Once worked perfectly... not any more: broken app
In ios8, the app cannot read the iPhone time. Always position itself on the sunrise time. So in the evening you cannot navigate through the night because the app think you are in daytime. For the same reason you cannot get the current coordinates by shaking the iPhone because the app always position itself at sunrise time. Too bad because it was the better app of its kind a few years ago. Now there are better apps and this one doesn't even work anymore.
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Essential
Great app that gives me sun/moon rise/set info I need wherever I am, even in locations without cell or wifi connectivity. I've relied on this app for many years to plan virtually all of my photography shoots.
Doesn't work.....:(
Sorry, but can't find ANY location on my iPhone 6 with latest system upgrade. Really disappointed. Hopefully they can get this corrected.
Can't find my location, so semi-worthless
I was excited to see this app, but it cannot find my location. I don't want to constantly have to type in my gps coordinates manually to get this to work. Very disappointing.
Ok. But
Appears to work well, but why does it need to know my location when I am not using it?
Beautiful, incredible, worth every penny!
You can tell an artistic person designed the GUi for this app because it's just absolutely beautiful.
Reminds me of some of the cutting edge App design during the renaissance of the Macintosh desktop publishing era prior to OSX. It Seems like Most current day GUI design in iOS looks like something out of a Fisher-Price design studio, But not this app!
At only 4.5 MB,the coding for this app also is incredible; heck, you'll even be able to fit this baby on a 16 MB iPhone!!
Great job!
Keep up the good work! Your creativity glorifies the designer/coder,The Branch of Jesse, of your DNA, big time!🏁🌌🎆🌅
Reminds me of some of the cutting edge App design during the renaissance of the Macintosh desktop publishing era prior to OSX. It Seems like Most current day GUI design in iOS looks like something out of a Fisher-Price design studio, But not this app!
At only 4.5 MB,the coding for this app also is incredible; heck, you'll even be able to fit this baby on a 16 MB iPhone!!
Great job!
Keep up the good work! Your creativity glorifies the designer/coder,The Branch of Jesse, of your DNA, big time!🏁🌌🎆🌅
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Compass does not point north
- nice interface, but the compass does not point north (just up)
Used for years
I have used this app for many years and it works very well for the information about where the sun and moon will be for photography just about anywhere in the world. You don't need to be on line so that's great for remote locations. Has just about all the major cities preloaded and is easy to add new cities or locations by using you phone service to locate you. Or by you adding the Lat and Lon and creating a custom name and location.
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Updated design?
:-/
It is just letterboxed differently now. It looks VERY MUCH like an iOS 6 or previous app. Plus it has me as in New York, and it’s not easy to find how to have it choose where I am.
I’m unsure why this was JUST updated to something that runs on iOS 5 and later. 6 could easily be the minimum bar in this day and age.
It is just letterboxed differently now. It looks VERY MUCH like an iOS 6 or previous app. Plus it has me as in New York, and it’s not easy to find how to have it choose where I am.
I’m unsure why this was JUST updated to something that runs on iOS 5 and later. 6 could easily be the minimum bar in this day and age.
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Good tool for photographers and astronomers
This works really well, and allows sun and moon predictions with ease. Two suggestions for improvement though:
1. It would be nice to see the sun and moon together in a different mode, to gauge how close they are in the sky.
2. I'd also like to be able to see the sun and moon together on the screen when they are below the horizon. Basically I want the thing to work more like a full orrery :)
This app is nicely complemented by Sun Seeker, which shows a map view with sun beam direction overlaid. I recommend getting both of them.
1. It would be nice to see the sun and moon together in a different mode, to gauge how close they are in the sky.
2. I'd also like to be able to see the sun and moon together on the screen when they are below the horizon. Basically I want the thing to work more like a full orrery :)
This app is nicely complemented by Sun Seeker, which shows a map view with sun beam direction overlaid. I recommend getting both of them.
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Great tool for photographer
Works well for what it promises. You can choose your location or enter a new one with gps data and it gives you the set and rise for sun & moon as well a moon size.
A great purchase!
JD
A great purchase!
JD
No altitude after sunset.
Sun altitude is not available after sunset (no negative altitude), and by mistake shows 0 altitude. Nice interface, but little too few information.
Also the altitude is only shown in real numbers without any decimal digits. Not worth it for 4.99!
Also the altitude is only shown in real numbers without any decimal digits. Not worth it for 4.99!
Working compass would be nice...
The built-in compass in Focalware is not working on my iPhone 4 running iOS 5.0.1, and it is annoying. I'm not alone. I was told it's a known bug, and that it may be fixed in the next update. In the mean time it make this application, in my opinion and experience, a second grade application. If you intend to use it on the same setup than mine (iPhone 4 & 5.0.1) you may want to consider waiting for the upgrade, and check if it fixes this problem.
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Definitely fun to play with
I had no idea how to use this when i first got it so i emailed customer service. And i got the person who designed it to explain it to me. I thought that was pretty cool. As to how it works. I find it is decently accurate. Not perfect 100% of the time but pretty much dead on most of the time. At least so far. Yesterday i went out to a few of my favorite locations and saved them in my favorites. This is very cool cause i will be able to predict when i can go to anyone of these places when the sun or moon is in the perfect position for a shot i may be visualizing. Granted, you do not have to physically go to these places to add to your favorites - you can simply use the map to hone in on a spot and save it that way too. But i like knowing that if i go to a spot to save it, it is in the exact area i want to shoot and i can visualize the shot better. Either way is fine. I am giving this 4 stars instead of 5 because of the few instances i have seen it be off. Otherwise, I am more than happy to have this app in my arsenal of goodies for photography.
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Great app for videography
When paired with the Theodolite app, this is a location scouting dream come. Augmented reality to show with the camera the path of the sun/moon would make this a five-star app, easily.
Cool app!!
This is a great app for the photo enthusiast or for anyone in general. You can see at what position the sun will be in the sky at different times throughout the day...awesome!
I would like to see a note taking feature added to this app, so that a person can record notes about a specific location for photography purposes, in particular. I give it four stars. There is room for improvement.
I would like to see a note taking feature added to this app, so that a person can record notes about a specific location for photography purposes, in particular. I give it four stars. There is room for improvement.
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FocalWare
This app is so cool & functional it's what every geek needs to check the position for the sun etc. Very sweet graphics. I may not ever be a professional photographer but now at least I can look like one.
Great photography / cinematography tool.
Simple and easy to use! Extremely handy being able to change locations and date with ease and view sun / moon rise + set times..
Brilliant...
I've had this sitting on my iPhone for a while and just started using it to shoot translights for stage sets. It's so easy to look smart when I can tell my clients what the light is going to be at what time at each location while I'm still in the meeting. This is very easy to use and it sets up locations using google maps - just tap the location on the map and FocalWare sets the Latitude and Longitude. I'm happy. Thanks!
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Perfect
Saves time (money) in scouting locations. Content, functionality, and ui design are expertly combined to make an intuitive, and very useful, application for photographers.
