Family location sharing and driving safety app with real-time alerts and crash detection
Plate solving and push-to telescope navigation for smartphones
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Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
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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
Key features
Live location sharing with real-time speed and ETA
Place-based arrival and departure alerts
Road-based speeding alerts
Phone-use alerts while driving
Automatic crash detection with emergency response
Weekly driving safety scores and insights
DMV-ready student driver log
Hands-free voice messages
Location privacy controls and data control settings
Trip history with detailed drive reports
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
What makes it different
Data stored on device, never shared or sold to third parties
Comprehensive drive scores for each trip and weekly summaries
Active safety features designed specifically for driving habits
More affordable than competitors with same core features
Built by engineers from Broadcom, Intel, and Yahoo
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
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