SkySafari 5 Pro App Reviews

I find this upgrade to be a neat step forward. For instance Tonight’s Best has been improved and conveniently doubled by a new feature Tonight At A Glance which concentrates on the planets and the major satellites (ISS, HST…) to be seen. It is now possible to adjust the eye piece FOV if a Barlow or a Focal Reducer is used. I personnally find the display colors more pleasant (e.g. constellations). However if importing the Settings from SkySafari 4 is possible, it sadly does not apply to the Equipment and the Locations.

Great & fabulous ! Thanks for your work.

This is really a great app, very easy to master. Once youve aligned your telescope, then real fun begins: just tap on an object displayed on your iPad screen, and here you go ! Your telescope will automatically slew to the object which will be right here in your eyepiece and youll have a huge amount of info to read on your iPad. The price is also very attractive compared to other "pro" softwares which are not so user-friendly. I wish that the desktop version will be also upgraded soon.

Very nice application. Notifications are very appreciable. Since version 3 Sky Safari pro updates are more enhanced. Very good application for astronomers.

This is the best ever app for astronomy: complete, easy to use, intuitive, great interface, informative. The pro version adds telescope control that works flawlessly. Very few things have a very high value-to-price in my opinion. This app is truly the best app ever seen in any area of my interests. It could cost many times more and be still a good purchase! I cant say enough how great this app is!

Nothing better than this. It is showing everything I need. Thomas

Comparing SkySafari Pro 4 to Pro 5, there are improvements in the settings. More sounds (atmosphere and chimes?) have been added long with more choices for your horizon. The Search interface has been modernized and is now a narrow column on the left side of the screen instead of taking up the entire screen. The Time tool has been reworked into a smaller bar, but is a little more awkward to use. Two more tools have been added to the tool bar; Tonight (At a Glance) and Share. The Tonight At A Glance opens a narrow column on the right side of the screen providing a summary of what is happening in the sky. It shows information for the Sun, Moon, planets and selected satellites for the evening. As I said, a great app, but there is a small but annoying glitch when orbiting planets. Pro 4 allows you to zoom out to the limits of the largest orbit for any given planets moons. Pro 5 does not. Jupiter for example will not zoom out far enough to even to include Ios full orbit let alone the full compliment of Jupiter moons. This goes for all planets. I hope that this will be fixed in the next update. Is it worth it? In spite of this minor but annoying glitch - absolute, specially at the half-off sale price.

I use for a wild Version 3 and version 4, but this one is the "ONE" Just to be able to share from my iOS device my list and other setting, WOW! This apps its perfect to control the telescope in the hard winter time here in Canada, its save my wiring. Great apps the only one you need its this one.

Everything worked fine for me, scope setup was a breeze no glitches with scope controls. Especially like the new share button. Highly recommended.

Best astronomy app hands down. New features for downloading alignment stars and toggling Double stars is awesome. Thank you for a great product!

More fuctional user interface. Fixed one of my pet peeves - difficulty in selecting and highlight different observing lists. It is now much easier to do so, which makes it much more feasible to use multiple lists. Thanks for the improvements!

Upgraded from 4+ to 5 Pro and not disappointed. My only request is for the next update to include a widget for the iPhone that displays Tonight at a Glance without having to open the app. It would be very cool to see rise and set times as well as ISS pass info in the notification area

Very fast location and updates quickly. Its like holding a window up to look at the sky with the information.

Ive used SkySafari both in astronomy education and as a tool for observing - when out in the field and when planning observing sessions. While I havent gotten rid of my star atlases, this app has mostly taken their place. This app is great value for the money. I highly recommend it.

What I mean by the title is that everything you could ask for in an astronomy iPad app is included and with a very high level of stability and smoothness in the animations of the sky. One quibble is that in the new galaxy view feature the exact separations between the sun and the target object is not accurately represented only the field of view distance in light years instead of parsecs.

I love this simply app give a lots information I started use from rev. 3 Recommend for Sky lovers RWS

Keeps closing...have to delete and reload...disappointing....paid 25$ for app to control telescope only to consider going back to skysafari 4

I recently bought an Astrophotography camera, and upgraded to the Pro version so I could see all the stars that the camera sees.

I use this all of the time from the comfort of my arm chair to review observation options for the coming evening and week. I also use the telescope and EP settings to display which EPs might be suitable.

I reach for this app whenever I spot a star but I dont recognize and want to know its name. Not only is it valuable for identifying objects, but for the information given for each. It has an amazing database thats easily accessible