Sunlight Clock Free vs Daylight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sunlight Clock Free
Visualize the current sunlight and darkness across the globe with interactive map projections. Track the sun's position or your own location automatically, or manually explore the map.
- Real-time sunlight visualization
- Multiple map projections
- Automatic sun/location tracking
- Manual map scrolling
- Interactive globe view
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Sunlight Clock shows you where the sun is shining in the world right now. You can choose different projections for rendering the map, including Mercator, Mollweide, azimuthal equidistant, and others. The map can automatically follow the sun or your location throughout the day. You can also scroll the map to place it how you like.
Daylight
Displays precise sunrise and sunset times for your current location, adaptable to any date. It also calculates civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight periods. Ideal for photographers, cyclists, and stargazers.
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Twilight period calculations
- Civil twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Astronomical twilight
- Location-based data
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Display sunrise and sunset times for your current location, at any point in time. This application will use your current location to compute sunrise and sunset times, as well as twilight period for Civil, Nautical and Astronomical twilight. Perfect for photographers who want to prepare for the "Golden Hour", for bike riders who want to be home before nightfall or for amateur astronomers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Daylight at 4.7 against Sunlight Clock Free's 3.7. Daylight also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months) and review sentiment (87% vs 76%). 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.
Daylight holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Sunlight Clock Free's written reviews are positive against 87% of Daylight's.
Sunlight Clock Free ships an update every 18 months, Daylight every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sunlight Clock Free | Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (10 ratings) | 4.7 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Milk LLC | Philippe Casgrain |
Customer experience
Sunlight Clock Free
Daylight
Bugs and requests
Sunlight Clock Free
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Daylight
Reported bugs
13 issues- Location services not working correctly on iOS 16+
- App assumes Chicago location regardless of settings
- Date picker screen displays as white/unreadable
- Back and Done buttons stuck behind status bar
- App crashes when opening on some devices
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- Screen freezes on date changes
- Incorrect sunset/dusk time calculations
- Font size changes unexpectedly after updates
- Date doesn't change automatically
- Clock display migrates off-screen
- Crashes in January after new year
- Incompatibility with iPhone 6 and iPod Touch
- Daylight savings time not handled correctly
Requested features
12 requests- Add hour numerals/numbers to 24-hour clock face
- Show current date prominently on main screen
- Manual location selection capability
- Moonrise and moonset times
- Countdown timer until sunrise/sunset
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- Ability to view data for locations other than current location
- Home screen icon that updates throughout the day
- Preset alarms that update across time zones
- Display time remaining until sunset/sunrise
- Show moon phase information more prominently
- Text labels option (shorten to N and M)
- Combination view overlaying all twilight types
In-app purchases
Sunlight Clock Free
No in-app purchases
Daylight
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sunlight Clock Free free?
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Do Sunlight Clock Free or Daylight have ads?
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