FotoNoa: Sun, Moon & Stars
Plan the shot before you leave
Free · In-App Purchases
FotoNoa tells you when and from where to take the photo you have in mind. Sun, Moon, Milky Way, eclipses and meteor showers, calculated for your exact location and matched with the weather forecast.
TODAY, THE WHOLE DAY AT A GLANCE
Sunrise, golden hour, sunset, blue hour and full night, with the weather for each one. The Moon's phase, its rises and sets, and the next eclipse with its countdown.
THE MAP THAT PLANS THE SHOT
On the Google map, drop a pin on the hill, the church or the tree you want to photograph and move through time: FotoNoa tells you at what time the Sun, the Moon or the center of the Milky Way pass right there.
• Line up: finds the exact date and time of the alignment by itself
• Terrain viewer with real relief, to know whether the hill blocks your horizon
• Dates: which days the full Moon rises behind that peak, with the phase you choose
• Light and shadow over the terrain at any time you want
• Preview of the frame, with the real street photo or drawn from afar
• Terrain height, distance, bearing and apparent size of the Sun or Moon
• Favorites: save the whole scene and bring it back whenever you want
AUGMENTED REALITY VIEWER
Point your phone at the sky and see where the Sun, the Moon with its real phase, the planets, the drawn constellations, the nebulae, the satellites and the Space Station are, and where they will be. With the Milky Way in its real position and the stars turning around the celestial pole.
NIGHTS WORTH GOING OUT
A simple 1 to 10 score for the night, combining clouds by layer, humidity, fog, the Moon and the real light pollution of your area. Plus "Which night is best?", which rates the next 10 nights and tells you which one to pick and why.
PLACES NEARBY
Lookouts, hills, beaches and dams within 30 km, with the quality of their sky, and a daily recommendation: whether this week is for night shooting, chasing the Moon or photographing a sunrise.
NEAR YOU: WORKSHOPS, OUTINGS AND STORES
The Nearby tab gathers what you have at hand to go out shooting: workshops and outings by photographers who teach in your area, with date, place and how to book, and photography stores and services (gear, rentals, developing, repair) with address, phone and directions. If you have a store, a service or an event, there is a form to get listed.
LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY
Step-by-step guides with illustrations and videos: photography basics (aperture, shutter speed, ISO, the exposure triangle), night sky, portrait, landscape, product, timelapse, the Moon, the Sun, filters and how to choose a lens. Enter your camera and lenses once and the tutorials give you the exact numbers for YOUR gear, not generic values. And in the Courses tab, online courses by photographers who teach what the app helps you plan.
REAL CALCULATIONS
A native, precise astronomy engine (astronomy-engine) and public data: Open-Meteo for weather, OpenStreetMap for maps and places, the World Atlas of Light Pollution, CelesTrak for satellites and NASA for imagery.
Free, ad-free and made with care for the photography community.
FotoNoa now has two modes, and you pick yours when you install it.
Basic is for anyone just starting out: just what you need to go out and shoot, with no jargon or technical numbers. You set up your phone by picking its cameras — ultra wide, main and zoom — the way you see them when you take a photo, instead of millimeters.
Advanced is everything the app already had, exactly as before.
In Basic, the Map tab opens an assistant that builds your plan in six steps: what you want to photograph (the Moon, the Sun or the Milky Way), with which camera, against what (a hill, a lighthouse, a tower), where you'll shoot from and when they line up.
When you pick the camera, a drawn viewfinder shows you how it would come out with each one, and how far back you should stand: the more zoom, the farther away.
If from that spot they never line up, it tells you where that object does pass and offers the nearby places that sit on that side.
It ends in "Your plan": a card with the map, what, when, from where and with which camera, plus how to take that photo. You save it to Favorites, you can see it in 3D, and "Directions" opens your phone's map.
You can switch modes any time in Settings, along with the language and your cameras.
The developer, FATE SISTEMAS S.R.L, 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.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- FATE SISTEMAS S.R.L
- Size
- 73.4 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 10.15 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
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- Copyright
- © FATE Sistemas
