PlanIt Earth: VR Photo Planner
Milky Way Sunset Ephemeris Pro
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Preview any location in a photorealistic VR viewfinder before you travel: terrain, Sun, Moon, Milky Way and light. Plan the light, preview the scene, arrive ready.
For landscape, travel, nature, city, night, time-lapse, star-trail, Milky Way and astro photographers: PlanIt Earth builds on everything we learned from PlanIt Pro and takes previsualization to a new level.
Ansel Adams called it previsualization: imagining the final print before the shot is taken. Seeing a scene before you travel greatly raises the odds of coming home with the photo you wanted. PlanIt Earth is built around that one idea: see the shot before you go.
What sets it apart is the photorealistic VR viewfinder. Instead of reading numbers on a map, you stand at your camera position and see the real terrain, built from satellite imagery and elevation data, with the Sun, Moon, Milky Way, stars, clouds, 3D markers and your framing where they will be. Scrub time and watch light and shadows move through your composition.
There isn't always a signal in the field. Preload offline elevation, maps and markers and keep scouting and planning offline.
Plan the light. Preview the scene. Arrive ready.
FEATURES
Photorealistic VR planning
• Real terrain and horizon rendered from elevation data and satellite imagery
• Photoreal 3D city backgrounds, street-level panoramas and your own photos
• Aim with camera and scene pins; focal length, angle of view and line of sight
• Live depth-of-field and bokeh preview: see the blur, not numbers
• Aerial and drone view, immersive full screen, and an AR viewfinder for framing on site
Sun, Moon, Milky Way and sky
• Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, golden hour, blue hour, twilight and astronomical darkness
• Sun and Moon direction, altitude, paths and alignment timing
• Milky Way Center direction, visibility and realistic sky placement, with Milky Way Seeker for the best dates and locations
• Stars, planets, constellations, meteor showers, comets, eclipses, rainbows and moonbows
• The Sun drawn from a time-matched NASA SDO image at its true apparent size
Alignment and shoot planning
• Find where and when the Sun or Moon lines up with your subject
• Search the sky across years for the conditions you want
• Plan sequences, multi-day shoots and time-lapses on a key-frame timeline
• Exposure guides for eclipses, star trails, the Milky Way and more
• Smart auto shooting fires your camera at the planned moment
• Measure distance, height, elevation and two-station geometry
Map-based scouting
• Full-screen planning map with camera and scene pins and direction lines
• Multiple map providers and layers, terrain, light-pollution and aurora overlays
• Search locations, save markers and 3D models, record and import tracks
• Offline regions: map, elevation and markers downloaded for the field
Weather and field conditions
• Photographer-focused weather and forecast cards
• Cloud, visibility, fog, wind, humidity, frost, dust and other shooting conditions
• Aurora forecasts, solar activity, space-weather alerts, tides and waves
• ISS and satellite passes, aircraft transits and rocket launches, with a transit alarm
Hardware control
• Drive an equatorial mount and focuser from the phone over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and the astronomy camera through the SharpCap bridge on a PC
Plans, markers and tracks
• Save complete plans with map position, pins, time and shooting setup, grouped into folders by trip, subject or place
• Sign in with your PlanIt account to sync plans, markers, tracks and settings across devices
PlanIt Earth is free to explore. PlanIt+ unlocks the photorealistic VR viewfinder, the night, time-lapse, alignment, aerospace and weather modules, and offline regions, as an auto-renewable annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.planitphoto.com/terms_earth.html
Privacy Policy: https://www.planitphoto.com/privacy_earth.html
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
PlanIt Earth 1.0.3
• Panorama Simulation: see the stitched panorama over real terrain and sky in VR
• Visible Clouds: the clouds your camera will see, replacing PlanIt Pro's Cloud distance
• Day/Night shading on the map
• Rise and set times on the date bar
• 56 drones in VR, with their own Drones settings page
• Ephemeris settings for precision and night-sky conditions
• Tide model and crash fixes
• Community: chat-style feedback, posted publicly or kept private
• Tutorials in the app, with search and video
• Share a location, or a plan as a QR code
• Sun & Moon Paths and Rise & Set Names on the map
• Every naked-eye satellite in VR, plus undo and redo
• In-App Translation: fix any wording on your device
The developer, JIDE Software, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- JIDE Software, Inc.
- Size
- 191.7 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
English and 12 more
- English, Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Classification
4+
- 4+
- Contains
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- PlanIt+ Lifetime $149.99
- PlanIt+ Annual $22.99
- Copyright
- © JIDE Software, Inc.