Overhead vs Sky Map
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
Sky Map
Identify stars, planets, and constellations by pointing your device at the sky. Offers offline functionality, multiple visual styles, and real-time ISS and meteor shower tracking. Includes Apple Watch and widget support.
- Live star and planet identification
- Offline functionality
- ISS and meteor shower tracking
- Multiple visual sky styles
- Apple Watch integration
- 13 customizable widgets
- 100% red night mode
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Point your phone at the sky — and know. Sky Map identifies every star, planet, constellation and deep-sky object you point at, instantly and fully offline. 115,000+ real stars and all 88 constellations render at buttery frame rates, aligned to your exact horizon. FIRST ON THE APP STORE • ISS Pass Live Activity — a countdown and pass arc right on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Never miss a flyover again. • Meteor-shower peak nights and darkness countdowns as Live Activities too. THE SKY, YOUR WAY — 8 STYLES Realistic, Chart, Atlas (engraved gold), Red Night, Astro-photo, Aurora, Ink & Paper, Minimal Mono. Your chosen look follows you across the app, all 13 widgets and Apple Watch. BUILT FOR REAL NIGHTS • True 100% red night mode — protects your dark adaptation on every screen • Stargazing Index: one 0–10 score from clouds, Moon and light pollution • Drag-to-align compass correction + magnetic-interference detection • Stars twinkle. Planets don't. (That's real physics — and how you tell them apart.) ON YOUR WRIST Wrist-guided ISS spotting with a live bearing ring, a whole-sky dial, a solar-system orrery you can scrub through time, and Smart Stack complications that surface exactly at dusk. 13 WIDGETS Live sky chart, 360° horizon panorama, Moon phase calendar, solar system now, constellation of the day, aurora Kp index, the Sun live from NASA SDO, event countdowns with a one-tap reminder bell, and a red Nightstand mode for StandBy. HONEST BY DESIGN • Works 100% offline — airplane mode, backcountry, anywhere • No account. Your location never leaves your device. • The free tier stays free, forever. Premium adds depth: the 115,000-star deep catalog, 450+ NGC/IC objects, satellites, comets, event reminders, observation lists with FREE iCloud sync, and every style. The sky is out tonight. Go look up. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. • Terms of use: https://deeplyai.app/terms.html • Privacy policy: https://deeplyai.app/privacy.html Support & Contact Need help? • Rate us! Got feedback? info@deeplyai.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Overhead at 5.0 against Sky Map's 4.0. Overhead also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 Sky Map sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Overhead holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Overhead ships an update fortnightly, Sky Map every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overhead | Sky Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Radomski | DEEPLY AI |
In-app purchases
Overhead
- Overhead Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Overhead Pro - Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Sky Map
- Sky Map Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
- Sky Map Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Sky Map Premium Yearly$24.991 Year
- Sky Map Premium Lifetime$79.99









