SkyView® vs Cool Astronomy Facts
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!
Cool Astronomy Facts
Discover mind-blowing astronomy and space facts across 17 categories. Improve your knowledge with offline access to around 400 facts, easily searchable and shareable. Customize your reading experience with adjustable font sizes and view options.
- Offline access
- 17 astronomy categories
- 400+ astronomy facts
- Searchable facts
- Favorite facts
- Share facts
- Adjustable font size
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Our app has collection of interesting,amazing and fascinating astronomy and space facts that will blow your mind. You can improve your knowledge and information about astronomy and space with this app. FEATURES - Internet connection is NOT needed. - There are 17 astronomy categories. - There are about 400 astronomy facts. - Search any fact easily. - Save facts as your favorites. - Share facts with your friends over SMS and E-Mail. - You can view facts as catalog or as list. - You can navigate facts sliding right or left by hand. - You can change font size to read facts easily. CATEGORIES - Sun - Mercury - Venus - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune - Pluto - Moon - Asteroids - Meteoroids - Stars - Galaxies - Comets - Satellites - Space Stations
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cool Astronomy Facts at 5.0 against SkyView®'s 4.6. Cool Astronomy Facts also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). SkyView®'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 37 months) and ratings volume (7.7K vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
SkyView® costs $2.99 and Cool Astronomy Facts $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cool Astronomy Facts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SkyView® has 7.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SkyView® ships an update every 4 months, Cool Astronomy Facts every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SkyView® | Cool Astronomy Facts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Terminal Eleven LLC | Coskun CAKIR |
Customer experience
SkyView®
Cool Astronomy Facts
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
Cool Astronomy Facts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SkyView®
No in-app purchases
Cool Astronomy Facts
No in-app purchases
Questions
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