mosaics
- Community astrophotography gallery
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Astronomy and astrophotography tools. Find targets for your telescope, save your favorites, simulate astrophotography framings, plan mosaics, and enjoy our community-driven astrophotography gallery. Astronomy Planning Made Easy, 100% free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gotomote at 4.2 against Telescopius's 3.6. Gotomote also leads on iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gotomote holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Gotomote's written reviews are positive against 54% of Telescopius's.
| Parameter | Gotomote | Telescopius |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 3.6 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Satnam Singh | Sebastian Oscar Garcia Rojas |
Customer experience
Gotomote
Telescopius
In-app purchases
Gotomote
No in-app purchases
Telescopius
No in-app purchases
