AstroFinish vs Lunark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Auto Astro Polish
- Deep Sky enhancement
- Moon sharpening
- Nebula and galaxy detail
- Denoise and star reduction
- Batch processing
- RAW and FITS support
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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.
Lunark
Capture stunning, shareable photos of the moon with just one tap. This app uses your iPhone's telephoto lens to create sharp images without needing a tripod or complex settings. It automatically adjusts exposure and stacks multiple frames for clear, handheld shots.
- One-tap capture and stacking
- Handheld stacking for high zoom
- Automatic exposure adjustment
- Offline phase, altitude, and illumination data
- Full-quality file export
- Shooting window guidance
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Lunark turns your iPhone telephoto into a moon camera that actually works on the night you need it. Point at the moon, tap once, and a few seconds later the photo on your screen is sharp enough to share. No ISO charts to learn, no tripod hunt, no spinning processing screen that loses the moment. - One tap captures and stacks five frames into a clean handheld shot - Handheld stacking holds up at high zoom, so you can leave the tripod at home - Exposure is set from tonight's phase, not from the black sky, so the moon is not a white blob - Tonight's shooting window tells you when the moon is high enough to be worth a long lens - Phase, altitude, and illumination are computed on device and work fully offline - Export full-quality files for the shots you want to keep Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTDX9pxPOlUJl_skVUHPi99mAw0y2B2BYd_v1mJkoF3xW3rlOcW5KlYd4t93MMbbGhctSTnBTy7d_l6/pub Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AstroFinish at none against Lunark's 1. AstroFinish also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Lunark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AstroFinish asks for nothing beyond the download.
AstroFinish ships an update every 4 days, Lunark every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AstroFinish | Lunark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cody Adams | Andrii Bashta |
Customer experience
AstroFinish
Lunark
In-app purchases
AstroFinish
No in-app purchases
Lunark
- Lunark Lifetime$9.99









