Comparison

Sunlight Clock Free vs Daylight

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time sunlight visualization
  • Multiple map projections
  • Automatic sun/location tracking
  • Manual map scrolling
  • Interactive globe view
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Sunrise and sunset times
  • Twilight period calculations
  • Civil twilight
  • Nautical twilight
  • Astronomical twilight
  • Location-based data
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Sunlight Clock Free3 screens
Daylight3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sunlight Clock Free versus Daylight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunlight Clock FreeDaylight
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (10 ratings)4.7 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews86.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1027 — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.08.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilk LLCPhilippe Casgrain

Customer experience

Sunlight Clock Free

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative16.7%

Daylight

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive86.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative5.6%

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

None

Sunlight Clock Free

No in-app purchases

None

Daylight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sunlight Clock Free free?
Sunlight Clock Free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daylight free?
Daylight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sunlight Clock Free or Daylight?
Daylight is rated higher. Sunlight Clock Free averages 3.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Daylight averages 4.7 from 27 ratings.
Do Sunlight Clock Free or Daylight have ads?
Neither Sunlight Clock Free nor Daylight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sunlight Clock Free or Daylight?
Sunlight Clock Free ships an update every 18 months, and Daylight every 3 months. Most recently, Sunlight Clock Free was updated on August 28, 2026 and Daylight on September 19, 2026.

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