Comparison

RoboTou Stacker vs AstroFinish

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

Head to head
About

RoboTou Stacker

Combine multiple photos directly on your device for enhanced results. This app offers automatic masking and alignment for various photography needs, including starry skies and light trails. Process your images locally without needing an account or cloud sync.

Highlights
  • On-device image stacking
  • Automatic masking and alignment
  • Starry sky stacking
  • Star trail stacking
  • Car-light trail stacking
  • Local preview generation
  • Export to Photos
Features
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Bring image stacking and AI star removal to your iPhone and iPad. RoboTou Stacker gives night-sky and landscape photographers practical tools for processing photos directly on their devices. Import images from Photos, Files, or a folder, choose a processing mode, preview the result, and save it back to Photos. Image processing runs locally, with no account registration or photo uploads required. CHOOSE YOUR WORKFLOW • Starry Sky Stack: Automatically generate a sky mask, align the stars, and process the sky and foreground separately. • Landscape Stack: Combine multiple photos of a static scene captured from a fixed position. • Star & Light Trails Stack: Use maximum-value stacking to combine star trails and vehicle light trails. • Star Trail Pro: Stack up to 100 images with a fade-enhanced workflow. • AI Star Removal: Process a single image on your device to create a starless image for further sky-background editing. OUTPUT YOUR WAY Choose a 4K or 1080p output preset while preserving the original aspect ratio. Smaller source images retain their original resolution. Both stacking and AI Star Removal follow your in-app resolution setting. MADE FOR YOUR DEVICE Switch between English and Chinese. Layouts optimized for the unfolded iPhone Duo display make better use of screen space across Home, mode selection, importing, and Settings. FREE FEATURES AND ROBOTOU PRO Landscape Stack and basic Star & Light Trails Stack are free. Starry Sky Stack, Star Trail Pro, and AI Star Removal require RoboTou Pro, available as an auto-renewing annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.robotou.cn/robotou-stacker-ios-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AstroFinish

Edit astrophotography images directly on your iPhone. Enhance deep-sky objects, clean up skies, and sharpen moon shots with specialized tools. Supports various image formats and offers batch processing for efficient editing.

Highlights
  • Auto Astro Polish
  • Deep Sky enhancement
  • Moon sharpening
  • Nebula and galaxy detail
  • Denoise and star reduction
  • Batch processing
  • RAW and FITS support
Features
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AstroFinish is a darkroom for astrophotography on iPhone. It is built for the shots that come off smart telescopes, backyard rigs, and late-night moon sessions: the ones that are almost there, but need a cleaner sky and a better finish. Start fast with Auto Astro Polish, Deep Sky, Moon Sharp, and other built-in looks. Or dial it in by hand with controls made for space photos, including black point, glow cleanup, nebula reveal, galaxy detail, denoise, star reduction, and moon sharpening. Import from Photos or Files, work with JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, RAW-style images, and FITS sessions, then export finished images or shareable before/after cards. Batch Finish helps run one look across a queue when you came home with more than one keeper. AstroFinish stays local. No account. No cloud upload. No tracking SDKs. Your captures stay on your iPhone unless you choose to share or save them. Built for: Smart telescope captures Deep-sky photos, nebulae, galaxies, star fields, and moon shots Quick fixes when the sky glow gets rude Manual finishing when you want the last word FITS reveal and stack workflows Local exports, share sheets, and before/after cards AstroFinish is for people who would rather be outside collecting photons than fighting a desktop editor at 1 a.m.

Screenshots

RoboTou Stacker4 screens
AstroFinish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AstroFinish at none against RoboTou Stacker's 2. AstroFinish also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RoboTou Stacker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. AstroFinish asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RoboTou Stacker against 4.9 for AstroFinish. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AstroFinish has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RoboTou Stacker ships an update every 5 days, AstroFinish every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RoboTou Stacker versus AstroFinish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoboTou StackerAstroFinish
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer振国 吴Cody Adams

Customer experience

RoboTou Stacker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AstroFinish

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RoboTou Stacker

Subscriptions1
  • RoboTou Stacker Pro Annual$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • RoboTou Stacker Pro Lifetime$39.99
None

AstroFinish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RoboTou Stacker free?
RoboTou Stacker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AstroFinish free?
AstroFinish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RoboTou Stacker or AstroFinish?
RoboTou Stacker is rated higher. RoboTou Stacker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while AstroFinish averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do RoboTou Stacker or AstroFinish have ads?
Neither RoboTou Stacker nor AstroFinish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RoboTou Stacker or AstroFinish?
RoboTou Stacker ships an update every 5 days, and AstroFinish every 4 days. Most recently, RoboTou Stacker was updated on October 31, 2026 and AstroFinish on October 31, 2026.

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