Star Walk 2: Stars and Planets app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 5872 ratings )

Reference Education
Developer: Vito Technology Inc.

2.99 USD

Current version: 2.15.3, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 21 Aug 2014
App size: 300 Mb

Star Walk 2 is an exquisite stargazing app enabling you to explore the night sky through the screen of your device. Make an effortless journey through thousands of stars, comets, constellations, and other celestial bodies. All you have to do is point your device to the sky!

⁕ BEST OF 2014: The next generation of the best-selling Star Walk, winner of Apple Design Award, used by over 10 million people ⁕

The app taps your device’s sensors and the GPS to determine the exact position of stars, planets, constellations, comets, ISS, satellites, meteor showers, etc., in the night sky.

“She’s a beauty.”- The Next Web

“Star Walk 2 is a terrific introduction to astronomy for young and old. It’s also handy for serious stargazers for observing planning.” - TUAW

“Star Walk 2 is visually stunning.” - PCmag

“This is a very beautiful and unusual application that turns your phone into a real planetarium.” - Free apps for me

“For those who enjoy the original app, Star Walk 2 is worth the upgrade — the interface is gorgeous. Anyone with even a passing interest in astronomy should grab Star Walk 2.” - iLounge

“It is worth every penny.” - PadGadget

Star Walk 2 in travel & tourism industry:

‘Rapa Nui Stargazing’ based on Easter Island uses Star Walk 2 for sky observations during its astronomical tours.

‘Nakai Resorts Group’ in the Maldives uses Star Walk 2 during astronomy meetings for its guests.

Main features:

◆ Map of the sky in real time
◆ Stunning 3D models of constellations and other sky objects
◆ “Time machine”
◆ Deep sky objects
◆ Info about celestial bodies and sky events
◆ The sky at different wavelengths
◆ Augmented reality mode
◆ Night mode
◆ "Whats new" section with the latest astronomical news
◆ "Visible Tonight" section

► Star Walk 2 shows the real-time map of the sky on your screen in whatever direction you are pointing the device. As you hold your phone up and point it towards the sky, the star map follows your motions using the built-in gyroscope to match the map on your screen to the stars seen from your location.

► Whats up in the sky tonight? Open the "Visible Tonight" section of Star Walk 2 and quickly find out all upcoming astronomical events and celestial objects visible for your location.

► Be aware of the latest news from the world of space and astronomy. The apps "Whats new" section will tell you about the most outstanding celestial events in time.

► Touching a clock-face icon at the upper-right corner of the screen allows you to select any date and time and watch the sky of different periods.

► Get a deeper understanding of the constellation`s scale and place in the night sky. Enjoy observing wonderful 3D models of constellations, turn them upside down, read their stories.

► Find and study deep sky objects such as meteor showers, planetary nebulae, star clusters, etc.

► The night-mode will make your stargazing at night time more comfortable.

Star Walk 2 is the sequel to the original Star Walk, which is one of the most popular apps for stargazing.

New in Star Walk 2:
-Incredible 3D models of celestial bodies
-All-new stunning design
-New interface in vibrant colours for retina displays
-Atmospheric visual and sound effects, stirring soundtrack
-Exclusive handcrafted artwork for constellations

The app contains In-App Purchases.

If you enjoy exploring the stars, then our app is a must-have for your arsenal.

Start your best stargazing experience right now!

Pros and cons of Star Walk 2: Stars and Planets app for iPhone and iPad

Star Walk 2: Stars and Planets app good for

This app is fantastic! Great way to teach yourself and others about astronomy. The information it provides is extremely interesting and the visual effects are second to none. Highly recommended app for any avid learners out there. As Ghandi once said, "live as though you were to die tomorrow, but learn, as though you were to live, forever"

Its displays crystallized constellations and had all the background info I can imagine, great that it can adjust to where you point your phone too, pick a star and actually figure out which one it is!

Star Walk 2 makes going out side with the kids fun and a learning experience. My kids love looking up at the stars picking one out and learning all about it. The pictures and graphics are great!

Like to see the various moons around their planets. Also pleased with the bundle options.

Cant remember what I paid for this app but love it. The only other thing they could do to improve it is add a live planetarium mode but that would add too much bloat to this app. And a lot of development and audio recording work.

I use this app mainly for nighttime photography. I could not ask for a better guy. Although, I do wish it had more sidelights in their path. Or space junk that I can include in my photographs. Other than that this is the best all the way around

Some bad moments

Listed price is only good for constellation search. Want to search for Pluto? It wont even show you its location unless you paid the in-app purchase. Charging extra for pretty 3D object is reasonable. But deactivate the searching functionality of the star chart is greedy and makes it a limited but may not be useless to some star chart. Good thing that my telescope got its own computer to find where they are.

If you just want something that will help you track the whereabouts of the moon, dont get this app. Its not obvious how to do anything with it other than to purchase add-ons, and the "tutorial" is really more of an ad.

Too bad. Keeps telling me to turn on my position which was never off. Simply does not open in my watch

In the third line of the first paragraph they state you can track the stars and the ISS with the app. I wasnt able to it wants me to pay.

I love Star Walk. I use it with my kids all the time and they love it too. But when they charge you extra for something as basic as including the constellations, it starts to feel like a money grab. Get the original Star Walk.

Horrible design. Unable to search and easily look for upcoming events. Horrible app that pushes in-app purchases instead of improving the broken real content. So disappointing. Get starwalk 1

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