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PhotoPills gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
PhotoPills by PhotoPills S.L. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Full timeline · 56 events
- 🌟PhotoPills featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”iOStoday · JP
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- 🌟PhotoPills: featuring lifted it to #45 (from #165)iOSTop apps de pago · CO
- 🌟PhotoPills featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”iOStoday · JP
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- 🌟PhotoPills featured by AppleiOSapps · CO
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · CO
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1AndroidTop Paid · Photography · US
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · ZA
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · AR
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · MY
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · PH
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 100AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · IN
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · TH
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10AndroidTop Paid · Photography · NL
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · PL
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Photography · TH · Top Paid · Photography · TR
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10 in 3 chartsiOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · AR · Top Paid · Photo & Video · PL · Top Paid · Photo & Video · ZA
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Photography · MX · Top Paid · Photography · VN
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 100 in 5 chartsAndroidTop Paid · All Apps · MX · Top Paid · All Apps · NL · Top Paid · All Apps · TH · Top Paid · All Apps · TR · +1 more
- 📈PhotoPills charting in a new country in 5 chartsAndroidMexico · Netherlands · Thailand · Turkey · +1 more
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10 on iPad · Top Paid All AppsiOSES
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · AE
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · SE
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · TW
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · AU
- 📈PhotoPills new best rank in the overall chart: #20AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · DE
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 100AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · DE
- 🌟PhotoPills: featuring lifted it to #41 (from #75)iOSTop betaalde apps · NL
- 🌟PhotoPills featured by AppleiOSapps · IT
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Photography · AE · Top Paid · Photography · DE
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 10AndroidTop Paid · Photography · US
- 📈PhotoPills new best rank in the overall chart: #51AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈PhotoPills new best rank in the overall chart: #48AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · ID
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Photography · DE · Top Paid · All Apps · US
- 📈PhotoPills charting in a new countryAndroidGermany
- 🌟PhotoPills featured by AppleiOSapps · ES, IT
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Photography · ID · Top Paid · Photography · IN · Top Paid · Photography · SA
- 📈PhotoPills new best rank in the overall chart: #52AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · AE
- 🌟PhotoPills featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”iOStoday · IT, JP
- 📈PhotoPills new best rank in the overall chart: #65AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · AE
- 🌟PhotoPills featured by AppleiOSapps · ES, NL
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · FR
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · GB
- 📈PhotoPills new best rank in the overall chart: #85AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈PhotoPills entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Paid · All Apps · AE · Top Paid · All Apps · ID · Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈PhotoPills charting in a new countryAndroidUnited States
- 🌟PhotoPills featured by AppleiOSapps · ES
- 📈PhotoPills hit #1iOSTop Paid · Photo & Video · NL
- 🆕PhotoPills first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSaudi Arabia
- 📈PhotoPills new best rank in the overall chart: #107AndroidTop Paid · All Apps · ID
- 🆕PhotoPills first spotted by AppInsideriOS#81 in Top Paid · All Apps · Australia
- 📦PhotoPills version 2.13.27iOSNo release notes
- 📦PhotoPills version 1.8.23Android- Cameras added: Canon EOS R6 V; Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS300, Lumix DC-L10.
- Bug fixes
Please, If you find a bug (or have a suggestion), send us an email to [email protected] and we'll fix it as soon as possible :) - 🆕PhotoPills released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕PhotoPills released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Photo & Video PaidPhotoPills at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A premium planning and augmented reality tool for landscape, astrophotography, and travel photographers to calculate sun, moon, and Milky Way positions. The app maintains strong paid chart positions in major European markets like France and Germany, as well as Australia and South Africa, indicating sustained demand among professional enthusiasts despite its high price point.
Similar apps: PlanIt! For Photographers, Sun Surveyor, Stellarium
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
PhotoPills’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 3 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
PhotoPills downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 100k+ |
| Google Play | 50+ | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 500k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where PhotoPills'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.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #2 Photo & Video Paid | 30 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #6 Photography Paid | 9 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (3)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany | 1.5 | 36% | – |
 Spain | 1.5 | 36% | – |
 United States | 1.2 | 29% | – |
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.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 1.5k |
| Google Play | 4.9 ★ | 8.2k 515 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.8 ★ weighted by ratings | 9.8k |
What users say about PhotoPills
From the 51 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise PhotoPills as an indispensable tool for planning astrophotography and landscape shots, citing its depth of information and educational value. However, a minority of reviewers complain about the steep learning curve, confusing interface, and occasional accuracy issues with alignment or calibration.
