Totality by Big Kid Science
Your Solar Eclipse Companion
Free · Designed for iPad
A total solar eclipse is among the most awe-inspiring events in nature, but most people have never had the opportunity to experience one. Totality by Big Kid Science, a FREE educational app now owned by the nonprofit American Astronomical Society, aims to help change that by helping you learn about solar eclipses and find your way to upcoming total solar eclipses around the world through the year 2050.
Totality, your solar-eclipse companion, includes these awesome features:
• Interactive maps that show exactly what you’ll see at any location in the world for upcoming total solar eclipses, as well as a review of recent ones. (Maps are based on eclipse code graciously provided by Xavier Jubier.)
• Using your phone's GPS, the app will tell you what you'll see for these eclipses at your current location, if anything, and show the nearest locations where you can witness totality.
• The app offers navigation tools to help you find your best route to the path of totality (when driving is possible).
• The Learn screen offers options that will help you learn how to view a solar eclipse safely, help you understand the science behind eclipses, and much more. It even includes a set of classroom activities.
• The Shop screen offers fantastic books about space and science (including a children’s book designed to accompany the app), eclipse glasses for safe viewing (which you can use to look at the Sun at any time, not just during an eclipse), and links to some of our favorite space education nonprofits.
• An updated User Guide and numerous improvements to the app’s functionality.
And it's all absolutely free, including no ads, brought to you as a public service by Big Kid Science and the American Astronomical Society.
Totality by Big Kid Science is now available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese (determined by the language setting on your device).
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We've added eclipses through the year 2050, an updated User Guide, and numerous improvements to the app’s functionality.
The developer, Germinate LLC, 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
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Provider
- Germinate LLC
- Size
- 94.6 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Big Kid Science