Planets

I was tired of seeing expensive apps, huge downloads and apps with trial ware that promised me the moon but delivered a paywall or were extremely large downloads. I love this app. It was easy to setup as it knew my location, time zone and even got my compass orientation instantly to tell me which planets I was seeing. I love the “visibility” tab to quickly check when they are visible and the “unaided eye” setting which was on by default so I knew exactly what I was looking at. For example, Venus was just about to set right after sunset, and there were two other bright planets then the moon, but I wasn’t 100% sure which ones. Instantly I moved my phone up to the heavens and saw that it was Jupiter and Saturn, then of course the moon, following Venus. Even the phase of the moon was shown. Nicely done!!

Tonight my friend and I were admiring a particularly bright celestial object. “I wish I knew what it is,” said she. “I can tell you!” I enthused. I pulled out my trusty Planets app, pointed it at the planet in question, and we immediately had our answer. (Mars.) This app does exactly what I want it to - tells me what I’m looking at. (It would be cool if you could tap on individual stars and find out their names, and if you could adjust the “visible” selection on a sliding scale to account for light pollution. I can only see a dozen or fewer stars and planets in our big city. But I still like knowing what they are.$

This app has more features than I was expecting and they are great. The different features include Sky 2D, Sky 3D, Visibility, Globe, and options, where you can modify parts of the app to accommodate your use of it, and make it specific to you. The accurate and useful information is easy to access with the easy tabs at the bottom of the screen. The app uses the motion of your phone to create a 3D view of space. Further, in each planet is given its own description, where details are very specific and informative. There is nothing I would add!

I’ve been using this app since my first iPhone (3G) 11 years ago and it’s been the best, most dependable app I’ve used for identifying planetary placement and constellations, period. It has an incredibly simple interface, but it’s SO dependable and on point. And it’s FREE. I absolutely love the Planets app. I always have it in my favorites, and use it constantly. It’s the first app I recommend to family and friends. Highly dependable and highly recommended. A+ in every way. Thank you so much the the developer, it’s beautiful!

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This is not acurate, the planets are not in the place where they really are in the sky. I know this because at around 8:00 P.M I had gone outside and looked in the sky with the tele scope I got for Christmas . The apps star walk and solar walk are awesome and actually show a lot more than this . They show that in the actual apps the planets are in the right spots. It said on here that the moon was right above me in the sky but that was wrong . I just got in my house and the moon hadn’t been in the sky above me. All the planets were also wrong, the only planets in the sky are Uranus and I can’t even see that because it’s so down. App not good and doesn’t have right things. Please make this app better and more educational and get ideas from other apps and videos thank you and please MAKE IT BETTER . Sincerely Mystery cat