Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Dark Site Finder

Tracking light pollution to find locations for stargazing

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dark Site Finder launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Nightwatch▲92

   Search visibility tracker for web professionals

   2016 · nightwatch.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Dark Sky for Web▲262

   Hyperlocal weather information, now on the web ⛈

   2016 · support.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   WebGazer.js▲157

   Eye tracking on the browser

   2016 · webgazer.cs.brown.edu · its alternatives →

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   Astro App▲291

   I really like Stellarium and SkySafari but I felt like these are primarily geared towards exploring the sky but not so much "here are the long list of things I want to see, when can I see them tonight and where". There's also not really a great option I've found that combines sky object planning + location weather details while still being free so I built this. The UI's heavily inspired by NINAs sky atlas + Robinhood. Right now you can: View the altitude chart of objects and 3D view Create lists of objects of interest View the annual max/min daily altitude of an object to find the best…

   2024 · astro.sshh.io · its alternatives →

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   Lamplighter▲61

   Monitor all your sites in one place.

   2014 · lamplighter.io · its alternatives →

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   Shade▲131

   Gradient explorer

   2015 · jxnblk.io · its alternatives →

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   Terrapattern▲77

   A visual search tool for satellite imagery

   2016 · terrapattern.com · its alternatives →

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   Nightwatch▲186

   Grow your organic traffic and accurately track your rankings

   2020 · nightwatch.io · its alternatives →

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   SimilarWeb▲193

   Discover the analytics of any website

   2014 · similarweb.com · its alternatives →

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    Shadowmap▲292

    Interactive 3D maps app to visualize solar shadows worldwide

    2021 · app.shadowmap.org · its alternatives →

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    Trackburnr▲124

    Track data with beautiful and customizable heatmaps

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Retinad ▲110

    Gaze tracking heatmaps and analytics for VR apps

    2016 · retinad.io · its alternatives →

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    Planet Explorer▲150

    Interactive global satellite images

    2017 · planet.com · its alternatives →

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    Product Dark▲113

    Turn Product Hunt dark for nighttime hunting

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Stream▲166

    Analytics for feeds

    2016 · beta.dashboard.getstream.io · its alternatives →

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    lightgallery▲146

    A modern image viewer for Mac, Windows and Linux.

    2016 · sachinchoolur.github.io · its alternatives →

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    RealmTrack▲132

    Real-time space traffic monitoring

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    DARK ★ STAR▲69

    An epic shoot-em-up, in spaaaaaaace!

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Ouranos▲8

    Weather Forecast & Light Pollution Maps for Astronomers

    2024 · ouranos-app.com · its alternatives →

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    Geofeedia▲80

    Location-based social media monitoring

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Planet Hunters▲106

    Help astro-scientists search for life in our galaxy & beyond

    2015 · zooniverse.org · its alternatives →

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    Google NightWalk▲156

    An audio Streetview tour around Marseille

    2015 · google.com · its alternatives →

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    Skylight▲94

    A Smart Profiler (and much more) for Rails Apps

    2015 · skylight.io · its alternatives →

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    CloudSight▲128

    Image Recognition API

    2015 · its alternatives →

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