Night Sky Downloads & RevenueNight Sky · App Store
Night Sky is #17 in Reference Free in United States and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperiCandi Apps Ltd.
CategoryReference
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (498k)
Version27.2
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)50M+ worldwide
🌟Featured by Apple⭐Passed 1M ratings🌟Featured by Apple: “시작하기”✏️Added hidden keywords: planet✏️Added hidden keywords: about📦Updated to version 27.2⭐Ratings taking off in India🎉In-app event: See a Scary Skull in Space!🎉In-app event: Night Sky Unfolds📈Entered the top 10
Full timeline · 70 events
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Appleapps · AE, AR, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DE, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, PL, RU, SA, TR, US, ZA
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Apple: “시작하기”today · AE, AR, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DE, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, PL, RU, SA, TR, US, ZA
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Apple: “시작하기”today · AE, AR, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DE, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, PL, RU, SA, TR, US, ZA
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: planetwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Apple: “시작하기”today · AE, AR, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, PL, RU, SA, SE, TR, US, ZA
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Apple: “시작하기”today · AE, AR, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, PL, RU, SA, SE, TR, US, ZA
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: aboutwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Apple: “시작하기”today · AE, AR, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, PL, RU, SA, SE, TR, US, ZA
- 📦Night Sky updated to version 27.2Version 27.2 brings the following features and enhancements:
+ Improved offline support, keeping previously loaded forecasts and content available when your connection is interrupted.
+ Tonight and widget improvements, including fixes to keep the correct night’s forecast after midnight.
+ Smoother News browsing, improved translations and iMessage enhancements.
+ Bug fixes and numerous additional minor enhancements.
Enjoying Night Sky? We’d love your review on the App Store. For any help or support, contact our team at [email protected].
Happy stargazing!… more - 🌟Night Sky featured by Apple: “시작하기”today · AE, AR, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, PL, RU, SA, SE, TR, US, ZA
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Apple: “시작하기”today · AE, AR, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, PL, RU, SA, SE, TR, US, ZA
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Apple: “시작하기”today · AE, AR, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, PL, RU, SA, SE, TR, US, ZA
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: millionswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: satellitewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🎉Night Sky in-app event: See a Scary Skull in Space!SPECIAL EVENT · until 1 Nov
- 🎉Night Sky in-app event: Night Sky UnfoldsMAJOR UPDATE · until 22 Nov
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: appatientwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: authorwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: starswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Night Sky entered the top 10Top Grossing · Reference · RU
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · US
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· 5 countries
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · 5 countries
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· RU
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · RU
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· KR
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · KR
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· JP
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · JP
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· IT
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · IT
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· FR
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · FR
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· DE
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · DE
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· CN
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · CN
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· CA
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · CA
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· BR
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · BR
- ✏️Night Sky: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Night Sky: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · AU
- 📦Night Sky updated to version 27.1Version 27.1 brings the following features and enhancements:
+ Full iPhone Duo support and optimisation.
+ New Aura Tonight Tour layout designed specifically for iPhone Duo in the seated position.
+ Additional bug fixes.
Enjoying Night Sky? We’d love your review on the App Store. For any help or support, contact our team at [email protected].
