Comparison

ASGuide vs World Explorers

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

World Explorers

Features
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Discover the greatest explorers in history, from Antiquity to the Space Age. Pytheas, Marco Polo, Magellan, Livingstone, Armstrong... Explore their journeys on an interactive map, read their detailed biographies and test your knowledge with a bilingual quiz. Available in French and English. Features : Complete list with era filters and search Interactive world map with markers Detailed biographies and major explorations 20-question quiz Bilingual French / English

Screenshots

ASGuide4 screens
World Explorers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ASGuide at Free against World Explorers's $0.99. World Explorers's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On 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

ASGuide is free to download; World Explorers costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ASGuide versus World Explorers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASGuideWorld Explorers
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip PerezMichel Garlandat

In-app purchases

None

ASGuide

No in-app purchases

None

World Explorers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ASGuide free?
ASGuide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is World Explorers free?
World Explorers costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ASGuide or World Explorers have ads?
Neither ASGuide nor World Explorers shows ads.

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