Stars and Planets Alternatives

Stars and Planets is described as 'Warp to distant stars and explore various exoplanets like lava worlds, water worlds, earthlike planets or massive jovians with Stars and Planets planetarium app and astronomy guide. Space is awesome and the universe is at your fingertips!' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Stars and Planets for a variety of platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Stars and Planets alternative is Stellarium, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Stars and Planets are Celestia, Sky Map, No Man's Sky and KStars.

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  1. Stellarium icon
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    Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

    60 Stellarium alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. Celestia icon
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    Celestia is an application for real-time 3D visualization of space, with a detailed model of the solar system, over 100,000 stars, more than 10,000 galaxies, and an extension mechanism for adding more objects.

    32 Celestia alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • PortableApps.com
    • visionOS
    • Online
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
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  3. Sky Map icon
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    Sky Map (formerly the Google Sky Map) turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a window on the night sky.

    48 Sky Map alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
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  4. No Man's Sky icon
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    No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games.

    23 No Man's Sky alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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  5. KStars icon
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    Open-source astronomy software offering accurate night sky simulation with 100 million stars, Ekos astrophotography suite, stellar observation planner, "What's up Tonight" tool, FOV editor, and a variety of celestial catalogs for comprehensive astronomical exploration.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. Space Engine icon
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    Space Engine - a real-time 3D space simulator, procedural universe generator and visualiser. It lets you explore the universe in three dimensions, starting from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies.

    30 Space Engine alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. Gaia Sky icon
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    3D visualization software for ESA's (European Space Agency) Gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of the Milky Way Galaxy.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

    15 Universe Sandbox alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Epic Games Store
    • itch.io
    • Humble Bundle
    • HTC Vive
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  9. Starfield icon
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    Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
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  10. 3D simulation of the Solar System and night sky - real time virtual orrery and observatory

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  11. Sky Guide icon
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    A window to the stars has never been more beautiful and easy to use. Sky Guide lets you experience the wonders of the night in ways you’ve only dreamed of.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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