Mostly positive (75% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “Very useful for photo work”
- Features & content: “Must Have Tool for Photographers!”
- Ease of use: “It’s easy to use and is loaded with useful info”
- Price & subscription: “Take the weekend off with pay!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “They won’t even let me get a refund”
About PhotoPills
Whether your passion is to capture beautiful landscapes, immortalize the infinite night sky, surprise the bride and the groom in their happiest day... or to travel the world, PhotoPills will make you love exploring new artistic possibilities to tell visual stories in a way it wasn’t possible before.
* All in one app
PhotoPills is your iPhone and iPad personal assistant in all photographic matters. It provides tasty remedies to answer most of the questions when planning and shooting your creative ideas:
- The First 2D Map-Centric Planner: Sun, Moon, Milky Way
- Sun, Moon Alignments Fast Finder
- 3D Augmented Reality: Sun, Moon, Milky Way, Celestial Equator, Polaris, DoF, FoV
- Photo Plans Manager
- Location Scouting Tool
- Key information: Sunrise/set, Twilights, Golden Hour, Blue Hour, Moonrise/set, Supermoon dates, Moon Calendar
- Calculators: Long Exposure, Timelapse, Spot Stars, Star Trails, Hyperfocal Table, DoF, FoV
- Widgets: Sun, Moon, Milky Way
- PhotoPills Awards… and much more!
* Endorsed by Masters
“PhotoPills is an invaluable tool which I use every time I plan a shoot.” – Mark Gee, Astronomy Photographer of the Year.
“A tool every photographer should have.” – Kevin Raber, Luminous-landscape.com.
“It pays off! Using such a tool ensures that we are repeatedly capable of quickly planning powerful shots; leaving maximum opportunity for more creative ruminations.” – José B. Ruiz, Innovation Award, Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
* How it works
Have you ever walked around a place and thought: "What a pity the Moon isn't EXACTLY right there... I would have captured a great photo!"? What about the Sun? And the Milky Way? Well, now you can let your imagination fly and calculate when this specific magic moment happens in just a few seconds:
- IMAGINE: the Milky Way arching over a powerful landscape, a giant full Moon appearing from behind a nearby hill or a sunset between two rocks on a magic beach... The only limit is your imagination!
- PLAN: easily calculate the exact date and time the scene you’ve imagined happens. Work smarter, not harder!
- SHOOT: just get out there, immerse yourself in the great outdoors, and enjoy living and capturing unique moments.
* Become a Legend
Because we know the huge amount of time, energy and love you put in your photos. We want to HONOR them, SHOW them to the World, and REWARD you with up to $6,600 in cash prizes. It's easy and FREE! Just submit your creative photos from PhotoPills and join the Legacy!
* Never waste an unmissable scene again
Create a To-Do list of planned photos and get to the location on time.
* Get it right
Adjust your frame for the best composition before you shoot. Use the 3D Augmented Reality Views to see whether Sun, Moon and Milky Way will be at the desired position when p
PhotoPills App Store
PhotoPills gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
PhotoPills is #9 in Photo & Video Paid in United States and charting in 30 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Photo & Video PaidPhotoPills at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A premium planning and augmented reality tool for landscape, astrophotography, and travel photographers to calculate sun, moon, and Milky Way positions. The app maintains strong paid chart positions in major European markets like France and Germany, as well as Australia and South Africa, indicating sustained demand among professional enthusiasts despite its high price point.
Similar apps: PlanIt! For Photographers, Sun Surveyor, Stellarium
PhotoPills on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
PhotoPills’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 3 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
PhotoPills 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 PhotoPills'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.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
France
United Kingdom
Poland
Italy
Japan
Canada
Colombia
China
Brazil
Taiwan
South Korea
Argentina
Russia
Philippines
Sweden
MalaysiaApps near PhotoPills on the chart
Photo & Video Paid, around #9.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (3)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1.5 | 36% | – |
| Spain | 1.5 | 36% | – |
| United States | 1.2 | 29% | – |
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 PhotoPills
From the 51 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise PhotoPills as an indispensable tool for planning astrophotography and landscape shots, citing its depth of information and educational value. However, a minority of reviewers complain about the steep learning curve, confusing interface, and occasional accuracy issues with alignment or calibration.
