# Solstice — For brighter days

> Tracks and visualizes daily and monthly daylight changes with location comparison. (iPhone/iPad app by Dan Eden.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solstice/id1547580907 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dan Eden](https://appshunter.io/developer/508167369)
- Category: Weather, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 80 App Store ratings · 74 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.5 · 24 MB
- Languages: Dutch, German (Germany), European Spanish, Arabic, American English, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Polish, French (France)
- Released: 2021-01-15
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solstice/id1547580907/reviews.md

## What is Solstice?

Solstice shows you how much more or less daylight there is in your location today compared to yesterday, as well as how much to expect each month as the year goes by.

Use Time Travel to see how the daylight changes throughout the year, and compare it to multiple locations around the world.

Enjoy daily notifications and widgets to look forward to brighter days.

## Key features

- Daily daylight change comparison
- Monthly daylight projections
- Time Travel feature
- Multi-location comparison
- Daily notifications
- Widgets

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $1.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $11.99 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $5.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Solstice?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- ✨ Beautiful and clean design
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 💡 Informative and detailed data
- 🚀 Fast and seamless performance
- 🎁 Free and privacy-respecting
- 📱 Great widgets and complications
- ☀️ Helpful for SAD sufferers
- 🌍 Useful for planning and travel
- ✅ Does exactly what it says
- 🌟 Well executed and underrated
- 💖 Open-source and well-developed

**Cons**

- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Widgets not displaying correctly
- 🐛 Notifications not sending
- 🐛 Inaccurate information (longest/shortest days inverted)
- 🐛 App hangs on cold open
- 🐛 Lock screen widget progress ring broken

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when sliding bar
- App crashes when holding any location
- Square widget displays white square with grey bars only
- Widget options not showing
- Lock screen widget progress ring shows incorrect progress
- Morning sunlight notification doesn't work
- Longest and shortest days are inverted

**Most requested features**

- Add a month view
- Add equinox measurements and widgets
- Remember multiple locations
- Compare data for two places on the same screen
- Add automatic push notifications for sunset
- Countdown of sunlight left in a day
- Track increases to sunset time and earliest/latest times
- Compare locations for sunlight differences
- Manually add and save locations
- Ability to use worldwide (if not already)

## Recent user reviews (10 of 74)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solstice/id1547580907/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Cool : les infos sur les durées

*2026-07-29*

Les infos qu’on trouve difficilement ou pas du tout dans les autres apps sont ici clairement affichées, notamment la durée du jour par rapport au dernier solstice. 
Peu d’infos astronomiques mais une synthèse qui me convient et que je cherchais (l’ancienne app soleil et lune ayant disparu du store). 
Le reste peut se trouver dans des apps spécialisées avec plus de données scientifiques.

### 5/5 — Great information

*2026-06-28*

Solstice is a really cool app goes into great detail on the length of day when seasons change time of the daylight just a great app to have very handy

### 5/5 — Interesting information

*2026-04-28*

Thank you. It is interesting information and is a great conversation starter.

### 2/5 — Less than accurate

*2026-04-06, version 2.3.1*

The longest and shortest days are inverted.

### 5/5 — Quelle belle interface!

*2026-03-14*

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

### 5/5 — great app

*2026-02-28*

sunset timer circular lock screen widget shows a long „59 minutes“ exceeding the gauge when showed in always-on mode.

### 5/5 — Obsessed with this app

*2026-02-12*

As someone who suffers SAD this app is really helping me get through the final days of winter.

### 5/5 — made with love ♡

*2026-02-08*

app🔝
widgets🔝
thx.

### 3/5 — One problem I can’t fix

*2026-01-03*

I loved this app so much, but last year it stopped sending me daily notifications. I have ensured that all my iPhone settings allow notifications, both app specific and overall, and I have deleted the app and reloaded it twice. Still no daily notifications. If I could get notifications again, I would give all 5 stars.

### 5/5 — Perfect!

*2025-12-27, version 3.0.2*

This is exactly what I had hoped someone would put together, well done Dan!

## Frequently asked questions about Solstice

### What does Solstice do?

Solstice tracks and displays the amount of daylight in your current location compared to yesterday. It also provides monthly projections for daylight hours, allowing you to see how the daylight changes throughout the year.

### Can I compare daylight in different places?

Yes, Solstice's 'Time Travel' feature allows you to compare daylight changes throughout the year across multiple locations worldwide. This helps you understand seasonal variations in different parts of the globe.

### Is Solstice free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering core features for tracking daylight. Additional features or content may be available through in-app purchases.

### What are the main benefits of using Solstice?

The app helps you understand and anticipate changes in daylight, which can be useful for planning outdoor activities, managing mood, or simply appreciating the changing seasons. Daily notifications and widgets provide convenient updates.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.2 — 2026-08-09

Solstice 3.2 is now available in Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish.

The charts have a new sky. Its colours are derived from the sun's altitude and the way the atmosphere scatters light, rather than from a fixed set of gradients, so sunrise, sunset, and twilight are closer to the sky outside.

Time Travel has a redesigned control bar on macOS and visionOS. The globe in "About solstices and equinoxes" is now a true 3D model on iPhone, iPad, and Mac as well as Vision Pro.

This update also fixes default locations reappearing after you delete them, location permission on macOS, and solar event dates for regions that use a non-Gregorian calendar.

### 3.1.1 — 2026-03-06

Solstice 3.1.1 updates the classic chart for a more accurate depiction of the sun’s path throughout the year by charting the sun’s altitude instead of its position relative to sunrise/sunset.

### 3.1 — 2026-02-16

Widgets and Apple Watch complications have been completely re-written in Solstice 3.1 to improve reliability and performance. Your existing widgets may need reconfiguring or removing and re-adding to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Apple Watch face.

A new small appearance for the sundial widget has also been added.

### 3.0.4 — 2026-02-03

Solstice 3.0.4 updates widget configuration to improve reliability and performance. Please note that this update may require reconfiguration for widgets that are configured with a custom location.

### 3.0.3 — 2026-01-29

Solstice v3.0.3 addresses several bugs related to widget freshness, widget reliability on Apple Watch, and notification scheduling issues.

## More apps by Dan Eden

- [Lucid Underground](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lucid-underground/id1491993114)
- [Zeitgeist](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zeitgeist/id1526052028)
- [Eventually](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eventually/id1532457758)
- [Broadcast: Just Tweet](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/broadcast-just-tweet/id1574084018)
- [Playback Music](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/playback-music/id1587721900)

All apps by Dan Eden: https://appshunter.io/developer/508167369

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*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 2026-08-26.*