Xasteria Plus - Astro Weather

Xasteria Plus is the expanded version of the free Xasteria Weather app. It adds premium forecast sources, an Apple Watch companion app, Home Screen widgets, and more observing tools and features. It also helps fund the 7Timer forecast servers that power the free ASTRO forecast used by Xasteria and observers around the world. If you haven't tried Xasteria yet, the free version is a good place to start. Forecast sources • 7Timer / GFS: worldwide ASTRO forecast covering cloud cover, seeing, transparency, temperature, humidity, rain/snow, instability and wind • Apple Weather: configurable hourly hyperlocal forecast, up to 10 days • MET Norway: ECMWF-based, useful in terrain-heavy regions • OpenWeather: hyper-local real-time conditions at your precise location Apple Watch A companion Watch app lets you check key forecast data without picking up your phone. Home Screen Widgets • Tonight's weather • Satellite passes • Aurora forecast Tools • Aurora forecast, with worldwide and local data/maps. • ISS and satellite passes. • Light pollution report and map. • Lunar calendar with Sun/Moon graphs and rise/set/twilight data. • Solar eclipse finder and simulator for any location. • Full Location Manager: online search, offline database, map picking, GPS accuracy, elevation and barometric pressure on supported devices. • Quick access to Clear Outside, Meteoblue, Windy, Astrospheric, Sat24, water vapor imagery and more. Display and usability • Night vision mode: red, green or blue, with dimmer control. • Three forecast display modes: icon/graphic, color-stripe, raw text. • Summary icons for Apple Weather and 7Timer, configurable in Settings. • Left panel switchable to icons. • Extended help system. No in-app popups asking for a review, but one on the App Store is always appreciated. For suggestions or feedback: http://astro.ecuadors.net

• Improved design and layout. • Apple Watch companion app. • Aurora forecast in an extensive new tool. • Widgets added: weather tonight, satellite passes and aurora forecast. • New hyper-local real-time weather forecast (OpenWeather). • The left panel in Weather View can now switch to icons (see Settings). • Sun & Moon altitude arcs showing rising and setting. • Summary icons for Apple Weather and 7timer (see settings). • ISS / Satellites now includes a configurable Brightest Satellites tab. • Light pollution map now uses lightpollutionmap.app. • Expanded in-app Help. Remember, the app never nags you with popups, so it gets very few ratings/reviews. Support it by rating it!

Developer

Dimitrios Kechagias

Main Category

Weather

Version

5.0

Version Release

2026-04-28

Initial Release

2020-09-15

Size

21 MB

Age Rating

4+

Price

USD 0.99

Languages

EN, FR, DE, EL

Bundle ID

com.kechagias.xasteriaplus

Version Rating

★ 4.86 (36)

First Seen

2026-05-28

Metadata updated 2026-06-14

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