- Free
- Category: Education
- First released: November 5, 2008
- Versions: 47 archived
- Installable: 47 of 47
- Availability: Still on the App Store ↗
- Seller: Vito Technology Inc.
- com.vitotechnology.StarWalk
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 2.0 or later.
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Report an issueStar Walk is the most beautiful stargazing app you’ve ever seen on a mobile device. It will become your interactive guide to the night sky, following your every movement in real-time and allowing you to explore over 200, 000 celestial bodies with extensive information.
***Over 10 million users! Winner of Apple Design Award 2010***
“Star Walk is a remarkably in-depth and detailed astronomy app. There's so much you can do with this app” - Common sense media
“Star Walk is the best stargazing application I have come across for the iPhone. Many of the features found within the application cannot be found in any others! This is one of the best developed and executed applications I have seen to hit the app store.” - iMore
“This app brings the old paper star chart into the smartphone age, and makes exploring the night sky easily accessible to everyone.” - Soggy Astronomer
Duran Duran's keyboard Nick Rhodes mentions Star Walk as his favourite app:
“It’s brilliant, and if you’re ever somewhere with a clear sky and no light pollution, it’s a revelation. It’s beautifully designed and makes clever use of the available technology. I’m fascinated by astronomy, but even if you’re not, give this a go.”
Key features:
• Night sky map with thousands of stars, constellations and other sky objects. • Real-time tracking of celestial bodies. • Augmented reality sky view. • Deep sky objects to explore in detail. • Night mode. • Extensive information about all sky objects. • The ability to travel in time with “Time machine” • Astronomical calendar with various celestial events. • Stunning space pictures in “Picture of the Day”. • “Sky Live” section with info about the moon phases, the amount of daylight, the visibility of the planets, etc.
Astronomical calendar, deep space objects, meteor showers, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and satellites are available through the STAR WALK PLUS subscription.
‣ Launch the app and point your device at the night sky - you'll see the stars, planets, satellites, and constellations in their proper place from your location. As you move your device, the star map updates in real time.*
‣ Every object you tap has an (i) next to its name, tap it to access some information.
‣ A scale on right is the “Time machine”, slide it to explore the map of the night sky of tomorrow or years ago.
‣ A calendar of celestial events will make sure you never miss anything interesting. ‣ Tap Augmented Reality icon in the upper right corner to add the image from your camera to your sky view.
‣ Use Night Mode to go easy on your eyes and preserve night vision when exploring the Universe.
‣ Star Walk is your personal planetarium. Project to a big screen with no picture quality loss.
*This feature (Star Spotter) is available for devices with digital compass. If your device does not have the digital compass, you can use your fingers to change the view of the sky map.
Links: http://www.facebook.com/StarWalkApp http://twitter.com/starwalk
STAR WALK PLUS removes ads from the app and gives you access to the calendar with astronomical events, deep space objects, meteor showers, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and satellites. It offers a one-week free trial followed by an auto-renewing subscription.
Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
Terms of use: http://vitotechnology.com/terms-of-use.html
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Bundle Size Over Time
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 17 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2010 | 3.5 | — | 1,232 | $2.99 |
| January 18, 2011 | 5.1.2 | — | 5,021 | $2.99 |
| January 7, 2012 | — | — | 6,364 | $2.99 |
| May 4, 2013 | — | — | 8,157 | $2.99 |
| December 12, 2018 | — | ★ 4.7 | 14,823 | Free |
| December 12, 2018 | — | ★ 4.7 | 14,850 | Free |
| December 15, 2018 | — | ★ 4.7 | 14,983 | Free |
| December 14, 2019 | — | ★ 4.7 | 24,257 | Free |
| December 15, 2019 | — | ★ 4.7 | 24,263 | Free |
| November 27, 2020 | — | ★ 4.7 | 24,828 | Free |
| November 29, 2022 | 7.3.7 | ★ 4.7 | 24,946 | Free |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25I used to like Star Walk, even with the super annoying “music”. The new version doesn’t even work - it does not respond to phone movements, so you have to move the screen around with finger gestures. The addition of ads completely ruins it. Delete.
So I was just looking at other planets with my telescope but then I got an commercial and I shouldn't have gotten that because when NASA is trying to look for something and a commercial comes up they will not be in a mood for watching it
You click on literally anything and you get a 30 second ad.
It’s OK. But can’t find a way to cancel the subscription that auto renews. How can I cancel this app so I don’t charged for it?
Why do you need Star Walk plus to observe everything else that’s not a constellation star or planet it’s nonsense please remove it now I’ll still give it 5/5 tho
Holy sell out Absolutely unusable after they sold out for ads every 3 seconds. You literally cannot touch the screen without an ad. Devs should be ashamed
Great app, in theory. I understand having adds in the free version of the app, but they will hit you with multiple adds within 30 seconds of the last one, making it IMPOSSIBLE to even attempt to use. Update to respond to their response: it most DEFINITELY did! I would gladly post a screen recording of it here if I could! How dare you lie like this. NEVER doing business with people of suck low ethical standards.
Earlier few years ago i purchaes app and was good working. Now when you zoom in all advertisements came out and freeze map after that, basically not working. I wouldn’t trust any version of starwalking anymore
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.