Distant Suns 5
Published by Mike Smithwick on Apr 01, 2010
Genre: Education
Ratings: 4.29
Version: 5.0.5
Updated: Oct 17, 2024
Downloads: 280
Distant Suns 5 is an education app developed by Mike Smithwick. The last update, v5.00, released on October 17, 2024, and it’s rated 4.29 out of 5 based on the latest 93 reviews. Distant Suns 5 costs $3.99 and requires iOS 14.0+ and Android 13 or newer to download.
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Description
Distant Suns: The night sky, reimagined. 2013 finalist in the Family category of TabTimes' best tablet app contest;
"I am putting together some mobile astronomy apps for our local "Sky's the Limit" Observatory in Twentynine Palms, CA.
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Available In-App Purchases
Hubble Guide Star Catalog
$0.99
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User Reviews and Ratings
★★☆☆☆ Compass Tracking doesn’t
Have an iPhone XS Max with IOS 13.4.1 with Distant Suns Max. For some reason the compass tracking has stopped operation. The app has been granted GPS access with ‘while using app’ status and worked in the past. I haven’t used it in a few months and when I went to use it a few nights ago it no longer tracked.
★★☆☆☆ Crashes on iPhone X - used to be awesome...
I bought Distant Suns 10 or so years ago and it was awesome. Since then it has gone a bit down hill. Now when launching you don’t immediately get the live sky view, from what I can tell, and when you do go the the live view, it crashes when adjusting preferences... such a shame as it was the BEST star app and the compass and gyro features made it unbelievable for showing people what’s in the sky. Such a shame.
★★★☆☆ What happened?
I first started using DS on the Amiga around 1990. The app was great til V5. As others have said the new UI is a big step back. It looked great before and didn’t need a change.
Also the app crashes now when you go to prefs/stars. Can’t adjust any star prefs.
Hopefully the app is being updated.
★★☆☆☆ Used to be one of my favorite apps
I first downloaded Distant Suns in 2008 for my iPhone 3G, and it was mind-blowing. I’ve been using it on and off since then. However, the app has become nearly unusable lately. It doesn’t start off in AR/compass mode, and tapping on a constellation or a star simply doesn’t work anymore. I couldn’t even use it on Sirius! Developer, please update and fix this app so it works properly on the latest version of iOS.
★★★★★ Still my Favorite
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I’ve been using Distant Suns since the Amiga days. Still my go-to app for star gazing.
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