Wander: Dark Sky Companion

Never miss a clear night again.

Wander is a stargazing companion for the age of light pollution. It tells you when the sky is worth staying up for, where to find true darkness, and what's happening overhead tonight.

THE PERFECT NIGHT ENGINE

Wander scores every night from Poor to Extraordinary using the four things that actually matter — cloud cover, atmospheric transparency, seeing conditions, and moon interference. One number tells you whether tonight is worth the drive. Tap in for the full breakdown, hour by hour, right through the astronomical darkness window.

FIND YOUR DARK SKY

Interactive light pollution map with Bortle-scale colouring
Save your favourite dark sky spots and set a primary "my dark site"
See exactly how dark it gets where you're headed
Drive-time from your current location and other metrics

WHAT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT

Every meteor shower with peak dates and hourly rates. Full and new moons, eclipses, and moon rise/set. Aurora forecasts with live Kp index. Planetary visibility, conjunctions, and Milky Way viewing windows. All calibrated to your location, so nothing you can actually see gets buried.

STARGAZE MODE

A one-tap red filter that preserves your night vision when you're outside and away from other light sources. Adjustable intensity. Toggle back to normal instantly.

NOT JUST FOR ASTRONOMERS.

The best date night isn't dinner and a movie, it's a blanket, a thermos, and a sky full of stars past the city limits. Wander helps you plan it: where the dark sky is, when the weather cooperates, and what's happening overhead tonight. A meteor shower most people don't know about. The Milky Way rising behind a lake. A crescent moon setting over the horizon.

You bring someone you like. We'll handle the rest.

BUILT WITH INTENTION

No accounts. No tracking. No ads.
One-time purchase, no subscription
Made by one person who wanted their stars back

DATA SOURCES

Weather from Apple WeatherKit. Light pollution from lightpollutionmap.info. Celestial events calculated on-device from NASA and International Meteor Organization data. No servers, no compromise.

Stare at the universe. Wander everywhere.