Mostly positive (75% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “Very useful for photo work”
- Features & content: “Must Have Tool for Photographers!”
- Ease of use: “It’s easy to use and is loaded with useful info”
- Price & subscription: “Take the weekend off with pay!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “They won’t even let me get a refund”
About PhotoPills
Whether your passion is to capture beautiful landscapes, immortalize the infinite night sky, surprise the bride and the groom in their happiest day... or to travel the world, PhotoPills will make you love exploring new artistic possibilities to tell visual stories in a way it wasn’t possible before.
* All in one app
PhotoPills is your iPhone and iPad personal assistant in all photographic matters. It provides tasty remedies to answer most of the questions when planning and shooting your creative ideas:
- The First 2D Map-Centric Planner: Sun, Moon, Milky Way
- Sun, Moon Alignments Fast Finder
- 3D Augmented Reality: Sun, Moon, Milky Way, Celestial Equator, Polaris, DoF, FoV
- Photo Plans Manager
- Location Scouting Tool
- Key information: Sunrise/set, Twilights, Golden Hour, Blue Hour, Moonrise/set, Supermoon dates, Moon Calendar
- Calculators: Long Exposure, Timelapse, Spot Stars, Star Trails, Hyperfocal Table, DoF, FoV
- Widgets: Sun, Moon, Milky Way
- PhotoPills Awards… and much more!
* Endorsed by Masters
“PhotoPills is an invaluable tool which I use every time I plan a shoot.” – Mark Gee, Astronomy Photographer of the Year.
“A tool every photographer should have.” – Kevin Raber, Luminous-landscape.com.
“It pays off! Using such a tool ensures that we are repeatedly capable of quickly planning powerful shots; leaving maximum opportunity for more creative ruminations.” – José B. Ruiz, Innovation Award, Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
* How it works
Have you ever walked around a place and thought: "What a pity the Moon isn't EXACTLY right there... I would have captured a great photo!"? What about the Sun? And the Milky Way? Well, now you can let your imagination fly and calculate when this specific magic moment happens in just a few seconds:
- IMAGINE: the Milky Way arching over a powerful landscape, a giant full Moon appearing from behind a nearby hill or a sunset between two rocks on a magic beach... The only limit is your imagination!
- PLAN: easily calculate the exact date and time the scene you’ve imagined happens. Work smarter, not harder!
- SHOOT: just get out there, immerse yourself in the great outdoors, and enjoy living and capturing unique moments.
* Become a Legend
Because we know the huge amount of time, energy and love you put in your photos. We want to HONOR them, SHOW them to the World, and REWARD you with up to $6,600 in cash prizes. It's easy and FREE! Just submit your creative photos from PhotoPills and join the Legacy!
* Never waste an unmissable scene again
Create a To-Do list of planned photos and get to the location on time.
* Get it right
Adjust your frame for the best composition before you shoot. Use the 3D Augmented Reality Views to see whether Sun, Moon and Milky Way will be at the desired position when p
Latest updates
PhotoPills Android
PhotoPills gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
PhotoPills is #6 in Photography Paid on Google Play in India and charting in 9 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Photography PaidPhotoPills at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-02. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
PhotoPills is a paid planning tool for landscape and astrophotographers that calculates precise times and positions for sun, moon, and Milky Way events to help users capture specific celestial alignments. The app maintains strong visibility in the Photography Paid category across diverse markets including the US, UAE, India, and Mexico, while also ranking within the top 100 of all paid apps in the US.
