AstroShader

Name: AstroShader
Rating: 4.1 (94 reviews)
Author: AstroShader Limited

Astrophotography and night sky

Only for iPhone

Free

94 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Photo & Video
Developer

AstroShader Limited
Language

EN
English
Size

9
MB

iPhone

AstroShader is an astrophotography app for capturing, stacking and editing. All you need is a stand, tripod, telescope or rock (to lean your phone on). AstroShader lets you align and stack live during the image capture process. You can also align and stack images from you Photos library. No need to transfer images to a computer to align and stack them separately (but there is a built in intervalometer if you do need it). To take an image follow these steps: • Use a stand, tripod, telescope mount (or lean your iPhone on a rock). • Zoom in on stars and set focus manually. • Set the exposure time, ISO and white balance. • Set the number of exposures to be automatically aligned and stacked. • Calibrate your images from the edit tools. • After the capture is complete you can edit and save your image—including as 16bit TIFF. • You can open images directly to use the edit tools in AstroShader - rather following a new image capture. Image capture options include: • Number of exposures to be aligned and stacked • Exposure time • ISO • White balance • Camera type • Countdown timer • Manual focus • Pause the capture to reposition iPhone or telescope Edit options include: • Stretch image • Background extraction • x5 Histogram curves for fine tonal adjustment • x3 sharpen layers each with radius and intensity with layer blending rather than chaining • Brightness (low light enhancement) • Saturation • Black point • Temperature • Tint • Save format options; HEIF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF

Ratings & Reviews

4.1

out of 5

94 Ratings

Awesome app – for free! Just one request.
09/28/2023
Official Monkey Business
This is a great app! It offers so many features that even some paid apps don’t have. I love how you can chose the exposure length (longer than thirty seconds, which is the max some other apps offer) and also have it take multiple of those exposures. Lets say 30 ten second exposures. It also automatically stacks the images and lines them up. Afterwards you are able to edit it. I do have one request though: Is it possible to have a setting to turn off the alignment function? I would like to take around an hours worth of images while aiming at Polaris to get a star trails effect. Other than that, this app is awesome. Thanks you!
Awesome app – for free! Just one request.
09/28/2023
Official Monkey Business

This is a great app! It offers so many features that even some paid apps don’t have. I love how you can chose the exposure length (longer than thirty seconds, which is the max some other apps offer) and also have it take multiple of those exposures. Lets say 30 ten second exposures. It also automatically stacks the images and lines them up. Afterwards you are able to edit it. I do have one request though: Is it possible to have a setting to turn off the alignment function? I would like to take around an hours worth of images while aiming at Polaris to get a star trails effect. Other than that, this app is awesome. Thanks you!
I can’t take clear pictures of the planets anymore, yet it still works a bit
Jul 15
Jupiteraturneranus
I used to be able to take good clear shots of all the planets with this app such as Jupiter and Saturn. Nowadays, whenever I try to do Saturn again in the morning, it would often appear very blurry no matter how hard I try to change the settings in the app. But it would work for some of the other planets such as Mars, Neptune, and Uranus. Sometimes even Venus too. I’m curious if there is a specific setting besides changing the ISO and exposure time to make them clear again or if there needs to be some additional update to compensate for this problem. Please let me know if there’s anything I can do because I want to take clear photos of the planets with my telescope like I once did before. Thank you so much for your understanding. And please fix it to make it the same good old version again. I beg you developers, please!

Developer Response
There was an issue with v1.2.0 affecting alignmentv1.2.1 has resolved this!
I can’t take clear pictures of the planets anymore, yet it still works a bit
Jul 15
Jupiteraturneranus

I used to be able to take good clear shots of all the planets with this app such as Jupiter and Saturn. Nowadays, whenever I try to do Saturn again in the morning, it would often appear very blurry no matter how hard I try to change the settings in the app. But it would work for some of the other planets such as Mars, Neptune, and Uranus. Sometimes even Venus too. I’m curious if there is a specific setting besides changing the ISO and exposure time to make them clear again or if there needs to be some additional update to compensate for this problem. Please let me know if there’s anything I can do because I want to take clear photos of the planets with my telescope like I once did before. Thank you so much for your understanding. And please fix it to make it the same good old version again. I beg you developers, please!
Developer Response Jul 15
There was an issue with v1.2.0 affecting alignmentv1.2.1 has resolved this!
great app with a few bugs
12/07/2023
informal_coconut
the app is simple and straightforward. the ui is easy to navigate and it shows you the important stuff without obstructing the viewfinder. the first few tries have worked extremely well on my 14PM, with andromeda galaxy visible in a bortle 6 area, but recently, the images have become blurry and low res. the first attempt got me 12MP but now i get a resolution of some 192x256, which isnt even 1MP. it happened when i turned on pixel binning and left the phone outside for about 10 mins in subzero (34F) temperatures. pls fix this since im really looking forward to seeing this app succeed
great app with a few bugs
12/07/2023
informal_coconut

the app is simple and straightforward. the ui is easy to navigate and it shows you the important stuff without obstructing the viewfinder. the first few tries have worked extremely well on my 14PM, with andromeda galaxy visible in a bortle 6 area, but recently, the images have become blurry and low res. the first attempt got me 12MP but now i get a resolution of some 192x256, which isnt even 1MP. it happened when i turned on pixel binning and left the phone outside for about 10 mins in subzero (34F) temperatures. pls fix this since im really looking forward to seeing this app succeed
PLEASE SO MUCH POTENTIAL
02/05/2024
AV8TION lover
I really dearly ask you that yall work more towards makeing this app like a stacking software such as registaxx. It could allow me to stack and process space objects the auto align feature works well but please you will be a one of a kind app if you take that path towards becomeing a software for stacking and processing images. And I can assure many others will be looking for a app of this style. Also could you allow videos to be imported from camera roll to be aligned and stacked that would be very helpful even if all this becomes payware I will get it in a heartbeat please consider this! Thank you~ a loving supporter.
PLEASE SO MUCH POTENTIAL
02/05/2024
AV8TION lover

I really dearly ask you that yall work more towards makeing this app like a stacking software such as registaxx. It could allow me to stack and process space objects the auto align feature works well but please you will be a one of a kind app if you take that path towards becomeing a software for stacking and processing images. And I can assure many others will be looking for a app of this style. Also could you allow videos to be imported from camera roll to be aligned and stacked that would be very helpful even if all this becomes payware I will get it in a heartbeat please consider this! Thank you~ a loving supporter.

- The people have spoken! Camera settings will now save after they are edited rather than only after a capture - Various stability improvements (that hardly anyone will notice) - Bug fix for a crash when shooting straight after app launch - Various small UI improvements to prevent accidentally changing settings or tapping random buttons

Version 1.2.4 1d ago

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Seller: AstroShader Limited
Size: 9 MB
Category: Photo & Video
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

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Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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Ratings & Reviews

Awesome app – for free! Just one request.

I can’t take clear pictures of the planets anymore, yet it still works a bit

great app with a few bugs

PLEASE SO MUCH POTENTIAL

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