Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to There
🪐 Your cosmic compass through the galaxy
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.
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I made a single-serving iPhone app with a floating green arrow that always points to the center of the Milky Way, 26,000 lights years away. It’s weirdly grounding. I’ve never made an app before, so here’s how it worked with ChatGPT.
2024 · interconnected.org · its alternatives →
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22d ago · space.bl2.net · its alternatives →
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Cosmic-Watch▲73The World’s first 3D astronomical clock & stunning skyguide
2020 · cosmic-watch.com · its alternatives →
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A compass that shows landmarks, sunrise/sunset + golden hour
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Online Compass▲106Use an online compass to instantly find true north and live direction in seconds. Fast, no app needed - turn your phone into a real compass.
2024 · onlinecompass.io · its alternatives →
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Atlas of Spacefree▲770Hello HN! Sharing a recent side project of mine, the Atlas of Space, that I built out to explore the Solar System. As a long-time space nerd, I realized recently that I didn't have a good intuition on the scale, speed, and relative orientation of the celestial bodies around us. So over the break I built out a kind of spatial Wikipedia to click around and learn about planets, moons, asteroids, and other bodies orbiting the Sun. The physics is all simulated in the browser using simple Newtonian mechanics. There's a lot left to do from here, including modeling objects in non-Keplerian orbits…
2025 · atlasof.space · its alternatives →
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Discover direction instantly, right in your browser.
2023 · onlinedigitalcompass.com · its alternatives →
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“Cosmic Watch”, a virtual planetarium for mobile devices.
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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AstraPixelsfree tier, from $5/mo▲267A pixel-art solar system at its real current positions.
Aug 2026 · astrapixels.com · its alternatives →
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AstroAlert▲113Know exactly when satellites pass above you.
Nov 2025 · astroalert.app · its alternatives →
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Compass▲295Ask Slack about your data and get answers instantly in chat
Dec 2025 · compass.dagster.io · its alternatives →
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A little while ago I built a tool to calculate how far you've traveled through space since the exact second you were born. The math was relatively simple (Earth's spin + Solar orbit + Galactic drift), but the feedback I got here inspired me to rewrite the visual engine and turn it into a proper deep-space dashboard. Here is what’s new under the hood: 1. Vanilla JS 3D Engine: I built a custom Three.js simulation that renders your exact orbital alignment on your birth date and tracks it to the present. 2. Live Telemetry: It now actively tracks the real-time Keplerian orbital positions of…
Feb 2026 · cosmicodometer.space · its alternatives →
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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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AstroGrid▲113Explore the entire universe in your browser, in real 3D
Apr 2026 · velonspace.com · its alternatives →
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A 3D universe explorer & astronomy app, in your browser
Jun 2026 · space.pointdynamics.com · its alternatives →
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Spatium▲182Hi there, humans! I'm excited to announce Spatium! I'm a big fan of any topic related to our universe. I'm also a developer, so I've put these things together and I built this new tab Chrome Extension for space lovers, astronomy fans, and science geeks like me. If you enjoyed it, please spread some love <3 FEATURES • Space images • Every day, get a fascinating image of our universe. Enjoy pictures of stars, planets, moons, galaxies, nebulae, comets and more right on your browser tab. • Sun Widget • Find out when the sunrise, sunset, first and last light times will be precisely at your…
2021 · spatium.earth · its alternatives →
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8Planets▲66A simple viewer for planetary orbits in our Solar System
2021 · 8planets.app · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, This is a follow-up to our original Show HN post, where I launched the first version of MBCompass. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44155741 Since then, I've added several features based on user feedback and community input... I just released v1.1.9 of MBCompass - Minimal, FOSS compass and navigation app. New in this version: - Theme toggling (Dark/Light) controlled via settings - Fix current location arrow visibility - Compass accuracy alerts - Sensor status indicator - Explicit button for showing the GPS current location - Smooth transitions and many more..…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello, I am the creator and maintainer of Stellarium Mobile. I have been working in my free time for about a year on this new project Galaxium, that is more about traveling in the universe rather than looking at the sky from Earth. It is still experimental, and at the moment I am not sure what it will become. Feedback is welcome.
Aug 2026 · galaxium.app · its alternatives →
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Real-time astronomy feeds: Arxiv astrophysics preprints, NASA Gamma-ray Coordinates Network transient alerts, Minor Planet Center discoveries, NOAA space weather, and more.
Jun 2026 · starscope.live · its alternatives →
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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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3D movements telling you the time to the next sunrise
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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