Comparison

MySkyPics vs CompactCam

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

Head to head
About

MySkyPics

Organize and share your astronomy photos and observations. Catalog thousands of celestial objects, add custom tags, and record sightings without photos. Access Wikipedia and NASA articles for more information.

Highlights
  • Smart telescope photo album
  • Record observations without photos
  • Catalog thousands of sky objects
  • Custom tagging for photos and sightings
  • Link to Wikipedia and NASA articles
  • Search and browse celestial objects
Features
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MySkyPics organizes astronomy experiences and makes them easy to share with others. • Add smart telescope photos into a sky object focused photo album. • Add observations without a photo as a Sighting. ASTRO PHOTO GALLERY Start by picking an object in the app and add its photo from your Camera Roll. MySkyPics is designed to hold photos of thousands of sky objects — sun, moon, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, planets & moons, comets, meteor showers, asteroids, dwarf planets, stars, star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae - including all Messier and Caldwell objects. It even has a special place for photos of objects not included in the app, labeled ‘My Objects’. As a photo is added for a sky object, it is instantly tagged with that object’s tags. Any custom tag(s) you’ve created can also be attached. Expand your record with optional place and notes. Objects added to the album can be quickly found with Search and browsed with a swipe. SIGHTINGS RECORD Sightings makes MySkyPics a reference resource of your astronomy experiences. Because not all astronomy viewing can be recorded in a photograph, Sightings is a special option for recording details of observations without photos. Record the details of a sighting — date, confidence, magnitude, opposition, place, notes, and tags. WEB RESOURCES Most sky objects also link to a Wikipedia article with more information on the object. Many also have links to a NASA ‘Picture of the Day’ article. (Internet access needed to access these links.) One can also add Wikipedia and NASA links for sky objects that are added to the app.

About

CompactCam

Features
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CompactCam - Cute Camera with Smart Compression Take beautiful photos with automatic compression! Save storage space while keeping great quality. Features: - Two quality modes: Normal (85% reduction) and Fine (65% reduction) - Cute pastel dark UI design - Pinch to zoom - Simple one-tap capture - Photos saved directly to your library Perfect for saving storage space without sacrificing photo quality!

Screenshots

MySkyPics4 screens
CompactCam3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CompactCam at weekly against MySkyPics's every 2 months. CompactCam also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MySkyPics ships an update every 2 months, CompactCam weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
MySkyPics versus CompactCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMySkyPicsCompactCam
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNNN Softwaresatoshi amasaki

In-app purchases

None

MySkyPics

No in-app purchases

None

CompactCam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MySkyPics free?
MySkyPics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CompactCam free?
CompactCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MySkyPics or CompactCam have ads?
Neither MySkyPics nor CompactCam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MySkyPics or CompactCam?
MySkyPics ships an update every 2 months, and CompactCam weekly. Most recently, MySkyPics was updated on October 11, 2026 and CompactCam on October 5, 2026.

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