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Now at the top of the App Store, the Eclipse App is a great companion for Monday’s solar eclipse


A well-designed app designed to optimize your viewing of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, has surged to the top of the App Store. With 140,000+

lifetime downloads across iOS and Android, a simply named “ The Eclipse App ” offers a complementary experience for viewing the astronomical event, including cloud cover forecasts, guides that pinpoint when totality will occur at your exact location, and information about local events, parks and viewing sites, in your area. The Eclipse App, released in the U.S. and Canada in February, currently generates revenue through in-app purchases that allow users to pay $3 for a live stream. There are now roughly 9.8K paying users as of yesterday, according to data from app intelligence firm Appfigures.

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Want to watch the eclipse on April 8? Google has a free solution