Comparison

ASGuide vs StarBook Wireless

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

Head to head
About

ASGuide

Explore the night sky with this astronomy companion. Discover planets, galaxies, nebulae, and more visible from your location. Generate custom viewing lists and preview celestial objects with an interactive sky atlas.

Highlights
  • Discover celestial objects visible from your location
  • Generate custom viewing lists
  • View detailed observation information
  • Interactive sky atlas preview
  • Dark mode for nighttime viewing
  • Sunrise/sunset and moon phase dashboard
Features
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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.

About

StarBook Wireless

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STAR BOOK Wireless is an app for a smartphone that allows for radio controls of the equatorial mount with a Wireless Unit attached. The wireless LAN connection between the smartphone and the Wireless Unit makes you operate the equatorial mount with no cables and enables you to use celestial navigation functions, including automatic GO-TO navigation. Applicable equatorial mounts:SX2、SXD2、SXD2-PFL、SXP、SXP-PFL、SXP2、AXJ (Encoder cannot be used together)、AXD2、AXD、AP Functions Available with the App Moving the Telescope in X-Y Directions Swiping on the screen of star charts with your fingers will move the telescope in the corresponding direction. Also, fine movements are available by enlarging the screen. Zooming in or out of the screen is ready with the zoom slider. Celestial Navigations You can select celestial objects you desire to see from the lists of different celestial objects (Stars / Planets / Messier objects, NGC objects, IC objects / Comets, and so on) and introduce them into your telescope automatically. (SCOPE MODE) In this mode, swiping motions on the star chart are linked to a movement of the telescope. The telescope can be slewed in any direction freely. (CHART MODE) In this mode, you can select the celestial objects you want to introduce into your telescope from the star charts on the screen. You can choose a named celestial object seen inner the center green circle or bring a field of view of the telescope to the center of the star chart. Alignment* After introducing the target celestial object in the center, you can match the direction of the telescope's field of view to that celestial object by tapping "ALIGN" for alignment. You can view and delete alignment logs by pressing "ALIGN" a little longer. *The alignment is the work of matching the position information from the celestial coordinates stored in the app with the location of stars visible in the sky. Firmware Update You can update the firmware on your Wireless Unit with the application. Nighttime Visibility You can secure the visibility on the screen during nighttime use by changing the screen illumination to red

Screenshots

ASGuide4 screens
StarBook Wireless3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StarBook Wireless at every 2 months against ASGuide's every 4 months. StarBook Wireless also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ASGuide ships an update every 4 months, StarBook Wireless every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ASGuide versus StarBook Wireless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASGuideStarBook Wireless
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB22 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPhilip PerezVixen Co.,Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

ASGuide

No in-app purchases

None

StarBook Wireless

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ASGuide free?
ASGuide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StarBook Wireless free?
StarBook Wireless is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ASGuide or StarBook Wireless have ads?
Neither ASGuide nor StarBook Wireless shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ASGuide or StarBook Wireless?
ASGuide ships an update every 4 months, and StarBook Wireless every 2 months. Most recently, ASGuide was updated on September 1, 2026 and StarBook Wireless on September 11, 2026.

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