ScrollPlanets vs Apphemeride Precise Astronomy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScrollPlanets
Discover stunning daily space imagery and learn about NASA's technology through an immersive, distraction-free scrolling experience. Save your favorite cosmic discoveries and explore planets, stars, and the wonders of space exploration.
- Daily space imagery
- NASA technology insights
- Infinite scrolling
- Ad-free interface
- Save favorite content
- Learn through exploration
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AstronomyScroll: Explore space AstronomyScroll: Explore space brings you breathtaking daily space imagery and insights into NASA's technology. Designed with a clean, immersive interface, you can endlessly scroll through space content without distractions. Whether you're fascinated by planets, stars, or the technology that powers space exploration, AstroScroll turns your curiosity into a daily journey through the cosmos. Key Features: - Infinite Scrolling Experience - Seamlessly explore NASA imagery without limits. - Ad-Free Interface - Focus entirely on the content without interruptions. - Save Favorites - Bookmark the photos and facts you love for later viewing. - Learn Through Exploration - Get inspired by real NASA technologies and space knowledge. Privacy & Terms Your privacy matters to us. Please review our terms below: Privacy Policy: https://developing-comet-b87.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-AstroScroll-1e81f542e1a38043bc20c17da3f0694b?pvs=4 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ 1
Apphemeride Precise Astronomy
This app provides precise astronomical data for sky analysis, including eclipses, Moon motion, and planetary positions. It offers location-based calculations and visual tools to understand celestial events and their visibility.
- Precise sky analysis
- Eclipse and Moon motion tracking
- Location-based celestial calculations
- Horizon Tracker for celestial body movement
- Detailed planetary and solar system data
- Solar and lunar eclipse simulations
- Configurable data display
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Track the sky from any location Apphemeride helps you follow current sky events, spot future events early, and explore past, present, and future phenomena. Run location-based calculations for your current location or any place on Earth. Scan for special configurations of planets, moons, and stars, as well as meteor showers. Find out when an event can be observed or photographed, display it on the sky map, or jump straight to the objects involved. The expanded sky map now offers multiple orientation modes, constellations, more than 9,000 stars, and a visibility filter. Create personal watchlists for your favorite celestial bodies and the astronomical values that matter to you. Set alerts for when a selected value reaches, exceeds, or drops below your threshold. Explore detailed data for the Sun, Moon, planets, Pluto, Chiron, and more than 9,000 stars. Depending on the celestial body, examine rise, meridian transit, and set times, azimuth and altitude, coordinates, twilight, illumination, phase, brightness, angular diameter, distances, and rates of change. View planet positions in the sky or solar system and analyze solar and lunar eclipses with maps and visual simulations. Use the Horizon Tracker to study how the Sun, Moon, or planets move across your local horizon. Compare azimuth and altitude over a day, month, or year and plan observations for a particular viewing direction. Where the sky is darkest, there is often no signal. Apphemeride still works: all astronomical calculations and observation tools are available offline—at remote observing sites, in the desert, or out at sea. Only street and address search requires an internet connection. Customize values, units, formats, and precision to match the way you work. Apphemeride is not a simple star finder, but a comprehensive tool for astronomy enthusiasts, astrophotographers, travelers, and anyone who wants to understand movements in the sky precisely. New users can try all astronomy features free for three days. Afterwards, a one-time in-app purchase unlocks them permanently. Anyone who bought Apphemeride before the transition automatically keeps permanent access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Apphemeride Precise Astronomy at free against ScrollPlanets's freemium. Apphemeride Precise Astronomy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). ScrollPlanets's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. ScrollPlanets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Apphemeride Precise Astronomy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ScrollPlanets ships an update every 2 weeks, Apphemeride Precise Astronomy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScrollPlanets | Apphemeride Precise Astronomy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 267 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | samet bilgin | Csaba Lengyel |
Customer experience
ScrollPlanets
Apphemeride Precise Astronomy
In-app purchases
ScrollPlanets
- weeklyplan3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- yearlyplan$9.991 Year
- lifetime$17.99
Apphemeride Precise Astronomy
- 3-day TrialFree
- Apphemeride Full Unlock$49.99
Questions
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