S&T SkyWeek

The S&T SkyWeek is now available as a free download on Apple Store for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is designed for use in English language. It weighs in at only 10MB to download. The new S&T SkyWeek app version 1.3 has been updated on 2014-11-27. For ensuring consistency with the device you should take into account the following app compatibility information: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later
More Info: Find more info about S&T SkyWeek in Sky & Telescope Media, LLC`s Official Website : http://www.skyandtelescope.com/skyweek

Updated to latest is not updating text for current week Stuck on week ending Aug 19 App was useless while I was viewing eclipse There does not seem to be any common UI controls such as About It shows location as text current location So how do I know it is correctly set     Poor JF229

Not bad but always begging for money         Bleh Howdee!

SkyWeek provides good info on what s up in a given week Each entry also links to a quick star chart view provided by a built in mini version of Sky Safari The old problems though are still not fixed See what follows for details And there s a new issue Pop up iOS error message SkyWeek May Slow Down Your iPod The developer of this app needs to update it to improve its compatibility OK developers are you listening Sadly the app has been ignored entirely by its developers for more than three years The last update was in November 28 of 2013 ISSUES As with so many apps they re expecting you to hold the iPhone up to your eyeball While there is pinch zooming of the text there is NO text reflow Hence you re stuck scrolling back and forth if you want to read the entries from a comfortable distance They should provide choices of font sizes along with reflowing text What s more some stories or entries link to the Sky Telescope magazine itself If you re a subscriber a nifty window pops up with the magazine Here s where there s good news and bad There are excellent navigational tools in fact more than are provided in the actual Newstand S T subscription that I paid for They include searching for specific text and jumping to particular pages That s where the bad news comes in searching brings up the spinning wheel which just keeps going and going and never getting anywhere Then the option to jump to a Page is poorly designed There s a button labelled that but no matter how hard you try it doesn t work Right below it is what looks to be another button labelled Intro Who would ever have thought that you were supposed to tap the Intro button to clear it so you can enter a page number All visual cues are wrong here and the app developer needs to go back to Apple school The Jump to a Page button isn t even a button Now in the awkward news category you have to re enter your e mail address and password for the magazine even if you already have it on your iPhone That must be the much vaunted lack of inter app communication in the i device realm Finally not sure what all the hoopla is about the Night Mode the events and things to observe are naked eye ones for which dark adaptation is truly unnecessary In any event it s there for what it s worth Nevertheless none of these problems are deal breakers and the app is definitely worth downloading I ve rated it 4 stars I ll up it to 5 if they ever fix the text resizing biz Note the app is really unnecessary if you have Sky Safari SS has this built into it In fact I ll make a recommendation for Sky Safari on all sorts of grounds See reviews                 Solid but has one major problem and one minor one AstroPaul

good and useful app i highly recommend                     Very good app Aj7979794806979

Best digital planisphere                     Best planisphere Gcjmnsjdklflee

The pure pleasure of looking at the night sky is the point of this app and of amateur astronomy It s terrific for naked eye astronomy and for binocular viewing too They tip you off to seasonal formations planetary conjunctions asterisms comets when they re easily visible meteor showers etc The writing is warm accessible informative brief The diagrams very useful This free version is just as good as the pay one the difference is the pay version will link to your calendar Especially for a beginner or intermediate amateur astronomer this helps make looking at the night sky a fun thing to do and share with friends                     I use this app 5 to 7 days a week Ki6H .

Might be a great app but crashes on iPhone 6s running iOS 9 0 1     Crashes 1KMnO4

My son and I both enjoy the information this app provides                 Cool app Not an astronomer 12345

When are you going to fix the view which is permanently in portrait view It used to be in landscape mode which made it easy to use Now I have to crane my neck sideways or manually hold my iPad in portrait mode to read Sky Week Also only the refresh and night view buttons can be used The others are grayed out I can t even get to home Come on fix these really annoying bugs What s the hold up     Please fix view Mcewanja

I ve noticed that notifications from the app have started advertising for other products Ads in an app is one thing but sending notifications and alert badges for advertising is dead wrong Uninstalled     Using notifications to send advertising is an Epic Fail Chief Points

I want to go outdoors and look at the sky and listen to the sky information It is too hard to try to read and look at the sky at the same time I like to touch things on the iPad and hear about what I touch I want to be able to dim the screen to different star magnitude so it will only show the stars that I can see at the time                 I want a talking Ladydog1

Mine has me in the wrong city 2 time zones away subsequently showing wrong viewing info It worked before the last update Won t even allow me to manually set my location Love the app but please fix             Lists me in wrong city LOOOOL

I can t believe people are complaining about this FREE app It does exactly what it says it will allows you to find out what s up for the week without buying the magazine and it s FREE Take the less than two minutes to install this app if you have even the slightest interest in astronomy                     Complaining onyonet photo studios

Wow What a super cool easy app I have been a stargazer for years and this is definetly one of the BEST and it is free                     Supercalifregilesxpeadoshes Kykittyj

Very easy to use and very educational My kids and I all love to use it explore night sky                     Wonderful App SkyLover123

This app is excellent and easy to use The person who rated this lowly has not explored all the access to Sky and Telescope mag as well as the excellent day to day star charts and videos And it s free                     Awesome Groovechapel

