Planet Wheel app for iPhone and iPad
4.6 (
7376 ratings )
Reference
Education
Developer:
Virtix Ltd
1.99 USD
Current version:
1.9, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 05 May 2010
App size: 5.83 Mb
The Planet Wheel is a compact and convenient tool to help you track the planets of the Solar System through the sky. The main wheel display shows you the positions of the Sun, Moon and all the major planets at a glance, and the app also includes a starmap to show you how to find the planets against the background of stars.
The Planet Wheel app is an interactive version of the popular service on the Electronic Sky Website, with a host of extra features to help you find your way around the Solar System.
Use the Planet Wheel to:
- Quickly identify a planet in the sky
- Check the location and visibility of the planets, or the Moon
- Locate Solar System objects on a starmap
- Look back or forward in time up in a range of two hundred years
- See which constellations are most visible
- Check the Moons phase
Planet Wheel Features:
- The main Planet Wheel display gives you a simple way of checking which planets are visible, and the best time of night to look for them.
- The Starmap feature maps the planets against the background of stars, and also shows you which constellations are visible at any time of year.
- Both the Planet Weel and Starmap views include animated displays: hold down the animation buttons to watch the Sun, Moon and planets travel across the sky, forwards or backwards in time.
- See the positions of the planets for any date and time from 1900 to 2100.
- The Planet Wheel provides full access to online resources on the Electronic Sky Website.
Pros and cons of Planet Wheel app for iPhone and iPad
Planet Wheel app good for
Love this app. Very easy to use and understand.
Only complain would be the time always seems to be off by an hour......even though my location is accurately tracked.
Very useful and user-friendly. Totally exceeded my expectations
I rated this app back in May 2011 and gave it one star. It has since then undergone an upgrade. It now works perfectly. I can see what is up at a glance. Very nice app.
Really well done app. Nice visuals and great interface. Moving forward one day at a time is very helpful. Slick
Great app. Simple to understand, easy to use, informative and very colorful.
Nice display. I would like to set my city and state manually for different locations that I travel to. But thanks for the quick look.
Some bad moments
Terrible. Does not work correctly. Does not update with time changes. Gives no relevant information for finding anything. I want my $.99 back!!!
This appears to be a handy tool for viewing objects in the night sky. However it shows the sky as if you lived half way around the world! By always adjusting the clock 6 hours it works but is annoying. If there was a way to adjust it or get a reply from the creators this would be a nice app.
This is a direct quote from the app which is supposed to be a guide to finding objects in the sky: "Objects in the Ecliptic of the Solar System .....rise in the east, pass across the sky in an arc, and set in the east".
I am only a beginner but something about that seems a little off.
Controls not there. Location screen wont close until iPad restarted. Graphics have big square over image thats supposed to be there. The list goes on....
I have checked my location, time and date and the planets are still not aligned properly. I have compared to other charts which all agree with each other except this one. Needs to be updated.
Nothing works on this. Taking UK date time. Unable to set the date time. Location ...
Very frustrating ...disappointing
