A little help
finding your way.

Tap Find something in the sky and type a name, such as Saturn, Polaris or Orion. Select a result and follow the arrow, then centre the marker. Coni explains when an object is below the horizon. A constellation’s guide points toward its approximate centre.

Explore lets you drag around the sky. Point follows the direction of your phone. Both use your location and the current time. When you switch back to Explore, the map stays facing the direction you were viewing.

Coni relies on your phone’s location and compass. Move away from magnets, metal objects and magnetic accessories, and check that location access is enabled in your iPhone’s Settings. In Point mode, hold the phone upright with its rear facing the sky. Camera overlays use those same sensors; Coni does not recognise stars from camera images.

Select Point, then tap Camera and allow camera access. Labels and guidance appear over the live view. Pinch or use the zoom slider to zoom; Reset returns to 1×. Tap Sky map to switch back. The camera view is not recorded or uploaded, and faint stars may not be visible through the camera.

Tap the microphone beside search, allow microphone and speech recognition access, then say “Show me Saturn” or “Find the Moon”. Voice search currently supports English and requires on-device speech recognition. It only listens after you tap, stops automatically, and has no always-on wake word. If your device cannot use on-device recognition, type your search instead.

The star, Moon, planet and constellation map works offline. Satellite and Starlink tracking are optional and download public orbital data from CelesTrak when enabled. Recent cached orbital data can work offline; positions become unavailable when the orbital data is too old. Voice search requires supported on-device speech recognition.

Enable Show satellites or Show Starlink in Settings. A connection is needed to download the relevant catalogue. CelesTrak can limit requests, including requests from multiple devices on the same network. Coni shows the server’s explanation and the next allowed update time. Wait until then and use Check for updates. Turning a setting on and off does not bypass the limit.

Tap the gear at the top right. Red night mode changes the sky and controls to red. Show constellations controls the outlines and star highlighting. Show below the horizon reveals objects below the horizon while keeping their warnings.

Open your iPhone’s Settings and find Coni to review location, camera and microphone access. Speech Recognition permissions are also available under Privacy & Security. You can continue using text search without microphone access and the sky map without camera access.

Open Find something in the sky, then Data & credits, and choose Meet Coni again.

Coni requires iOS 17 or later. Point mode needs compatible motion and compass support, and voice search needs on-device speech recognition. Actual visibility also depends on daylight, weather, terrain and light pollution; a plotted object is not a promise that it will be visible.