Moon Atlas App Reviews

Please add autofill in search box. I'd also like better resolution of images when zooming in. Also, add layers - for example, lunar landing layer that shows the sites. For now, users need to to manually enter every site individually (again, auto populate would be nice). Unless you know the site locations, that is a bit of a hassle. The layer feature would be really nice because right now if you zoom out at all you lose the site you just found. Another layer could be "impact craters" and would only show those. I give it a "3"for now. If you enhanced everything but the resolution I would give strong 4 stars. If you improved the resolution I'd give a very strong 5 stars. Right now, I wont't use this app much in its current form. Very expensive for what it is right now. Sorry I took the chance. Am using first gen iPad.

Great addition of colongitude in latest version. Important information for observing.

The addition of colongitude makes this the first app to my knowledge to provide this important info. THANKS! I do a lot of lunar observing and find this to be a handy and useful iPhone app. I no longer feel compelled to haul out an atlas or notebook. Worth the money.

Very usable. Moon displayed appropriately for all telescopes. Only complaint is Search switching View mode... Not handy for observers.

This app is not any better or offer any other features that free apps for lunar observation. Disappointed. Would like a search option that would not "transport" you there, just show it on the map. Also a tap feature to identify something would be nice rather than having to zoom in to try to find a label.

On the ipad the app crashes as soon as it sees there in no net connection.

I was hoping this would be as good as moon globe for iPhone. No even close. I wasted about 4 bucks on this. Way over priced for what it is.

This is a good app for what it does, but for astronomers it’s missing a very important feature: There is no way to set the calendar for a specific date and time and read what the current day is in 10ths of a day, e.g., 9.2 days old. It would also be helpful to know the longitude of the terminator.

Great app for at the eyepiece or just comparing images or even just showing someone what the moon looks like. Great app, inexpensive, never crashes, always great updates. Get it if you are an astronomy freak. lol

great pocket app but would have missed it with just an astronomy search. I like skywalk and skymap as well. Using my NP 101 I'm seeing lunar contast better and sharper than with my CAT or reflector. this app gives a true insight to what is up there.

I wish I could love this app a little more, but there is potential. You can spin the moon and zoom in on anything. Looks great but the images get blurry pretty quickly. I don't expect a google earth degree of detail of course, but a higher degree of resolution should be available. Also, the zoom and pan features are really touchy. It can be frustrating when zooming in or out as the screen will just jump and you lose what you were looking at. More information on key structures would be nice. You only get a couple of lines on The Sea of Tranquility and Appalo 17. Taping on these labels should give you a lot more info and some photos. This app have the potential to be a lot more then a virtual telescope (and a tempermental telescope at that). But, overall, it is still a wonderfull and useful app. The Mars Atlas on the other hand, is a complete mess. Crashes within 5 seconds of launch every single time. Still waiting for a reply on the e-mail I sent the developper. Very disappointing...

I love this application. It is easy to use for naked eye viewing, binocular viewing, at the telescope. My only complaint is the resolution when zooming in...gets very fuzzy. Other than that I use it and enjoy it. Good value.

This app is great for lunar aficionados! I love the ability to find spacecraft sites and see some facts on each one (note: the develoer needs to correct the Surveyor 3 date - it did not land on the same day as Apollo 11!). I like the night mode for use without destroying your night vision and the ability to flip the view to match that in your telescope. I rarely buy aps, but this one is worth it.

Very well done. Good for use at the telescope or using binoculars. Please add a compass rose showing North, South, East, and West directions in next update. This would make it easier to get oriented direction wise than using Latitudes and Longitudes, especially when looking through a telescope.

I was doing some lunar observations tonight, and the little moon map in my astronomy app (pocket universe) wasn't cutting it. I remembered seeing this a few days ago in the store, but was hesitant to purchase it without any customer feedback posted yet. Boy I'm glad I did! It has every feature I was hoping for and THEN some. You can adjust the moon map to the orientation of your telescope view (inverted, mirrored, etc), it has a very nice night vision interface (something I didn't expect in a moon app, but nice to have), as well as the ability to turn on and off grids, names, etc. The moon can be rotated or locked into proper view. You can easily pinch and zoom, then double tap any prominent feature and get info like where the name came from and how large the feature is. Also the moon map itself is very high resolution. Easily higher than what my C-11 can resolve, yet not so high as to be confusing (it starts to become apparent you are zooming in too much right about when it should, if that makes sense). Seriously, if you have ever thought of buying a moon map for use with telescopic viewing, don't hesitate... get this!

Moon Atlas is a handy app that does exactly what it is supposed to do - show you lunar details on a 3D Moon. I use this app on my iPhone and iPad. I love it, especially when hosting a Moon Party for friends and family. A note to the developers... one enhancement I would like to see is the ability to save screen shots as graphic files.

I bought this based on the other reviews, and while the globe and search are nice, there's still problems. Why bother letting you zoom in so that the moon photo gets low resolution and out of focus? Granted, this is a similar issue with other Moon maps. But most disappointing is that zooming in too far throws the moon off screen. A bit disappointed given the price.

This is the moon app I have been waiting for! Having a moon globe and atlas in one app is cool. The app is full of well thought out features: easy switching between globe and atlas, reversable poles and view (perfect for when I am around a telescope), neat search feature, and an easily accessable Help section that is helpful. The only suggestions for a future upgrade are 1.) having it remember location, and 2.) being able to default the startup gps location search to off. Someone really put some work into this, and it shows, so the $5.99 price was worth it to me. Nice job!

I tried this application last night and it was a great help in identifing items on the moon. My only suggestion is that it retains the site location.

This is truly a phenomenal app. Intuitive, easy to use, and chock full of information. The 3D globe is wonderful.

Interesting features and detailed information about the moon. Some missing items though. The moon is not shown in its real position, turning clockwise during at the sky. It would also be nice to include eclipse effects on the moon. Otherwise nice program in addition to a planetarium.