Happy stargazing!… more - ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: moonwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Night Sky hit #1Top Grossing · Reference · IN
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: satellitewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: space, satellitewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Appleapps · AE, AU, BR, CN, DE, FR, GB, ID, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, RU, SA, TH, TR, US, VN
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Appleapps · AE, AU, BR, CN, DE, FR, GB, ID, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, RU, SA, TH, TR, US, VN
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: astronomy, lunarwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Appleapps · AE, AU, BR, CN, DE, FR, GB, ID, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, RU, SA, TH, TR, US, VN
- 📈Night Sky entered the top 10Top Grossing · Reference · IN
- ✏️Night Sky added hidden keywords: observer, moonwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Appleapps · AE, AU, BR, CN, DE, FR, GB, ID, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, RU, SA, TH, TR, US, VN
- 📈Night Sky entered the top 10 in 4 chartsTop Free · Reference · CA · Top Free · Reference · IN · Top Free · Reference · SA · Top Grossing · Reference · SA
- 🎉Night Sky in-app event: Spot the Taurid Meteors!SPECIAL EVENT · until 9 Oct
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Appleapps · AE, AU, BR, CN, DE, FR, GB, ID, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, RU, SA, TH, TR, US, VN
- 🔎Night Sky reached Top 10 for “moon”#10 in Germany search · popularity 59
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Appleapps · AE, AU, BR, CN, DE, FR, GB, ID, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, RU, SA, TH, TR, US, VN
- 🆕Night Sky first spotted by AppInsider#54 in Top Free · Reference · Germany
- 🌟Night Sky featured by Appleapps · AE, AU, BR, CA, CN, DE, FR, GB, ID, IT, JP, KR, RU, SA, US
- 🎉Night Sky in-app event: Night Sky 27MAJOR UPDATE · until 14 Oct
- 📦Night Sky version 27.0No release notes
- 🆕Night Sky released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
498k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#17
Reference FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
684
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Night Sky at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-05. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Night Sky is an augmented reality planetarium app for iOS and Apple Watch that uses AI and spatial audio to help astronomy enthusiasts identify stars, planets, and satellites in real time. The app demonstrates strong commercial viability by ranking #3 in India's Reference Grossing chart and maintaining top-50 positions across major markets like the US, UK, and Canada, indicating sustained user engagement and monetization success.
Similar apps: SkyView, Star Walk 2, Stellarium Mobile
Night Sky on the App Store
App details
App ID
475772902
Publisher
iCandi Apps Ltd.
On the store since
Nov 2011
15 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.4+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
68
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Size
556 MB
Also listed in
Education
App privacy Measured
Night Sky’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 4 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
0
Not linked to you
4
Not linked to you
UUser Content+3 more
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Night Sky downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Night Sky'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Night Sky makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Night Sky + subscription | |
| 2 | Night Sky + subscription | |
| 3 | Night Sky + Aura subscription | |
| 4 | Night Sky + Aura subscription | |
| 5 | Night Sky + subscription | |
| 6 | Night Sky + Aura subscription | |
| 7 | Night Sky + Aura subscription |
Hidden keywords
Night Sky shows up in App Store search (US) for 2 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | ReferenceFree | #17 |
| United States | ReferenceGrossing | #22 |
 China | ReferenceGrossing | #39 |
 United Kingdom | ReferenceGrossing | #26 |
 Russia | ReferenceGrossing | #14 |
 Canada | ReferenceGrossing | #21 |
 Australia | ReferenceGrossing | #23 |
| United Kingdom | ReferenceFree | #43 |
| China | ReferenceFree | #72 |
 Japan | ReferenceFree | #73 |
| Japan | ReferenceGrossing | #95 |
 Brazil | ReferenceGrossing | #32 |
 South Korea | ReferenceFree | #42 |
| Canada | ReferenceFree | #28 |
 Saudi Arabia | ReferenceFree | #17 |
 India | ReferenceFree | #32 |
| Germany | ReferenceGrossing | #73 |
| India | ReferenceGrossing | #45 |
 France | ReferenceGrossing | #62 |
| Germany | ReferenceFree | #81 |
| Saudi Arabia | ReferenceGrossing | #33 |
| South Korea | ReferenceGrossing | #94 |
 United Arab Emirates | ReferenceGrossing | #26 |
| Brazil | ReferenceFree | #71 |
| Australia | ReferenceFree | #73 |
| Russia | ReferenceFree | #66 |
 Italy | ReferenceGrossing | #84 |
| France | ReferenceFree | #125 |
| United Arab Emirates | ReferenceFree | #40 |
| Italy | ReferenceFree | #106 |
Apps near Night Sky on the chart
Reference Free, around #17.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
498k ratings
Measured
Ratings
498k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
684
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
5
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
3.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
79/100
top 1% of Reference apps
Growing fastest in India ▲ ×4.9 · Brazil ▲ +57% · Germany ▲ +32%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 415 | 61% | ▼ -17% |
| United Kingdom | 62 | 9% | ▲ +15% |
| China | 59 | 9% | ▼ -21% |
| India | 41 | 6% | ▲ ×4.9 |
| Canada | 30 | 4% | ▲ +28% |
| Australia | 14 | 2% | ▲ +19% |
| Germany | 12 | 2% | ▲ +32% |
| Saudi Arabia | 12 | 2% | ▼ -33% |
| Russia | 10 | 2% | ▼ -35% |
| Brazil | 8.5 | 1% | ▲ +57% |
| Japan | 8 | 1% | ▼ -45% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3.2 | 0% | ▼ -12% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review 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 Night Sky
From the 77 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Long-time users express strong frustration over the introduction of AI features and paywalls that restrict basic search functionality. While some appreciate the detailed celestial data, many report significant usability issues including glitchy compass alignment and aggressive subscription prompts.
