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  1. v4.9iOS
    Please support the app by rating or reviewing! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    - Light Pollution Map added as an extra button under "Other" sources (some new users had trouble finding it) and fixed light pollution source data selection.
    - Increased contrast blue text in weather view and other tweaks.
    - German language fixes.
  2. v4.8iOS
    Please support the app by rating or reviewing! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    - German translation added (by Uwe Spaniol).
    - French & Greek translation improvements.
    - Sat24.com updates.
    - Clear Sky Charts locations update.
  3. v4.7iOS
    Please support the app by rating or reviewing! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Special update for the April 2024 Solar Eclipse:
    - Solar Eclipses tool (new button under the weather forecast). Shows a list of future solar eclipses from your location.
    - Solar Eclipse Simulator (available from the Solar Eclipses tool) - lets you explore any eclipse with a simple slider to control time.
    - On the weather forecast, the solar eclipse type and time of maximum will be displayed in place of the moon phase on eclipse days.
    - Solar eclipse details are shown on the lunar calendar under eclipse days.
    - Fixed barometer for iOS 17.4 devices (requires Motion & Fitness permissions).
    - Apply/Tab buttons added to keyboard when editing coordinates.
  4. v4.6iOS
    Please support the app by rating or reviewing! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    - Font shadow for stripe mode and other fixes.
  5. v4.5iOS
    Please support the app by rating or reviewing! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    - Better contrast on main weather view text and icons.
    - Location Manager option for coordinate entry in decimal degrees.
    - Improved display of Sat24.
    - Fahrenheit to Celcius switch does not require restart.
    - Cloud Free Nights link for users in Australia/NZ.
    - Show last good weather forecast on update failure.
    - Avoid possible crash with bad Apple Weather data.
  6. v4.4iOS
    Please support the app by rating or reviewing! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    -Apple is shutting down Dark Sky, having relaunched it as Apple Weather. Xasteria+ is being upgraded to Apple Weather, adding options (in settings) of extending forecast to 10 days and cloud layer forecast.
    -A new MET Norway forecast is also added. It's based on the non-hydrostatic ECMWF model, giving better forecasts for regions with steep terrain.
    -Zero values in 7Timer/icon mode are completely blank for clarity and option to turn off twilight times display.
    -Added 4h forecast step option for Apple Weather and MET.no.
    -ISS/Satellite entries show timezone, provide button to open Heavens-Above map view.
    -Timezone shown in settings.
    -DST bug fix for ISS/Satellite times. Affected Pacific and Alaska timezones.
    -Other fixes and improved weather display speed.
    
    From April 2023, iOS 9/10 compatible submissions will not be allowed on the app store, so this is the last version I can provide for those with very old devices.
  7. v4.3iOS
    Please support the app by rating or reviewing! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    - New Jetstream link for users in N. America.
    - Fix visibility of light pollution map button for newer iOS versions.
  8. v4.2iOS
    Please support the app by rating or reviewing! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    - Improvements in webviews, including collapsible Back/Done buttons.
    - Barometric pressure and altitude added to Location manager (for iPhone/iPad with barometric sensor).
    - Full support for new iPad mini & iOS 15.
  9. v4.1iOS
    Please support the app by rating or reviewing! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    - Landscape mode for iPhone - fit more of the forecast on your screen.
    - Updated app icon & splash so it’s easier to tell apart from non-Plus version when you use both.
    - Lunar calendar updated with Sun/Moon graphs.
    - Fixed wind direction icons & clarified their meaning in the info screen.
    - Misc fixes, mainly around handling of retries on bad network connections.
  10. v4.0iOS
    If you like the app, why not help by rating or reviewing it! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    - Ability to vertically resize the main weather view - use the arrows just below-left of the weather view.
    - 7Timer forecast configurable display and data options, with forecast extended to 8 days (except seeing & transparency), and cloud layer breakdown and precipitation amount options.
    - Dark Sky data display/configuration options.
    - Wind direction icons.
    - Sat24.com added to "Other" sources.
    - Dimmer max increased.
    - UI styling changes and smaller app size.
  11. v3.3iOS
    If you like the app, why not help by rating or reviewing it! You will never get any annoying in-app popups asking you to do so.
    Here's what's new:
    - Made some 7Timer icons larger/clearer.
    - Fixed error when trying to display ISS passes for next year. Apologies to the affected users.
    - Updated Light Pollution info page and corrected Green/White night mode colors.
  12. v3.2iOS
    Why not help out by rating or reviewing the new version! There are never popups inside the app to ask you (annoying!), which leads to less reviews than other apps.
    Here's what's new:
    - Light pollution button with Bortle class & WA2015 color code display, that opens a light pollution details page.
    - Added Windy.com, Astrospheric, Jetstream forecast to "Other" sources.
    - Location Manager decimal coordinates switched to lat, lon to match popular (Google maps etc) usage, so main page switched too to match.
    - Clicking the heavens-above.com bottom bar in ISS/Satellite tools opens the relevant Havens Above page.
    - Opening links to web pages in night mode will try to apply a dark theme before showing them (does not work on all sites - experimental).
  13. v3.1iOS
    Why not help out by rating or reviewing the new version! There are never popups inside the app to ask you (annoying!), which leads to less reviews than other apps.
    Here's what's new:
    -The main display shows the location name when available. Coordinates still available below and also in Location manager.
    -Improved Clear Sky Chart page display.
    -Replaced obsolete Iridium flares with daily bright satellite passes.
    -Fix for ISS passes not returning for some locations.
    -NOAA Water Vapor page got alternative links to image loops, second nearest depending on location.
    -Size of main weather view is increased for most devices.
    -Dimmer, Green/White night mode options added.
    -Quick Help that demonstrates how the 7Timer view is easily read.
  14. v3.0iOS
    This is the first public version of Xasteria Plus. It is the version included in Polar Scope Align 5.3.

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