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Planisphere Pros

✓ Excellent Digital Planisphere With One Glaring Hitch:YOU have to update the time manually by going into the settings. The graphics, zoom function, and other features are first rate for a no-cost download. It sure beats carrying around one of the plastic plansipheres! But back to the major issue I have with this app. Step 1: Set your Location Step 2: Set current/use device time Step 3: Exit to the planisphere(main) window. Suppose it's 8:00AM in Chicago on August 23rd. The planisphere displays accordingly. But now you want to see the sky in the Philippines - where you know its after dark. So you look up "Manila" in the location list, select it, and exit back out to the planisphere. Instead of a dark sky correctly showing what is overhead for the Philippines at 8PM - you see what 8:00AM would look like from that country! What the . . .?! Budapest Hungary: Same thing - except at 8AM there the sun(and the ecliptic) are much lower in the sky than in Manila. BUT - don't forget - while you were looking at the sky you pulled up at 8AM the time has become 8:06! Oops, gotta go back into the Settings and touch Time Now again! And now you can see what the sky looks like at 8:06AM in Paris, Rio De Janeiro, Tokyo, or anywhere your heart desires. Come on!! So basically this is just like the plastic plansiphere you may have had in school or seen in a nature shop - plastic horizon simulating your latitude, with disk below with all the stars and coordinates on it - that you have to set yourself! Otherwise, I'd give it five stars..Bumbling iTouch UserVersion: 2.0.3

✓ Well conceived, expertly codedThis app has five-star underpinnings, the kind you'd expect from a developer whose Moon Map is coded as a fully rotateable, zoomable, rendered sphere, rather than just a bunch of photographs. With so much information presented with such clarity and ease of use at such a low price, this new entry is poised to become a favorite. Experienced astronomers will want it as a comprehensive quick reference, and beginners will be well rewarded with a fine download worth well more than its $0.99. This first release feels perfected like a third or fourth update, especially with its simple, efficient operation. Even so, for its fifth star, I'd like to see more flexible hiding of objects not of current interest, to render the display easier to read: dim stars, constellation boundries, and the like. I'd also appreciate if the delicate images were beefed up for forty-year-old eyes. Such a fine astronomy app at this price point could tip the curious into becoming ametuer astronomers. Support this developer. He deserves it. <><><><><> A Note to Dave Moore of South Boston: Serious planetaria (star charting apps) do not list Earth because they look outward; they list other objects one can see from Earth at a given time. Orreries (apps showing the relative motions of the planets) do show Earth, because they look inward, as though from outside the solar system, with Earth just another object to be studied. A few planeteria list the Earth as "always visible," a corny joke that can confuse beginners, an important clientele that deserves more respect. It sounds sarchastic, but is not: It's understood that if you want to see the stars and Messier objects, look up using Planisphere as a guide, but if you want to see the Earth, look down at your feet..BozocityVersion: 0

Planisphere Cons

✗ BjDissappointing Information is very good but names are too faint and difficult to read Impossible to pan properly when zoomed in.BeejaysusVersion: 0

✗ I'll stick to paper thanks.Constellation boundaries make the overview cluttered and difficult to read. No ecliptic is a major omission I think. Zoom feature is nice, but if a closer view is needed, apps such as Star Walk are far superior. Good value for a few pennies, but not enough here to persuade me to give up my paper planisphere..RTaddictVersion: 2.6.0

Is Planisphere legit?

✅ Yes. Planisphere is legit, but not 100% legit to us. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 37 Planisphere user reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, AppSupports Legitimacy Score for Planisphere is 57.0/100.

Is Planisphere safe?

⚠ No. Planisphere not seem very safe to us. This is based on our NLP analysis of over 37 user reviews sourced from the IOS appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 3/5. AppSupports Safety Score for Planisphere is 58.5/100.

Should I download Planisphere?

⚠ We are not sure!