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 Compact Discover Astronomy |
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 |
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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 |
Orbits | ![]() |
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! |