Star Walk：Find Stars & Planets Reviews

by DanishCasanova

Disappointing to have app changed to where it doesn’t work as well as it did previously. Must be a real “woke” programmer on the ball here...

This is my second poor review of your non-working app after the “woke” developers fraudulent response. Lie... lie... lie.... must be easy to do when you have SO MANY complaints about your backwards heading app! Your app’s newer version removes features that were already existing. Now you have re-engineered StarWalkFindStarsPlanets to NOT perform the same features easily without a lieing “woke” developers improbable changes to your specific phone. After all of that WHY SHOULD ANYONE BOTHER?!!!! DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT USERS WANT TO MESS AROUND TRYING TO FIX WHAT YOU SCREWED UP FROM PRIOR VERSIONS????

Is it true you are from BEIJING CCP DEVELOPERS SCHOOL??????

by Loriofpandora

I have owned StarWalkFindStarsPlanets for years. Paid the full price for it, 9.99 (at the time really expensive... pretty pricy even now!) I used it seriously three or four times a year for the last 5 years planning camping trips to coincide with cool astronomy events like the total solar eclipse and all sorts of meteor showers. I loved it. Raved about it to my friends. Even showed it off to my dad. It is a part of my start screen and I pulled it out every camping trip.

Imagine my disappointment, upon opening it so it can enhance my viewing of the perseid meteor shower, which I am camping for, right now, this very evening and none of the previously available features are available to me unless I pony up MORE money for a subscription service. I am really upset.

Farewell, Star Walk. You were a beautifully designed and useful app once. I’m sure you still are beautiful...You enhanced my love for the stars. I guess my wallet is just not large enough to follow you down that subscription rabbit hole. I am so sad.

by Sgmunchy

I got StarWalkFindStarsPlanets and didn’t pay for the whole premium thing and I couldn’t look at the sky for even 5 seconds without seeing an ad! Total waste of time if you have to watch a 10 second ad for every 2-5 seconds you are actually looking at the sky. Do not buy unless you are willing to pay for the premium version. And even then, you might as well get a better rated constellation app if you are going to pay the money. Also little thing to add on, even when I would point it at the ground, it would still give me constellations and satellites, so I’m assuming that StarWalkFindStarsPlanets isn’t even accurate. How StarWalkFindStarsPlanets has 4.7 stars, I don’t know. I don’t recommend anyone to get this

by Hanotehu

Maybe it’s a bad setting or something but I find the data in StarWalkFindStarsPlanets very hard to read. When I first got StarWalkFindStarsPlanets several years ago it was fine but it keeps getting “prettier” and less useful. For one thing, object labels are missing if they are near the edge of the screen. As you get them closer to the center their labels show up as an unreadable gray. Finally, when they are almost in the center they are in a tiny but somewhat readable white font. Why aren’t they white all the time? If you’re using StarWalkFindStarsPlanets to try and find something you have to center the thing first. That’s hard to do if you don’t know where it is. Another hard thing to see is the horizon. It’s very subtly darker than the sky. Why not make it better defined? The planets are hard to find too. The pretty icons on the map can help but the red text is too dark against the black background. Things near the galactic equator are hard because the Milky Way image is much too bright. Finally, the new moon is shown as black. OK, it really is but if you’re trying to find it, good luck. If you center where this invisible object is, of course, then you may be able to spot the tiny white label. It would hurt the prettiness, I guess, but I’d love to see a white outline on it. Finally, this is the slowest app I have when I start it. It has pretty little animations of its name for a good 10 seconds. I didn’t get it for that. Basically it sacrifices utility for aesthetics.

by PaulC72

Star walk has been my favorite app for years, and has an amazing database of celestial objects. I was very dismayed and disappointed to learn that one of the recent updates removed most of these items, and simply labels them deep space object instead directing you to subscribe on a monthly basis and pay for what was previously free. This is an unfortunate trend with apps to go to a subscription model. Although I commend StarWalkFindStarsPlanets developers for a reasonably priced subscription, a one time fee would be quite preferable. In addition, I learned that I had to subscribe to view most of these objects when out of range of a cellular signal while camping, so it’s not like I could subscribe at that time.