This app is pretty worthless all you get is a text description of the current week s sky No sky charts no constellation maps nothing Their description greatly exaggerates what it does Just uninstalled it     Don t waste your time Ram-50

I have had my iPod Touch 5 a whopping 3 days and I ve been trying out free apps This is a lovely interactive sky map I have always wanted something this easy to use to learn more constellations I located my old winter sky friends and found it is Jupiter I am seeing north of Aldebaran I look forward to learning more in the future It is true it only works in portrait and while it would be nice if it worked in landscape none of the other apps I have tried for stargazing are quite this nice and easy to use It will tell you what in interesting for the week and when you can see it best from you exact location Excellent                     Just what I always wanted The Lady Dragonfly

I love this app It s great to have a list of the must see events for the week and the sky maps are really cool It s not stuck on the Denver location for me as previous commenters have said that must have been fixed                     Great app Sky2013_

This app is wack now It was great when you could go back and forth in time Now it s confined to one week Booo I would actually give it a half a star if I could I gave it 4 1 2 before the update     Wack now k-nEYEn

I m more than a little unhappy that I paid a couple bucks for this app just a month or so ago To then promptly proceed to make the app free and roll out an additional PLUS app I d have to pay for again is just really lousy form It would have been far more appropriate to turn this app into the paid pro version and give the people who had already paid the bonus of new features to enjoy while rolling out a LITE version for free I know that none of us developers has as much pricing or packaging control as we d like in the app store since we have to work within the policies and limits set by Apple but there was a way to make this switch more considerate and fair with your customers         Bad Form Questrala

Now after reading others the app must ve been created in DENVER Not all of us live in Denver I just happened to be in same time zone when loading the app in AZ PLEASE ALLOW US TO PICK OUR TIME ZONES SINCE YOUR GPS LOCATER IS NOT WORKING Backed down to one star only if it could be 0 stars til you fix this please As upgrading doesn t change things     Great app But Pt 2 TheD1VA

This update limits the APP to portrait mode Landscape mode allows you to use your stand etc which is a big advantage You can not use any of the stands that I am aware of in portrait mode Bruce Wilkins     Update BGW41

Latest version July 26 2012 works ONLY on portrait mode     One step backwards Rabkruk

And better than ever Back in Denver but I m not Please fix it again                     It s Fixed Granby1946

I m not in Denver How do I get to my location The home icon is grayed out and inactive             SkyWeek Mudcat24

Can t get correct charts It only gives charts for Denver not for my location on the East Coast         Doesn t recognize my location Mk79999

Terrible     Gay DietKocaine

The app says current location sometimes depending on the day you want to view it says Denver and I am in Texas so is there a way to tell the app where you are I don t see a Settings button anywhere             Location change ABCD1234game

Very cool and got it free I would ve paid for it and I never pay for apps                 Very cool What's the matter

This is really informative and works great with distant suns my other star apps just wish it would open one of them to show us but all the info is here and I got it free thanks Christmas came early great layout and it s in easy to understand format for knuckle heads like me thanks                     Works great beagleman2009

Easy to use and accurate                     Great Disappointed9987654421

I don t have to browse multiple website just to find the recent news everything s is right here                     Just fascinating Zinv Valentine

I have the iPhone 4s and just updated to iOS 5 1 Works great very helpful in identifying the constellations                     Stellar App Big Forguson

I m a novice so it s well made for me but it has many facts it can address the more advanced serious studiers                     Well done easy Tisfar

Really informative and helpful identifying night sky objects Bravo                     Awesome app Kgscott86

I don t have 4 0 on my itouch but have always gotten along wthout it and will continue to Just tell me how to erase the app     I don t have 4 0 Fullmetal126

Good app Does what it s supposed to do Let s hope Sky Telescope gets their ducks in a row and get this magazine in the app store Their current method is rather craptastic                 Solid App SM01106

Yes I had the update issue idc so good to have it back I could always access it thru the web site but I prefer this app                     Thank you PrincessTink29

I launch the program and it tells me my version has been abandoned and I need to but a new version I go to the Apple store and the program page says I can update my program for free The description says the 31Dec11 expiration has been removed I click update and am taken back to my home screen where a progress bar appears across the bottom of the program icon but there is never any progress on it The icon reappears and when I click it I get the message that my software has expired and I need to purchase it again Worthless     Does Not Work KC2PED

Love it                     Great app o2bav8

Glad you have provided an update All is again right with the world                 Thank you Mary Jo S O

Up and running again                     Thank you Gin's sky

Enough of the bad reviews black working again Great app                     Back working Jhkayakr

I wrote S T here is their reply Thank you for your email I m sorry but we have not gotten the 2012 app loaded yet It should be available on the site in the next 1 2 weeks Just keep checking for the app S T Customer Service                     Update on Skyweek please Read Rachel.Giada

The app has expired there is no way to renew the app why doesn t Apple remove it from itunes until it is fixed This way it will save the developer from all the bad reviews     Does not Work Botialoach

This app is 5 stars when it is working no stars when it s not Come on Sky and Telescope I have subscribed to your magazine for about 35 years Please release next year s version before next year             New Version Needed Don in Frisco

Was a great app until it timed out and we users were all left hanging No explanation no recourse     Big FAIL with update bpa777