A few weeks ago I finally released my iOS app for Galaxy Zoo on the Apple App Store. Now that it’s been used a bit and I’ve had the chance to fix a couple of crashes, I’m announcing it properly. I am a little afraid of harsh reviews but please try it out and  be kind.

I’m still not quite as comfortable with it as I am with my Android app for Galaxy Zoo, partly because I just don’t feel at home with Objective-C and because iOS lacks something like SyncProvider. But it seems to work.

I actually finished writing the app about eight months ago, but I had to wait until Apple gave me permission to use the old “Galaxy Zoo” app name, allowing this app to appear as just a new version of the old (withdrawn) Galaxy Zoo app from 2014 or so. Joe Zuntz, who wrote the old app, was very helpful with that, pestering Apple until it happened. Unlike that old app, it should be possible to keep this one working even if the server changes, because it’s open source on github.

Here are some screenshots: