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SkySafari 7 Pro App User Positive Comments 2024
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✓ Simply the bestBeing fond of stargazing since yearly childhood, I have tried multiple astronomy apps, and this one is by far the best one. My first astronomy book was by H. A. Rey “The Stars”, and the fact that this app offers “Modern” constellation lines (similar the ones in the H. A. Rey’s book) was a very pleasant surprise. And way more than that, from the basic sky object information to the advanced telescope control. I have to mention the outstanding ergonomics; this app is very convenient and pleasant to use. The only con I can think of is its large size; it not quite noticeable on my iPad Pro, but on the older iPad Air it takes about 15 seconds to load. My older iPhone XR handles it without problems though. Overall this app is simply the best, regardless..Version: 7.0.0
✓ Needs improvement on accessibility for the blindI currently give this app only four stars because there are some improvement that needs to made for the accessibility for the blind. There are elements that does not work all that well with Apple’s iOS accessibility feature call Voice Over. This would include there are buttons that are not label nor can you press these buttons. There are settings that are not readable with Voice Over nor can you change these options with Voice Over. Outside of these accessibility issues the app is awesome. Once the accessibility issues get fix I will change my review and I’ll give the app five stars..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Great app!I like the new layout and I have enjoyed the app so far. When I used night mode, I noticed the bar at the bottom of the screen is not red and it appears every time I touch the screen. Is there a way to make it red or not make it show up every time I touch the screen?.Version: 7.0.1
✓ Going BackwardsUsed to be my go-to app. Today I deleted v7 from my iPad because it’s just terrible. Hopefully v6 hasn’t been crippled by installing v7. I’m using Stellarium instead. Used to good but it’s just crap now. They should fire the lead developer. I can’t believe how useless this app has become..Version: 7.1.3
✓ Excellent appIntuitive to use. Comprehensive functionality..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Best everGreat app with an enormous amount of information..Version: 7.0.2
✓ Don’t like the subscription nagGreat app, but I paid £22 for this. Why am I getting nagged for a subscription?.Version: 7.1.6
✓ Sky safari proExcellent in every way, this is the best star gazing app around. There is a life time of looking and learning . Cannot recommend this app high enough. Just buy it, you won’t be disappointed..Version: 7.3.0
✓ The best sky app for meSS is my go-to app for just about everything astronomical, and I always keep it up to date. I like the enhancements of version 7, but I miss the option to remove the bottom menu from the screen. Please bring it back!.Version: 7.0.3
✓ What’s the point of the Pro Version?I have been using the Plus version for years and it’s great. But, last night I was reading The Astrophotography Planner by Charles Bracken. It only covers 87 objects to photograph and one is CTB1 also known as Abell 85, the Garlic Nebula. I searched for this in Sky Safari Plus and it wasn’t there. It had Abell 82, 83, 84, and 86 but not 85. I thought, well, it must be time for me to upgrade to Sky Safari Pro since it’s supposed to have many more objects. But, Sky Safari Pro doesn’t have Abell 85 either. Why not? For the Pro version I expect that you would have the entire Abell catalog. Why add most of the Abell list but not all of it? Seems like I wasted my money on the Pro Version. Update: the developer said I should try downloading the On Demand Data. So I did that and guess what? Still no Abell 85. When I search for Abell now it gives me 10,000 results! But not Abell 85. It still shows Abell 1-84 and 86+..Version: 7.3.5
✓ Sky safari proI use Sky Safari Pro for all my astrophotography projects and needs. Great setup to locate objects in the sky! You can even use the audio to learn a little something about each object in the sky. However, what I really like is that you can see when each object rises above the horizon, when it transitions and when it sets for easy decision making on which object to photograph!.Version: 7.1.8
✓ Good -- but REALLY annoying adsI have paid for Sky Safari 5 Pro, Sky Safari 6 Pro and Sky Safari 7 Pro. I currently use the last two. I'm also a beta tester for the company. The apps are great -- but I keep getting the REALLY annoying pop-up ads -- even though I've already paid for versions 5, 6, and 7 pro!! What is going on here? How do I turn off these REALLY annoying pop-up ads?.Version: 7.3.1
