[APP] Deluxe Moon / Deluxe Moon FREE [Updated: 2013 Mar, 27]

[LifewareSolutions]

Deluxe Moon
Deluxe Moon is a beautifully crafted moon application with innovative lunar design. The application combines traditional lunar themes with modern technology to bring you the best: style, convenience of the moon in a pocket and a feature rich interface.

A FREE Version is updated and republished

For more reviews please visit:
Deluxe Moon Review page

Deluxe Moon contains widgets. If you use them, please never install Deluxe Moon to SD card.

For more information please refer to the official Android documentation:
"Your App Widget will be removed from the home screen. When external storage is remounted, your App Widget will not be available for the user to select until the system resets the home application (usually not until a system reboot)."

Deluxe Moon

Moon Widget Deluxe

Lifeware Solutions web site
http://lifewaresolutions.com/

Support/Feedback
http://lifewaresolutions.com/support/

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_qLOf13N4

Features (full version):

Interface

- Moon phase widgets: five different types and sizes.
- Touch-n-turn: swipe the moon vertically to change the date by a month, or horizontally to change it by a day.
- Phase scan tells you exactly when the next moon phase is.
- Moon calendar with moon phases and zodiac signs.
- Large compass. To switch to it tap on a small moon compass.
- Sunrise, sunset and zenith: tap on either of moon timers to see it.
- Automatic positioning by GPS or cellular network.
- Network independence: the app works anywhere without Internet or cellular connections.
- Flexibility: you can manually set any location, time, date and UTC offset.
- Widgets are always enabled instead of SD card support.
- Scrollable moon brightness diagram.
- Sun and Moon rise and set time table.
- Monthly Moon phase table.
- Apogee/Perigee table.
- Equinox/Solstice table.
- Diagram menu: tap on the Moon image to activate.

Moon Parameters

- Precise moon phases times.
- Current moon’s age: how far along the moon is in its full cycle.
- Percent of the illuminated moon area.
- Zodiac sign the Moon is in.
- Moonrise and moonset times for your location.
- Moon timers: amount of time since moonrise and until moonset.
- Moonrise and moonset azimuths.
- Moon elevation.
- Moon distance to the Earth.
- Ecliptic longitude and latitude.
- Sunrise, sunset and zenith times.

Gardening and Astrology
- Specific gardening advice based on the current moon phase.
- Animated Zodiac circles: sidereal and tropical along with astronomical constellations
- Zodiac circles with the Moon and the Sun.
- Precise Void-Of-Course times.
- Detailed Moon astrology: Moon day description with aspects for business, personal life and health.
- Lunar horoscope

Languages
- English, German, Spanish, Russian.

[NEW in v.1.65]
• Flashlight added

Deluxe Moon Screenshots

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[Morghus]

I'm getting that just because it's gorgeous!

 

[crimper]

Indeed, very gorgeous!

Any plans for a widget?

 

[LifewareSolutions]

Indeed, very gorgeous!
Any plans for a widget?

Thanks. Yes, widget, calendar and many other features are on the way.
Eventually the application should make iPhone owning friends jealous.

 

[Jollibee]

like the interface.
u think u can make a weather app with that look

 

[LifewareSolutions]

Very detailed Deluxe Moon review from Droid Bros.:

http://http://droidbros.com/2010/07/13/deluxe-moon-droid-bros-review/

Enjoy!

 

[khaytsus]

Very detailed Deluxe Moon review from Droid Bros.:

http://droidbros.com/2010/07/13/deluxe-moon-droid-bros-review/

Enjoy!

Fixed your URLs.

You might also email the reviewers of that and tell them to fix the GPS pieces. They imply at the top that the GPS runs the whole time in the program..

The app’s permissions as stated when you download it say that it has access to both your network location and GPS location — however, you can not disable GPS location under the settings, which leads me to believe that the app defaults to GPS location so long as it’s available. This will drain the battery, so better keep those Moon-gazing sessions brief, folks.

And apparently later they found the settings...

Under the hood, we are given options to control different aspects of the location, time, and date settings. You can set Deluxe Moon to determine your location either automatically — using the phone’s GPS — by country, or by coordinates.

 

[LifewareSolutions]

u think u can make a weather app with that look

We believe there are many interesting and useful weather applications on the market. Though Deluxe Moon functionality will be extended in the nearest future.

 

[darkhack]

AWESOME! I would love to see if you make a sunrise and sunset app too.

 

[kalpik]

I don't have access to paid apps in my country. Can I buy this app any other way?

 

[gravejester]

I don't have access to paid apps in my country. Can I buy this app any other way?

Same here.. I'd also be interested in buying this.

 

[Havner]

I don't have access to paid apps in my country. Can I buy this app any other way?

Same here...

 

[squrl]

I find it very confusing, that nowhere in this thread is stated that this is an paid application. Even on their website is stated "This application is distributed as Freeware", with a Donate button beneath...

 

[LifewareSolutions]

Even on their website is stated "This application is distributed as Freeware", with a Donate button beneath...

That's true: Deluxe Moon for Windows Mobile is 100% free of charge.

Discussed here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7250242#post7250242

As indicated at

http://lifewaresolutions.com/deluxe_moon_an.html

Deluxe Moon for Android can be obtained from Android Market only. No donations expected.

 

[emelie]

Deluxe Moon for Android can be obtained from Android Market only. No donations expected.

are you saying that the app is free on the market?
i'm just getting a search result for "Deluxe Moon $ 1,99" - don't get me wrong i'm glad to buy it just wanted to check

 

[LifewareSolutions]

are you saying that the app is free on the market?
i'm just getting a search result for "Deluxe Moon $ 1,99" - don't get me wrong i'm glad to buy it just wanted to check

At the present time we have only a $1.99 version available for Android.
Question: is a free version [with limited functionality] appreciated?

 

[emelie]

good question.

i see two use cases, one for the free and one for the paid version:

free version: limited functionality, not that many data to display, just some graphics demos, etc.
to show off device-capabilities or to try out if the full version would be nice to have

paid version: all the bells and whistles
people who are living according to moon phases, astronomers, etc.

personally i would just use the free one to show off my the capabilities of my device

 

[ukyfan]

That's true: Deluxe Moon for Windows Mobile is 100% free of charge.

At the present time we have only a $1.99 version available for Android.
Question: is a free version [with limited functionality] appreciated?

I am just curious as to why it is free for one platform, but not all? No disrespect or anything, but just curious.

 

[ejackson]

I am just curious as to why it is free for one platform, but not all? No disrespect or anything, but just curious.

Ya me too, doesn't really make sense??

At the present time we have only a $1.99 version available for Android.
Question: is a free version [with limited functionality] appreciated?

Yes a free version would be appreciated, maybe instead of limited functionality maybe ad driven would be better.

 

[LifewareSolutions]

I am just curious as to why it is free for one platform, but not all? No disrespect or anything, but just curious.

At the present time the following platforms are quite interesting for mobile software development:

- Android video
- iPhone video
- Windows Phone 7 video

WM 6 is not (and never was) our main target. Though we are happy that 34000+ people have downloaded Deluxe Moon for Windows Mobile and we got quite positive feedback. That's why we have to continue support for this platform.

As requested we are working on Deluxe Moon Lite for Android. This application is supposed to be free and available in many countries where paid applications are invisible.