Sky Guide vs Night Sky vs Caelum vs Everdust on Apple Vision Pro
On Vision Pro the choice is about what you want to do with the sky. To name what's above you, use Sky Guide or Night Sky. To sit inside the real sky and scrub through time, use Caelum. To fly inside the wonders themselves, use Everdust's Night Sky. All four are free to download.
- Pick Sky Guide or Night Sky to identify stars, planets and satellites, as on your iPhone.
- Pick Caelum for a planetarium all around you, with a time slider.
- Pick Everdust to look at a nebula or galaxy and travel into it.
Side by side
| Feature | Sky Guide | Night Sky | Caelum | Everdust |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Vision Pro | A Vision Pro app (also iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac)[1] | A visionOS app for its Aura Sky Tours (also iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Watch)[2] | Built only for Vision Pro[3] | Built for Vision Pro (also Apple TV, Android phones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and Meta Quest)[4][5] |
| What you do | Identify stars, constellations, planets and satellites[1] | Identify the sky; guided tours with an AI astronomer[2] | Sit inside the sky: stars, constellations and the Milky Way around your room or in full immersion; a time slider for days, months or years[3] | Yes: Night Sky, the real sky for your place and time; look at a planet or one of its 29 wonders and pinch to fly there[4][5] |
| Price | Free; Plus and Pro in-app purchases[1] | Free; Night Sky+ and Night Sky+ Aura subscriptions[2] | Free; Caelum Pro+ $9.99[3] | Free. Everdust Plus is optional: $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $79.99 once (US).[4][5] |
| Beyond the sky | ISS alerts, an events calendar[1] | SharePlay stargazing, Sky Tags[2] | Jump to dates: an eclipse, the sky on your birthday, the planetary alignment of 2040[3] | Galaxy collisions and black holes you reach into, physics games, narrated science Stories, worlds that rest in your room[4][5] |
Each app as its own store listing or website describes it, checked November 1, 2026; US prices. Numbers in brackets are the sources below.
Where Sky Guide is the better pick
- A clean way to learn the real sky, on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Vision Pro.
Where Night Sky is the better pick
- Tours and an assistant if you'd like to be guided.
Where Caelum is the better pick
- The sky all around you, built only for Vision Pro, with time travel by date.
Where Everdust fits
I make Everdust, so weigh that. Everdust isn't built to identify everything overhead the way a star map is; its Night Sky is for being inside the wonders.
Everdust's Night Sky on Apple Vision Pro puts the real sky for your place and time around you: look at a planet and pinch to fly there, or at one of its 29 wonders, a nebula, a galaxy or a star cluster, and fly inside it. The Everdust Atlas has a page for each.
The free version covers every world and toy, The Story of Everything in full, and each game's first 3 levels or more and its daily level; Everdust Plus unlocks the rest.
Everdust is free on Apple Vision Pro, Apple TV, Android phones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and Meta Quest. On Mac, it’s a free download; the Mac App Store version is in review.
Everdust on the App Store for Apple Vision ProGet it on Google PlayEverdust on the App Store for iPhoneEverdust on the App Store for iPadEverdust on the App Store for Meta Quest
Questions people ask
What is the best night sky app for Apple Vision Pro? For identifying the sky, Sky Guide or Night Sky. For a planetarium around you, Caelum. For flying into nebulae and galaxies, Everdust's Night Sky.
Is Stellarium on Vision Pro? Stellarium Mobile runs on Vision Pro as an iPad app, in a window. It has no visionOS app of its own.
Are these Vision Pro astronomy apps free? All four are free to download. Sky Guide, Night Sky and Caelum sell upgrades; Everdust Plus is optional.
Can I fly into a nebula on Vision Pro? Yes, in Everdust's Night Sky: look at one of its 29 wonders and pinch to fly inside it.
Sources
- Sky Guide on the App Store
- Night Sky on the App Store
- Caelum: Spatial Planetarium on the App Store
- Everdust on the App Store
- Everdust on Google Play
Checked November 1, 2026. Prices and features change; the store listing is always the final word. I make Everdust, and I’ve tried to describe the other apps as fairly as their makers do. Everdust is also listed on AlternativeTo as an alternative to Sky Guide and SpaceEngine.