# Dawnova: Sunlight App Blocker — Morning light for better sleep > Morning light for better sleep (iPhone/iPad app by VirtualBeans L.L.C.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dawnova-sunlight-app-blocker/id6798431426 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [VirtualBeans L.L.C](https://appshunter.io/developer/6788462230) - Category: Health & Fitness - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.0 · 49 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-09-04 - Data updated: 2026-09-20 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dawnova-sunlight-app-blocker/id6798431426/reviews.md ## What is Dawnova? Your apps stay locked until you've been outside. Dawnova is a morning sunlight tracker with an app blocker built in. Choose the apps that hijack your mornings — when your alarm goes off, they're locked. Take 15 steps, get a few minutes of daylight, and they unlock. Three minutes, once a morning. That's the habit. WHY MORNING SUNLIGHT MATTERS FOR SLEEP Morning light is the strongest signal your circadian rhythm has. Light in the first hour after waking sets the internal clock that decides when you'll feel sleepy tonight. A typical indoor room measures around 179 lux, while an ordinary overcast day outside is about eight times brighter. HOW THE MORNING ROUTINE WORKS Your alarm goes off and the apps you selected are blocked 15 steps confirms you're actually out of bed Go outside — the light timer runs on your real sunrise time and today's weather Apps unlock, streak logged Before bed, your apps pause again until you've done one breathing session EVENING WIND-DOWN: BREATHE TO UNLOCK The same apps pause again before bed. Choose when it starts — 30, 60 or 90 minutes before your bedtime — and they stay locked until you finish one guided breathing session. Skip the breathing and they stay paused until midnight. It's the evening half of the same idea: decide before the evening starts, instead of negotiating with yourself mid-scroll. SCREEN TIME PERMISSION App blocking uses Apple's Screen Time API. Dawnova asks for it only if you turn on app blocking, and it's used for one thing: to shield the apps you picked during your morning and wind-down windows. Your app choices never leave your device, and Dawnova cannot see what you do inside other apps. SLEEP INSIGHTS YOU CAN ACTUALLY TRUST Alcohol, late dinners, stress and caffeine move your sleep more than any habit does. Dawnova lets you tag last night in five seconds, then compares like with like: "On clean nights, morning light before 8:30am gave you 7h 22m. Without it, 6h 48m." When there isn't enough data, it tells you. We say "associated with," never "caused." WINTER MODE FOR DARK MORNINGS Dawnova estimates today's real daylight from your location and cloud cover, then scales your target — 3 minutes in bright sun, 10 minutes on a grey winter morning. With no usable daylight, a light therapy lamp session or the movement check unlocks your apps instead. You'll never be locked out because it's dark outside. DESIGNED FOR EARLY RISERS Wake at 5:30? Dawnova splits your morning into a wake check you can always complete and a separate light window scheduled at civil dawn. If you wake at 4am and can't fall back asleep, Dawnova flags that bright morning light may be making it worse and adjusts your plan. APPLE HEALTH SUPPORT Reads sleep duration, HRV and resting heart rate from Apple Health — so an Apple Watch, Oura, Whoop or anything else that writes there feeds your insights. No tracker? The habit, blocker, streaks and breathing all work without one. WHAT'S INSIDE • Daily sunlight session and timer • Morning app blocking and evening wind-down (breathe to unlock) • Live Activity on your Lock Screen through the morning session • Streaks and streak freezes • 7-Day Sunrise Challenge, and again whenever you want another • Winter Mode, adaptive targets and lamp sessions • Guided breathing library (4-7-8, box breathing, evening reset) • Sleep, HRV and resting heart rate • Nightly tagging, sunrise photos, timelapse and share cards • Home Screen widget • Stratified insights and experiment mode • Monthly recap and CSV export Dawnova is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition, including seasonal affective disorder. If you have ongoing sleep problems, bipolar disorder or an eye condition, speak to a clinician before starting light therapy. Terms: https://dawnova.app/terms Privacy: https://dawnova.app/privacy ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Dawnova | $29.99 | per year | | Dawnova | $4.99 | per month | | Dawnova | $29.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Dawnova Lifetime | $79.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.0.3 — 2026-09-18 EVENING WIND-DOWN: BREATHE TO UNLOCK The apps you block in the morning now pause again before bed. Choose when it starts — 30, 60 or 90 minutes before your bedtime — and they stay locked until you finish one guided breathing session. Skip it and they stay paused until midnight. REPEATABLE SUNRISE CHALLENGE Finished the 7-Day Sunrise Challenge? You can start another round, and Dawnova counts how many you've completed. ### 1.0.2 — 2026-09-16 Steadier mornings this release: • Your sunrise archive now backs up privately. • Shared streaks (Duo) are smoother, with a heads-up when your partner joins. • Home and Insights sync across devices with pull-to-refresh. • Fixes for Morning Focus permissions, "Weather unavailable," disappearing sunrise photos, and a lingering Live Activity ### 1.0 — 2026-09-04 No release notes. ## More apps by VirtualBeans L.L.C - [ReadyLift: Gym Workout Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/readylift-gym-workout-tracker/id6788462227) All apps by VirtualBeans L.L.C: https://appshunter.io/developer/6788462230 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-20.*