Good Night System vs Touch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Good Night System
This iOS companion app monitors your observatory while you sleep. It will alert you via your iPhone if any issues arise, ensuring peace of mind for astronomers. A free PC application is also available for download.
- Observatory monitoring
- Sleep-time alerts
- iPhone wake-up notifications
- Companion iOS app
- Free PC application available
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The iOS companion for our Good Night System. With this app, your observatory will be monitored while you sleep... at last, and should anything go wrong, your iPhone will wake you up. Before purchasing, please download and try the free app to check everything runs fine. Please visit our web site for details and to download the FREE Windows PC application
Touch
Control your astrophotography sessions remotely from your mobile device or Mac. Manage imaging, focus, guiding, and polar alignment. This open-source tool enhances your workflow without ads or in-app purchases.
- Remote imaging session launch
- Focus control
- Guiding performance monitoring
- Three Point Polar Alignment
- Connected device control
- Open source
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Touch-N-Stars brings the core features of the popular astrophotography software N.I.N.A. right to your phone, tablet, or Apple Silicon Mac. Start imaging sessions, adjust focus, monitor guiding, or perform a Three Point Polar Alignment – all from the palm of your hand. Key Features: - Launch imaging sessions and control focus remotely - Monitor guiding performance in real time - Perform Three Point Polar Alignment (requires N.I.N.A. v2.2.2.0+) - Control all connected devices such as the dome or flat panel - 100% open source. No ads. No in-app purchases. Requirements: - A running N.I.N.A. instance on your imaging PC - Advanced API Plugin enabled (Port 1888, API v2) - Touch'N'Stars Plugin Touch-N-Stars is a companion tool – not a full replacement for the desktop experience. Enhance your astrophotography workflow and stay flexible – wherever you are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Touch at 4.7 against Good Night System's 3.7. Touch also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). Good Night System's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Touch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Good Night System's written reviews are positive against 75% of Touch's.
Good Night System ships an update every 6 months, Touch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Good Night System | Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lunatico Astronomia S. L. | Johannes Maier |
Customer experience
Good Night System
Touch
In-app purchases
Good Night System
No in-app purchases
Touch
No in-app purchases
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