Lunar Eclipse Guide vs SkySafari 7 Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lunar Eclipse Guide
Plan and experience solar and lunar eclipses with detailed information, simulations, and observation tools. Discover past and future events, view visibility maps, and receive timely notifications.
- Eclipse calendar
- Observing from any location
- Eclipse simulation
- World map with eclipse path
- Visibility gradation map
- Best observation places
- Notifications
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Eclipse Guide is a comprehensive and easy-to-use app for observing solar and lunar eclipses. It provides all information you need to experience and understand any eclipse of the past and the future. ***From the developers of famous astronomical app Star Walk, winner of the Apple Design Award 2010, loved by more than 20 million users around the world*** Main features: ● Eclipse calendar with the list of solar and lunar eclipses of the past and the future. ● Observing eclipses from the user's location, from any other place, or from the best location for observation. ● Eclipse simulation with the play button to get a visual representation of the celestial event from its beginning to the end. ● World map showing the eclipse path accompanied by the info about the sun coverage and the moon altitude. ● The map illustrating the gradation of eclipse visibility. ● The list of best places for eclipse observations. ● Eclipse phases, timelines, and other core information. ● Notifications about solar and lunar eclipses. ● Share the information about eclipses with friends. The app is not limited to upcoming eclipses only - you can choose any eclipse you want to learn about and view it at home or worldwide. Advanced features:* ● Audio guide with voice notifications won’t let you miss the desired solar or lunar eclipse. It will accompany your eclipse observation process providing comments on all the stages of the phenomenon. ● Fullscreen informative maps show the visibility of an eclipse and its path. Use them to pick a good location for your eclipse observation. Zoom in and out, check the eclipse visibility for any location. ● Star spotter simulates the sky at your observing location. Find out whether the eclipse will be visible from the selected location. Quickly identify and view solar and lunar eclipses in the sky. The Star Spotter feature won't work for the devices that are not equipped with digital compass. *Advanced features should be purchased separately (via In-App Purchase). Remember: Looking directly at the Sun can cause serious eye damage or blindness. Never look at a solar eclipse without proper eye protection. Questions or suggestions for improvements: support@vitotechnology.com We are looking forward to your feedback. Get ready for the next eclipse with Eclipse Guide!
SkySafari 7 Pro
Explore the night sky with an extensive astronomy database and advanced planning tools. Discover astronomical events, control your telescope, and connect with other stargazers in real-time.
- Extensive celestial object database
- Advanced event finder
- Telescope control (ASCOM Alpaca, INDI, StarSense)
- Real-time social stargazing (OneSky)
- Guided sky tours (SkyCast)
- Observation planning and logging
- Home and lock screen widgets
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SkySafari makes stargazing a simple pleasure. It has the largest database of any astronomy app, includes every comet, asteroid, satellite & solar system object ever discovered, offers unparalleled accuracy, advanced planning and logging tools, flawless telescope control, and provides the very best experience under the stars when you depend on it. Don’t postpone joy. Discover why SkySafari is the #1 recommended astronomy app for serious amateur astronomers since 2009. Here's what’s new in version 7: + Complete support for iOS 18 and iPhone 16. Version 7 brings a new and immersive stargazing experience. + Events Finder - go to the new Events section to unlock a powerful search engine that finds astronomical events visible tonight and far into the future. The finder dynamically generates a listing of moon phases, eclipses, planetary moon events, meteor showers and planetary phenomenon such as conjunctions, elongations and oppositions. + Notifications - the notifications section has been completely revamped to allow you to customize and manage which events trigger an alert notification on your device. + Telescope Support - telescope control is at the heart of SkySafari. Version 7 takes a giant leap forward by supporting ASCOM Alpaca, INDI & StarSense Explorer. These next generation control protocols allow you to effortlessly connect to hundreds of compatible astronomical devices. SkySafari 7 brings social stargazing to mobile devices with two new features to help you connect with other like minded people. OneSky - allows you to see what other users are observing, in real time. This feature highlights objects in the sky chart and indicates with a number how many users are observing a particular object. SkyCast - allows you to guide a friend or group around the night sky through their own copy of SkySafari. After initiating SkyCast, you can generate a link and conveniently share it with other