What's Up? vs EZ PUSH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
What's Up?
Discover celestial bodies visible in the night sky with this intuitive app. Easily track planets, the Sun, and Moon, and forecast their appearance. Access detailed information and moon phases, with support for the Southern Hemisphere.
- Simple sky grid display
- Effortless navigation
- Time-bar functionality
- Comprehensive celestial information
- Observation insights
- Moon phases
- Wikipedia links
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Whether you're deciding if it's worth setting up your telescope or simply curious about that bright 'star,' What's Up? is the perfect companion for sky enthusiasts. Key Features: • Simple Sky Grid Display: View the positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets on an intuitive grid representing the night sky. • Effortless Navigation: No augmented reality or motion tracking needed—just a straightforward display to see what's up. • Time-Bar Functionality: Slide the time-bar to forecast the appearance of your favorite planets and their directions. • Comprehensive Information: Displays the location of the Sun, Moon, planets, and even Pluto. • Observation Insights: Instantly identify which celestial objects are prime for observation. • Moon Phases: Stay updated with the current moon phase. • Wikipedia Links: Dive deeper with quick access to Wikipedia pages for detailed information. • Southern Hemisphere Support: Sky-watchers down south are covered too. • Minimal Network Usage: Only needed for Wikipedia access. • Note: Localizations are limited to planet names. For a full 3D rendered experience with motion tracking, check out our award-winning companion app, Pocket Universe. If you already own Pocket Universe, you'll find What's Up? familiar yet even more user-friendly, with a sleeker design and quicker access to the "Currently Visible" mode, and basic Apple Watch support.
EZ PUSH
This astronomy app helps you navigate the night sky. It functions as a star map, identifying celestial objects and stars up to magnitude 10.5. It offers features like 'roaming' and 'Messier marathon' to enhance your stargazing experience.
- Real-time sky mapping
- Celestial object identification
- Deep sky catalog integration
- Stargazing skill enhancement tools
- Bluetooth encoder compatibility
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EZ PUSH TO is a sky map app running precisely when the Bluetooth encoders on GSO Dobsonian is connected. Without encoders, the app still works relying on iPhone's compass and gravity sensor. EZ PUSH TO is designed for visual astronomy. The star map assists you browsing the real sky. The map is concise, but completed with Messier/NGC /Herschel catalogue, double and binary stars, comets and asteroids, and magnitude 10.5 stars (270K stars) for general purpose. EZ PUSH TO features lots amazing interface, such as lazy "roaming" in the deep sky, and "Messier marathon" to enhance your stargazing skills. It absolutely brings you and telescope freely to reach the real deep sky at your backyard, or in your family camping.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: What's Up? at 4.2 against EZ PUSH's 4.0. What's Up? also leads on device support (4 vs 2). EZ PUSH's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 58%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
What's Up? holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of What's Up?'s written reviews are positive against 67% of EZ PUSH's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
What's Up? ships an update every 3 months, EZ PUSH every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | What's Up? | EZ PUSH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.5 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Kennedy | Sun Pao |
Customer experience
What's Up?
EZ PUSH
In-app purchases
What's Up?
No in-app purchases
EZ PUSH
No in-app purchases








