PolarAligner Pro (Astro Tool) 224p5v

The Polar-Aligner is a great tool to align your equatorial telescope mount 4h5wb

App info 5d333i

Version :

8.1

Category :

Tools

Update :

April 13, 2025

Installs :

17,040

Developer :

Kechkoindustries

Price :

$3.99

Requires Android :

Android 2.1+

Content Rating :

Everyone

App description s1a4r

Android App Analysis and Review: PolarAligner Pro (Astro Tool), Developed by Kechkoindustries. Listed in Tools Category. Current Version Is 8.1, Updated On 13/04/2025 . According to s reviews on Google Play: PolarAligner Pro (Astro Tool). Achieved Over 17 thousand Installs. PolarAligner Pro (Astro Tool) Currently Has 231 Reviews, Average Rating 3.3 Stars

Attention:
Unfortunately, the app keeps getting bad reviews because the com or spirit level doesn't work. This is then because the device does not have a com sensor or a tilt sensor. An understanding from the buyer is very rare. A refund is of course possible. So please convince yourself before buying whether your device has the following sensors.

-Com sensor
-Tilt sensor
-GPS

manual:
https://www.kechkoindustries.de/polaraligner-pro

The Polar-Aligner is a simple astronomical application for the northern and southern hemisphere to help you to align your mount easily. It includes basic tools for leveling your equatorial mount (spirit level) and to adjust it to north (com).

Choose the Settings for the con.
-magnetic North
-manual declination for True North
-automatic declination for True North (offline calculation, no Internet needed)

You can calibrate your spirit level with a real spiritlevel and have the highest accuracy for a smartphone.

The daylight alignment is included for north and south hemisphere.

The GPS gives you the most accurate information about your location with the altitude and calculate the position of Polaris and show you graphically the Polaris position, the Hourangle, exact location ....

You get also information about Drift-Alignment. The tool helps you to get the right direction for the alignment. With the calculator, you can get the calculated result to align your mount with a small error.

There are many Polarscopes for:
IOptron
Meade
Orion
Sky Adventurer
Skywatcher
Astrophysics
Takahashi
Bresser
Vixen
Celestron

If you miss a scope, write us!

What's New 4d631z

-included automatic declination for com and Dayalignment for the true north- Click on the com to set the declination
-more accurate com
-Accuracy display in daylight alignment

Rate and review on Google Play store 6uy2a

3.3

231 total

5 43.2

4 7.0

3 12.2

2 8.7

1 28.8

Total number of installs (*estimated) 193s3e

Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

Recent Comments 5l362y

Paul Onley 722b1u

Used the app for two weeks on a Samsung A13 (android). The phone was mounted (with adhesive-no screws) to a wooden dovetail plate securing the phone 2 feet from any part of the tripod or mount. I no longer use it as I can get a better alignment by eyeballing north during daylight. The app never got me closer than 3 degrees azimuth. I always setup in the same place so alt is easy with a bubble level. Could be a phone problem but either way with no trial option you have to pay to see if it works.

Lacquerhead 3i5m41

I've been using this app for a couple of years now. Absolutely an indispensable part of my kit. I use this to get level on the tripod, get elevation on the saddle and finally get Polaris to the right location in the polar scope on my iOptron. I consistently get less than 20 arc-sec (yes, arc-seconds) of error which is easily within reason for short focal length, long exposure astrophotography. This speeds my setup process significantly! Love this app!

Adam Reason 2c4h3m

All in one except for com/GPS reliance. This app is great when used for setting up astrophotography tripod. I only have two issues. 1. The com is just useless. 2. I wish this didnt rely only on GPS for finding latitude. Would love to have a built in inclometer. Frustrating to be at a dark sky site and no signal which makes this app a glorified level.

Karl Moretz 24411e

I don't have a clear view of Polaris from my house, and using the beta feature dayalign seems to work really well. Using it, I can easily get tracked exposures of a minute without star trails. About as good as I could ask for without an actual polar alignment. The other features work well, pretty much all you should need to achieve alignment. One small gripe would be that the UI is not the slickest, but it does what it s well. Checked against an actual com and it was spot on.

Michael Zarillo 22u6y

Com is off by 15-20° using a calibrated device which shows within 0.1° via other com applications. Developer offers refunds via email; Google play will not approve refunds. They're quick to , and seemingly stay on top of issues. Its other functions definitely function, but aren't accurate enough to be pertinent.

Peter Zalabai 39186k

Using it to align the mount to the North and it's amazingly accurate on a Huawei P20 Pro. The GUI is really basic but that's okay as what it does is more important. I use it together with a polar scope but sometimes when I can't use the scope only this app gives very good results. I got fairly low amount of trailing with only the app on a 400mm lens. The key thing is let it stand a while to get more accurate GPS alignment and keep your phone away from metal surfaces.

Alex 6a4t48

A good app for me. I have to set up my mount everytime I use it. I have no polar scope, but the daytime alignment is extremely well thought out. Once i set up my mount, i just put smartphone in my home made holder and centre the crosshairs. On a good sky I recheck it and it am impressed with its accuracy. One niggle was I only found the instructions by accident, a link would be good.

Kokoro San z2848

please add ture noth daytime alignment with accutar level or bubble or number that indicate center perfect alignmrnt. Is best to show picture how to attach phone on the mount to do daytime alignment or night alignment..