Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
Hey,
just found a comparison of the most widely used stacking softwares.Â
just some random youtuber but still interesting to watch.Â
as far as my opinion goes i can say that i always liked the final images out of app the most.Â
App is just great software. At the same time i think there are a few things that could get better.Â
things like a photometric color calibration or scnr would be great to have. I also would absolutely love to see a better ui (completely new designed) and a focus on opening the software for third party developers.Â
things like starnet or noise x terminator are just so good that it makes little to no sense to invest dev time in own star removal tools and similar like app did. Just my opinion of course.Â
Hmmm, the random YouToober as you call him, is Nico Carver from Nebula Photos and he is well respected in the Astrophotography world and he is promoting/supporting this hobby quite successful.Â
I do like APP myself with all its corkiness, especially for mosaic work. I agree with your points that it could be improved and implementing third party tools is actually a great suggestion. The post integration part of software is confusing with its sliders at the best.
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I wonder what settings he used when comparing the data.
Also how good his subs are.
For instance, APP is choosing the stacking algoritm by itself (auto) while ASTAP use average. DSS has standard options but can suggest changes.
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Ah, a classic comparison. The issue with most of these is that it's extremely important you know the ins and outs of every program. Settings will differ between them etc and those have to be explained well. Didn't watch the video yet, but if he is popular I do hope he knows how to use everything well (and looking at some comments about both APP, but also Affinity, he apparently doesn't). Doesn't mean it's bad to compare or anything, but you always should look at more than 1 reviewer.
Ah, a classic comparison. The issue with most of these is that it's extremely important you know the ins and outs of every program. Settings will differ between them etc and those have to be explained well. Didn't watch the video yet, but if he is popular I do hope he knows how to use everything well (and looking at some comments about both APP, but also Affinity, he apparently doesn't). Doesn't mean it's bad to compare or anything, but you always should look at more than 1 reviewer.
You are absolutely right. Guess he just needed an idea for a video. Still interesting to watch.Â
