Comparison

Sunrise vs Solid Habits

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sunrise

This app displays dynamic backgrounds reflecting the natural light phases of the day, such as sunrise and sunset, on your device's screen. It also features a clear digital clock and shows the percentage of the day that has passed, offering a moment of calm and awareness.

Highlights
  • Dynamic day and night backgrounds
  • Digital clock display
  • Day progress percentage
  • Customizable clock color
  • Home screen widget support
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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Experience the natural light phases of the day right on your screen. Whether it is sunrise, golden hour, or sunset, the widget greets you with a calm and inspiring scene every time you glance at your device. It also displays a clear digital clock on the front. Your Sunrise widget combines functionality with beauty. You can choose to display the digital clock alongside stunning dynamic backgrounds. Subtle details appear in the distance, such as a sailboat, a fishing boat, or even a surprise UFO in the sky. The widget provides a moment of calm while showing the current time in a large, easy-to-read font. Track your day like never before. Just like battery life on your device, the widget can show the percentage of the current day that has already passed. Your personalized Sunrise widget can be placed on your iOS home screen in small, medium, or large sizes. You can choose up to six widgets to display and place them anywhere to see the current time or day progress at a glance. Enjoy the golden hour, the first hour after sunrise, and the last hour of light before sunset, when natural light is at its warmest. The app is designed for anyone who wants to stay aware of the day’s progression and be greeted each time they use their device. This premium and useful app works across macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS. iPhone app features: ◆ Beautiful background scenes that change with the time of day, including sunrise, morning, afternoon, sunset, and night ◆ Option to show or hide the digital clock ◆ Customize the clock color ◆ Ability to show or hide background elements ◆ Display the current day progress as a percentage ◆ Personalized greeting with your name ◆ Support for Dark Mode The following high-quality widgets are available in this widget bundle: ◆ Shows the current time with a beautiful sunshine background that depends on the time of the day (in small, medium, and large sizes) ◆ Displays the day’s completion percentage (in small, medium, and large sizes)

About

Solid Habits

This app helps you build good habits and break bad ones by setting achievable targets and providing accountability. You can track any habit, get support from a community, and even involve friends to help you stay on track. Enjoy a private and customizable experience with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Track good and bad habits
  • Set habit formation targets
  • Commitment feature with friend notifications
  • Community tips and support
  • Customizable with dark mode and icons
  • Encrypted and private data
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No subscription - buy once, keep forever Building new habits is hard, let Solid Habits makes it easy by letting you set a target by which your habit will become second nature (that's the carrot) and offering you the option to make a commitment to your friends, who will get notified in case you fail (that's the stick). -Build good habits You can use Solid Habits to track any habit you want, whether it's 3 times daily, once weekly, or monthly, whether it's a fitness or health habit, personal habit, or something related to studying or work, you can track it all here. -Break bad habits Breaking bad habits is also supported, simply set the habit you'd like to avoid and track the time you've gone without doing it. -Targets Knowing when your habit will be formed can be a powerful motivator and this app makes it easy to set a target and track your progress. - Commit to your habits With Solid Habits, you can enable a feature that will email your friends in case you fail to stick to your habits -Community Everything is better when you're not alone, so in Solid Habits you'll find tips and help from others on the same journey as you. -Customization Solid Habits supports dark mode, a wide variety of icons and several other options to make the app truly yours. - Privacy Solid Habits is designed with privacy in mind and your data is encrypted and 100% private - No subscriptions Solid Habits and all Solid Apps are a one off purchase. Buy it today and keep it forever. Are you ready to start building better habits? Solid Habits is a universal app available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS You can choose to get just this app or all Solid Apps in the Bundle Terms of service: http://solidapps.co/terms.html Privacy policy: http://solidapps.co/privacy.html

Screenshots

Sunrise4 screens
Solid Habits4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sunrise and Solid Habits both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Solid Habits's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sunrise's. Solid Habits also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months). Sunrise's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#179 vs unranked). On rating, ads and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Solid Habits is free to download; Sunrise costs $1.99 up front. Solid Habits sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sunrise asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sunrise against 5.0 for Solid Habits. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solid Habits has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Sunrise's written reviews are positive against 100% of Solid Habits's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sunrise ships an update every 9 months, Solid Habits every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Sunrise versus Solid Habits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunriseSolid Habits
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings320 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#179 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB34 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperStefan Van DammeSolid Apps S.R.L.

Customer experience

Sunrise

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Solid Habits

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sunrise

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Solid Habits

One-time2
  • Unlock this app (lifetime)$4.99
  • Unlock ALL 10 Solid Apps (lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is Sunrise free?
Sunrise costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solid Habits free?
Solid Habits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sunrise or Solid Habits?
Sunrise and Solid Habits are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 20 ratings respectively.
Do Sunrise or Solid Habits have ads?
Neither Sunrise nor Solid Habits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sunrise or Solid Habits?
Sunrise ships an update every 9 months, and Solid Habits every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sunrise was updated on October 25, 2026 and Solid Habits on October 24, 2026.

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