✓ Poor PlutoThe app is easily used and has taught my son a lot about what’s out in space, about each planet, and the beyond. However, he did notice that in several places, Pluto is still regarded as not being a planet, although it was reclassified as such several years back. He still prefers this app for his time with his telescope, It just needs an update in information..Version: 7.0.3
✓ Wiped out all my data - but . . .OK, I reviewed this product initially in a fit of pique. There was a weird glitch that clobbered all of my observing lists and equipment entries. Simulation Curriculum have been working hard to figure this out and restore my data. Support has been first rate thus far. Looks like they’re going to recover my data and sort out the bug. Update - most of my data are back! The support folks have been working hard to get this addressed. I couldn’t be more impressed with the level of support..Version: 7.1.3
✓ Great appGreat app so much so I had to buy it twice on 2 different apple accounts but this app is almost essential for stargazing, beginners and pro it’s a handy tool to control your telescope and identify stars,planets,constellations.Version: 7.1.3
✓ Powerful and Indespensible.. Blew me awayThis is the best mobile tool to have at the telescope or for casual visual observing or astro-photography that I have ever seen. Yes, the learning curve will take a minute to get the settings the way you like them for your equipment, but there is simply no better way I know of to star hop around the sky in the dark than this.. (Much better than the old paper charts, and DIY coat hanger wire FOV rings laid on the charts with the red flashlight held in my teeth I used back in the day! LOL). It looks to be efficient and is indispensable with GOTO mounts too. The field of view overlays, observing list development and observation logging functions are fantastic. Love it. Just get it. It’s what you need outside in the dark.. (And on cloudy nights!) I would maybe like to see a future enhancement someday of: 1: The ability to attach PDFs or images to observing log entries for organizing drawn sketches or images I find useful to add to the notes etc. 2: The ability to draw in a local horizon mask to add for trees and houses you deal with in your own yard.. to add as an alternative option to the other panorama shots or perfect horizon line that is in there. What a great piece of software. Thanks..Version: 7.0.1
✓ HCG92No Nikon d810a astronomy camera listed. Vast improvement with community sharing makes observation nights fun for all involved. Astrophotographers will love the level of involvement from the community. Definitely an improvement on the benchmark pro 6.Version: 7.0.2
✓ Premium?I like the app although I still have a lot to learn about. My immediate question is about an upgrade to Premium. I thought I had seen a statement when I downloaded Pro, that upgrading to premium will disable some of the functionality available in Pro. Do I understand this correctly?.Version: 7.3.5
✓ Doesn’t work with SkywireSkySafari 7 Pro insists on a wireless WiFi connection. Despite what the help file says SkySafari 7 Pro does NOT work with a Skywire serial connection to a iPhone or iPad. I spent several frustrating hours trying to create a preset using a Skywire to no avail. The setup menu does not give the option of using a Skywire connection..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Great App5 stars brilliant.Version: 7.3.5
✓ One of my all time favorite apps, BUTThis app is amazing and so cool! I have a recommendation though. Add the ability to quickly edit the form of light directly from the main screen instead of having to go all the way through the app settings. Have a quick guide like the Sky Guide and Sky Walk apps have with X-ray, gamma ray, radio, microwave, infrared, H-alpha, ultraviolet, and visible light, and allow the ability to click on various deep space objects like black holes, nebulae, etc..Version: 7.3.1
✓ Possible to sort deep sky objects by size (arcmin)?When looking at deep sky objects or more specifically planetary nebulae, I found that it would be much more useful in my case if I could filter out the nebula using their size along with the magnitude and brightness, but this doesn’t seem to currently be an option..Version: 7.0.3
✓ Very good app play with it, learn how to use it and enjoy!I am using both versions the 6 Pro and the new 7 Pro all the time together with my custom motorized xt10i and I love it. Best application on the market. My advice - learn how to use it and enjoy!.Version: 7.0.3
