Luminos App Reviews

This is the first time Ive been motivated enough to write a review of an app. All Ive hard about all the time is Sky Safari, but I stumbled across Luminos and decided to gamble. Its a fantastic app to help with observing or to do indoor observing on cloudy nights. Easy to learn interface with tons of features and it looks fantastic on a retina screen.

I have all the major star map apps and this one has been my go to favorite. The upgrades keep adding to this masterpiece. I particular like the new satellite tracking features. The telescope eyepiece reticle calculator is another great feature.

Iv bought a lot (15) of Astronomy Apps, looking for the prefect one. Luminos, StarChart, Redshift, Are the top 3. Luminos is #1 because it does everything, just point your Phone or iPad at the sky, and it tells you what your looking at.. Best of all there are NO other request for money, or adds. Others want money for meteor showers, asteroids, comets, But not Luminos. And its Beautiful.

I have learned a lot from this app. Im just getting into astronomy, but its obvious this app would also be beneficial to parents with kids interested in learning more about astronomy. It offers many different ways to perceive the cosmos all with smooth transitions and appealing visual effects. It may seem a bit pricey to the average mobile user, but its definitely worth it. Especially when you think about the time and effort the developers put into this.

One of the best Astronomy apps, one of the best Apple Apps period.

Update: the new version released with iOS 8 is a tremendous upgrade. This app just gets better and better! Original review: I am truly amazed by this application. Its a bit difficult to put into words why that is, but the app evokes an almost visceral reaction, unlike any of the more popular astronomy applications (SkySafari Pro, Star Walk) I have used. The vision of the author comes through in a thousand details large and small, and the sum is greater than its parts. The full Tycho 2 star catalog is enormous, which is just one external resource the app draws upon to make it the biggest collection of space objects I have seen. While there is a bit of a learning curve, it is well worth the effort; the app advances the state of the art not only for astronomy software, but for iOS apps in general. Highly, highly recommended.

This app has rekindled my interest in astronomy and satellite tracking. The only problem is having to turn the motion tracking feature on repeatedly as it turns itself off.

I really like this app but for my own type of use it needs more catalogs for deep sky objects. I frequent dark skies so IC, Sharpless and PGC catalogs would be great. Its still very difficult to see the symbols for objects too. Just a few minor tweaks and this apps would be the best!

Fascinating App! How about a a screenshot saver option? "Stuff Ive seen" is fun, thank you for such a wonderful experience that this is!

The new version really makes using and exploring much more intuitive for me; amazed at the number of objects and absolutely love the new object models. Just cant say enough good stuff about this one.

Im continually impressed not only by the excellence of this program, but also by how frequently the developers release upgrades offering significant improvements in both power and usability. Undoubtedly the best value Ive seen in astronomy software, any OS or platform, over the past 30 years.

I have used a number of planateria for both Apple products and the computer. In all the 25 or 30 I have worked with, three have floated to the top of all the rest. One is for a computer, the other two are for my iToys, as I call the numerous Apple units I have. Of those two, one is LUMINOUS. Without doubt, it has everything I want in this type of program. It is unbelievable in its versatility. An example is its ability to find things by either RA and DEC or by Alt and Az. The screen is not cluttered so as to block another feature. The brighter stars and their names permit the scoper an easy time to find several alignment stars. Whatever the price of this app, it is more than worth the price. Hence, 5 stars

This is a correction to my previous comment about the "poor quality image" of the version of Luminos 8. After writing my review I contacted the software developers and in a practically instant email response with extremely easy to follow instructions I was able to adjust the new Luminos to the same image quality as the previous version. My hats off to the developers and their quick attention to the users.

This app is amazing! Im currently enrolled in an Astronomy class, and this app makes finding and choosing what to observe a thousand times easier! Perfect app all the way around.

This is the most amazing astronomy program Ive seen. And Ive been using them since the 80s. How it can make an iPhone accurately track literally 1000s of satellites, comets, and asteroids in real time is unreal! Excellent program! I wish I could use it on my iMac.

This application is so powerful. As an amateur I am able to view, track and monitor celestial object I could only dream about a few short years ago.

On the market, by a large margin. This app does everything from satellite to deep sky. Plus, the recent free update now includes actual pictures of the objects themselves! This is a must buy for anyone interested in astronomy.

This app just keeps getting better and better this is the real deal. Fantastic update thanks for all the hard work it shows.

Love riding a satellite or seeing the night sky from the moon

This app is a planetarium for iPad and iPhone and now with the iWatch, searching the universe has become even more exciting! There are other astronomy apps in the App Store, and are good for what they can do, but for me, Luminos is my planetarium; the other apps are interesting, and those capture my attention when I just want to play around. Luminos is quality.