274 Like Stellarium Good alternative? YES NO Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com No features added Add a feature
118 Like Sky Map Good alternative? YES NO Sky Map (formerly the Google Sky Map) turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a window on the night sky. Figure out what you're looking at: Point your phone... Free Open Source Android No features added Add a feature
11 Like KStars Good alternative? YES NO KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux KDE No features added Add a feature
6 Like StarCalc Good alternative? YES NO StarCalc is the fastest professional astronomy planetarium & star mapping program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP (StarCalc version for PocketPC is available). It... Free Windows Windows Mobile No features added Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 5.73, released in July 2006, can be still downloaded from the official website.
5 Like Cartes du Ciel (Skychart) Alternative? YES NO This program enables you to draw sky charts, making use of the data in 16 catalogs of stars and nebulae. In addition the position of planets, asteroids and comets are... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
8 Like SkyView Good alternative? YES NO SkyView is powerful, easy-to-use app that answers questions about stars, constellations, and more. Simply point the camera to the sky, tap on what you see and discover... Freemium Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Apple Watch Kindle Fire No features added Add a feature
14 Like Star Walk (series) Good alternative? YES NO Indispensable for amateurs and professionals, as well as for kids who are eager to learn, Star Walk will guide you through the night sky in style. Star Walk is your... Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple TV Kindle Fire No features added Add a feature
4 Like Cosmic-Watch Good alternative? YES NO Discover the fascinating relation between time and the cosmos. Enjoy this interactive learning tool and understand the concept of the celestial sphere and the apparent... Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad No features added Add a feature
1 Like SkyORB Good alternative? YES NO SkyORB is more than a simple star map, it's a collection of 7 tools including a 3D star map, 3D planetarium, ephemeris, search engine, sun clock, point to sky... Freemium Mac Android iPhone Windows RT Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch No features added Add a feature
1 Like Gaia Sky Good alternative? YES NO 3D visualization software for ESA's (European Space Agency) Gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of the Milky Way Galaxy. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
14 Like Star Chart Good alternative? YES NO Can’t see the moon? Want to know where it is? Look through the eyes of your device to see a virtual window into the whole visible universe. Using state of the art GPS... Commercial Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows RT Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad ... Kindle Fire Steam Oculus Rift support Add a feature
1 Like Starmap Good alternative? YES NO Starmap is an intelligent sky navigation tool, written by a professional of the field. Hold the device in your line of vision and discover the map smoothly scanning... Freemium iPhone iPad Apple Watch No features added Add a feature
2 Like Aladin Good alternative? YES NO Aladin is an interactive sky atlas allowing the user to visualize digitized astronomical images or full surveys. Free Mac Windows Linux Web No features added Add a feature
1 Like Solar System Scope Good alternative? YES NO 3D simulation of the Solar System and night sky - real time virtual orrery and observatory Features: - Heliocentric view with real-time positions of planets and... Freemium Mac Windows Web Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Multiple languages Works offline too Add a feature
2 Like Aciqra Good alternative? YES NO Aciqra (uh-SEE-kruh) is a free and open source virtual sky map and planetarium which tracks and displays astronomical bodies including planets, nebulae and stars to an... Free Open Source Windows Linux No features added Add a feature Discontinued The project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.3.2, released in July 2013, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
