SkyView® vs Satellite Chasers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SkyView®
Identify stars, constellations, planets, and satellites by simply pointing your device at the sky. This app uses augmented reality to guide you and provides information on celestial objects, upcoming events, and even allows you to travel through time to view the sky on different dates.
- Identify stars, planets, and satellites with AR
- Discover all 88 constellations
- Schedule alerts for celestial events
- Night mode for preserving vision
- Time travel to view past/future skies
- Capture and share celestial images
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SkyView® brings stargazing to everyone. Simply point your iPhone, iPad, or iPod at the sky to identify stars, constellations, planets, satellites, and more! Over 3.2 million downloads. App Store Rewind 2011 -- Best Education App “If you've ever wanted to know what you're looking at in the night sky, this app is the perfect stargazer's companion.” – CNET "If you’ve ever been looking for a stargazing app for your iPhone, then this [is] definitely the one to get." – AppAdvice “SkyView is an Augmented Reality app that lets you see just what delights the sky has to offer.” – 148Apps Editor’s Choice You don't need to be an astronomer to find stars or constellations in the sky, just open SkyView® and let it guide you to their location and identify them. SkyView® is a beautiful and intuitive stargazing app that uses your camera to precisely spot and identify celestial objects in sky, day or night. Find all 88 constellations as they fade in and out while you scan across the sky, locate every planet in our solar system, discover distant galaxies, and witness satellite fly-bys. Features: • Simple: Point your device at the sky to identify galaxies, stars, constellations, planets, and satellites (including the ISS and Hubble) passing overhead at your location. • Sighting Events: schedule alerts for upcoming celestial events. • Apple Watch: see what objects are visible tonight and how to spot them using your Apple Watch. • Today Widget: brand new iOS 8 today widget lets you quickly see upcoming celestial events. • Night Mode: Preserve your night vision with red or green night mode filters. • Augmented Reality (AR): Use your camera to spot objects in the sky, day or night. • Sky Paths: Follow the sky track for any object to see it’s exact location in the sky on any date and time. • Comprehensive: Includes thousands of stars, planets, and satellites with thousands of interesting facts. • Time Travel: Jump to the future or the past and see the sky on different dates and times. • Social: Capture and share beautiful images with friends and family on social networks. • Mobile: WiFi is NOT required (does not require a data signal or GPS to function). Take it camping, boating, or even flying! What a fun way to teach yourself, your children, your students, or your friends about our wonderful universe!
Satellite Chasers
Explore the cosmos with this app that tracks nearly 50,000 orbital objects using augmented reality. Discover when satellites will be overhead, read space news, and customize their appearance. Compete with friends on a leaderboard and personalize your viewing experience.
- Track 50,000+ orbital objects
- Augmented Reality satellite viewing
- Real-time satellite addition
- Overhead pass notifications
- Integrated space news
- Satellite customization
- Leaderboard and friend system
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Satellite Chasers lets you explore the real satellite catalog from your phone, including active satellites, rocket bodies, debris, and newly added objects soon after launch. Point your phone at the sky in AR to see what is overhead, or explore satellites over the globe. Track satellites, launches, predicted decays, and conjunctions, which are close approaches between objects in orbit that may indicate potential collision risk. Features include: - Track tens of thousands of objects cataloged in Earth orbit - Use AR to see satellites overhead through your phone’s camera - Play SatSpot, a satellite pointing challenge where your aim determines your check-in points - Get notifications for predicted decays, conjunctions, launches, and newly added satellites - Search launches and see what flew together - Read space news connected to satellites, launches, and orbital activity - View satellite images, descriptions, radio/transmitter data from SatNOGS, and select NASA 3D models - Customize filters to show the satellites you care about - Check in with nearby satellites, earn points, and compete on leaderboards - Favorite satellites and organize your personal Orbit of friends Whether you are a space nerd, ham radio operator, sky watcher, or just curious about what is passing overhead, Satellite Chasers gives you a playful way to explore orbit in real time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Satellite Chasers at Free against SkyView®'s $2.99. Satellite Chasers also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). SkyView®'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (7.7K vs 26). On rating, review sentiment, ads and device support 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
Satellite Chasers is free to download; SkyView® costs $2.99 up front. Satellite Chasers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SkyView® asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for SkyView® against 4.5 for Satellite Chasers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SkyView® has 7.7K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of SkyView®'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Satellite Chasers's.
SkyView® ships an update every 4 months, Satellite Chasers every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | SkyView® | Satellite Chasers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.7K ratings) — better | 4.5 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.7K — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Terminal Eleven LLC | Austin Griffith |
Customer experience
SkyView®
Satellite Chasers
Bugs and requests
SkyView®
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezing and crashing issues
- Compass and orientation problems
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between automatic and manual calibration
Requested features
6 requests- Add more celestial objects like comets, dwarf planets, and the James Webb Space Telescope
- Improve calibration and compass accuracy
- Add option to hide constellation overlays
- Implement a feature to track the International Space Station and other satellites
- Add a widget for quick access to sky information
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- Improve support for older devices and iOS versions
Satellite Chasers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SkyView®
No in-app purchases
Satellite Chasers
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Remove Ads & Buy Me A Coffee$4.99







