The Best 27 The Night Sky Alternatives

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    Sky Map

    Sky Map (formerly the Google Sky Map) turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a window on the night sky.

    Free Open Source Android

  • Star Walk (series)

    Indispensable for amateurs and professionals, as well as for kids who are eager to learn, Star Walk will guide you through the night sky in style.

    Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Kindle Fire Windows Phone Apple TV

  • Star Chart

    Can’t see the moon? Want to know where it is? Look through the eyes of your device to see a virtual window into the whole visible universe.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Windows RT Windows Phone

  • KStars

    KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux KDE

  • SkyView

    SkyView is powerful, easy-to-use app that answers questions about stars, constellations, and more. Simply point the camera to the sky, tap on what you see and discover neat things about these sky objects.

    Freemium Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Kindle Fire Apple Watch

  • Cartes du Ciel (Skychart)

    This program enables you to draw sky charts, making use of the data in 16 catalogs of stars and nebulae. In addition the position of planets, asteroids and comets are shown.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • SkEye

    SkEye is an advanced Planetarium that can also be used as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes. Ever wondered what objects are up in the sky? Now you can get familiar with Astronomy by identifying stars, planets, and constellations.

    Freemium Android Android Tablet

  • Cosmic-Watch

    Discover the fascinating relation between time and the cosmos. Enjoy this interactive learning tool and understand the concept of the celestial sphere and the apparent movement of the sky.

    Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

  • SkyMap

    SkyMap provides interactive sky maps for any time, viewpoint and location on Earth.

    Freemium Windows Web Windows RT Windows Phone

  • Pocket Universe

    From an augmented reality view of the night sky, to a virtual visit to the surface of Mars, Pocket Universe is the ultimate in astronomy apps.

    Freemium iPhone iPad

  • Aladin

    Aladin is an interactive sky atlas allowing the user to visualize digitized astronomical images or full surveys.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

  • StarMap 3D

    StarMap 3D Plus is the portable star atlas for beginners or advanced astronomers. Use StarMap 3D Plus to find the planets, stars, constellations, star clusters...

    Commercial iPhone iPad

  • Starmap

    Starmap is an intelligent sky navigation tool, written by a professional of the field. Hold the device in your line of vision and discover the map smoothly scanning...

    Freemium iPhone iPad Apple Watch

  • SkyORB

    SkyORB is more than a simple star map, it's a collection of 7 tools including a 3D star map, 3D planetarium, ephemeris, search engine, sun clock, point to sky...

    Freemium Mac OS X Android iPhone Android Tablet Windows RT

  • Sky Guide

    A window to the stars has never been more beautiful and easy to use. Sky Guide lets you experience the wonders of the night in ways you’ve only dreamed of.

    Commercial

  • Distant Suns (series)

    Distant Suns astronomy app is an award-winning hand-held planetarium with over 25 years of development, offering you the new way to look at the sky from on the Earth to...

    Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Kindle Fire

  • GoSkyWatch Planetarium

    Displays the sky view at the correct orientation when held at any angle not just landscape or portrait. Simple operation, no buttons to press or modes to select, just...

    Commercial