by Kiwi Jack 314

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful app - until you try to exit StarWalkFindStarsPlanets (at least on an iPhone 13). When you want your phone back? Good luck. Exiting is not intuitive, and judging by Google results I'm most certainly not the only person who is frustrated by this. It is a superb, wonderful, interactive, amazing app - and all of that warm fuzziness goes away when you try and reclaim your device. To be fair, I have not had this issue until I went to an iPhone 13 - but it is driving me up a tree.

by SuperSayin'

Yeah, to view the same thing I previously viewed for years (back when I loved StarWalkFindStarsPlanets ), I now have to pay a subscription. All because my phone auto updated StarWalkFindStarsPlanets . Now everything besides stars are considered far earth and behind a pay wall. Same for some features I had access to. I just want my original product back. I never got a response from customer support.

Edit: I did contact support. I will try again and update my review.

by Libbysunshine

I used to love StarWalkFindStarsPlanets so much, but recently I've been having issues with the gps on StarWalkFindStarsPlanets where it thinks that I'm facing a different direction than I am. For example, I'll clearly see the moon in front of me and it will show it as being behind me or off to the left. Just now I was trying to use it and it seems to think that I'm facing south even though I'm facing north east. I'm sure that there's a way to trouble shoot, but I wish StarWalkFindStarsPlanets was easier to use for me to be able to do this without having to search without success.

by Roboticskicks

I’ve been using Star Walk for 6 months. I love the different viewing modes, but if you want to get details about something, you either have to watch an ad or but the plus version. When I bought StarWalkFindStarsPlanets , I was under the impression that it still worked the same way, but it removed ads when you paid for plus. I would be completely in love with it except for that one thing.
Just so you know, it would be great if you showed the Perseverance craft on its mission to Mars.

by [Mooki]

StarWalkFindStarsPlanets is amazing, I like how you can switch the views to look at the stars. It doesn’t have that many adds considering that it’s free. Although you do need premium to look at definitions and descriptions on some satellites and stuff you can just search it up on google if it’s that interesting. I personally just have it to look at the stars but it’s interesting to learn about the stars when you tap on them. There are so many more things about StarWalkFindStarsPlanets that you can do and that’s only for the free version. If you get StarWalkFindStarsPlanets then I recommend getting the premium. It’ll give you a better experience of StarWalkFindStarsPlanets . Overall this is a great app and I plan on using it for a long while,

by Shuttled CFI

I highly recommend giving StarWalkFindStarsPlanets a try for hours of entertainment identifying stars, constellations, and objects in the night sky. It’s easy to use with intuitive functions. The information links bring the planets and Celestial events to life with fascinating knowledge. Once you become comfortable using the basics try all the features and you will be very satisfied with this very cool useful tool.

by Optimus Maximus Roma

I remember when Vito was getting its name out there and Original Star Walk was the free app of the month at Star Bucks! I picked that card up downloaded to my iPhone 4S and she and her sisters Star Walk 2 and Solar Walk have been my constant companions through all upgrades to my iphone XS. The apps never get old peeps! I shows you the stars above and on the other side of the planet in real time! I hope you find it SKOL! VITO!

by Coffffiiii

Ok so first this is such a cool app to see stars and all that stuff And yes I get it is a free app but there is like so many adds like I get that it’s free and all free games have adds Ok this is what I mean when I click on to a star or planet once i want to leave it it has a add plus it’s the same add every single time so if I can maybe fix this sorry for the long read <3
Thank you for trading and a great app!!

by Margaret CA

I've had StarWalkFindStarsPlanets for years on my old iPad. In fact it's so old that it no longer updates thus I still have the original version. I think it's a shame that they have changed it and from some of the most recent reviews I'm reading I may lament the death of this iPad someday. But for now I'm happy

by B747p

Since Starwalk knows the observer position, it gives altitude and azimuth of an object which is nice when used with my computerized telescope. I like the red colored feature which is great at night.
I wished the horizon was more delineated and the zenith as well.
I also wished it had a way to adjust the intensity of the stars to match their magnitude when outside ambient lights make fainter stars less visible.
Overall it's a great app, especially when used with my telescope.

