# Sunlight − Rise & Set Times — Sunrise, Sunset, moon and more

> App for sunrise, sunset, moon phase, and astronomical timing data. (iPhone/iPad app by Vincent Neo.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunlight-rise-and-set-times/id1532005455 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vincent Neo](https://appshunter.io/developer/1523681069)
- Category: Reference, Photo & Video
- Price: $3.29
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 9 App Store ratings · 5 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 57 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-09-30
- Data updated: 2026-07-17
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunlight-rise-and-set-times/id1532005455/reviews.md

## What is Sunlight − Rise & Set Times?

Let your home screen tell you when’s the next sunrise, with Sunlight.
Whether you simply want to watch the magnificent view of the sunrise, or to capture the best landscape shots during the beautiful period of the Golden Hour, Sunlight is the perfect app for you. 

Sunlight app combines beautifully crafted widgets and app design to enable you to monitor the sunrise and sunset timings of different places anywhere on Earth, along with the moon phases, illumination percentages, and more.

Sunlight also includes the following features:

◆ NO INTERNET CONNECTION NEEDED ◆
- This app uses algorithms on device to calculate everything that it has to provide. Once configured of locations for which you would like to monitor the timings of, no internet connection is needed!

◆ LIVE WIDGETS THAT UPDATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ◆
- Widgets that shows the approximate time left of the day through a sun that moves up and down throughout the day, based on the remaining daylight hours.
- There is a total of 3 kinds of widgets for you to choose from, all of which, are customisable. 

◆ LIVE CALCULATIONS ◆
- Need to know the current azimuth and altitude angle of the Sun or the Moon? Choose a location in the app, and you will be greeted with the information you need along with a beautifully crafted live planetary movements based approximately on the time of day.

◆ SUN TIME CALCULATIONS ◆
- Sunlight supports viewing of timings of different geographical regions with support of viewing with either the device's timezone, or the region's timezone, through toggling in app. Below are some examples of what you can expect:
    - Sunrise, solar noon, sunset times
    - Twilights times such as civil, nautical and astronomical dawn and dusk times
    - Golden Hour, Blue Hour

◆ MOON TIME CALCULATIONS ◆
- Moon related statistics and time is also calculated in Sunlight! Here are some things you may expect:
    - Moonrise, Moonset, meridian passing times
    - Current moon phase and illumination
    - Next full moon or new moon dates

◆ PRIVACY FOCUSED LOCATION USE ◆
-  You can select the locations you want manually, or use location services, in an opt-in basis. Location is only used to compute accurate timings, and refreshed only when you are using the app, or seeing the widget.

- Alternatively, you may also add your locations in manually.

◆ WIDGET CUSTOMIZABILITY ◆
- Enter the edit menu of Sunlight’s widgets and you may choose to show the moon in the widget, use 12 or 24 hour formats, to show the region or not!

◆ MULTI PLATFORM ◆
- Sunlight works on both iPhones and iPads as a universal app.

◆ NO TRACKING PRIVACY POLICY ◆
- Sunlight does not, and will not track you. It’s that simple.

Proudly Made in Singapore.

Sunlight is a personal project by me, an individual, named Vincent. I wish to present sun and moon timing information, to you in an aesthetically pleasing way and I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. Thank you!

Get Sunlight Today!

## Key features

- Sunrise and sunset timings
- Moon phase and illumination
- Live, customizable widgets
- Offline calculations
- Golden Hour and Blue Hour times
- Azimuth and altitude angles

## Chart rankings

- #191 in Top Paid · Reference (US App Store)

## Recent user reviews (5 of 5)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunlight-rise-and-set-times/id1532005455/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Is this for real?

*2023-12-10*

I tried this app for 10 minutes and found it to be woefully inadequate.

**Developer response:** Hi, it would be great if you could list out what features you were expecting that isn’t available so that the app could be improved. Otherwise, I believe I’ve made the description clear enough to have communicated on what features can be expected.

### 1/5 — No actual widgets

*2021-10-18*

The screenshots lead you to think there are home page widgets, but there aren’t.

**Developer response:** Hi Chabotnick, I can assure you, that there is definitely widgets for the app.

It’s basically one of the cores of the app. Sunlight wouldn’t have existed if widget support wasn’t announced in iOS 14.

I believe what you are observing is a very common iOS bug where the widget fails to appear after the app is downloaded. You can try to either reinstall the app or restart your device.

I have no control over that bug, and sincerely hope that you give Sunlight another try before leaving a 1 star review.

Thank you.

