For iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro

Where, and which night, for the darkest sky.

Nyx compares the 63 US national parks night by night and tells you where and when the sky will be darkest. It turns the Moon, the clouds, the sky glow and the hours of true darkness into one score from 0 to 100, shows its reasons, and says what it cannot know. It is free, works offline, and collects nothing: no account, no ads, no tracking.

Coming to the App Store

Nyx on Apple Vision Pro: the Milky Way core low over the horizon at Joshua Tree, computed on the device for tonight.
The Milky Way over Joshua Tree, computed on Apple Vision Pro.
Nyx on iPhone: What's up tonight at Joshua Tree. The Milky Way core is timed from 7:43 to 8:54 PM, 19 degrees up in the southwest, with Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Mars listed below with their rise and set times.
What's up tonight on iPhone, timed for one park.

Screens from the pre-release build. Every number in them comes from the app's own engine.