# PhotoWatch: Alerts — Weather & Astro Photography

> Weather & Astro Photography (iPhone/iPad app by Brian Smith.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photowatch-alerts/id6799960350 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Brian Smith](https://appshunter.io/developer/6799960352)
- Category: Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 42 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-29
- Data updated: 2026-10-07

## What is PhotoWatch?

The best photo opportunities always seem to happen when you're not looking.

Getting perfect light isn't an accident. It's just a case of doing the research. Chasing light at a coastal headland, a dark-sky ridge, a tidal rock platform you've been circling for months. It all takes time and effort.

PhotoWatch watches those spots for you, around the clock. When weather, tides, and the night sky align, it finds you.

HOW IT WORKS

Tell PhotoWatch where you're going and what you're looking for. A glowing coastal sunrise. A clear Milky Way window. A low-tide rock platform at dusk. You can even tell it how far in advance you want to know.

Then relax and forget about it.

When conditions line up, PhotoWatch sends you a push notification with your favourable locations ranked, so you'll know where to head first.

It will be quiet by default. You only hear from PhotoWatch when it's worth heading out.

WHAT PHOTOWATCH MONITORS

• Cloud cover at low, mid, and high atmospheric levels, the way photographers actually think about clouds rather than just "partly cloudy"
• Rain and fog
• Wind speeds and direction
• Sunrise, sunset and moon timing
• Galactic core visibility, including when the Milky Way clears the horizon and the sky is dark enough to shoot (Pro)
• Tides and Swell including height, state and timing at your coastal spots (Pro)

To top it all, the app works anywhere in the world. Planning a trip? Plug in your locations and set up some alerts. That's a better way to bring back some great memories! By stacking the deck on your side.

BUILT FOR THE FIELD

The Tools tab has two photography essentials that earn their place at 5am.

A countdown timer for timing long exposures in bulb mode, with stopwatch mode if you prefer to count up. An ND filter calculator: enter your base exposure, pick your filter, and get the corrected time. Send it straight to the countdown timer with one tap. No mental maths in the dark.

Pro adds the Astro Planner, Tide Planner and the white balance fine tuning Colour Temp tool.

FREE RIGHT NOW. PRO WHEN YOU'RE READY.

Start free with 3 locations, unlimited alerts, and full push notifications. No account required. Try it.

PhotoWatch Pro, a yearly subscription, adds unlimited locations, tide and swell predictions and alerts, astro conditions and alerts, the Astro Planner, Tide Planner and Colour Temp tools, and cloud backup so your setup survives a phone change.

Set it. Forget it. Get the shot.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PhotoWatch Pro | $12.00 | per year |


## Is PhotoWatch safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess PhotoWatch.

## Is PhotoWatch legit?

PhotoWatch: Alerts has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PhotoWatch is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-03

What's new in version 1.0.2
- New 'About PhotoWatch' page in Settings, showing your app version
- An auto alert when a new update is available
- Backup and restore has been tweaked for more reliability when you sign in or change phones
- When your home screen location is switched, conditions update by themselves including tides and swell (Pro)
- A one-night astro alert now shows the target date
- The Home screen location list now scrolls
- Fewer permissions: no microphone or storage access
- Lots of other small fixes & polish

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-30

This update makes PhotoWatch more reliable and easier to use.

• Automatic alerts are more dependable
• Notifications now show the time they were sent
• Redeem a promo code from the Pro upgrade screen
• Deleting a location now asks you to confirm
• Plenty of small fixes and polish

### 1.0 — 2026-09-22

No release notes.

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