### 5/5 — Beautiful app

*2021-01-30*

Well-designed and I love our the widgets dynamically change with the day

**Developer response:** Really appreciate your kind feedback! 
I will strive to make the app better, thank you!

### 5/5 — Awesome Sunrise app

*2020-10-20*

This might be the best Sunrise/Sunset app. Love the widget. Nice to watch the sunrise through sunset visualization. The Moon information is an added bonus. Keep up the good work!!

**Developer response:** Hi!

Thank you very much for your review. Glad you enjoyed using this app!

### 5/5 — Wonderful

*2020-10-03*

This is a wonderful app, great for looking up golden hour timings for photography and the widgets look great. The developer also provides great support, answering my query very promptly...

**Developer response:** Thanks for your review!

## Frequently asked questions about Sunlight − Rise & Set Times

### What is Sunlight?

Sunlight is a paid app that provides detailed sunrise, sunset, and moon phase timings for any location. It offers customizable widgets and calculates astronomical data offline.

### Does Sunlight require an internet connection?

No, Sunlight does not require an internet connection once locations are configured. It uses on-device algorithms to calculate all provided information.

### What kind of widgets does Sunlight offer?

Sunlight offers three types of customizable widgets that update throughout the day. These can display remaining daylight hours, sun position, and optionally moon information.

### Can I see moon-related information in Sunlight?

Yes, Sunlight calculates and displays moon-related statistics, including moonrise and moonset times, current moon phase, illumination percentage, and dates for the next full or new moon.

### How does Sunlight handle location privacy?

Sunlight uses location services on an opt-in basis only to compute accurate timings. Location data is refreshed only when the app is in use or its widget is being viewed. You can also add locations manually.

### What astronomical timings does Sunlight provide?

Sunlight provides sunrise, solar noon, and sunset times, as well as civil, nautical, and astronomical dawn and dusk times. It also calculates Golden Hour and Blue Hour periods.

### What devices is Sunlight available on?

Sunlight is a universal app available on iPhones, iPads, and iPods. It also supports the realityDevice.

### How often is Sunlight updated?

The latest version of Sunlight is 1.5.2, last updated on December 22, 2024. Updates typically include bug fixes and feature enhancements.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.2 — 2024-12-22

In this release, a bug that may cause time deviations in widgets has been resolved.

### 1.5.1 — 2024-01-30

This update of Sunlight fixes a bug where Mainland China users were unable to add locations outside Mainland China.

Thanks for using Sunlight!

### 1.5.0 — 2023-09-18

This update of Sunlight is aimed to bring an even better user experience, especially when paired with the latest iOS update!

- Widgets are rebuilt from the ground up, and is now able to refresh much quicker than ever*.
- Supports latest iOS's new StandBy widget feature.
- Fix an issue where widgets fail to update and get stuck.
- Fix an issue where widgets are presented with a square border on latest iOS.
- Fix an issue where iCloud syncing fails in certain cases.

*requires at least iOS 15 for the new, faster widget loading experience.

Note: It is recommended that you restart your device after updating Sunlight. This ensures widgets load properly.

Thanks for using Sunlight and happy sunrise spotting!

### 1.4.0 — 2023-01-25

iOS 16 Compatibility Update

In this release of Sunlight, issues specific to users running iOS 16 is now resolved.
This includes the inability to select a location when configuring a widget (of any size), as well as fixes for some alignment differences observed for devices on iOS 16.

Thanks for your support!

### 1.3.7 — 2021-12-15

IMPORTANT iOS 15 UPDATE!

Devices running iOS 15 above would see a weird off-white-ish coloured box on the top left corner of the widget, and that’s just horrible. I’ve seen it too, and it perplexed my as to why it occurs. I hated it as well, and understood that it would ruin the Sunlight experience…

After lengthy sessions of debugging, somehow it’s due to the moon. When the moon is outside of the viewable area during specific periods of time, it is technically still rendered, just off the widget. In iOS 15, the moon comes at us as a weird box on the top, when that happens. 

Very sorry that I only found the fix now. Felt rather bad for that, actually. I hope this update makes up for it… I’ve checked if the moon should be rendered at all, based on viewable widget boundaries, fixing the issue.

Also, would like to update a little on the future of Sunlight. A few months back, I’ve started rewriting parts of the code that shows the in-depth information - like when you click a location in app. That should improve scrolling performance, as version 1’s code isn’t the most refined. Some features like filtering only certain periods of time, like only sunrise/set on the widget, is also planned. That update might take a while though, as I juggle between life and Sunlight’s development.

As always, hope you enjoyed using Sunlight, and please do have an awesome day ahead! 
If you have any feedback, or issues that you’ve found, do email me at vincent-neo(at)outlook.sg!

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