✓ Easy SkyFi WiFi setupI’m looking forward to using the INDI drivers to connect to my Lenovo Ubuntu Laptop running KSTARS but for now setting up SkySafari and the SkiFi WiFi to my Celestron CGX was super easy but for other folks the procedure could be made clearer. Whats really nice about Skysafari is when tracking and imaging comets with the telescope I can see which night might be give the best position among the back ground stars for successful guide scope tracking. Skysafari is very useful for planning Mosaics, that is wide angle and detailed camera images of a specific portion of the night sky stitched together to create a larger image. Skysafari Pro 7 seems so close to being able to not only fully control the telescope GoTo but also plate solving, tracking and taking control of the camera. The only glitch in Pro 7 is when I open my large observation list its hard to select the last item in the list to ‘center’ because ‘ADD’ text interferes..Version: 7.1.7
✓ Great for celestial curiosityI use this program for all the special events that I become aware of. I have used it for some photography, especially for determining the position and time of the Milky Way and stars or planets to emphasize. I haven’t used it with a telescope because I haven’t purchased the motors to drive it position though that may be an exciting future enhancement to my viewing. Love this program, its database of stars, planets and galaxies and its ease of use!.Version: 7.3.5
✓ Scope button not workingAfter the latest release the scope button is no longer working.Version: 7.1.4
✓ SkySafari 7 ProI have been using SkySafari 6 Pro for several years and I have found it to be an indispensable tool for planning astrophotography sessions and for controlling my GoTo telescope drive. When SkySafari 7 Pro was offered, I immediately installed it. I found the user interface to be enough different from version 6, that it took some time to change my procedures to use it. This problem apparently had something to do with the fact that I had not re-booted the iPad in a very long time because after I re-booted the iPad the crashes stopped. This problem is resolved > 1) Tapping the “Observations” item on my iPad installation causes an immediate crash. This problem resulted from the changed user interface - it is resolved > 2) In SkySafari 6 there are a number of Field of View Display Options available, including “Show Even if not Connected to Telescope”. This option is critical to planning an astrophotography session. SkySafari 7 does not have this option as well as the other necessary option: “Field Rotation Angle”. Lacking these options makes SkySafari 7 useless for those of us who are planning astrophotography sessions. Please include them in future updates. I think SkySafari 7 Pro has the potential to be as useful as version 6 when missing user interface issues (as described above) are resolved. Over all, this version 7 is looking like it will be even better than version 6..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Powerful - the best you can getI have the Pro Version and use it to find things in the sky, check what’s coming, learn about millions of objects, explore the solar system and galaxy, control my telescopes from my phone, simulate celestial events such as conjunctions, and just marvel at the beauty of the app itself. It’s best in a larger iPad screen but a smartphone also works. Super packed with features for any user, good support, and regular updates. Highly recommended. One of the apps I use the most (but then, I’m an amateur astronomer)..Version: 7.3.5
✓ App is great, migration from earlier version is notThe app itself is great, easy and fun to use. Lots of great features before, during, and after observing. Used to be I could just save my settings in iCloud. Now I need to create another account where my data goes. Upgrade from 6 pro to 7 pro is not a simple process. Settings are not all synced and don’t all import. Essentially I have to set up my scope yet again..Version: 7.0.3
✓ Great app!Really love this app, it’s fantastic to use and have a ton of great features. The UX in the latest version has really improved too. One feature I feel is missing that would add a ton of value is the ability to upload/use your own panorama image for the horizon. My garden has obstacles such as trees and other houses that obscure parts of the sky. If I could use my own horizon it would make planning an imaging session significantly easier since I’d be be able to see when a target dips behind something. Please can you look to support this? 🙏🙏🙏.Version: 7.1.8
