SkyView® Satellite Guide Downloads & RevenueSkyView® Satellite Guide · App Store
SkyView® Satellite Guide is #16 in Reference Paid in United States and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026SkyView® Satellite Guide update history & changes
Last change · 20 events since 6 Sep 2013Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 19 events in the last 12 months
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide entered the top 100Top Paid · Reference · JP
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · RU
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide entered the top 100Top Grossing · Reference · RU
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide charting in a new countrySweden
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide charting in a new countrySouth Africa
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide hit #1Top Paid · Reference · IN
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · CA
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide entered the top 10 in 3 chartsTop Paid · Reference · AU · Top Paid · Reference · IN · Top Paid · Reference · SA
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide new best rank in the overall chart: #135Top Paid · All Apps · CA
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide new best rank in the overall chart: #103Top Paid · All Apps · IN
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide entered the top 100Top Grossing · Reference · IN
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide new best rank in the overall chart: #143Top Paid · All Apps · AU
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide entered the top 10 in 3 chartsTop Paid · Reference · DE · Top Paid · Reference · GB · Top Paid · Reference · US
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide new best rank in the overall chart: #165Top Paid · All Apps · DE
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide entered the top 10Top Paid · Reference · FR
- 📈SkyView® Satellite Guide charting in a new country in 2 chartsJapan · South Korea
- 🆕SkyView® Satellite Guide first spotted by AppInsider#44 in Top Paid · Reference · Australia
- 🆕SkyView® Satellite Guide released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Reference PaidSkyView® Satellite Guide at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-05. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid reference app that uses augmented reality to identify over 20,000 satellites and space debris for amateur astronomers and satellite spotters. The app holds a strong #3 position in the US Reference Paid category while maintaining top-50 rankings across diverse international markets including Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Russia.
Similar apps: SkyView Lite, Star Walk 2, Satellite Tracker
SkyView® Satellite Guide on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
SkyView® Satellite Guide’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 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
SkyView® Satellite Guide 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 SkyView® Satellite Guide'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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States | ReferencePaid | #16 |
 India | ReferencePaid | #7 |
 Canada | ReferencePaid | #24 |
 Germany | ReferencePaid | #43 |
 United Kingdom | ReferencePaid | #64 |
 Japan | ReferencePaid | #157 |
 Brazil | ReferencePaid | #47 |
 Italy | ReferencePaid | #38 |
 Saudi Arabia | ReferencePaid | #33 |
 Russia | ReferencePaid | #49 |
 France | ReferencePaid | #80 |
| Australia | ReferencePaid | #67 |
 Spain | All AppsPaid | #118 |
 United Arab Emirates | ReferencePaid | #37 |
 Indonesia | ReferencePaid | #86 |
Apps near SkyView® Satellite Guide on the chart
Reference Paid, around #16.
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 SkyView® Satellite Guide
From the 52 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's educational value and interface but are frustrated by outdated satellite databases and restrictive viewing options. Recent updates have removed key features like global earth views, leading to complaints about usability and accuracy.
Mixed (42% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being fun. The main complaints are about recent updates, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “there really should be an option to select everything”
- Fun: “I really enjoyed the older version of SkyView”
- Useful: “Quite helpful for using with my Celestron NexStar 4se!”
- Speed & performance: “They are transmitting slow scan TV photos for everyone on earth to capture for the own photo library”
Common complaints
- Updates: “Please update it and add it back!!!”
- Price & subscription: “It looks like this is dead project, waste of money”
- Crashes & bugs: “Pinched to Zoom doesn’t work”
- Ease of use: “Latest update turns what was an easy to use app into a difficult to use app”
About SkyView® Satellite Guide
Satellite spotting is now for everyone. Just point your iPhone at the sky to identify the International Space Station, Hubble, GPS satellites, and thousands more as they soar above your location.
Discover new and interesting satellites in Earth mode. Pan around the Earth, touch satellites over distant countries, zoom-in for a close-up view, and take wonderful photos to share with friends.
Features:
• Simple: Point your iPhone at the sky to identify satellites passing overhead at your location.
• Interactive: Pan around Earth to discover new satellites and zoom-in for a beautiful 3D close-up view.
• Customizable: Build a list of your favorite satellites and filter other satellites from your view.
• Sighting reminders: Quickly schedule reminders to notify you when a visible satellite will be in the sky above your location.
• Night friendly: Preserve your night vision with two easy-access night modes (red or green filters).
• Social: Capture and share beautiful images with friends and family on social networks.
• Space Junk: Uncover thousands of rocket bodies and other space debris that orbit Earth.
• Mobile: Does not require a data signal or GPS to function, take it anywhere.
• Comprehensive: Includes 20,000 satellites with thousands of facts, descriptions, tidbits, and satellite images.
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