Namco UK vs ASGuide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Namco UK
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Take your courses on your mobile device, send & receive messages, access bookshelf resources and so much more.
ASGuide
Explore the night sky with a personal guide to visible planets, galaxies, and stars. Plan observations, find celestial targets, and learn about discoveries with detailed information and an interactive atlas. Customize your view for nighttime use.
- Identify visible planets, galaxies, and stars
- Plan observation times and celestial targets
- Filter objects by magnitude and altitude
- Search by common name or catalog number
- Browse solar system and deep-sky objects
- Track moon phases and times
- Interactive sky atlas with high-resolution imagery
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Discover the wonders visible in your sky tonight. ASGuide (Astronomy Sky Guide) turns your location and observing time into a personal guide to the night sky. Discover visible planets, galaxies, nebulae, stars, star clusters, and galactic regions. Plan an observation, explore from home, or find your next celestial target. Find objects worth viewing and learn more about every discovery: - See what is visible from your location and when to observe it. View rise, transit, and set times. - Filter by magnitude, altitude above the horizon, constellation, object type, and more. - Search by common name, catalog number, constellation, object type, or detailed classification. - Browse the solar system and deep-sky categories. - Return quickly to recent searches and recently viewed objects. - See which planets are visible. - Save favorite objects for future viewing. - Use your current location or select any location on Earth. - Check sunrise, sunset, twilight, and night times. - Follow the current moon phase, illumination, moonrise, moonset, and the next new and full moons. - Open high-resolution imagery and explore objects with the interactive sky atlas. Customize the Home screen with the information that matters to you. Use the dark appearance for nighttime observations, or the standard iOS appearance. Your next night-sky discovery starts with ASGuide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ASGuide at every 4 months against Namco UK's every 13 months. Namco UK's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Namco UK ships an update every 13 months, ASGuide every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Namco UK | ASGuide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Namco UK Limited | Philip Perez |
In-app purchases
Namco UK
No in-app purchases
ASGuide
No in-app purchases
