Comparison

CloudLabs Star constellation vs Ad Astra

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

Head to head
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CloudLabs Star constellation

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In this practice, you need to calculate the perimeter of an irregular polygon in order to determine the perimeter projected by the constellations as seen from our perspective on Earth in order to build a holographic projection room. The simulator recreates an observatory with a computer and the required instrumentation you need to observe the constellations.

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Ad Astra

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Per aspera ad astra โ€” through hardships to the stars. Ad Astra turns your iPhone into a living planetarium. Raise your phone and the sky above you comes alive: every star drawn from real astronomical catalogs, constellations traced with their figures, planets and the Moon exactly where they truly are, and satellites drifting overhead โ€” all rendered on the GPU at up to 120 Hz for a perfectly smooth sky. THE LIVE SKY โ€ข Point your phone anywhere โ€” motion sensors aim the view where you aim the device โ€ข Stars from the Hipparcos and Yale Bright Star catalogs, scaled by real brightness โ€ข A light-pollution slider: slide from a mountain dark-sky site to a bright city and watch the stars thin realistically โ€ข Night-vision mode preserves your dark adaptation under a real sky โ€ข Atmosphere, photographic horizon, and an immersive mode that fades every control away MEET THE STARS UP CLOSE Tap any star, planet, moon, or satellite for a rotatable 3D portrait โ€” stars reconstructed from their real spectral data, planets and moons with detailed texture maps, Saturn with its rings, and real photographs of the ISS, Hubble, and more. Every object carries at-a-glance facts, stories for the famous ones, and a live Wikipedia summary. FLY THE SOLAR SYSTEM A free-flying 3D solar system with real orbital mechanics. Scrub the timeline through days, months, and years and watch the orbits evolve. Overview and map modes make it feel like a navigation app for space. TRAVEL THE MILKY WAY Fly around a GPU point-cloud model of our galaxy: spiral arms, globular clusters, companion galaxies, and the black hole at the center โ€” then run the galactic clock and watch the arms shear over millions of years. RELIVE LEGENDARY MISSIONS Replay Vostok 1, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, the Voyagers, and the Mars rovers: real launch photography fading into a live trajectory simulation with a mission HUD showing altitude, speed, and distance in your local units. The sky is up there every night. Ad Astra shows you what you are looking at.

Screenshots

CloudLabs Star constellation1 screens
Ad Astra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: CloudLabs Star constellation at 3 against Ad Astra's 1. CloudLabs Star constellation also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
CloudLabs Star constellation versus Ad Astra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudLabs Star constellationAd Astra
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 โ€” better26.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size92 MB241 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiovany OrozcoAliaksei Kernazhytski

In-app purchases

None

CloudLabs Star constellation

No in-app purchases

None

Ad Astra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CloudLabs Star constellation free?
CloudLabs Star constellation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ad Astra free?
Ad Astra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CloudLabs Star constellation or Ad Astra have ads?
Neither CloudLabs Star constellation nor Ad Astra shows ads.

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