Similar apps: PlanIt! For Photographers, Sun Surveyor, Stellarium
PhotoPills on Google Play
App details
PhotoPills 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 PhotoPills'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 on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | PhotographyPaid | #6 |
 Mexico | PhotographyPaid | #6 |
 Indonesia | PhotographyPaid | #6 |
 Saudi Arabia | PhotographyPaid | #6 |
 United Arab Emirates | PhotographyPaid | #6 |
 Netherlands | PhotographyPaid | #6 |
 Turkey | PhotographyPaid | #6 |
 Thailand | PhotographyPaid | #6 |
 Vietnam | PhotographyPaid | #6 |
| India | All AppsPaid | #125 |
| Indonesia | All AppsPaid | #124 |
| Saudi Arabia | All AppsPaid | #125 |
| Mexico | All AppsPaid | #157 |
| Turkey | All AppsPaid | #125 |
| Netherlands | All AppsPaid | #127 |
| United Arab Emirates | All AppsPaid | #156 |
| Thailand | All AppsPaid | #125 |
| Vietnam | All AppsPaid | #125 |
Apps near PhotoPills on the chart
Photography Paid, around #6.
Ratings
Google Play, 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 PhotoPills
From the 102 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's comprehensive planning tools and accuracy for astrophotography and landscape photography. However, a significant minority finds the interface complex and unintuitive, with some reporting technical issues regarding map functionality and version disparities.
Mostly positive (86% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and ads.
What people like
- Features & content: “Exceptional tool for photography”
- Useful: “I recommend this app to many”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use with an abundance of options”
- Price & subscription: “The best photography app available, most particularly because of ZERO ads and there's no paywall to all of the features!”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “My photography skills are less than beginner level and their adds where catchy because they made it seem easy”
- Ads: “As a user, I'm saying I need this as was advertised”
About PhotoPills
Whether your passion is to capture beautiful landscapes, immortalize the infinite night sky, surprise the bride and the groom in their happiest day... or to travel the world, PhotoPills will make you love exploring new artistic possibilities to tell visual stories in a way it wasn’t possible before.
* All in one app
PhotoPills is your personal assistant in all photographic matters. It provides tasty remedies to answer most of the questions when planning and shooting your creative ideas:
- The First 2D Map-Centric Planner: Sun, Moon, Milky Way
- Sun, Moon Alignments Fast Finder
- 3D Augmented Reality: Sun, Moon, Milky Way, Celestial Equator, Polaris, DoF, FoV
** NOTE: The Augmented Reality views of this app make use of your device's compass. Some devices may not have a compass.
- Photo Plans Manager
- Location Scouting Tool
- Key information: Sunrise/set, Twilights, Golden Hour, Blue Hour, Moonrise/set, Supermoon dates, Moon Calendar
- Calculators: Long Exposure, Timelapse, Spot Stars, Star Trails, Hyperfocal Table, DoF, FoV
- Widgets: Sun, Moon, Milky Way
- PhotoPills Awards… and much more!
* Endorsed by Masters
“PhotoPills is an invaluable tool which I use every time I plan a shoot.” – Mark Gee, Astronomy Photographer of the Year.
“A tool every photographer should have.” – Kevin Raber, Luminous-landscape.com.
“It pays off! Using such a tool ensures that we are repeatedly capable of quickly planning powerful shots.” – José B. Ruiz, Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
* How it works
Have you ever walked around a place and thought: "What a pity the Moon isn't EXACTLY right there... I would have captured a great photo!"? What about the Sun? And the Milky Way? Well, now you can let your imagination fly and calculate when this specific magic moment happens in just a few seconds:
- IMAGINE: the Milky Way arching over a powerful landscape, a giant full Moon appearing from behind a nearby hill or a sunset between two rocks on a magic beach... The only limit is your imagination!
- PLAN: easily calculate the exact date and time the scene you’ve imagined happens. Work smarter, not harder!
- SHOOT: just get out there, immerse yourself in the great outdoors, and enjoy living and capturing unique moments.
* Become a Legend
Because we know the huge amount of time, energy and love you put in your photos. We want to HONOR them, SHOW them to the World, and REWARD you with up to $6,600 in cash prizes. It's easy and FREE! Just submit your creative photos from PhotoPills and join the Legacy!
* Never waste an unmissable scene again
Create a To-Do list of planned photos and get to the location on time.
* Get it right
Adjust your frame for the best composition before you shoot. Use the 3D Augmented Reality Views to see whether Sun, Moon and Milky Way will be a
What's new in 1.8.23
- Bug fixes
Please, If you find a bug (or have a suggestion), send us an email to [email protected] and we'll fix it as soon as possible :)
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