Jupiter Atlas4.0.5

Explore 3D globes of Jupiter's Galilean moons

Use pinch and finger gestures to manipulate a 3D globe of one of four of Jupiter's Galilean moons. As you zoom in more labels appear as finer detail comes into view. You can double tap on the labels to get more information about a particular feature.

Jupiter Atlas displays the approximate phase, axial tilt and central meridian of the selected moon from your chosen location and time, and renders these on the globe. You can switch to a 'Globe' mode that allows you to spin the moon around to see the whole globe. The feature database is searchable and can move the globe to a searched feature. The phase can be switched off to show the whole globe more clearly.

The moon's globe can be shown with north or south at the top or inverted to suit different telescope views.

Over 680 named features across four moons are included. These moons are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

The phase view shows the current view of Jupiter itself including the position of the Great Red Spot and the approximate axial tilt and central meridian. You can swipe left and right on the phase view to go backwards and forwards a day. When you turn the device to landscape mode a wider view is shown with the Galilean moons in their approximate positions for the time selected.

Date, time and location can be changed. There is also a realtime mode that will update to the current time.

Atlases for the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus and Saturn are also available on the App Store!

Version History Bug fixes and improvements. 4.0.5 Sep 16 Bug fixes and improvements. 4.0.4 Mar 2 Added drop shadow for feature labels for greater clarity. Bug fixes and improvements. 4.0.3 11/08/2025 Bug fixes and improvements. 4.0.2 10/28/2025 Bug fixes and improvements. Version 4 has an improved user interface that's now more related to the new user interfaces that have been built for the iPhone, iPad and Mac versions. 4.0.1 10/22/2025 This is a big update with a whole new user interface which has been built with SwiftUI and adopting Liquid Glass for iOS and iPadOS 26. 4.0.0 09/15/2025 Bug fixes and improvements. 3.0.5 05/07/2025 Bug fixes and improvements. 3.0.4 01/28/2025 Bug fixes and improvements. 3.0.3 04/16/2024 Bug fixes and improvements. 3.0.2 07/23/2023 Bug fixes and improvements. 3.0.1 04/12/2023 This version has been completely rewritten using the Swift programming language and replacing OpenGL with Metal. 3.0.0 09/09/2021 Bug fixes and improvements. 2.6.4 09/11/2019 Fixed minor layout issues for 2018 iPad Pros. 2.6.3 11/06/2018 Fixed layout issue. 2.6.2 09/19/2018 Bug fixes and minor improvements. 2.6.1 08/26/2018 Support for iPhone X and bug fixes. 2.6.0 11/29/2017 iPod touch support fixed
New settings section for iPhone
Supports 12.9 inch iPad Pro 2.5.1 07/16/2016 New settings section for iPhone
Supports 12.9 inch iPad Pro
Bug fixes 2.5.0 07/13/2016 Updated calculations for the central meridian and moons. 2.2.2 03/15/2016 Fixed location services for iOS 8.
Fixed phase and moon views sometimes not appearing. 2.2.1 07/10/2015 Support for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. 2.2.0 02/24/2015 Support for iOS 8.
Changed settings to a popover on iPad. 2.1.1 09/17/2014 iOS 7 support. 2.1.0 10/11/2013 Support for iPhone 5/iPod Touch (5th generation).
Minimum iOS support is now 4.3
Improvements to UI. 2.0.6 11/19/2012