Comparison

AstroEdit vs AstroStacker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AstroEdit

Effortlessly enhance your astrophotography with advanced AI tools. Remove noise, stars, and gradients to reveal stunning cosmic details. Includes essential editing controls for professional-quality results on your iPhone.

Highlights
  • AI Noise Reduction
  • AI Star Removal
  • AI Gradient Removal
  • AI Satellite Trail Removal
  • Oval Star Correction
  • Easy Image Controls
  • Curves Adjustment
  • Wavelet Sharpening
Features
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Capture the Cosmos with Ease! Transform your astrophotography with our game-changing app—the only app that harnesses advanced AI tools to deliver stunning results effortlessly! Edit your night sky images in a flash before sharing them on social media. Unlock the Universe with Cutting-Edge AI Features: Noise Reduction: Our state-of-the-art AI effortlessly eliminates noise, ensuring crystal-clear images. Star Removal: Remove stars with precision using advanced AI, allowing you to focus on the beauty of nebulas and galaxies without distractions. Gradient Removal: Say goodbye to distracting sky gradients and enhance your photos like never before. Satellite Trail Removal: Trained on real images, our AI tool removes streaks created by satellites or aircraft. Oval Star: Make oval star round found in Seestar S30. Plus All the Essential Image Processing Tools: Easy Controls: Adjust exposure, brightness, saturation, temperature, and tint with simple sliders. Curves Adjustment: Fine-tune your images with five layers of precise control. Wavelet Sharpening: Bring out intricate details while preserving the natural look of your photos! Hubble Palette Color: Enable new color perspective. Why Choose AstroEdit? This isn’t just another editing tool—it’s a revolutionary experience designed specifically for astrophotographers using Seestar, Dwarf, and other telescopes with iPhone apps. Whether you’re capturing deep-sky objects or terrestrial scenes, our app delivers professional-quality edits right on your iPhone. Key Features: Exclusive to iOS: Experience capabilities unmatched by any other app on the market. Supports TIFF & JPEG: Open and save high-quality images in both formats. Optimized Performance: Designed for seamless use at 1920x1080 resolution for device less than 4GB RAM, otherwise at 2160x3840(4K), with automatic resizing for large files. Get Started Today! Transform your night sky captures into breathtaking masterpieces. Check out our demo video https://youtube.com/shorts/11nECmjHdC0 and discover how fun and magical astrophotography can be! For support, contact us at help@AstroEditApp.com. Don’t just take photos—create cosmic art with our unique AI-powered app! Education: If you are a student belong to an Astronomy society, you can write in (ustransit74@gmail.com) to request up to 10 promotion code. Each promotion code enables an installation of the app on a device. For others, you can write in too to request based on individual case. Basic app tutorial video at https://www.instagram.com/ycbsl/ Requirement: The AI tools require at least 4G RAM for best image. If the device has less than 4GB RAM memory, lesser weight(memory) will be used for the specific AI starless, AI oval and AI satellite, and it will produce degraded results with maximum image size of 1080x1920. This is to prevent crashes due to run out of memory. You can check your device RAM by going to this app Help section. Privacy policy and term of use (EULA) is at https://deepskycolor.blogspot.com/2018/12/privacy-policy-for-deep-sky-color-app.html New Feature: AstroEdit uses AI to automate the complex comet stacking. Currently, user needs to stack first for the stars and second for the comet since they moves at different speeds. Then he has to blend them together and do further edition on another program on a laptop. AstroEdit makes comet stacking quick and simple. Subscription is optional: With one time purchase, users can access all features in AstroEdit. Users can subscribe monthly and we'll keep improving AstroEdit.

About

AstroStacker

Enhance your night sky photos by stacking multiple exposures into a single, detailed image. This app automatically aligns stars, reduces noise, and offers tools to refine your astrophotography results directly on your iPhone or iPad.