Mixed but leaning positive (66% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
What people like
- Fun: “This app is so fun is literally like a game”
- Price & subscription: “Had to pay for search and most filter features”
- Features & content: “I love it so much for a learning tool”
- Useful: “Thus far good and I highly recommend it as well”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “So expensive and for what?”
- Ads: “Advertising this aggressively just pushes people away”
- Crashes & bugs: “In over ten years I’ve never seen these types of glitches”
- Features & content: “Obviously, if I wanted its features I’d buy it”
About Night Sky
Night Sky is a powerful AI personal planetarium.
Quickly identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites above by simply holding your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch to the Night Sky! This is all done magically. Whether you’re looking for a constellation, or the International Space Station, let Night Sky direct you to it, then explore the object in AR!
FEATURE SET:
- NIGHT SKY + AURA (Night Sky + Aura Subscription required) - Your Personal AI Super Astronomer! Ask Night Sky Aura virtually anything about Space and it will know the answer. Night Sky Aura fully interfaces with features within Night Sky, to direct you to objects you’re interested in, provide information on anything to do with astronomy, or even show you how the sky looks on the other side of the world! With your own personal AI Super Astronomer right by your side, Night Sky Aura becomes the new natural way to interact with the sky above!
- SKY TAGS - Make Night Sky yours, by adding personal Sky Tags to the map! Pin Sky Tags to objects in the sky to save for future reference, and share them via iMessage so others can find them! Sky Tags can be categorized, and are completely personal to you. Maybe you want to tag a star as a memorial to someone, or tag something you’d like to observe later that night. You can even add Astrophotography photos and observation notes to your Sky Tags!
- CONNECTED STARGAZING (+ Feature) - Connected Stargazing is a revolutionary new feature that utilizes SharePlay in iOS 15.1, allowing you to stargaze with others when you are apart! Start a FaceTime Audio call with those who you would like to stargaze with, then create a session by adding objects for everyone to find in the sky!
- SPATIAL AUDIO OBJECT NAVIGATION - Using AirPods Pro or AirPods Max, search for an object when automatic sky tracking is on, and Night Sky will make the star, planet or constellation ‘chirp’ in the 360° soundscape, assisting you to navigate to the object with sound!
- AR SKY WINDOW - Erase the ceiling of your bedroom, lounge or classroom with AR! Night Sky intelligently detects the ceiling or other flat surface in a room, and can make it magically disappear to reveal the sky behind it!
- BILLIONS OF STARS! (+ Feature) - Space is vast, so Night Sky has been hyper charged with over 1.7 BILLION STARS streamed from the cloud! With a new super deep zoom (greater than 10X before), prepare to delve deeper into space than you ever imagined!
- MAPS UI - A clean and familiar interface with Search features including Quick Find, intelligent Night Red Mode, Light Pollution indicator and easy to use menu, prepare to navigate Night Sky quicker than ever before!
