The whole sky, in your pocket.
- Role
- Design and development
- Year
- 2026
- Tools
- Expo, React Native, TypeScript, Supabase, Three.js, Skia
- Type
- Self-initiated
An Android app for watching the sky: live satellites overhead, a labelled sky map, launch countdowns, space weather and a new picture of the universe every day.
- 01
Challenge
Space data lives in a dozen agency feeds with strict request limits, and most sky apps show it as tables. Stellara had to bring launches, satellites, planets, near-Earth objects and solar activity into one place that feels alive on a phone, and stay inside those limits however many people install it.
- 02
Approach
A thin caching layer on Supabase fetches each source on a schedule and serves one fast feed to every device, so the app never hits the upstream limits and no API key ships inside it. On the phone: a dark, glass-panelled interface over an always-on starfield, with motion wherever it helps, from digit-flip countdowns and animated gauges to a turning globe.
- 03
Solution
Five tabs. A mission console with the next launch counting down and tonight at a glance; a launch hub with upcoming and past missions; a 3D sky map with constellations and an augmented-reality view; a watch tab for near-Earth objects and space weather; and a codex of planets, people and missions. A live orbit globe shows the satellites overhead right now, and NASA’s picture of the day arrives each morning.
- 04
Outcome
Live on Google Play, published by Walker Interactive LLC, and kept current through regular releases since launch. The same approach, one calm feed behind a fast native interface, is how the studio builds client apps.