AstroGlow: Milky Way Camera
Capture nights. Stack photos.
Only for iPhone
$6.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Made by photographers, backed by science. Import your night-sky frames, choose how they combine and inspect the result. Prepare your next capture with the NPF guide.
Make more of the night you photographed. Import a sequence, choose how the frames combine and inspect your processed copy. AstroGlow also brings exposure planning and night-friendly camera controls to your iPhone.
WORK WITH PHOTOS YOU ALREADY SHOT
Import night-sky frames from your phone or camera. Choose a reference image and an alignment method, then combine frames with Average, Median, Maximum or Minimum. Review the output before saving it to Photos.
Use same-scene images with matching dimensions. Aligning a moving sky can blur stationary foregrounds; inspect stars and foreground detail before choosing your final image.
CHOOSE YOUR NIGHT
Capture the Milky Way, photograph aurora, or let star and light trails grow. Each mode gives you a focused starting point for the scene.
LET THE MATH HELP
The NPF rule estimates an exposure limit for your lens before stars trail. Stability information helps the assistant plan a capture. Star alignment and stacking combine light across frames in Milky Way mode.
WORK COMFORTABLY AFTER DARK
Use focus assistance, a self-timer and Red Night Vision. The intervalometer helps repeat captures, while the Field Guide explains the controls and methods as you learn.
FINISH ON YOUR PHONE
Review your results and save to Photos. For in-app camera captures, explore reversible enhancement before saving. Processing happens on your device, without an account or upload.
MADE BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, BACKED BY SCIENCE
Built by a Pacific Northwest nightscape photographer, with exposure calculations and computational stacking behind the controls. The lone-oak background is the creator's camera photograph. The separately identified imported-photo workflow shows copies actually processed in AstroGlow; it is not an iPhone camera demonstration.
Use dark skies and a stable support for best results. Camera hardware, light pollution, weather and technique affect every capture. One-time purchase. No subscription.
Ratings & Reviews
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Improved night-sky capture reliability.
• Corrected exposure-limit handling and added checks that confirm camera settings before capture begins.
• Corrected the focal-length readout and clarified per-frame exposure versus total stacked capture time.
• Improved manual-exposure limits and cancellation during camera setup.
The developer, Steven smith, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Steven smith
- Size
- 3.3 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Steven Smith

