Comparison

StarEdit vs Eagle Image Stacker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Eagle Image Stacker

Astro stacking and RAW image processing toolkit for iPhone. Align, stack, and export high-quality results for star fields, galaxies, planets, and more. Features on-device processing for privacy and flexibility.

Highlights
  • RAW, DNG, ProRAW, JPEG, HEIF, TIFF support
  • Astro Mode for deep-sky objects
  • Planets Mode with ROI tracking
  • RAW converter and inspector
  • Calibration tools (dark, flat frames)
  • On-device processing
  • Export high-quality results
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Eagle Image Stacker is a local-first astronomy imaging toolkit for iPhone. Import or capture RAW, DNG, ProRAW, JPEG, HEIF, TIFF, and other supported image files, then align, calibrate, stack, inspect, and export high-quality results. Use Astro Mode for star fields, galaxies, nebulae, and deep-sky sequences. Use Planets Mode for Moon and planet workflows with ROI tracking and alignment tools. RAW Converter helps inspect and export camera files, while calibration tools support dark frames, flat fields, hot-pixel review, masks, and alignment analysis. The app is built for on-device processing. Your selected images and generated outputs remain local unless you choose to save, export, or share them through iOS. Some capture features depend on your iPhone hardware. RAW and Apple ProRAW availability varies by device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Subscription Terms: https://sites.google.com/view/eis-subscription-terms/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/eagle-image-stacker-privacy2/

Screenshots

StarEdit4 screens
Eagle Image Stacker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: StarEdit at 60% against Eagle Image Stacker's 0%. StarEdit also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Eagle Image Stacker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. StarEdit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StarEdit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of StarEdit's written reviews are positive against 0% of Eagle Image Stacker's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
StarEdit versus Eagle Image Stacker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarEditEagle Image Stacker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryong chong lohAL MUATASIM AL MAADI

Customer experience

StarEdit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

Eagle Image Stacker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

StarEdit

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Eagle Image Stacker

Subscriptions2
  • Eagle Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Eagle Pro Annual7 Days trial$40.991 Year
One-time1
  • Eagle Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is StarEdit free?
StarEdit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Eagle Image Stacker free?
Eagle Image Stacker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StarEdit or Eagle Image Stacker?
StarEdit is rated higher. StarEdit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Eagle Image Stacker averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do StarEdit or Eagle Image Stacker have ads?
Neither StarEdit nor Eagle Image Stacker shows ads.

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