Comparison Table
Redshift Family Three astronomy apps by United Soft Media GmbH constitute the “Redshift Family” for iOS and Android. The most known is the intermediate version, “Redshift – Astronomy”, developed in 2010. The version for beginners, “Redshift Compact – Discover Astronomy”, is not available at the moment. "Redshift - Astronomy" can be downloaded on the App Store and on Google Play, “Redshift Pro – Premium Astronomy” is available on the App Store. Compare the features of all the versions. |
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Redshift – Astronomy | Redshift Pro Premium Astronomy |
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| Stars | 100,000 | 100,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Access to online catalog of 1,000,000,000 stars |  |
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| Stars with exoplanets | |
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| Famous novae and supernovae | |
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| Major planets/ dwarf planets | 8/5 | 8/5 | 8/5 |
| Moons | 12 | 26 | 26 |
| Comets | 16 | 16 | 800 |
| Asteroids | 39 | 500 | 4,000 |
| Asteroid belts | |
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| Earth spacecraft | |
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| Access to online databases of asteroids/comets/spacecraft | Medium | High | High |
| Constellations | 88 | 88 | 88 |
| Deep Sky objects | 200 | 70,000 | 70,000 |
| Filtering of sky objects and labels |
Medium | High | High |
| Filtering of celestial lines, markers and grids | Medium | High | High |
| Search for objects in Redshift database | |
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| Object Info | |
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| Languages | English, Deutsch, Français, Русский, Español, Italiano, Nederlands, 中国, Portuguêse, 日本人 |
English, Deutsch, Français, Русский, Español, Italiano, Nederlands, 中国, Portuguêse, 日本人 |
English, Deutsch, Français, Русский |
| Animated lectures “Discover Astronomy” |
10 | 10 | 25 |
| Earth panoramas | 4 | 18 | 18 |
| Panoramas of the Moon and Mars |
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| Background sounds | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Daylight view | |
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| “Night Vision” view | |
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| Show on external display | |
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| Basic coordinate systems | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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Planets/Moons | Planets/Moons and user's selected objects |
| Planetary/lunar mapping | |
Grid/Poles | Grid/Poles/Gazetteers |
| Setting/choosing precise location on the Earth | |
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| Setting/choosing precise location on planets/moons | |
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| 3D-flights | |
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| Landing on planets and moons | |
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| 3D-models of deep-sky objects | 15 | 50 | 73 |
| 3D-models of planets/moons | 16 | 35 | 35 |
| 3D-models of asteroids/comets | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 3D-model of the Milky Way Galaxy |
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| Follow Sky – recognizing stars and other objects in the sky | |
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| Augmented reality | |
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| Track of spacecraft on Earth map |
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| Telescope control | |
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| Observation planner (with animations) |
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Sun/Moon/ bright planets | Any object, incl. spacecraft |
| Today’s weather and celestial events (with animations) | |
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| Sky Diary for an arbitrary year (with animations) | |
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| Maps of solar eclipses | |
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| Notifications for celestial events and objects visibility | |
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| Saving and opening favorite workspaces | |
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| Setting startup workspace | |
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| Export/Import/E-mailing favorite workspaces | |
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| Time interval | 1800 - 2200 | 1600 - 2400 | 1000 - 2500 |
| Download of extended time interval |
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3000BC - 3000AD |
| Detailed Help Manual | |
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We wish you a pleasant journey into space with Redshift! |
