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 | |
| Stars | 100,000 | 100,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Access to online catalog of 1,000,000,000 stars |  | |  |
| Stars with exoplanets | | | |
| 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 | | | |
| 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 | | | |
| Object Info | | | |
| 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 | | | |
| Background sounds | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Daylight view | | | |
| “Night Vision” view | | | |
| Show on external display | | | |
| 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 | | | |
| Setting/choosing precise location on planets/moons | | |
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| 3D-flights | | | |
| Landing on planets and moons | | | |
| 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 | | | |
| Augmented reality | | | |
| Track of spacecraft on Earth map | | | |
| Telescope control | | |
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| Observation planner (with animations) | | 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 | | | 3000BC - 3000AD |
| Detailed Help Manual | | | |
We wish you a pleasant journey into space with Redshift! |
