Best Dark Sky Widget Apps

4.7😊(5.5K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Enhance your device with a beautiful and accurate weather widget. Choose from thousands of customizable styles, including clocks, radar, and air quality. Get detailed forecasts and alerts for any location, all without intrusive ads.

What We Love

⭐ Awesome app
👍 Accurate and reliable
🎨 Customizable widgets and themes
📊 Detailed weather information
🕰️ Helpful time and date integration
🌟 Visually appealing design

Room to Improve

🔍 Difficulty customizing widgets
🔁 Inconsistent widget updates
💰 Expensive subscription model
🌍 Inaccurate location detection

iCSC: Clear Sky Chart Viewer by Random Widgets LLC

Astronomy forecasts for all

Strong Contender

Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky

4.8😊(1.6K ratings)

Free

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This app provides detailed 48-hour sky forecasts for astronomical observation. It helps users find optimal locations and times for clear, dark skies by displaying data on cloud cover, transparency, and more. Save your favorite charts for quick access.

What We Love

🚀 Awesome
🚀 Great
🚀 The Best
🚀 Great Tool
🚀 Works Great !
🚀 Must have for astronomy!
🚀 Great for everyday use
🚀 It works and it is easy to use
🚀 Very Accurate!
🚀 Indispensabile
🚀 Basic but Useful
🚀 Best app for dark sky forecast
🚀 Fantastic
🚀 Extremely accurate!
🚀 Hidden Gem
🚀 Just as good as the website but easier
🚀 Excellent!!!
🚀 Essential astronomy tool!
🚀 Accurate and easy to use
🚀 Amazing
🚀 Nice
🚀 Best Weather App for Astronomers!
🚀 A must-have tool
🚀 Almost perfect
🚀 Easy to retrieve multiple astro forecasts
🚀 This new version is better
🚀 More than just astronomy..
🚀 5 star

Room to Improve

🐛 Not supported
🐛 Accuracy
🐛 no key to charts
🐛 NO TOO IMPRESSED
🐛 Terrible.
🐛 Never Right!
🐛 Limited scope
🐛 Pretty Good
🐛 Good, but glaring issue!
🐛 Horrible interface to useful data

Light Pollution Map - Darkest by Nguyen Anh

Dark Sky & Bortle Map

Worth Considering

🔍 Reference

0.0(0 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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More Dark Sky Widget apps to explore

Astronomy tools & more

Interactive light pollution mapAurora borealis live map and alertsMeteor shower and super moon alerts

Discover optimal locations for stargazing and astrophotography with a detailed light pollution map. Get real-time alerts for celestial events like meteor showers and auroras, track the ISS, and access daily astronomy photos. Enhance your night sky observations with comprehensive tools and information.

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Wander: Dark Sky Companion

Plan your perfect night sky

Night sky condition scoringInteractive light pollution mapMeteor shower and celestial event forecasts

This app helps you find clear nights for stargazing by predicting sky conditions and identifying dark sky locations. It details celestial events, meteor showers, and aurora forecasts, and includes a red filter mode to preserve night vision.

Aesthetic Homescreen & Icons

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free

Fancy Widgets & Themes

Customizable home screenDozens of widget stylesLarge/medium/small widget options

Personalize your device's home screen with a vast array of aesthetic styles and stunning pictures. Easily add customizable widgets, including clocks and calendars, to create a unique and visually appealing layout. Unlock premium features like exclusive themes, icons, and wallpapers with a subscription.

📷 Photo & Video

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Measures sky brightnessUses device cameraOptional data sharing

Dark Sky Meter

by DDQ

$1.99

This application utilizes your device's camera to measure the brightness of the night sky. The collected data can be optionally shared with scientific researchers worldwide.

Simple. Reliable. Private.

End-to-end encrypted messagingHigh-quality voice and video callsGroup chats and calls

Connect with friends and family globally through private messaging and high-quality calls. Share moments, documents, and stay in touch across devices, even on slow connections. Your conversations are secured with end-to-end encryption.