✓ A real super nova !This is the first ‘serious’ astronomy app that I have purchased. It is in a different league from other cheaper ones and is well worth the price tag. It is easy to use and the text is very clear and informative..Version: 7.1.3
✓ A bit of a learning curve coming from V6I originally had some trouble with what I thought were missing features but the support team was quick to respond and point me in the right direction. I’m still getting used to the new interface and also continue to use v6 alongside to see the difference. I was hopeful also that this version would finally communicate with my AP GTOCP3 controller, but it still does not. Not a big deal since V6 didn’t either :( In the end this is still the best “small device” based app for Astro-geeks out there..Version: 7.0.1
✓ A bit unintuitive settingsTook me a long time to figure out how to show FOV wit hout being connected to scope.Version: 7.0.3
✓ Still one of the best planetarium apps out thereAs a serious amateur astronomer I have been using this app through several versions. It was hard to improve on Ver 6 but this does have some minor improvements over ver 6. The thing on my wish list that I wish they would add (I have to go to other programs to find it) is the AIR MASS of an object in the information window. As a variable star photometrist this info is important to me.Version: 7.0.1
✓ Superb Astro appApp downloads just fine. I started downloading and left it overnight on adsl. Superb astronomy app as per the previous versions with more polish..Version: 7.0.0
✓ Best Astronomy App AvailableI have tried close to a dozen different astronomy applications and SkySafari is the best on offer. I use the iPhone, the iPad, and the MacOS versions of the software. All are excellent..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Learning curve from SS5 ProI just upgraded to SS7 Pro from SS5 Pro with the hope of finding new and more exciting functionality. I thought the most important feature I use was missing, but found it in a different area. I pretty much only use the Equipment in “show even if not connected” as I am a manual star hopper only. The live SS maps, correctly oriented for the current or planned night sky with the field of view for the current scope/eyepiece combination is what is the most powerful to me. I threw out all my old paper star atlases years ago because this one app on my iPhone or iPad does it all. While I know there is some kind of VR feature that would allow me to point my iPhone or iPad at the sky to help locate objects, that is too gimmicky and not very useful to me. The Star intensity is incorrect for my situation here but I believe that to be tweaking of settings at this point. I know I was able to get SS5 Pro to pretty much mirror my views, visible stars and all here. It works so well, I used it for Asteroid A and B sketches with my 16” Dob. It’s a chore to locate a mag 18 asteroid alone much less find it again 24 hours later to sketch its new position. I have zero interest in the “in app purchases” and just don’t need any of the online stuff. Hopefully that will continue with SS7 Pro for me..Version: 7.1.3
✓ Stunning appIt’s rare to find an app this good. I do have a small wish-list. When controlling a telescope it would be nice to have the slew controls positioned on the screen to support single handed control rather than either side of the display. Also from the observing list it would be nice to long press an object and invoke go-to. But minor quibbles aside, magnificent..Version: 7.0.3
✓ A great app but subscription to get everythingAs per title, hence 4 stars..Version: 7.1.3
✓ An amazing tool!Both my father and I are avid amateur astrophotographers and this app in all its various versions is an absolute GODSEND! It allows us to figure out what we want to image, gives us the ability to control our scopes, not to mention the Gaia catalog. The augmented reality feature is also fun to play with. Simply put, whether you’re just starting out in your astronomy journey or are a grizzled veteran of gazing at the stars, sky safari is an easy to use app and is a must have tool/compendium of knowledge relating to the heavens above!.Version: 7.3.5
✓ This works fine on a Mac.What ARE you people complaining about? This is easy to use. If you need "documentation to explain how to add a horizon panorama" then you should not be using computers. See the "Menu" item at the bottom? See the "Settings" option? Its all in there. You have a Mac but you don't have an iPad? Why? I have been using this on iPads for years. I almost installed Mac version 6 before I found this. It was free for me since I already have version 7 on my iPads. Yes, its the iPad app. So What? Take a few minutes and figure it out..Version: 7.2.0
