Scope Nights Astronomy Weather
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Clearer Nights Ahead with Scope Nights Astronomy Weather... Scope Nights helps stargazers, astronomers, and astrophotographers find the clearest, darkest skies. Instead of analysing conventional weather forecasts yourself, Scope Nights does the work for you, showing exactly when and where conditions will be best for observing the night sky. "Every amateur astronomer yearns for clear, dark skies, and this exhaustive app helps you find them." - Sky At Night Magazine "Scope Nights has become my favorite… it does a fine job of summarizing the data in a clear and understandable fashion." - Sky & Telescope Magazine Plan Your Observing • Smart stargazing ratings with animated weather icons • Custom thresholds for moon phase, wind, humidity, and temperature • Compare conditions across your favourite observing sites Find Dark Sky Sites • Detailed light pollution map from NASA satellite data • Certified dark sky places, observatories, and robotic telescopes Detailed Global Forecasts • Long‑range forecasts worldwide (up to 7 nights, 7 locations) • Local forecasts for UK & USA direct from Met Office & NOAA • Night‑time specific data: cloud cover, moon phase, humidity, wind, temperature, sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset Notifications & Sharing • Custom alerts for good observing conditions before sunset • App badge showing tonight’s best sites • Share astronomy weather reports with friends or observatories Requirements • iOS 15 or later • Internet connection (Wi-Fi or cellular) • Location Services to provide local stargazing forecasts and notifications. No personal data is collected, and no tracking occurs. • Background Services for local notifications. Notifications are used only to alert you about good stargazing conditions, they are not used for advertising or tracking. Scope Nights is independently developed. Your reviews and ratings help sustain future updates for the stargazing community.
What's New
Scope Nights 2.6 Update: • Optimized for iOS 26 and the latest iPhone and iPad models • Smoother planning with improved stability and performance • Higher-resolution data for national and global astronomy forecasts • Refreshed listings for Dark Sky Places, Observatories, and Robotic Telescopes • Fixed global forecast outage • UI refinements and general bug fixes Scope Nights is independently developed. Your reviews and ratings help sustain future updates for the stargazing community.
Details
- Developer
- Martin Dodd
- Main Category
- Weather
- Version
- 2.6.0
- Version Release
- 2025-11-18
- Initial Release
- 2012-08-14
- Size
- 169 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- USD 6.99
- Bundle ID
- com.eggmoonstudio.scopenights
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.53 (769)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-07-19
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Competitive Benchmark — Weather Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RadarScope | USD 9.99 | ★ 4.17 | 2,707 | 4 | 2026-07-01 |
| 2 | My Lightning Tracker Pro | USD 4.99 | ★ 4.81 | 5,895 | 12 | 2026-06-25 |
| 3 | MyRadar Weather Radar Pro | USD 5.99 | ★ 4.84 | 42,706 | 9 | 2026-07-14 |
| 4 | My Earthquake Alerts Pro | USD 2.99 | ★ 4.77 | 5,805 | 7 | 2026-06-25 |
| 5 | RadarOmega: Doppler Radar App | USD 8.99 | ★ 3.53 | 896 | 1 | 2026-07-15 |
| 6 | Foggy: Bay Area Fog Tracker | USD 5.99 | ★ 5.00 | 15 | 1 | 2026-07-09 |
| 7 | NOAA Weather Radio | USD 4.99 | ★ 4.25 | 9,619 | 1 | 2026-07-08 |
| 8 | RainAware | USD 4.99 | ★ 3.92 | 1,065 | 1 | 2026-05-22 |
| 9 | Earthquake Network | USD 1.99 | ★ 4.56 | 2,086 | 9 | 2026-04-03 |
| 10 | River Levels & Flows | USD 2.99 | ★ 4.60 | 2,620 | 3 | 2026-06-11 |
| 65 | Scope Nights Astronomy Weather | USD 6.99 | ★ 4.53 | 769 | 0 | 2025-11-18 |
User Reviews
The app is nice to identify the sky conditions and I like how it's presented more than others for a quick glance. But it keeps forgetting my favorites in the scope sites.
Now that it is fixed, this is an awesome app for astronomy forecast.
How about an update?This app hasn't been updated in over 6 years. Also get error messages for all my saved locations every time the app opens or when I change sites. If your charging $5 for an app support it or take it off the App Store.
Quick, accurate, easy to use. A constant companion.
The app tells you decently accurate cloud coverage and all that. But consistently state that weather information is unavailable.
I have found the app to be very easy to use. Intuitive and accurate time after time. It’s a joy to use!
Great app to plan your sessions.
The app provides a VERY quick and easy assessment of astronomy viewing conditions for the entire WEEK ahead. You may wish to pair it with a more detailed astronomy weather app to get a more sophisticated weather predictions on any specific day. But for a quick assessment of the weeks forecast, this app cannot be beat! I highly recommend it!
Scope Nights has a lot of good functionality for helping me determine what viewing conditions will be. Its dark sky map doesn’t seem to be accurate based on what I’ve seen in other dark sky locations map apps. It still seems to be supported by the developer since most of it works.
It’s a five star app!! one less for a bug pop ups every time when you change the sites.
This app is really helpful for astronomers. But if you're living in Asia, you can't use any useful features in this app. Really looking forward to regieon updates. 한국에서 쓸꺼면 사지 마세요.
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