Pocket planetarium Night Sky provides a staggering wealth of stunningly presented extraterrestrial information. You can track satellites, assess star-gazing conditions, test your knowledge of the cosmos and explore the timeline of space exploration.
What we love: Night Sky goes big on augmented reality (AR). AR Object Exploration plucks Ursa Major out of the sky and pops it into your living room. AR Grand Orrery facilitates a stroll around the solar system and AR Planetary Portals place you on the surface of other planets.
Quick tip: Live Sky Tour works with your calendar to suggest opportunities to stargaze. If you’ve added an upcoming camping trip to your calendar, for example, Night Sky will prep the tour in advance, so you know what to look out for.
Meet the creator: Night Sky was created by iCandi Apps. The company’s founder and CEO, Andy Weekes, was a schoolteacher when Steve Jobs’ original App Store keynote in 2008 inspired a career change. Today, he has a team of astrophysicists continually updating the app with the newest discoveries beyond our solar system.