by Lace1122

I wish I could afford a big fancy telescope to truly show me the detail of our night sky.. until then StarWalkFindStarsPlanets is helping me learn placement in time of the night sky around me and for that, I am thankful. I can look at a constellation, pick a star and learn all about it. I can also see satellites. I think StarWalkFindStarsPlanets is a wonderful learning tool for anyone interested in our galaxy and learning what's around you. Even if you have a telescope I think it would be a great asset to locate and identify what you are looking at. It is very informational.

by Swezz In Apple-ville

I’m 67 and been an amateur skywatcher all my life. I enjoy StarWalk alerts me daily to current interesting celestial events AND shows me where to look for them! It’s like having a professional astronomer available 24/7! Perhaps I’ll never recall much of all I learn, but for example I just learned some “new” facts about our Moon in the Wikipedia entry it took me to! StarWalk telling me what I can see and where to look has really enriched my skywatching every night I choose to use it! Thanks for a celestial mechanic help on my iPhone!

by Rip Roaring Raft Guide

My favorite part is if you get to far out with no service (always the best stars) IT STILL WORKS! We camp for 2wks every summer up in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming and there is no hope of service until off of them, but StarWalkFindStarsPlanets is a camping party favorite EVERY year not to mention It is all I ever wanted growing up! As a teen I saved my mowing money for a cordless phone (pre-cellphone era) and would lay in our pasture for hours and hours all summer long with my glow in the dark constellation coffee table book and Gf on the phone, now I can just hold up my phone and know my stellar address, neighbors and man made junk, I will never look at the stars the same 10/10

by 9robins

StarWalkFindStarsPlanets should teach and thrill anyone from rank amateurs (like me) to advanced astronomy students. It literally takes you out of this world into the universe, regardless of your local time and place. Orient StarWalkFindStarsPlanets by waving your phone a few times in figure-8 motion to find your true horizon on the screen. In the northern hemisphere, turn StarWalkFindStarsPlanets due south and allow satellite view to see and identify what we humans have put up there, for better or worse. From due south, move straight up to the ecliptic to see the constellations and planets currently overhead. Follow the ecliptic around our planet to see what’s overhead elsewhere. Tap a planet, nebula, constellation, etc. to learn more; follow a Wikipedia link to learn yet more.
KSSHRINK

by Narwhal1900

I love star walk. I’ve had it since 2011 and it’s the best app I’ve used for finding stars and constellations. I’ve never had any issues and the developers are GENIUSES! Thank you! Something I love about StarWalkFindStarsPlanets is you can search for constellations and stars which is helpful because of the Geminid shower happening in these coming days. Thanks to star walk for all the amazing technology you provide us with!

by JameslCharles

Back then I could tap on any star I saw that I wanted. If I remembered correctly I think that back then there wasn’t even ads. But now that’s all gone it use to be decent app I just re-downloaded it remembering how good that app was but now it’s not that fun especially when I keep getting interrupted by trails so I am afraid I won’t continue using StarWalkFindStarsPlanets as well as many other people who use to have it and had an awesome experience back then so farewell star walker

by Radar30

Star Walk is hands down one of the most fun apps out there. I am sad I wasted my money upgrading to SW2. The new version withdrew satellites and a number of other features only to request more money for viewing. I would have happily paid upfront $5, if StarWalkFindStarsPlanets makers had been forthcoming of the removal of original information/features.

by Leknyc

StarWalkFindStarsPlanets is really wonderful. It's easy to use and is great on a clear night to see what's going on in the sky that night. I use it to help my young daughter learn about the stars and planets, as well as for my own enjoyment. I pulled it out while visiting my parents and now my mother has installed StarWalkFindStarsPlanets too. Highly recommend.

by MtnDave

So I've been loving StarWalkFindStarsPlanets for over 5 years now I think and it's always asking me to rate it. So here's yet another 5 stars and review from me. What can I say? I've familiarized myself so well with the cosmos that I can conduct astronomy talks in the hot tub whenever anyone is visiting. A glass of wine and the steam embracing Cygnus and Aguila during the cool summer nights...thanks starwalk!