Comparison

Sunlight Clock Free vs Day & Night Map

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

Day & Night Map

Visualize the Earth's day and night cycles on an interactive world map. Select any date and time to see current illumination, or create animated GIFs of changing light patterns.

Highlights
  • Real-time day/night map
  • Selectable date and time
  • Animated GIF creation
  • Minute-by-minute updates
  • Global illumination visualization
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Day & Night Map shows you exactly which parts of Earth are in daylight and which are in darkness — right now, or at any date and time you choose. Watch the terminator move across the globe as hours and days pass. Explore sunrise, sunset, and twilight around the world. Perfect for travellers, astronomers, photographers, teachers, and anyone curious about time on our planet. KEY FEATURES • Live world map of day and night • Move through time with intuitive date and time controls • Jump back to the current moment with one tap • Pinch to zoom and pan across the map • Full-screen map view • Home Screen widgets in multiple sizes (including Extra Large on iPad) • Configurable widgets: sun, moon, moon phase, twilight, icon size, and more • Show sun and moon positions on the map • Display the current moon phase • Twilight zones: smooth shading or separate civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight • Equator and tropics lines • Show your current location on the map (optional) • Display time in local time or UTC • Light, dark, or system appearance • Share a map image by email, message, and more • Create animations over a chosen time range • Export animations as animated GIFs ANIMATIONS Pick a start and end date, set the step interval and speed, and watch the day/night line move over hours or days. Play the animation in the app or create an animated GIF to share. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add the widget to your Home Screen and keep the current day/night map at a glance. Customize what is shown and how it looks directly when adding or editing the widget.

Screenshots

Sunlight Clock Free3 screens
Day & Night Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Day & Night Map at 4.8 against Sunlight Clock Free's 3.7. Day & Night Map also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 10) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 18 months). Sunlight Clock Free's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, 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

Day & Night Map holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Day & Night Map has 1.4K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Sunlight Clock Free's written reviews are positive against 76% of Day & Night Map's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sunlight Clock Free ships an update every 18 months, Day & Night Map every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sunlight Clock Free versus Day & Night Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunlight Clock FreeDay & Night Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (10 ratings)4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews76.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings101.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilk LLCVolker Voecking Software Engineering

Customer experience

Sunlight Clock Free

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative18.6%

Day & Night Map

All ratings1,365 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral10.2%
Negative13.6%

Bugs and requests

Sunlight Clock Free

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Day & Night Map

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Moon position not displayed on iPad
  • Daylight savings time not working properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to keep noon at center and have map move
  • Show analemma and sun position on it
  • 24-hour clock setting for widget
  • Improve moon position display on iPad

In-app purchases

None

Sunlight Clock Free

No in-app purchases

None

Day & Night Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sunlight Clock Free free?
Sunlight Clock Free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Day & Night Map free?
Day & Night Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sunlight Clock Free or Day & Night Map?
Day & Night Map is rated higher. Sunlight Clock Free averages 3.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Day & Night Map averages 4.8 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Sunlight Clock Free or Day & Night Map have ads?
Neither Sunlight Clock Free nor Day & Night Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sunlight Clock Free or Day & Night Map?
Sunlight Clock Free ships an update every 18 months, and Day & Night Map every 7 months. Most recently, Sunlight Clock Free was updated on October 15, 2026 and Day & Night Map on October 19, 2026.

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