SunTimes vs Sunwise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SunTimes
View sunrise, sunset, and twilight times globally. Manually set locations or use your device's GPS. Includes a weekly calendar for past and future dates.
- Global sunrise and sunset times
- Twilight times (first and last light)
- Manual location adjustment
- Automatic location detection
- Weekly calendar view
- Past and future date viewing
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A simple and beautiful app to see the time of first light, sunrise, sunset and last light all around the world. Adjust the location yourself or use your phone's location. A weekly calendar is included to view the future or the past!
Sunwise
This app provides detailed information on local dawn, sunrise, sunset, and dusk times worldwide. It offers a comprehensive view of daylight hours for any location.
- Detailed dawn times
- Sunrise tracking
- Sunset calculations
- Dusk time information
- World clock functionality
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World clock app with detailed information about local dawn, sunrise, sunset, and dusk times.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sunwise at 5.0 against SunTimes's 3.0. SunTimes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sunwise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
SunTimes ships an update every 3 weeks, Sunwise every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SunTimes | Sunwise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ernst Mulders | Robert Bajzat |
Customer experience
SunTimes
Sunwise
In-app purchases
SunTimes
No in-app purchases
Sunwise
No in-app purchases
