Comparison

MyBioCycle vs Sun Based Time

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

Head to head
About

MyBioCycle

Chart your emotional, intellectual, physical, and intuitive cycles based on your birth date and time. Track up to 12 profiles to see how you sync with friends and family. Visualize your cycles for up to a year with color-coded sine waves.

Highlights
  • Biorhythm cycle charting
  • Emotional, Intellectual, Physical, Intuitive cycles
  • Track up to 12 profiles
  • Sync with friends and family
  • Year-ahead cycle visualization
  • Color-coded sine waves
Features
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Based on the theory of Biorhythms, this app helps you chart your four cycles starting from the date and time of birth, including Emotional, Intellectual, Physical, and Intuitive.  The theory was developed by Wilhelm Fliess in the late 19th century and became popular world-wide in the late 1970s. With MyBioCycle you can track up to 12 different profiles to see if your friends and family are in synch with you. The app displays the classic sine waves in 4 different colors, showing up to one year ahead. The overview page displays your current position at a glance and lets you know which direction your cycles are moving.

About

Sun Based Time

This app uses the sun's position to help you schedule your day and set alarms. It offers features like countdowns to sunrise and sunset, and alarms based on solar events or desired sleep duration. Visualize the sun's path and integrate with your calendar for a natural approach to time management.

Highlights
  • Sun-based clock
  • Countdown to sunrise/sunset
  • Visualize sun's path
  • Alarms by sun position
  • Wake by sleep duration
  • Sleep window by sunset/sunrise
  • Calendar integration
Features
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A clock and alarm app based on the sun, using the position of the sun where you are, with sleep scheduling in relation to sunrise and sunset. Sun Based Time gives you a grounded way to align with natural light. FEATURES ◆ Sun Based Clock - Countdown to Sunrise & Sunset Always know how long until sunrise or sunset. ◆ Visualize the Sun's Path Easily get a feel for which part of the day you are in. ◆ Set Alarms by the Sun Schedule alarms relative to sunrise, sunset, or solar noon. ◆ Wake Alarm by Sleep Duration Choose how long you want to sleep and dynamically wake after that long. ◆ Sleep Window by Sunset or Sunrise Set your sleep window in relation to sunset or sunrise. ◆ Custom Alarm Tones Choose from a curated set of calming default tones, or pick your own. Wake the way you want to wake. ◆ Calendar View A calendar grounded in the cyclical energies that shape the earth. With calendar integrations like Google Calendar. ◆ Privacy-Respecting Your data stays on your phone. Solar position based time is in tune with the rhythms you experience. Sun Based Time gives you a reference so you can increase your awareness of the relationships between cycles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From sunset, sunrise.

Screenshots

MyBioCycle4 screens
Sun Based Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sun Based Time at 5.0 against MyBioCycle's 4.5. Sun Based Time also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sun Based Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MyBioCycle versus Sun Based Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyBioCycleSun Based Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan ThomsonJAVED SHAH

Customer experience

MyBioCycle

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sun Based Time

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MyBioCycle

No in-app purchases

None

Sun Based Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyBioCycle free?
MyBioCycle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sun Based Time free?
Sun Based Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyBioCycle or Sun Based Time?
Sun Based Time is rated higher. MyBioCycle averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Sun Based Time averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MyBioCycle or Sun Based Time have ads?
Neither MyBioCycle nor Sun Based Time shows ads.

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