Overhead vs AuraLunis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Overhead
This app provides real-time, location-specific information about celestial events like satellite passes, auroras, and meteor showers. It analyzes sky conditions and weather to tell you if it's a good night for stargazing, offering guidance to locate objects.
- Real-time celestial event tracking
- Location-based sky and weather analysis
- Aurora and meteor shower forecasts
- Planet and satellite pass notifications
- Camera-guided object location
- Live Activities and widgets (Pro)
- Apple Watch app (Pro)
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Is it worth looking up tonight? Overhead gives you a clear, honest answer — scored for your exact location, sky, and weather. No clutter, no noise. Just the night, read at a glance. WHAT'S OVERHEAD • The ISS and bright satellite passes, timed for your sky • Auroras, when they may reach you • Meteor showers on their best nights • Planets at their finest — oppositions, elongations, conjunctions • The Moon, at tonight's real phase • Eclipses, solar and lunar • Visible rocket launches KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Overhead folds in live cloud cover, moonlight, and your local light pollution (Bortle), then tells you plainly whether tonight is a GO — or one to skip. When something's happening now, "Where to look" uses your camera to point you right at it. QUIET BY DESIGN Alerts are rare on purpose — only the moments truly worth stepping outside for. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your location stays on your device. OVERHEAD PRO Go further with a subscription: • Live Activities — follow the space station across your sky, live on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Home & Lock Screen widgets — tonight's sky at a glance • Apple Watch app — the night on your wrist Try Overhead Pro free for 7 days, then $9.99/year or $2.99/month. — Overhead Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: Annual ($9.99/year, with a 7-day free trial) or Monthly ($2.99/month). Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.overheadskyapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.overheadskyapp.com/privacy
AuraLunis
Explore the cosmos with a dynamic planetarium that tracks celestial bodies and events. Discover stars, planets, and satellites, and learn about the universe through guided lessons. Recreate your birth sky and share your observations.
- Live, sensor-aligned sky map
- Find visible planets and targets
- Track satellites with live telemetry
- Celestial event calendar
- Recreate your birth sky
- Stargazing condition forecasts
- Guided learning lessons
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AuraLunis turns the night sky into a living, personal experience. Explore stars, planets, constellations, satellites, meteor activity, and deep-sky objects through a beautifully rendered, sensor-aligned planetarium designed to move with your device. See what is above your location, find celestial targets, follow live orbital telemetry, and learn the sky through guided lessons and immersive visual tools. FEATURES • Sky Lens — explore a live, sensor-aligned map of the sky • Manual Sky Map — browse the heavens without device motion • Find Mode — locate visible planets and celestial targets • Tonight Score — see current stargazing conditions at a glance • Orbital Alignment — track satellites and space objects using live positioning data • Celestial Calendar — browse upcoming meteor showers, eclipses, conjunctions, and other events • Birth Sky — recreate the sky from the date, time, and location of your birth • Astro Weather — evaluate clouds, Moon brightness, visibility, and observing conditions • Learn — explore stars, planets, nebulae, galaxies, the Milky Way, and guided observing lessons • Vault — save celestial discoveries, notes, captures, and learning progress • Share Your Sky — create elegant, shareable records of your observations AURALUNIS LIFETIME Unlock the complete AuraLunis experience with a one-time purchase. No subscription and no recurring charges. AuraLunis Lifetime adds premium Sky Lens tools and visual treatments, Birth Sky, Astro Weather, expanded learning content, advanced celestial planning and calendar details, premium sharing features, and additional experiences throughout the app. Existing eligible legacy subscribers continue to receive the Premium access associated with their previous purchase. Restore Purchases is available for previously purchased access. AuraLunis does not use the camera for augmented reality. Sky Lens is a rendered planetarium that uses location, compass, and device-motion data to align the view with the sky. Your sky. Your story. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AuraLunis at weekly against Overhead's fortnightly. AuraLunis also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Overhead sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and AuraLunis sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Overhead against 5.0 for AuraLunis. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Overhead ships an update fortnightly, AuraLunis weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Overhead | AuraLunis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Radomski | Ocoee Studios LLC |
In-app purchases
Overhead
- Overhead Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Overhead Pro - Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
AuraLunis
- AuraLunis Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- AuraLunis Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- AuraLunis Lifetime$129.99









