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KStars VS Star Walk

Compare KStars VS Star Walk and see what are their differences

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KStars logo KStars

KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE.

Star Walk logo Star Walk

Star Walk – Sky View: Explore the Stars.
  • KStars Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-11-23
  • Star Walk Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-05-09

KStars videos

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Astrophotography: stellarmate kstars and Ekos review

More videos:

  • Review - Part 1: Introduction to KStars

Star Walk videos

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Using Star Walk 2 for Milky Way Photography

More videos:

  • Review - BEST Way to view the stars, Star Walk 2 | Apps Every Day #47
  • Review - Star Walk Kids - Astronomy for Children (App Review)

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to KStars and Star Walk)

KStars

Star Walk

Space Simulator
65 65%
Space Simulator
35% 35
Education & Reference
39 39%
Education & Reference
61% 61
Virtual Universe
100 100%
Virtual Universe
0% 0
Maps & Navigation
0 0%
Maps & Navigation
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, KStars seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

KStars mentions (3)

  • Is there a utility that will read my FITS files and map the image size and locations on a sky map?
    KStars can do this. It can either use the World Coordinate System data from the FITS file or plate-solve to derive the location from the image data. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Best FOSS Astronomy Software
    Kstars is a powerful, flexible astronomy application that you will find useful. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Maps of the stars
    Printed sky atlases are pretty obsolete, now that we have technology. https://edu.kde.org/kstars/. Source: over 1 year ago

Star Walk mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Star Walk yet. Tracking of Star Walk recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing KStars and Star Walk, you can also consider the following products

Stellarium - Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

SkyView - SkyView is powerful, easy-to-use app that answers questions about stars, constellations, and more.

Sky Map - Sky Map (formerly the Google Sky Map) turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a window on the...

Celestia - Real-time 3D visualization of space

SkySafari - SkySafari is a powerful planetarium that fits in your pocket.

Sky Guide - A window to the stars has never been more beautiful and easy to use.

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