- AR PLANETARY PORTALS & AR GRAND ORRERY (+ Features) - Step onto the surface of other planets by placing AR portals around your room! Or walk around the entire Solar System using the newly refreshed interactive Grand Orrery!
- NIGHT SKY WATCH AR - Night Sky magically comes to life on Apple Watch, with Gla
Quickly identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites above by simply holding your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch to the Night Sky! This is all done magically. Whether you’re looking for a constellation, or the International Space Station, let Night Sky direct you to it, then explore the object in AR!
FEATURE SET:
- NIGHT SKY + AURA (Night Sky + Aura Subscription required) - Your Personal AI Super Astronomer! Ask Night Sky Aura virtually anything about Space and it will know the answer. Night Sky Aura fully interfaces with features within Night Sky, to direct you to objects you’re interested in, provide information on anything to do with astronomy, or even show you how the sky looks on the other side of the world! With your own personal AI Super Astronomer right by your side, Night Sky Aura becomes the new natural way to interact with the sky above!
- SKY TAGS - Make Night Sky yours, by adding personal Sky Tags to the map! Pin Sky Tags to objects in the sky to save for future reference, and share them via iMessage so others can find them! Sky Tags can be categorized, and are completely personal to you. Maybe you want to tag a star as a memorial to someone, or tag something you’d like to observe later that night. You can even add Astrophotography photos and observation notes to your Sky Tags!
- CONNECTED STARGAZING (+ Feature) - Connected Stargazing is a revolutionary new feature that utilizes SharePlay in iOS 15.1, allowing you to stargaze with others when you are apart! Start a FaceTime Audio call with those who you would like to stargaze with, then create a session by adding objects for everyone to find in the sky!
- SPATIAL AUDIO OBJECT NAVIGATION - Using AirPods Pro or AirPods Max, search for an object when automatic sky tracking is on, and Night Sky will make the star, planet or constellation ‘chirp’ in the 360° soundscape, assisting you to navigate to the object with sound!
- AR SKY WINDOW - Erase the ceiling of your bedroom, lounge or classroom with AR! Night Sky intelligently detects the ceiling or other flat surface in a room, and can make it magically disappear to reveal the sky behind it!
- BILLIONS OF STARS! (+ Feature) - Space is vast, so Night Sky has been hyper charged with over 1.7 BILLION STARS streamed from the cloud! With a new super deep zoom (greater than 10X before), prepare to delve deeper into space than you ever imagined!
- MAPS UI - A clean and familiar interface with Search features including Quick Find, intelligent Night Red Mode, Light Pollution indicator and easy to use menu, prepare to navigate Night Sky quicker than ever before!
- AR PLANETARY PORTALS & AR GRAND ORRERY (+ Features) - Step onto the surface of other planets by placing AR portals around your room! Or walk around the entire Solar System using the newly refreshed interactive Grand Orrery!
- NIGHT SKY WATCH AR - Night Sky magically comes to life on Apple Watch, with Gla
Latest updates
27.2
Version 27.2 brings the following features and enhancements:
+ Improved offline support, keeping previously loaded forecasts and content available when your connection is interrupted.
+ Tonight and widget improvements, including fixes to keep the correct night’s forecast after midnight.
+ Smoother News browsing, improved translations and iMessage enhancements.
+ Bug fixes and numerous additional minor enhancements.
Enjoying Night Sky? We’d love your review on the App Store. For any help or support, contact our team at [email protected].
Happy stargazing!
27.1
Version 27.1 brings the following features and enhancements:
+ Full iPhone Duo support and optimisation.
+ New Aura Tonight Tour layout designed specifically for iPhone Duo in the seated position.
+ Additional bug fixes.
Enjoying Night Sky? We’d love your review on the App Store. For any help or support, contact our team at [email protected].
Happy stargazing!
27.0
Store changes
What Night Sky changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
8 screenshots (was 8)
New iPad screenshots 
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