StarEdit vs StellaVita
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StarEdit
Easily remove stars from your galaxy photos to make intuitive edits. Adjust star count, size, and saturation, then combine starless and star images for social media. This app uses AI for convenient mobile editing.
- Instantly remove stars from photos
- Adjust star count, size, and saturation
- Apply curve and color adjustments
- Combine starless and star images
- AI-powered mobile editing
- Edit target and sky in starless images
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A specialised app to instantly remove stars from your photo so that you can make intuitive changes to your galaxy. Then add back the stars. Besides applying curve and color to your galaxy/nebulae, you could also adjust the number of star, size of star and saturation of star. Then combine the starless and star into a single image for your social media post. Traditionally, user has to download and remove stars on a laptop. This app makes it convenient and easy to do it on the phone using AI. Workflow: 1) Starless > Curve > Color 2) Star > Curve > Color 3) Both > Curve > Color Additional editing for Target and Sky in the Starless image if device has 4G RAM or more. Note: - The app is designed for seestar image of resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels. Larger image will need longer time to load and remove stars. Requirement: - App works best with 4G RAM and above. If the device has less than 4G RAM, it will use lesser weights for AI and produce degraded image. - Image is optimised at 1920 x 1080 pixels. Support: Please write to ustransit74@gmail.com. If the app does not process the stars in your image correctly, please send me your original photo. I will add your photo to the next AI training. A new app update will then be release. Video tutorial is available at https://www.instagram.com/ycbsl
StellaVita
Control your astrophotography cameras and equipment wirelessly. This app offers a simple, efficient, and open ecosystem for managing gear from various brands, making it easy for beginners and professionals to capture stunning night sky images.
- Wireless remote control
- Wide brand compatibility
- Simple and easy-to-use interface
- Image storage and transmission
- Open ecosystem
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StellaVita is an intelligent wireless astrophotography controller. It provides a simple, efficient and open ecosystem for both beginners and professionals to effortlessly manage their astrophotography cameras and equipment from various brands through Wi-Fi remote control. · Wide compatibility with various astrophotography brands · Wireless and remote control · Simple interface and ease to use · Convenient image storage and transmission
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StarEdit at 4.8 against StellaVita's 3.2. StarEdit also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 40%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
StarEdit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of StarEdit's written reviews are positive against 40% of StellaVita's.
StarEdit ships an update every 3 weeks, StellaVita fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarEdit | StellaVita |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 584 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | yong chong loh | Hangzhou ToupTek Photonics Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
StarEdit
StellaVita
In-app purchases
StarEdit
No in-app purchases
StellaVita
No in-app purchases
