systematic craft feedback for astrophotography — not a judgment, a mirror
what is astroscore?
astroscore uses Claude AI to analyse astrophotography images against a set of craft parameters and returns structured, systematic feedback calibrated against AstroBin's IOTD, Top Pick, Top Pick Nomination, and general image population.
v5 is subscriber-only. running it costs real money on every analysis — api and cloud infrastructure add up. the community has been generous, and i've had to move to a supported model to keep it going. if you'd like access, please support the tool via buy me a coffee and i'll send you an access code. if you'd like to try it first, get in touch and i'll send you a trial code.
This tool won't tell you whether your image moves someone emotionally — that's not its job. It analyses craft, not feeling. Disagree with it freely — that's the point.
the universe belongs to all of us, and each person's interaction with it is valid. you are made of this.
a note on costs and sustainability
astroscore started as free-to-use. running it costs real money — api and cloud infrastructure on every analysis. the community support has been wonderful, but the credits run out fast. i've moved to subscriber-only to keep the tool alive and improving.
supporters via ☕ buy me a coffee get an access code. want to try before committing? get in touch for a free trial code (5 uses). please don't share your code, and use it fairly. every little bit helps.
what's new in v5
subscriber-only access
v5 moves to subscriber-only access to keep the tool sustainable. supporters via ☕ buy me a coffee get an access code. trial codes (5 uses) are available on request — just get in touch.
prompt caching
The analysis engine now uses prompt caching, significantly reducing api costs and speeding up responses. this is what makes subscriber pricing feasible.
aperture units
The aperture field now supports both mm and inches — useful if you think in imperial. the tool converts internally and contextualises in mm.
everything from v4
All v4 features carry forward: scope type, aperture, processing workflow, intentional decisions field, score ranges, and the full calibrated rubric.
the tool is a mirror, not a judge.
very novel software — comments were pretty close to my thoughts on my images and processing techniquesabout as good as asking an honest, experienced astrophotographer for feedbackalerted me to a slight residual background gradient which was picked up welldraws my attention to elements of my image I had not considered beforea great tooli'm very impressedi've been using it regularlyit provides a really valuable objective point of viewa heck of a tool — it will help both novice and experienced astrophotographersa great idea and a lot of work behind the appi learned a lot from reading the critique — found it helpfulthe feedback is clear, concise and constructivethis is a cool tool!!!like having an expert astro image processor looking over your shouldervery useful tool, the comments i got so far are very helpfuluploaded a two panel mosaic and was pretty impressed by the feedbacki'm going to try some reprocessing based on the ai recommendationsvery useful tool!it pointed out something i'd never noticed in my image before!very fair critiquegave me very relevant critics — excellent program!this is a very clever piece of software which prompts you to push your processing to a higher level. but it is also fun to use.great tool, thanks for creating itwhat a fantastic tool — very constructive and instant feedback, and quite fun toomany thanks for your great work — your tips are really helpful!a very useful tool for identifying potential areas for improvement in an imagea very useful tool to guide me in the early stages of learning to process imagesthe tool picked up on a couple of things i can't unsee nowa great tool for learning what to look out for and consider in an imagevery novel software — comments were pretty close to my thoughts on my images and processing techniquesabout as good as asking an honest, experienced astrophotographer for feedbackalerted me to a slight residual background gradient which was picked up welldraws my attention to elements of my image I had not considered beforea great tooli'm very impressedi've been using it regularlyit provides a really valuable objective point of viewa heck of a tool — it will help both novice and experienced astrophotographersa great idea and a lot of work behind the appi learned a lot from reading the critique — found it helpfulthe feedback is clear, concise and constructivethis is a cool tool!!!like having an expert astro image processor looking over your shouldervery useful tool, the comments i got so far are very helpfuluploaded a two panel mosaic and was pretty impressed by the feedbacki'm going to try some reprocessing based on the ai recommendationsvery useful tool!it pointed out something i'd never noticed in my image before!very fair critiquegave me very relevant critics — excellent program!this is a very clever piece of software which prompts you to push your processing to a higher level. but it is also fun to use.great tool, thanks for creating itwhat a fantastic tool — very constructive and instant feedback, and quite fun toomany thanks for your great work — your tips are really helpful!a very useful tool for identifying potential areas for improvement in an imagea very useful tool to guide me in the early stages of learning to process imagesthe tool picked up on a couple of things i can't unsee nowa great tool for learning what to look out for and consider in an imageabsolutely wonderful tool for unbiased feedback on processingthe feedback is quite helpful — thanks for the effort to keep improving the tool!it calls my attention to things i might otherwise overlookgives valuable feedback on the flaws of finished images — i need to try it while processing to see if it helps direct my effort
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running this tool incurs api, software and function call costs — the ☕ buy me a coffee button helps keep it running, entirely optional
you can use finished images or work-in-progress images ·
this is a structured rubric, not a judgment ·
you are the only person who needs to be happy with your image ·
everyone's experience is valid