Solander: Sun & Moon Planner

Solander is a sun and moon planner for photographers. It works out what the sun, the moon and the dark will do at your spot — hour by hour, days ahead — so you know the light before you go, and whether tonight is worth going out. Drag the wheel along the bottom of the screen and the whole app retunes to that moment. Every screen answers in the same currency: hours of light you can actually use. SIX TABS, ONE QUESTION SKY — what the light is doing now, and how long you have left of it. The day's whole run of light — blue hour, sunrise, golden hour, sunset, true dark — measured to the minute. ASTRO — one number: how much genuinely dark, cloud-free sky tonight gives you. The ring draws the dark, the cloud and the moon as separate lanes, so you can see what is costing you the night. MAP — the sun's and the moon's paths for the day, drawn around your pin. Scrub back through the afternoon and the sight lines swing around with you. LIVE — hold the phone up and the paths land on whatever you're pointing at, for whatever time you've scrubbed to. Choose a composition in the afternoon, hours before the stars arrive. SHOOTS — save a shoot and it becomes a run sheet for the night. Group shoots into trips. Home Screen widgets carry the run of light, tonight's arc and the week; a Live Activity counts you into the dark. KIT — put your camera and lenses in the bag and the tools answer for them: star exposure before trailing, gap-free star-trail stacking, ND filter exposure, depth of field, time-lapse frames and storage. IT WILL TELL YOU NOT TO BOTHER A flat "not tonight" is worth more than an optimistic maybe. When the moon is up until three and the cloud sits at sixty percent, Solander says so — and shows exactly what it judged on. THE MATH NEVER LEAVES THE PHONE The astronomy is computed on your iPhone. No account, no sign-in, no Mirentha server. Your location is used on the device and goes only to Apple: to Apple Weather for the forecast, and to Apple Maps for the map and place search. The aurora watch reads NOAA's public feed without sending your position at all. WHAT IT COSTS Solander is one subscription, monthly or yearly, and either one opens the whole app. New subscribers get the first seven days free, enough to plan a real night with it before paying anything. The App Store shows the price in your own currency before you confirm. Terms of use: https://mirentha.com/apps/solander/terms/ Privacy policy: https://mirentha.com/apps/solander/privacy/ SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Solander Monthly — 1 month — the whole app, renewing every month Solander Yearly — 1 year — the whole app, renewing every year Both start with a seven-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation; the trial becomes a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before it ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the period. Manage or cancel in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. REQUIREMENTS Solander needs iOS 18 or later. The Live view needs a physical iPhone camera. Weather data provided by Apple Weather.