Plate solving and push-to telescope navigation for smartphones
A windowsill garden that grows with your real local weather and seasons
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Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Free with optional one-time purchases: Plus $9.99 (Messier and Caldwell catalogs, Bayer or Flamsteed designated stars), Pro $29.99 (everything in Plus, NGC and IC catalogs, remote control, ASCOM Alpaca/INDI/LX200/Stellarium connections), Pro Beta pricing $24.99
Free with limited features; full garden $3.99 one-time purchase
Key features
Live plate solving with accuracy up to within 10 arcseconds
Computes coordinates in less than a second
Immune to magnetic field interference
Works in light-polluted skies
Complete offline operation
Personalized guide to tonight's best targets
Remote control between devices (iOS)
Integration with Stellarium and SkySafari
Grows with real local weather and seasons
Rain fills the jar, sun opens the flowers
Home screen widgets
Add friends and send plants and notes
Plants never die
No ads
Weather data from nearby airport reports and satellite rain measurements
Storm-calm mode during official storm warnings
Change your city in settings
What makes it different
On-device plate solving eliminates compass and gyroscope drift and lags that traditional astronomy apps experience
Sub-arcminute precision navigation that outperforms standard planetarium apps
No subscription required, only optional one-time purchases
Compatible with existing telescope and equipment without proprietary hardware lock-in
Garden responds dynamically to your actual measured weather in real time
No ads, no analytics, no tracking across apps and websites
Garden lives only on your phone with strong privacy protection
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