APOD, short for Astronomy Picture Of the Day, is an app that will, daily, show you a beautiful astronomy picture.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad




NightPortal is described as 'Free astronomy planning web app that helps stargazers and astrophotographers find visible targets, plan sessions, and optimize telescope/camera setup' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are three alternatives to NightPortal for Mac, Windows, Android, iPhone and iPad. The best NightPortal alternative is APOD, which is free. Other great apps like NightPortal are Astro Wall and APT (Astro Photography Tool).
APOD, short for Astronomy Picture Of the Day, is an app that will, daily, show you a beautiful astronomy picture.





APT stands for "AstroPhotography Tool" and it is like Swiss army knife for your astro imaging sessions. No matter what you are imaging with - Canon EOS, Nikon, CCD or CMOS astro camera, APT has the right tool for planning, collimating, aligning, focusing, framing...
