Comparison

AstroFinish vs +Frames

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

Head to head
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.

About

+Frames

This app helps astrophotographers plan their shots by providing a sky atlas, equipment-specific target recommendations, and field-of-view previews. It also offers an AI assistant for personalized advice and project tracking for deep-sky objects.

Highlights
  • Sky atlas with millions of stars and deep-sky objects
  • Ranked target recommendations based on equipment and sky conditions
  • True field-of-view preview for cameras and eyepieces
  • Mosaic planning up to 4x4
  • Project tracking for exposures and filters
  • AI assistant for personalized astrophotography advice
  • Augmented Reality (AR) mode for target location
Features
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+Frames plans your night: what to shoot, when, and how. THE ATLAS The whole sky in your pocket: stars down to magnitude 21 when you zoom in, 8,800 deep-sky objects, Sun, Moon and planets, asteroids, comets and satellites moving live. Real astrophotos lie on the map, galaxies are drawn with their position angle, and every object opens a card with the numbers that matter tonight. TONIGHT'S TARGETS, RANKED The Night tab scores every object for YOUR equipment, YOUR sky and YOUR horizon: altitude, field-of-view fit, filter fit, moon, usable dark window. Grade A to E, the best target for tonight is always on top. FRAME IT Field-of-view preview for your camera or eyepiece. Rotate the frame, plan mosaics up to 4x4, check the sampling, swap camera and telescope while the frame stays on screen. Compare up to 10 frames at once with +FOV. An 8-sector horizon profile per site keeps trees and rooftops out of your plans. PROJECTS Track every target over nights: hours target per filter, subs, exposure, gain, location. Camera angle and position are saved with the project. Export the plan in ASIAIR format or as a NINA target set. Observing log for stars, lucky imaging log for Sun, Moon and planets. ASTRO BUDDY Your assistant knows the whole app, your gear, your site and tonight's sky. It does the work from the chat: creates projects, logs your nights, saves gear and locations, opens any screen. Ask what to shoot, which filter fits, how long to expose. Name a device and it looks up the specs and saves it. New here? Type "tour". AND MORE Weather on every location: clouds, dew, rain and wind for the next three nights. Calendar with moon phases, moon-free nights, eclipses and showpiece targets at their best, searchable up to 2050. Plate solving puts your own photos on the atlas. AR mode shows where a target sits in your real sky. Red night mode protects your dark adaptation. Works offline; no account, your data stays on your device (private iCloud backup). +Frames Lite is free. Premium unlocks the whole app. Languages: EN, DE, FR, ES, IT, PT, JA, KO, ZH, UK, RU, PL, TR. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ App terms: https://plus-frames.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://plus-frames.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

AstroFinish4 screens
+Frames4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AstroFinish at none against +Frames's 2. AstroFinish also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. +Frames sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. AstroFinish asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for AstroFinish against 5.0 for +Frames. 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

AstroFinish ships an update every 4 days, +Frames every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
AstroFinish versus +Frames: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstroFinish+Frames
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB748 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCody AdamsLEVIN GIDEON MERANER

Customer experience

AstroFinish

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

+Frames

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AstroFinish

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

+Frames

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is AstroFinish free?
AstroFinish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is +Frames free?
+Frames is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AstroFinish or +Frames?
+Frames is rated higher. AstroFinish averages 4.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while +Frames averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do AstroFinish or +Frames have ads?
Neither AstroFinish nor +Frames shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AstroFinish or +Frames?
AstroFinish ships an update every 4 days, and +Frames every 2 weeks. Most recently, AstroFinish was updated on October 31, 2026 and +Frames on November 5, 2026.

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