Universe Sandbox AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Star Maps

The best Star Map alternative to Universe Sandbox is Celestia, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Universe Sandbox, but unfortunately only two of them are Star Maps.

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Universe Sandbox is an interactive space simulator for Windows based PCs.

Unlike most astronomy software that just shows...

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Universe Sandbox alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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  1. Celestia icon

    Celestia

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    Celestia is an application for real-time 3D visualization of space, with a detailed model of the solar system, over 100,000 stars, more than 10,000 galaxies, and an extension mechanism for adding more objects.

    29 Celestia alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
    The orbits of a number of main belt asteroids (in brown) plotted together with major planet orbits (in blue).

    Celestia Features

    1.  Portable

    Celestia VS Universe Sandbox

     
    Comments about Celestia as an Alternative to Universe Sandbox
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    Guest
    Negative •Aug 17, 2021
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    you cannot use as a sandbox and you cannot do your own simulations

    Guest
    Negative •May 13, 2020
    4

    it just shows the universe but can not minipulate it

    Guest
    Negative •Jul 7, 2020
    3

    You cannot do anything with Celestia like you can with Universe Sandbox.

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    • Some users think Celestia is a great Universe Sandbox alternative, some don't.

    • Celestia is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Universe Sandbox.

    • Celestia is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Universe Sandbox.

    • Celestia is Free and Open SourceUniverse Sandbox is Paid and Proprietary
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    Cosmonium

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    Cosmonium is a 3D astronomy and space exploration program. With Cosmonium you can navigate in our solar system and discover all the planets and their moons.

    11 Cosmonium alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Io transiting over Jupiter

    Cosmonium VS Universe Sandbox

     
    Comments about Cosmonium as an Alternative to Universe Sandbox
    brucelgrubb
    Negative •Sep 19, 2021
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    Per its own description (our solar system) it is not a sandbox like Universe Sandbox

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    • Cosmonium is Free and Open SourceUniverse Sandbox is Paid and Proprietary
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