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Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 500 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.

Moon Phase Calendar Plus

Fascinating Projects

Precise, Full Lunar Phases.

4.8 ★29,035 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
60 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases

About this app

Live by the moon! See the phases of the moon in clarity - for where YOU are now - not just the "nearest city". See a countdown to the next phase of the moon TO THE MINUTE, whether full or new, first or last quarter. See a current simulation of the moon as it appears to you - for now or any day in the past or future - on a large, simple, easy to read display. See Moon Rise and Set times - so you can plan your lunar activities. This IS the app you are looking for!…

Preview

Real screenshots from the store listing.

8 screenshots
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Independent evidence report

Evidence and review signals

This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.

Automated analysis in progress

Which version this describes

When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.

This analysis describes version 8.10.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 8.10.1, updated 2026-09-14.

What we measured

Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.

How these are measured

Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.

Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured

What the analysis found

App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.

Methodology

One source only — shown, not confirmed 2

A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.

From the store listing: Usable without an account
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is the store privacy disclosure.view evidence
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (1 entry) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.6% of 500 reviews scanned)

Highlighted reviews

Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.

Aggressive ad load
“Greedy — This app used to be absolutely amazing. The best feature was the look ahead. You could look years in advance to see what the moon would be doing. Recently they made nearly all features, including future view only accessible with…”
2★ · App Store · 2019-08-06
Aggressive ad load
“Full of adv — Never seen an app this full of advertising. Delete delete”
2★ · App Store · 2019-05-02
Aggressive ad load
“Ads take over entire screen — The new version 5 is showing a full screen ad for gun lovers. It took me 4 tries to close the ad before I finally noticed the little x in the corner. Unacceptable – will be deleting app and using my other…”
2★ · App Store · 2019-03-18

Assessment & version history

App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.

Store listing updated to version 8.10.1.

What this app sells

Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.

Items shown6
Lowest$1.99
Highest$19.99
Monthly Subscription$3.99
Monthly Subscription$5.99
Yearly Subscription$12.99
Yearly Subscription$19.99
Premium Upgrade$19.99
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Enable Extra Notifications$1.99