ONNOA vs Astrowetter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ONNOA
This app acts as a remote control for a physical camera accessory, enabling advanced time-lapse photography. It offers features like linear time-lapsing, interval ramping, and long exposure control for professional results.
- Remote triggering
- Linear time-lapse
- Interval ramping
- Long exposure bulb mode
- Presets
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SmartTimer is a physical product from ONNOA. This app serves as a remote control for it. Stop making boring time lapses. The SmartTimer is a state-of-the-art remote shutter release and intervalometer. Connect it to your camera and create stunning images and timelapses without any limitations. With advanced features such as linear timelapsing, interval ramping, long exposures, presets and remote triggering, it is suitable for all photographers and astrophotographers who want to get the best out of their camera. Compact, easy to use and with a wide range of settings, our device is suitable for professional photographers and beginners alike. Take your photography to the next level with advanced interval control for professional results. Main features: - Linear time-lapse - Interval ramping - Long exposure bulb mode - Presets - Remote triggering
Astrowetter
This app provides a consolidated weather forecast specifically for stargazing and astrophotography. It integrates data from multiple weather models to offer a clear score, time window, and confidence level for observing conditions, including cloud cover, seeing, and moon phase.
- Multiple weather model integration
- Observing score and time window
- Cloud cover forecast
- Seeing and dew point estimation
- Moon phase and light pollution data
- ISS and planet pass tracking
- Astrophotography shooting tips
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Is tonight worth setting up for – and from when to when? Astrowetter answers exactly that question. With a score, a time window and an honest statement of how certain it is. ONE APP INSTEAD OF FOUR OR FIVE Until now, finding out whether a night was any good meant keeping several apps and websites open: one for rain radar, one for cloud layers and dew point, one for seeing, one for an overall score – and often a spreadsheet to compare the hourly values. The reason for all the switching: each of these tools shows a single weather model and hides the fact that the others say something different. Astrowetter runs up to four weather models at once (DWD ICON-D2 and ICON-EU, NOAA GFS, ECMWF) and shows how far apart they are. If all four say clear, set up. If they disagree, you see it immediately – instead of finding out at the telescope. THE NIGHT BAND The whole night from dusk to dawn in one picture: cloud cover as the median of the models with their spread behind it, and below it low, mid and high cloud, seeing and the moon. The observing window is marked in green. WHAT'S INSIDE • Verdict with score, time window and confidence ("4 of 4 models say clear") • Seven nights at a glance • Radar film of the last two hours with 50 and 100 km rings, then the forecast cloud cover hour by hour until morning • Seeing in arcseconds, estimated from the jet stream and air layering • Dew point spread – so your optics don't fog up • Moon: phase, altitude and how much it interferes • Light pollution on a zoomable map, in mag/arcsec² and as a Bortle class, plus the way to the nearest darker sky • Planets with altitude and best time • ISS passes with the track on a world map – green where it is visible from your location • Milky Way: when and how high the galactic centre stands • Reminders for good nights, optionally only for "good" or "very good" • Widgets for the Home and Lock Screen • Shooting tips for the Milky Way, ISS, planets, moon, star trails, galaxies and nebulae • Exposure calculator using the NPF rule, so your stars stay round HONEST, NOT PRETTIED UP Seeing is estimated, not measured. The Bortle class is derived from satellite data. Forecasts beyond two or three days are uncertain – the model spread usually shows that by itself. The two high-resolution DWD models cover Central Europe and Europe respectively; elsewhere the app works with the remaining models and says so. YOUR DATA No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription. Your location is only requested when you tap "Current location". Sun, moon, planets, Milky Way and ISS are calculated on the device. Maps and place search come from Apple Maps, weather data from Open-Meteo. All sources are listed in the app under "Info". English, German and Spanish. For iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ONNOA at Free against Astrowetter's $2.99. ONNOA also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On review sentiment, 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
ONNOA is free to download; Astrowetter costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | ONNOA | Astrowetter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ONNOA GbR | Frank Deubert |
Customer experience
ONNOA
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In-app purchases
ONNOA
No in-app purchases
Astrowetter
No in-app purchases
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