Light Pollution Map Downloads & RevenueLight Pollution Map · App Store
Light Pollution Map is #14 in Navigation Paid in Japan and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Light Pollution Map update history & changes
Last change · 20 events since 20 Sep 2020Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 20 events
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · JP
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · RU
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · RU
- 📈Light Pollution Map charting in a new country in 2 chartsArgentina · Poland
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · CA
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · CN
- 📈Light Pollution Map new best rank in the overall chart: #59Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Light Pollution Map new best rank in the overall chart: #76Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · AU
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · SA
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · SA
- 📈Light Pollution Map entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · IT
- 🆕Light Pollution Map first spotted by AppInsider#78 in Top Paid · Navigation · Italy
- 📦Light Pollution Map version 1.1.39No release notes
- 🆕Light Pollution Map released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Navigation PaidLight Pollution Map at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-27. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A specialized navigation tool for amateur astronomers and dark-sky enthusiasts that visualizes light pollution data, cloud coverage, and aurora forecasts using VIIRS and user-submitted SQM measurements. The app holds a strong #3 position in the Russian paid Navigation charts and maintains visibility in the top 40 of major Western markets like the US, UK, and Canada, indicating steady niche demand among astronomy hobbyists.
Similar apps: SkySafari, Stellarium Mobile, Light Pollution Map (by other developers
Light Pollution Map on the App Store
App details
Light Pollution Map downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Light Pollution Map's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | NavigationPaid | #14 |
 United States | NavigationPaid | #45 |
 United Kingdom | NavigationPaid | #31 |
 China | NavigationPaid | #58 |
 South Korea | NavigationPaid | #31 |
 Canada | NavigationPaid | #21 |
 India | NavigationPaid | #30 |
 Germany | NavigationPaid | #78 |
 Saudi Arabia | NavigationPaid | #32 |
 Brazil | NavigationPaid | #63 |
 Russia | NavigationPaid | #61 |
 Australia | NavigationPaid | #80 |
 Taiwan | All AppsPaid | #137 |
| Italy | NavigationPaid | #80 |
 United Arab Emirates | NavigationPaid | #46 |
 Indonesia | NavigationPaid | #82 |
Apps near Light Pollution Map on the chart
Navigation Paid, around #14.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Light Pollution Map
From the 11 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's lack of ads and subscription fees but are frustrated by recent updates that removed map borders and caused display errors. Complaints also highlight outdated data availability compared to the website and poor touch controls on tablets.
Mixed but leaning positive (55% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “Certainly a very useful tool for all kinds of things”
- Useful: “Certainly a very useful tool for all kinds of things”
About Light Pollution Map
The primary use is to show VIIRS/DMSP data in a friendly manner, but over time it also included some other interesting overlays that concern light pollution like SQM/SQC, World Atlas 2015 zenith brightness, clouds, aurora and IAU observatories. If you have a permanent SQM reader installed you can add it to the map by sending me an e-mail.
Please send comments and requests for new features via email (look under help)
Functionalities:
- VIIRS, Sky Brightness, World Atlas 2015, Cloud coverage and Aurora forecast layers
- VIIRS and Sky Brightness layers can be displayed in color blind friendly colors
- Road & Satellite base maps
- Cloud animation for the last 12 hours
- Get detail radiance and SQM values from layers at a click. For Sky brightness/World Atlas 2015, you also get Bortle class estimation.
- SQM, SQM-L, SQC, SQM-LE, SQM readings submitted by users
- International dark sky parks overlay
- Submit your own SQM (L) readings
- Observatories layer
- Save your favorite locations
- Distance measurement tool with azimuth angle report
- All-sky view of light pollution with real horizon
- Offline mode (Sky brightness map and a base map are saved to your device, so it will be displayed when you are offline)