Orrery: A Solar System

Thu Van Ngo · Education

4.8 21 ratings Free

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What changed · US

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Aug 28, 2026
Rating ★ 4.75 → 4.76
Aug 26, 2026
Rating ★ 0 → 4.75
Aug 26, 2026
New version 1.1 → 1.4

The worlds move the way they truly move. Every planet and the Moon now travel counterclockwise around the Sun, the way the real solar system runs, and each one leans on its own true axis, so Earth's seasons fall where they belong and Venus turns backward as it really does. Rotation joins the journey. In Time travel every world is turned exactly as it stood at that moment, and on today that means Earth shows the hour you are living in: the daylight side is where daylight actually is right now. The Moon keeps its familiar face toward us, the way it always has.

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Ratings breakdown · US

The star breakdown behind this app's rating in this storefront.

5★ 81% 17
4★ 14% 3
3★ 5% 1
2★ 0% 0
1★ 0% 0

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About

An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system. This is yours, alive in light. Open the app and fly: all eight planets, Pluto, the Moon, and a working asteroid belt orbit a glowing Sun in real relative motion. One finger orbits the camera, a pinch zooms, and a tap on any world glides you to its sunlit side. Earth, Moon, and Sun are free to explore in full. One purchase unlocks the whole solar system. No subscription, no ads, no accounts, ever. EXPLORE Every world has a full page: a spinnable globe, NASA-sourced vital statistics, an animated size comparison, and a "Did you know?" carousel. LISTEN A narrated story for every world, written from NASA sources. THE GRAND TOUR An eleven-stop guided cruise from the Sun to Pluto. TIME TRAVEL One switch sets every world where it truly is right now, computed on device from JPL planetary theory. Then visit the moments that made history: Neptune's discovery night (1846), Apollo 11 (1969), Voyager 2 at Neptune (1989), New Horizons at Pluto (2015). YOUR SKY Choose a day that matters and the whole orrery travels to it. The planets move to where they truly stood, and the day becomes a card you can keep or share: the phase of the Moon, the constellation the Sun was crossing, and two lines written for that sky alone. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A living miniature orrery widget, every planet in its true position, plus a world of the day with a fresh fact each morning. STARGAZER SCHOOL Seven illustrated mini lessons on the big questions. Why days and years happen, why Pluto isn't a planet anymore, the farthest we have ever traveled, how telescopes see back in time, living in space, Hubble and Webb, and the Space Station overhead. Interactive diagrams and real NASA photography. THE COSMIC QUIZ Five fresh questions every run, drawn from sixty. IN YOUR ROOM Place the solar system on your table with AR. Toggle true distances and walk to Neptune. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, French, Simplified Chinese, and Vietnamese. Follow your device language or switch right in the app; every story is narrated in every language. TRUE SCALE One switch spreads the orbits to real relative distances. Space is unimaginably empty; feel it. Built for curious kids and the adults who point at the sky with them. Fully supports VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion. Collects nothing, tracks nothing.

What's new · 1.4

The worlds move the way they truly move. Every planet and the Moon now travel counterclockwise around the Sun, the way the real solar system runs, and each one leans on its own true axis, so Earth's seasons fall where they belong and Venus turns backward as it really does. Rotation joins the journey. In Time travel every world is turned exactly as it stood at that moment, and on today that means Earth shows the hour you are living in: the daylight side is where daylight actually is right now. The Moon keeps its familiar face toward us, the way it always has.

Details

DeveloperThu Van Ngo
ReleasedJul 2026
UpdatedJul 2026
Version1.4
Size31 MB
RequiresiOS 17.0 or later
Age rating4+
LanguagesEnglish
PriceFree
Categories EducationReference
Bundle IDcom.orrery.app