Comparison

Wiki Walk vs Star Archive

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

Head to head
About

Wiki Walk

Explore local landmarks and historical sites using an interactive map powered by Wikipedia. Uncover hidden stories and navigate directly to points of interest, making it easy to discover your surroundings.

Highlights
  • Interactive map with Wikipedia locations
  • Discover nearby landmarks and points of interest
  • Read Wikipedia articles in-app
  • Direct navigation to locations
  • Find hidden history
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Discover the stories hidden all around you. WikiWalk combines the power of Wikipedia with an interactive map to help you explore nearby landmarks, historical sites, museums, parks, monuments, and more. Whether you're traveling to a new city or exploring your own neighborhood, WikiWalk makes it easy to uncover interesting places, read detailed articles, and navigate directly to your next destination. Features: • Explore Wikipedia locations on an interactive map • Discover nearby landmarks and points of interest • Read Wikipedia articles without leaving the app • Navigate directly to locations with a single tap • Find hidden history wherever you go

About

Star Archive

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An app for visual astronomy — observing through a telescope or binoculars with your own eyes. · Sky chart — 5.5 million stars with your own fields of view overlaid, opened from plans, observing and object pages. · Plan and recommend — only what your aperture can show under your site's sky (1,272 objects judged in advance), placed into hour slots, rehearsed on the chart. · Observe and record — step through objects on the chart, check, rate and write; review by night or by object. ■ A built-in sky chart · About 5.5 million stars to 13th magnitude and 16,000+ deep-sky objects. Drag and pinch anywhere. · Sky as it looks right now (zenith up) or north up — one tap on the compass at top left. · Build fields of view from your telescope, eyepieces and finder and overlay several at once. Plan objects as rings, observed ones checked. · Open the chart from a plan, the observing screen or an object page, and come straight back. ■ One unbroken night · Plan — added objects settle into hour slots on their own; drag to rearrange. Tap an object for its altitude curve and suggested magnification right there. · Rehearsal — walk the night on the chart before you leave. Course editing handles hour slots, order and start stars on one screen. · Observing — step through objects on the chart, check them off, rate and write notes. Dictate by voice. · Records — enter the night's conditions once, then review by night or by object. Long-term plans spanning months, too. ■ Data and learning · 2,400+ visual guides — how to find it and what each aperture shows. 4,600+ observing points to rate. · Lists such as Messier, Caldwell, Herschel 400 and 1001, plus your own lists and courses. · Star hopping with 126 routes (using the chart's field-of-view settings); Messier marathon prep and a 110-object night. ■ Also Night mode (red screen, shake to toggle, automatic after sunset) · six themes · sketch albums · eyepiece-view simulator · tonight's clouds and seeing · real-time planets · spreadsheets in and out, full backup · on a bigger screen at starnotearchive.com · Korean, English and Japanese. Free. No ads, no purchases. No account in the app; make a web account only if you want the website. Records stay on your phone; only what you send goes up to the web (site names visible only to you). With weather on, the forecast point's location is passed to the weather service. The 13th-magnitude star data downloads only when you ask. Made as a hobby by one observer.

Screenshots

Wiki Walk3 screens
Star Archive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Star Archive at every 2 days against Wiki Walk's every 10 days. Star Archive also leads on device support and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wiki Walk ships an update every 10 days, Star Archive every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Wiki Walk versus Star Archive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWiki WalkStar Archive
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB174 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJesse MasseyKyungil Myung

In-app purchases

None

Wiki Walk

No in-app purchases

None

Star Archive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wiki Walk free?
Wiki Walk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Star Archive free?
Star Archive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which is updated more often, Wiki Walk or Star Archive?
Wiki Walk ships an update every 10 days, and Star Archive every 2 days. Most recently, Wiki Walk was updated on October 24, 2026 and Star Archive on October 25, 2026.

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