- Live Tracking: The app aligns itself automatically to show you the portion of the sky at which you are looking. It uses your device's compass or allows you to tell it where the North is.
- Live Earth Map: Quickly jump from one city to another by tapping on a map that shows the Earth's day and night boundary in real-time. You can also create custom viewing locations.
- Fast Forward and Rewind: Accelerate or reverse time to understand how stars and planets appear to move in the sky over a longer period of time.
- Beautiful Constellation Images: The app has beautiful constellation images inspired by antique engravings and aligned precisely with the stars.
- Sharing: Share snapshots of the sky map with your friends at the tap of a button.
- Quick Help: A concise, illustrated user guide helps answer any questions you may have while using the app.
- Interactive Search (Full Version): Type in a search field, pick an object from a list of matches, and the app guides you until you are pointing your device toward the object you selected.
- Sky Events (Full Version): The app shows a list of current sky events such as meteor showers, eclipses, and more and helps you quickly locate them in the sky.
- Night Vision (Full Version): The app's night vision mode helps minimize loss of dark adaptation and looks great in cyan, orange, or red.
- Extra Information (Full Version): Tooltips and an information panel show details about stars, planets, the Moon, meteor showers, and more.
- Personalization Options (Full Version): Personalize your sky map by turning various guides and display options on or off.
