AstroShader

I’ve just updated the latest version on my iPhone 16PM today. Unfortunately still doesn’t work. Automatically crashes as soon as you open it.

This in theory would be exactly the app I would want for stacking photos when using my telescope. However I am yet to capture a single image as it crashes every single time. Sometimes it gets to around 80% complete during the capture process, sometimes as little as 10%, but without fail it crashes out before finalising the image. It even crashes when tapping the ‘finalise’ button to manually end the process early. Just doesn’t work.

There is no doubting the apps capabilities are basic. But to be fair the finished product if you take your time is actually quite good. Yes there is noise you could do without, but I find that is more if I make the picture to large. All in all for a free app, it’s is great for practicing on before buying more expensive software. I’m not giving it 5 stars because it is amazing, but because it is free, it does what it says and actually for armatures, it’s ideal as a starting point.

On the iPhone 16 Pro Max, i can do only one picture, the quality of that picture is terrible and after that the app keeps crashing.

I downloaded this app last week but I’ve not really used it “properly” until tonight (Fri 11th Oct ‘24). I did try it for a few minutes when I first downloaded it and I was very impressed, but… I tried it tonight, to fully get acquainted with it (due to me flying out from the U.K. to Nevada next week) and the app is permanently crashing. As soon as I open the app it freezes, which renders it unusable. I’m using it on an iPhone 15 Pro Max with iOS 18.0.1 and the app is 1.0.20. Please help !!! Update: Weds 16th Oct ‘24. The app seems to be fully working again so I will test it out over the next couple of weeks and then completely re-edit my review.

Great app it seems, except that I can’t take all the darks, flats and dark flats and process them in deepskystacker (which has more functionalities like comet mode and more alignment modes etc, and I also trust the software more as it gives me more control.) - this was a joy for me as well, and I want to be able to do it with my new iPhone as well :(

By far the best astrophotography app for iPhone! Wish this was available to my astrophotography students 45 years ago when everyone used hydrogen hyper-sensitized Kodak 2415 film. Options on this app are absolutely amazing!

Does nothing! Running a brand new iPhone 15 Pro iOS 18.0.1. I set the parameters and then press the shutter. It counts down and then does nothing. I’ve yet to achieve a single photo. The developer claims to have recently updated for barely noticeable bugs. No results at all with the app is truly barely!!

I have very little experience in astrophotography let alone normal photography. In about 15 minutes and 5 pictures I got a beautiful shot of stars. An introduction to the parameters that affect an image and a lot of enjoyment bring the photos to life.

This app is amazing! Primary issue is that when I touch the screen to capture, it causes instability. I bought a remote that works over Bluetooth, but it expects the volume down button to map to the “capture” button to work. If you could program support for volume down to capture image like the built in iPhone camera utility does, that would make my four stars a five star review! Also, there’s no other way to contact the developer, other than to post this request in the review section. For the record, this app worked better than I expected! I love the preview feature when it starts building a stacked view in real time, which helped to verify I was on target before the actual capture.