Where Does Star Walk Store Locations and Purchases?
Where Star Walk keeps saved locations and purchases on Android and iPhone, and what syncs with login.
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Star Walk pairs a sky catalog with your place on Earth. Star data caches privately after first run. Saved spots and purchases follow your store account or app login depending on edition. The phone holds the rest as cache.
Edition names matter. Star Walk and Star Walk 2 use different package names and containers, so guides quoting one path look wrong on the other. For moves, restore purchases from settings rather than copying folders. Reallow location on the new phone, since stargazing without it points at the wrong sky.
Where Star Walk stores this, by platform
/sdcard/Android/data/com.vitotechnology.starwalk
Catalogs cache privately. Purchases restore from the store account. Package name differs between Star Walk editions, so paths vary. Use in app restore over folder copies.
On My iPhone/Star Walk
Sky data lives in the Star Walk container for your edition under On My iPhone. Restore purchases from settings, then reallow location. Saved spots sync on newer builds.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Star Walk to a new phone?
Sign in or restore purchases on the new phone first. Saved locations sync with the account on newer builds. Offline star data redownloads per app. Copying private folders needs root and fails, so use the in app restore instead of file managers.
Does Star Walk work offline?
Yes for the core sky map after first launch, since catalogs cache privately. Augmented views need location permission each time. The exact cache folder name varies by Star Walk 1 versus 2 editions, so check the edition in app info before hunting folders.
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