13.1.3
2024-04-02
Added app suggestion for upcoming total solar eclipse.
13.1.2
2024-03-29
Added app suggestion for upcoming total solar eclipse.
13.1.1
2023-10-11
Minor bug fixes
13.1.0
2022-09-19
- New section: "Did you know?" offering tips and tricks to use the app and some exoplanet trivia.
- New Lock Screen widgets, allowing you to show the current number of confirmed exoplanets on your Lock Screen.
13.0.1
2022-08-15
Favourite planets are not longer lost when switching between the Open Exoplanet Catalogue, the NASA Exoplanet Archive, and the Extrasolar Planet Encyclopedia (exoplanet.eu).
12.9.0
2021-06-21
- Added the constellation of all exoplanets.
- Added many nearby objects to the Solar System even if they do not have any planets.
12.6.3
2021-01-09
- Size comparison now includes stars and all planets in the planetary system.
12.6.1
2020-10-27
- You can now search for Sgr A*, the black hole at the centre of our Milky Way.
- Improved accessibility features .
- Fixes an issue where the wrong planet parameters were shown in the database.
12.6.0
2020-10-24
Improved accessibility features
12.5.3
2020-10-17
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the discovery that Sagittarius A*, a radio source near the Galactic Center of our Milky Way, is a supermassive compact object. You can now view the orbits of 39 S-Stars near Sagittarius A* within the Exoplanet app (requires add-on).
This version also corrects the orientation of the Milky Way texture when viewed from Earth (thanks to Tetsuya Tokushige who reported this), fixes an issue with the news section, and other minor bugs.
12.4.1
2020-09-26
- The number of discovered exoplanets shown on the home screen widget updates faster (requires iOS14)
- Fixes a bug which disabled buttons and sliders in the settings
- Fixes a relative phase error between asteroids and Jupiter
12.3.3
2020-08-24
- Fixes an issue where the app would crash during startup in rare circumstances.
- Minor performance updates.
12.3.1
2020-08-03
- Added Earth Similarity Index
- Improved Orbit and Habitable Zone visualization
- Search for exoplanets directly from iOS
12.2.3
2020-07-28
- Fixes a bug which caused labels in the main menu to overlap on certain devices
- Fixes a bug which caused the x-axis of correlation diagrams to be hidden on some devices
- Stability improvements
18.2.2
2020-07-23
Fixes a bug which did not show the correct description for directly imaged planets.
18.2.0
2020-07-16
- New button design in the Milky Way visualization
- Fixes a bug which showed the wrong declination in the Sky Position visualization
- Fixes a bug which prevented storing a screenshot in a photo album
- Reduced file size
18.0.0
2020-07-07
Updated to take full advantage of iOS13. Many user interface improvements. Searching, sorting, and filtering of planets has been improved. Option to always show favourite planets at the top of the database. Some of the visualizations have been moved from OpenGL to Metal. Database updates.
17.1.0
2018-01-29
- Enhanced Milky Way model
- Optional Gaia add-on which shows stars from the data release 1 (Gaia DR1 TGAS)
- Optimized for iPhone X