SkyView® Lite

58.2K reviews
Content rating
PEGI 3
10M+
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Editors' Choice
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About this app

You don't need to be an astronomer to find stars or constellations in the sky, just open SkyView® Free and let it guide you to their location and identify them. SkyView Free is a beautiful and intuitive stargazing app that uses your camera to precisely spot and identify celestial objects in sky, day or night. Find popular constellations as they fade in and out while you scan across the sky, locate planets in our solar system, discover distant galaxies, and witness satellite fly-bys.

***Google Editor's Choice 2017***

Features:

• Simple: Point your device at the sky to identify galaxies, stars, constellations, planets, and satellites (including the ISS and Hubble) passing overhead at your location.
• Night Mode: Preserve your night vision with red or green night mode filters.
• Augmented Reality (AR): Use your camera to spot objects in the sky, day or night.
• Sky Paths: Follow the sky track for any object to see it’s exact location in the sky on any date and time.
• Time Travel: Jump to the future or the past and see the sky on different dates and times.
• Social: Capture and share beautiful images with friends and family on social networks.
• Mobile: WiFi is NOT required (does not require a data signal or GPS to function). Take it camping, boating, or even flying!
• Supports Space Navigator™ binoculars, spotting scope, and telescopes.

What a fun way to teach yourself, your children, your students, or your friends about our wonderful universe!
SkyView®, an augmented reality space app, brings stargazing to everyone!
Updated on
Oct 3, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Location, Personal info and 2 others
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Personal info and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

56.8K reviews
A Google user
April 19, 2020
If you want an app where you can easily identify different constellations without any fuss, this app is for you!! It doesn't show you a stupidly large amount of stars like some of the other apps, but honestly, I like it better this way. It just shows what you would normally see in the sky if you're not away from civilization with no light pollution. Also, it didn't have a pop up ad every 5 seconds telling us to upgrade the membership. Overall, I am really happy with this app!!
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A Google user
April 8, 2019
I went thru many, many similar star gazing apps, and tried dozens of equivalents. I think SkyView beats them all, and I found it best to use. The reason is because view in the sky is tidy, you can opt to have the constellation art on or off, but most importantly, if you select an object, it has a wealth of information about every star. Haven't found any app that is simple, tidy, but full of the most important info. Best one.
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Christina G
August 11, 2020
Very beautiful as well as informative with regards to the purpose of orienting oneself in the night sky and locating cosmic "goodies". If you draw over stars within a constellation, it will produce an overlay of the image of that constellation (a setting option) and even tracks faster moving objects (such as comets and satellites) as they are moving through space in real time. This is just in the "Lite" version that is free. ...oh, and the background music is EPIC!
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What’s new

Dear Stargazer,

This update brings enhanced compass accuracy with NOAA's high-resolution World Magnetic Model 2025 for significantly more accurate magnetic declination calculations worldwide. New compass correction feature lets you manually adjust for local magnetic interference in your area. Access via Scene Controls to fine-tune alignment and save custom settings.

Fixed rendering issues on some devices where stars and planets would not appear.

Best,
Terminal Eleven