✓ SkySafari ProThe finest astronomy app on the Internet, to the best of my knowledge. Planetary rotations in our solar system occur in real time, and the background information that is available on stars is extensive and excellent. There is a cost associated with this app, but definitely worthwhile. Updated versions that I have purchased in the past have been available at a discounted price over the initial purchase. Keep looking up. Clear skies!.Version: 7.1.3
✓ Space stationsJust upgraded from v 5 - Why no space stations ? ISS and Tianglong missing from version 7 or am I missing something here.Version: 7.1.7
✓ Field of view indicators not currently workingAt the time of writing the equipment based field of view indicators don’t seem to work at all. I’ve tried creating news ones and turning them on/off but nothing appears. Going back to Sky Safari 6 until this is fixed. Update: there is a new setting off the Scope Display menu that you have to set to turn on the Equipment FoV indicators when there is no equipment connected. This seems to have fixed my issue. Not exactly sure what benefit this new setting serves..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Field of view (FOV)If this version add a FOV same as Pro 5 version to display the dimensions for different camera coms size would be more useful. I need to change to Pro 5 version to measure the angle of view each time. Best wishes..Version: 7.3.5
✓ BuggyNOT much of an improvement over v6. At least not in terms of the initial user experience. What’s with the _lavender_ horizon area when displaying an opaque horizon? And that orange horizon line? Please tell me there’s a way to change those colors. The time settings display tries to display time digits in about a 14pt font size inside a text box that looks like it can handle a max of 10 pt text - so the tops and bottom of the time display are cut off top and bottom. Trying to select “end of twilight” or other variable time settings jump you directly into the Advanced time & date setting and doesn’t indicate what’s just happened, rather than simply adjusting the time. You have to figure out what’s just happened by reading cropped time digits. Disappointed with this new version..Version: 7.0.2
✓ Good play with your dad and dad if you need to get him a ride with us or something elseI’m not going anywhere else but I’m going back to the beach with a bunch and I will have them in my house for the weekend if they are not there and I’ll let them know if I need them to come in and get them to you.Version: 7.3.1
✓ Great valueGreat value update very pleased..Version: 7.0.2
✓ JWST location inaccurateGreat app, however the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) position is very inaccurate in SkySafari Pro 7 because it does not match where NASA’s Deep Space Network dishes point when communicating with the JWST, nor is the location consistent with several other data sources. I tried to post this query on the community support forum, however after three weeks approval for the post is still pending. There is no other way of communicating with the developers.Version: 7.0.3
✓ Wonderful Planetarium AppI bought version 7 a couple of months ago and have taken the time to explore most of the features (except telescope control, as I don’t use a GoTo telescope mount). This is an excellent program at a very reasonable price. There is a thorough HELP section that will walk you through each feature of the program. I recommend working through that to understand how to get the most from the app. (The basic features are intuitive, but there is a lot of stuff that takes a little effort to find) There are a couple of other robust planetarium apps out there (I own those also). If you are price conscious, note that this app is a one time purchase while some other apps are subscription based. (I would be happy to pay a subscription, if Sky Safari changed its revenue model. Programmers need to eat, after all).Version: 7.0.3
✓ Pro 7Mon avis pro 6 est de loin le meilleur que j’ai été en mesure d’utiliser! Je ne comprend pas pourquoi un pro 7 ?.Version: 7.0.1
✓ Don’t waste your moneyI hate this upgrade. What a waste of money. New interface is hard to use. Compass mode keeps kicking on. I NEVER want it on and I can’t seem to change that. This was an upgrade for upgrade sake. Certainly not worth $30. I’ll just keep using Sky Safari 6..Version: 7.0.0
✓ Don’t hesitate just buy it!Outstanding software and second to none!.Version: 7.1.3
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