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24 alternatives to NASA Picture of the Day Viewer

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. NASA Picture of the Day Viewer launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
NASA Picture of the Day▲167
Image of our universe every day on your Mac 🌌
2019 · nasapicture.com · its alternatives →
2AD
API Docs for NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day API▲18
2022 · nasa-apod.portaldocs.dev · its alternatives →
3
DailyApod▲74
View the daily astronomical images provided by NASA
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
Planet Explorer▲150
Interactive global satellite images
2017 · planet.com · its alternatives →
5
APOD Daily▲76
Auto update your Twitter banner with NASA's Photo of the Day
2014 · its alternatives →
6
Earth and Space▲56
Photographs from the Archives of NASA
2015 · chroniclebooks.com · its alternatives →
7
Fragment▲115
Prismatic Photos
2013 · pixiteapps.com · its alternatives →
8
Live Sun and Moon Dashboard with NASA Footage▲224
Live NASA solar imagery in 12 wavelengths, the moon phase tonight for 200+ cities, and real space weather. Free on iOS and Android. No ads, no signup.
Apr 2026 · lumara-space.app · its alternatives →
9
Set NASA APOD as Ubuntu Desktop Background▲50
Automatically downloads and sets the NASA picture of the day (APOD) as your desktop in Ubuntu. - randomdrake/nasa-apod-desktop
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
10
PixelSpace▲68
A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system
2014 · joshworth.com · its alternatives →
11
NASA Image and Video Library▲184
Official NASA library, searchable by keywords and metadata
2017 · images.nasa.gov · its alternatives →
12
Lightmeter▲130
Film Camera designed for everyday moments
Sep 2026 · shotonlightmeter.com · its alternatives →
13
NASA Selfies▲73
Create your own selfies from outer space
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
SpaceExperience.club▲6
Better client for the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
2016 · its alternatives →
15
Sunrise▲76
A better calendar for your phone and desktop
2014 · sunrise.am · its alternatives →
16
NASA App▲87
Showcases a huge collection of the latest NASA content
2014 · nasa.gov · its alternatives →
17
Skyview▲68
Explore the universe.
2014 · terminaleleven.com · its alternatives →
18
Beautiful 3D ISS tracker with live video and near-realtime clouds▲139
This is a little hobby project that I hope you enjoy. You can see where the International Space Station is now, with live HD video from NASA, on a realistic 3D globe. The positions of the sun and moon are also accurate, though distances aren't to scale. The clouds are also near-realtime; I span that out into a separate project at https://clouds.matteason.co.uk, where the cloud images I create from EUMETSAT data are freely available. I've got more features almost ready to go, like the ability to turn off all UI, toggleable clouds and turning off the day/night cycle I'd love for…
2024 · iss.matteason.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Daylight▲60
Stories told through art
2014 · its alternatives →
20
Tab Pics▲101
Beautiful /r/EarthPorn of our planet in every new Chrome tab
2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
21
World View▲66
Voyage to the edge of space.
2014 · its alternatives →
22
OpenMCT by NASA▲86
A web based mission control framework
2016 · nasa.github.io · its alternatives →
23
himawari.js▲79
Real-time images of Earth from the Himawari-8 satellite
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
Sunrise▲65
Beautifully designed calendar app
2014 · sunrise.am · its alternatives →

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