Stellarium MOBILE (free, Android only) has a similar but also some important limitations with respect to the computer version: Stellarium for PC is an amazing piece of software, but are the mobile counterparts as good? Are Stellarium MOBILE And Stellarium PLUS Versions Any Good? Some screenshots illustrating the main interface, the night mode showing constellations and mythology, the setting window, camera frame, quality of DSO images, and astronomical calculator.

Explore the constellations in different cultures.

Search for astronomic events with the astronomical calculator.

Display the field of view for the setup you intend to use, and you can easily see the effects of combining different gear.

Take into account atmospheric effects (daylight, sky brightness, etc.).

Visualize the sky for any date, time, and location you like.Stellarium is arguably the best tool to plan in advance a photographic session or a visual observation. Stellarium’s interface with menu description. Stellarium (computer version) has a clean and simple to use interface, with all of the different functions and visualization tools grouped into just 3 menus. Stellarium is a free open-source planetarium, showing a realistic sky in 3D from any location and at any time and date. Stellarium PLUS seems to be the only version available now on the Apple APP Store. Only the commercial Stellarium PLUS version is available, at the cost of $13.99. Unfortunately, if you have an iPhone or an iPad, it seems that the free version of Stellarium is not in the APP Store anymore. Is Stellarium Available For iPhone And iPad? If you have an Android device, you can choose between Stellarium Mobile (free) and a more advanced version, called Stellarium Mobile PLUS, which is the commercial version and costs about $14. The interface of Stellarium’s web application. You can even use a stripped-down web-based version if you cannot/want to install it. Download links for the different computer platforms. Luckily Stellarium is not only available for computers running on Windows (both 32-bit and 64-bit), but it is also available for Linux and Mac OS X (64-bit only).

For the mobile app, though, the answer is: depends. Stellarium for your desktop/laptop is free. If you don’t have Stellarium already installed on your computer, you can download it from the official Stellarium website.

Stellarium web sites