🌐 Social Networking

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Moon Finder: Moonrise Widget

Find the Moon in Your Sky

Noctis - Light Pollution Map

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Stargazing & Dark Sky Forecast

Milky Way Score for shooting conditionsLight-pollution map with Bortle classReal-time dark window countdown

This app provides a comprehensive score for stargazing conditions by combining light pollution data, weather forecasts, and moon phases. It helps users plan optimal times and locations for astrophotography and observing dark skies.

Dark Skies: Astrophotography

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freemium

Milky Way Photo Planner

Milky Way and Galactic Core planningAR sky guidanceMoon phase and visibility tools

Plan your night sky photography sessions with weather forecasts, astronomical dark windows, and AR guidance. This app helps photographers decide the best times for shooting the Milky Way, meteors, and moon. It offers fast field tools without ads or accounts.

For Home and Lock Screen

Live radar viewHome and lock screen widgetsWidgets update every 10 minutes

Get real-time weather updates with a live radar view directly on your home and lock screens. This app provides a radar view that updates every 10 minutes, with options for different widget sizes. It prioritizes user privacy by not accessing your location by default.

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Sunrise Sunset Times & Widget

AR Sun Tracker & Golden Hour

Interactive solar disk for time explorationSunrise/sunset times and day lengthGolden hour and blue hour tracking

Track daily and seasonal sun cycles with this interactive app. Explore sunrise and sunset times, day length, golden hour, and UV index. Switch to weather mode for temperature, precipitation, and wind speed. Customize with themes and widgets.

Moon phase on your home page

Photorealistic moon imageCurrent moon phase displayNext full and new moon dates

This widget displays a photorealistic image of the moon, accurately reflecting its current phase. It also provides upcoming full and new moon dates, along with daily moonrise and moonset times for your location.

Live Sky: Stargazing & Planets

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free

Find stars. Plan your night.

Live celestial object coordinatesVisibility indicator (above horizon)Detailed object information

This astronomy app provides real-time celestial object coordinates, including planets, the Moon, Sun, and various stars and deep sky objects. It highlights objects currently visible and allows users to favorite frequently observed bodies. A daily summary widget is also available.

🔍 Reference

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Widget | Countdown to birthday

App icon changer & widgets

Customizable widgetsApp icon changerThemed home screens

Enhance your phone's home screen with a wide array of customizable widgets and app icon themes. Choose from pre-designed categories like clocks, weather, and countdowns, or create your own unique look with custom backgrounds and colors.

🎨 Graphics & Design

(4.3K)

The Weather Widgets for iPhone

Weather Widget App

Customizable widget backgroundsDisplay multiple locationsCurrent weather and forecast data

Customize your home screen with unique weather widgets. Display current conditions and forecasts for multiple locations, with options to use your own photos as backgrounds. Enjoy detailed weather information and flexible widget sizing.

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Weather Widget, Battery Widget

Photo & Color Widgets

Weather widgetsClock and date widgetsBattery status widgets

Personalize your phone's home screen with a variety of customizable widgets. Display weather forecasts, battery status, clocks, dates, and photos with unique fonts to make your device stand out.

🔧 Utilities

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freemium

Deluxe Moon Pro • App & Widget

Phase calendar,tracker & notes

Moon phases calendar with iCal integrationReal-time moon parametersMoonrise and moonset times

This app provides comprehensive real-time and reference information about the Moon, including phases, rise/set times, and astrological data. It also tracks the Sun and offers cultural insights into lunar cycles for planning activities and understanding its influence.

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Weathergraph weather widget

Wind,rain,snow forecast&alert

Hour-by-hour data in glanceable chartsWidgets for Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and MacRain start time prediction with radar

Visualize weather data with detailed hourly forecasts and customizable widgets for outdoor activities. Offers professional-grade data, offline access, and a privacy-first design.

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