MyBioCycle vs Sun Based Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | MyBioCycle | Sun Based Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alan Thomson | JAVED SHAH |
Customer experience
MyBioCycle
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In-app purchases
MyBioCycle
No in-app purchases
Sun Based Time
No in-app purchases
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