# Solstice — user reviews > 74 indexed App Store user reviews of Solstice by Dan Eden, rated 4.80/5 from 80 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solstice/id1547580907/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solstice/id1547580907.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 71 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0 ## 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) ## Newest reviews (15 of 74) ### 5/5 — Great *2025-09-27* Extremely well executed and underrated app. Does exactly what it says and has no intrusive ads. The interface is really clean and well designed too ### 5/5 — Just perfect! Honestly *2025-09-20* As someone who suffers with SAD this app has been great receiving the notification every morning showing how much more daylight we’ve gained. Ofc once we start losing daylight being able to switch that off is great too! ### 5/5 — Super *2025-03-24* Eine tolle App mit vielen Details und ohne Werbung, Nur die deutsche Sprache würde ich mir noch wünschen. ### 5/5 — Super ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ *2025-03-21* Eine super App. Wirklich toll gemacht mit einigen Widgets. ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-03-17* Thanks for this privacy-respecting app! Clean, minimalist interface and cool widgets. Does exactly what it says without bloat. ### 4/5 — Love the app but it crashes *2025-02-22* If i hold any location the app crashes after a second im not sure why **Developer response:** Hey there! I’m happy to report that v2.2.1 fixes this issue. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! ### 5/5 — Simple convenient app *2025-02-22* really like the widget feature. It’s going to be great when fishing season starts. ### 5/5 — Beautiful design & functionality *2025-02-16* This app is beautifully designed and works very well. Functionality is great and altogether the user experience is very pleasant. I don’t really have any money, but if I did I would tip the developer. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2025-01-28* I love giving credit when due. This app is absolutely fantastic. I spent months building and perfecting a spreadsheet using US Naval Observatory data, then running my own calculations to determine and graph total light, rate of gain/loss, etc. Here we are two decades later and this Developer has perfected the art not just for where you are, but anywhere on the globe. Well done. I was so amazed that I left a tip. ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-12-22* Shows you how much daylight you have. Great UI and very easy to use. I’ll suggest one feature that would make this better: track increases to the sunset time and the earliest/latest times. The peak dates for sunset are slightly different than peak daylight dates, but sunset time is more relevant for dog owners like me. ### 5/5 — What a Great App! *2024-12-19* I truly appreciate everything about your app. As someone who prefers Daylight Saving Time, I find it incredibly helpful to have a tool that accurately calculates the total number of daylight hours. I particularly enjoy the wealth of information your app provides, especially for multiple locations. It's fantastic that you made this app available for free. Great job! That’s why I left a tip; your app is definitely worth it. Thank you! ### 5/5 — САЛАМ *2024-11-15* 16 ПРО МАХ ВИДЖЕТ НЕ РАБОТАЮТ 15 ПРО 👍 ### 5/5 — Läuft jetzt *2024-09-27* Beim starten unter iPhone iOS 17.4.1 friert der Bildschirm (grau) 📺gelegentlich ein, und es tut sich nichts. Erst bei erneuten Start läuft es reibungslos. Vielleicht 🤔 hilft ein Update? Stand September 2024, Update erfolgreich, kleiner Bug, die voreingestellten Städte erscheinen mehrfach. ### 5/5 — Beautiful, simple, useful *2024-09-11* Such a great app - does one thing very clearly. Being able to search for a new location and then figure out how many hours of sunlight I'll get at a future date is so easy. Great for vacation planning! ### 5/5 — Thank you it best app I used ever day *2024-07-24, version 2.1* Thank you for your service ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Widget not working *2025-08-23* The widgets are not working any more. Pl help. ### 1/5 — War mal besser *2024-12-15* Beendet sich sofort nach dem Start auf dem iPhone X unter 16.7.10. Auf MacOS 15 startet es auch nicht immer ### 1/5 — Location erzwungen = 👎🏼 *2021-01-22* Keine manuelle Angabe möglich. **Developer response:** Hallo und nochmals vielen Dank für Ihre Bewertung! Ich wollte Sie darüber informieren, dass Sie in Version 2.0 von Solstice jetzt Standorte angeben und sogar mehrere Standorte speichern können, zusätzlich zum optionalen Zugriff auf Ihren aktuellen Standort. Ich hoffe, dass dies eine willkommene neue Funktion ist und dass Sie Solstice weiterhin genießen. ### 2/5 — Less than accurate *2026-04-06, version 2.3.1* The longest and shortest days are inverted. ### 2/5 — Square widget not working *2024-07-10* Displays white square with grey bars only ### 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. ### 3/5 — App crashes *2025-11-01* When I slide the bar on the bottom around 3/4 of the way the app crashes and I have to reopen is so can you find a way to fix that please? **Developer response:** Hey Ben! I’m so sorry to hear about this crash you’re experiencing. If you wouldn’t mind, please contact me at dan.eden@me.com so I can collect some more information to reproduce and fix this issue. ### 3/5 — Widget options not showing *2023-11-13* Really nice app and widgets look great on my friends’ phones (primary reason I downloaded!), however I am not getting options to add widgets to either home or lock screens (I have tried deleting and redownloading the app, turning phone off and on, and granting all permissions but no success). How can I get the widgets working?! ### 3/5 — Good app *2023-08-04* Good app with nice UI, but it always hangs when you cold open it. ### 3/5 — Feature request *2022-06-24, version 1.4.4* Can you have a countdown of sunlight left in a day….? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 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. ### 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. ### 5/5 — Perfect! *2025-12-27, version 3.0.2* This is exactly what I had hoped someone would put together, well done Dan! ### 5/5 — Super *2025-12-15* cool, love it. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Reliable everyday *2025-11-13* I use this app daily and love it! Perhaps adding a month view would be my only ask. It is fast and seamless. Great for outdoors activities and planning travel, helping me know how much exact daylight is left. It is also great for knowing special times of the year pertaining to nature reverence. I love it. --- *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 2026-09-12.*