Star Stacker Downloads & RevenueStar Stacker · App Store
Star Stacker is #17 in Photo & Video Paid in Australia and charting in 3 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Developermichael webb
CategoryPhoto & Video
Price3.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.3 (99)
Version4.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
🌟Featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”⭐Passed 100 ratings🌟Featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots⭐Passed 100 ratings📦Updated to version 4.1📈Entered the top 100 in 2 charts📈Entered the top 10🆕Its developer released another app: Simple Letters
Full timeline · 32 events
- 🌟Star Stacker featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”today · JP
- 🌟Star Stacker featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”today · JP
- ✏️Star Stacker: new iPad screenshots· KR
- ✏️Star Stacker: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 6) · KR
- 🌟Star Stacker featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”today · JP
- 🌟Star Stacker featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”today · JP
- 🌟Star Stacker featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”today · JP
- ✏️Star Stacker: new iPad screenshots· IN
- ✏️Star Stacker: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 6) · IN
- ✏️Star Stacker: new iPad screenshots· JP, CA
- ✏️Star Stacker: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 6) · JP, CA
- ✏️Star Stacker: new iPad screenshots· 9 countries
- ✏️Star Stacker: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 6) · 9 countries
- ✏️Star Stacker: needs a newer iOSiOS 16.0 → iOS 17.0
- 📦Star Stacker updated to version 4.1- Faster video creation: the video is now made during the main stack instead of afterwards.
- Video export is now in 10-bit for smoother gradients and better colour (When your input files are high enough quality). - 📈Star Stacker entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · BR · Top Paid · Photo & Video · ES
- 📈Star Stacker entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · TW
- 📈Star Stacker new best rank in the overall chart: #118Top Paid · All Apps · IN
- 📈Star Stacker new best rank in the overall chart: #86Top Paid · All Apps · TW
- 📈Star Stacker entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · TR · Top Paid · All Apps · TW
- 📈Star Stacker new best rank in the overall chart: #178Top Paid · All Apps · KR
- 🆕Star Stacker: its developer released another app: Simple Letters
- 🌟Star Stacker featured by Apple: “さらに使いこなそう”today · JP
- 🆕Star Stacker first spotted by AppInsider#38 in Top Paid · Photo & Video · Australia
- 📦Star Stacker version 4.024.02
* Device and settings details can now be optionally included within messages to me via Email or WhatsApp.
4.0
* Image rendering now uses the GPU where possible resulting in a 3x improvement in speed.
* Shooting Star mode has been overhauled and now has a much more prominent leading star.
I would be very grateful if you could leave a review/rating and if you have any feedback, please contact me via email which can be found on the Info page within the app.… more - 🆕Star Stacker 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
4.3 ★
99 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#17
Photo & Video PaidMeasured
New ratings a week
1
App Store, 4-week average
Measured
Star Stacker on the App Store
App details
App ID
1549693927
Publisher
michael webb
On the store since
Mar 2021
5 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
4 MB
Also listed in
Graphics & Design
Star Stacker 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 Star Stacker'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
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.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Photo & VideoPaid | #17 |
 India | Photo & VideoPaid | #34 |
 United Kingdom | Photo & VideoPaid | #80 |
Apps near Star Stacker on the chart
Photo & Video Paid, around #17.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.3 ★
99 ratings
Measured
Ratings
99
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.3★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
54/100
faster than 57% of Photo & Video apps
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 Star Stacker
From the 29 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (59% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Simple to use and great results”
- Features & content: “Also, I did not see a ‘clear all’ option”
- Price & subscription: “I don’t like paying for apps”
- Fun: “Really enjoyed the photos being stacked and seeing the progression”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn’t work on my iPhone”
- Price & subscription: “I hate paying for things that don’t work”
- Features & content: “Not many options out there for an iPhone to stack”
About Star Stacker
Star Stacker allows you to import a sequence of star photos taken throughout the night and turn them into star trail images or a time lapse video.
After importing you can create the images and/or a time-lapse video with a few different effects.
- Full trails - every star at full brightness
- Faded trails - Stars get brighter as the process runs
- Shooting star - Like faded trails but the last image is brighter than any previous giving a shooting star effect
- Javelin - Both ends of the trail are faded
- Warp mode - zooms into the image stack slowly creating a warped effect. This will also affect the foreground so post processing may be required if the images have the foreground included.
You can also choose to save a video of the time-lapse based on the options used for the image stacking.
Can import images from your photos app. RAW files that have been recently imported from an SD card reader, may take a few minutes before the full resolution files are available.
There are resolution limits depending on the device being used and the memory it has:
- 6gb - 62mp
- 5gb - 62mp
- 4gb - 62mp
- 3gb - 42mp
- 2gb - 30mp
After importing you can create the images and/or a time-lapse video with a few different effects.
- Full trails - every star at full brightness
- Faded trails - Stars get brighter as the process runs
- Shooting star - Like faded trails but the last image is brighter than any previous giving a shooting star effect
- Javelin - Both ends of the trail are faded
- Warp mode - zooms into the image stack slowly creating a warped effect. This will also affect the foreground so post processing may be required if the images have the foreground included.
You can also choose to save a video of the time-lapse based on the options used for the image stacking.
Can import images from your photos app. RAW files that have been recently imported from an SD card reader, may take a few minutes before the full resolution files are available.
There are resolution limits depending on the device being used and the memory it has:
- 6gb - 62mp
- 5gb - 62mp
- 4gb - 62mp
- 3gb - 42mp
- 2gb - 30mp
Latest updates
4.1
- Faster video creation: the video is now made during the main stack instead of afterwards.
- Video export is now in 10-bit for smoother gradients and better colour (When your input files are high enough quality).
4.02
4.02
* Device and settings details can now be optionally included within messages to me via Email or WhatsApp.
4.0
* Image rendering now uses the GPU where possible resulting in a 3x improvement in speed.
* Shooting Star mode has been overhauled and now has a much more prominent leading star.
I would be very grateful if you could leave a review/rating and if you have any feedback, please contact me via email which can be found on the Info page within the app.
Store changes
What Star Stacker changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
7 screenshots (was 6)
New iPad screenshots