SkySafari users via text message, apps or social media accounts. + Sky Tonight - jump to the new Tonight section to see what’s visible in your sky tonight. Expanded information has been designed to help plan your night and includes Moon & Sun info, calendar curations, events and the best positioned deep sky and solar system objects. + Improved Observation Tools - SkySafari is the perfect tool to help you plan, record and organize your observations. New workflows make it easier to add, search, filter and sort data. + Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets keep your favorite astro information at your fingertips. The Small Touches: + You can now edit the Jupiter GRS Longitude Value in the Settings. + Better Moon Age calculation. + New grid & reference options allow you to display Solstice and Equinox markers, Orbit + Node markers for all solar system objects, and tick marks and labels for the Ecliptic, Meridian, and Equator reference lines. + Previous In-app Purchases are Now Free - this includes the H-R diagram, 3D Galaxy view, and the PGC galaxy and GAIA star catalogs. Enjoy. + Many more. If you haven't used SkySafari 7 Pro before, here's what you can do with it: + Hold your device up, and SkySafari 7 Pro will find stars, constellations, planets, and more! + Simulate the night sky up to 5MM years in the past or future! Animate meteor showers, conjunctions, eclipses, and other celestial events. + Control your telescope, log and plan your observations. + Optionally backup all of your observing data in our secure cloud storage and make it easily accessible to multiple devices as well as from our new web interface, LiveSky.com. + Augmented Reality (AR) mode + Night Vision. + Orbit Mode. Leave the Earth’s surface behind, and fly through our solar system. + Galaxy View shows the position of deep sky objects in our Milky Way! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://www.livesky.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lunar Eclipse Guide at $1.99 against SkySafari 7 Pro's $17.99. SkySafari 7 Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Lunar Eclipse Guide costs $1.99 and SkySafari 7 Pro $17.99 up front. Lunar Eclipse Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SkySafari 7 Pro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Lunar Eclipse Guide against 4.6 for SkySafari 7 Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SkySafari 7 Pro has 5.5K ratings behind it against 785, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Lunar Eclipse Guide's written reviews are positive against 46% of SkySafari 7 Pro's.
Lunar Eclipse Guide ships an update every 3 months, SkySafari 7 Pro every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Lunar Eclipse Guide | SkySafari 7 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $17.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (785 ratings) | 4.6 (5.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | 45.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 785 | 5.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 239 MB | 2.4 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vito Technology Inc. | Simulation Curriculum Corp. |
Customer experience
Lunar Eclipse Guide
SkySafari 7 Pro
User reviews
Lunar Eclipse Guide
From 785 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fantastic app
- 🔍 Excellent simulation
- 💡 Great for planning eclipses
- 🌟 Superb app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
- 💰 Hidden charges
- 🔔 Excessive notifications
- 🗺️ Poor map quality
- 🤖 Useless for planning
SkySafari 7 Pro
From 5.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent observational tool
- 🌟 Powerful and indispensable app
- 👍 Great app, easy to use
- 🔭 Wonderful planetarium app
- 💻 Best mobile tool for telescope control
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes upon opening
- 🌍 Lack of Southern Hemisphere support
- 🔍 Complicated interface, not user-friendly
- 🔌 Crashes too often
- 💰 Pay even more for additional features
Bugs and requests
Lunar Eclipse Guide
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incorrect eclipse visibility information
- Simulation stops at GMT midnight
- Localisation issues
- Crashes during use
Requested features
5 requests- Add more future eclipses
- Allow custom location saving
- Implement landscape mode
- Expand date range for historical eclipses
- Add ability to scrub timeline
SkySafari 7 Pro
Reported bugs
5 issues- Free database downloads fail to complete
- Telescope button crashes the app
- Time settings spontaneously reset
- Observing list crashes the app
- Field of view indicators not working
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to quickly edit light form
- Allow custom horizon mask input
- Include surface brightness data for extended objects
- Add transit altitude information for objects
- Improve object search with fuzzy matching
In-app purchases
Lunar Eclipse Guide
- Advanced Eclipse Calendar$0.99
SkySafari 7 Pro
- SkySafari Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- SkySafari Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- PGC Galaxy DatabaseFree
- GAIA Star DatabaseFree
- Apollo Lunar MissionsFree
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