Highlights
  • Stack multiple night sky photos
  • Automatic star alignment
  • Noise reduction for clearer images
  • Advanced editing tools
  • Support for calibration frames (Pro)
  • On-device processing
Features
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Stack your night-sky photos into one cleaner, more detailed image, right on your iPhone or iPad. Astrophotography stacking combines many exposures of the same sky. Astro Stacker finds the stars in every frame, lines them up and combines them, so random noise falls away and faint stars, the Milky Way and deep-sky targets come through. HOW IT WORKS 1. Take several separate photos of the same patch of sky from a tripod or stable surface. 2. Import them from Photos or Files into a Deep Sky Studio project. 3. Pick a stack mode and tap Stack. 4. Finish the result with Auto Stretch, styles and colour tools, then save or export. THREE SIMPLE STACK MODES - Quick: averages every frame for a fast first look. - Quality (default): rejects outliers such as plane and satellite trails, and leaves out the weakest frames. - Max Detail: the slowest and most selective mode, with finer alignment. AUTOMATIC STAR ALIGNMENT Stars are detected and matched in every frame, with sub-pixel alignment and a quality check for each frame. Stacking needs clear stars in your photos to line them up. CALIBRATION FRAMES (PRO) Add darks, flats, dark-flats and bias frames to correct hot pixels, thermal noise, vignetting and dust. Astro Stacker sorts frames by file name and exposure, so files named "dark" or "flat" are picked up for you. FINISH IN THE SAME APP - Auto Stretch to bring faint signal into view - Gradient removal for light pollution and uneven skies - Local contrast, vibrance, levels and per-channel colour balance - Styles: Natural, Nebula Pop, Cosmic Drama and Scientific, each with a strength slider - Before-and-after comparison - Quick Enhance for a single photo you've already taken FILES IN AND OUT - Import: photos from your library on Free; camera RAW, Apple ProRAW and FITS on Pro - Export: JPG, PNG, TIFF and FITS, with 16-bit export on Pro ON-DEVICE Stacking and editing run on your iPhone or iPad. You don't need a computer, and your source frames are not uploaded to stack them. An optional account backs up finished results. FREE AND PRO Free: 1 free stack with up to 10 light frames, and 3 saved results. Pro: unlimited frames and stacks, RAW, ProRAW and FITS import, calibration frames, 16-bit export and unlimited history. Choose monthly, annual or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and you can manage them in your App Store account settings. GOOD TO KNOW - Moon, planet and solar stacking (Planet Lab) is coming soon. Today's stacking needs stars to align on. - Colour FITS files from one-shot-colour cameras are not debayered yet. - Star-trail stacking isn't supported, because every stack is aligned on the stars. Guides to capturing and stacking: https://astrostacker.co/guides Privacy Policy: https://astrostacker.co/privacy Terms of Use: https://astrostacker.co/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AstroEdit4 screens
AstroStacker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AstroEdit at 62% against AstroStacker's 0%. AstroEdit also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.1) and chart position (#147 vs unranked). AstroStacker's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AstroStacker is free to download; AstroEdit costs $2.99 up front. AstroEdit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and AstroStacker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AstroEdit holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of AstroEdit's written reviews are positive against 0% of AstroStacker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AstroEdit ships an update every 6 days, AstroStacker every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
AstroEdit versus AstroStacker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstroEditAstroStacker
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (17 ratings) — better1.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#147 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryong chong lohAhmed Al-Mahmud

Customer experience

AstroEdit

All ratings17 ratings
Positive64.7%
Neutral23.5%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive61.7%
Neutral17.0%
Negative21.3%

AstroStacker

All ratings7 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral18.2%
Negative81.8%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AstroEdit

Subscriptions3
  • Back AI Training$0.991 Month
  • Back New Features.$1.991 Month
  • Back App Longevity$2.991 Month
3 purchases

AstroStacker

Subscriptions2
  • AstroStacker app3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • AstroStacker app3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • AstroStacker app$219.00

Questions

Is AstroEdit free?
AstroEdit costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is AstroStacker free?
AstroStacker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AstroEdit or AstroStacker?
AstroEdit is rated higher. AstroEdit averages 3.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while AstroStacker averages 1.1 from 7 ratings.
Do AstroEdit or AstroStacker have ads?
Neither AstroEdit nor AstroStacker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AstroEdit or AstroStacker?
AstroEdit ships an update every 6 days, and AstroStacker every 2 weeks. Most recently, AstroEdit was updated on November 12, 2026 and AstroStacker on November 12, 2026.

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