Daylight vs Sun Facts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Sun Facts
Get precise sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and twilight times for your location. Track celestial events like solstices and equinoxes, and view the sun's path. An optional pro version unlocks detailed moon phase and eclipse information.
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Solar noon calculation
- Twilight and golden hour tracking
- Sun path visualization
- Solstice and equinox dates
- Widget for home screen
- Eclipse event notifications
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Calculate times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise (pro), moonset (pro) and more for your location at any given date. * Provides the following information: - Sunrise - Sunset - Solar noon - Twilight times - Blue hour - Golden hour - Equation of time - Declination - Azimuth of sunrise and sunset - Altitude of sun at noon - Sun Path during the day - Solstice and Equinox dates - Widget for displaying sunrise and sunset times on the Today screen - Date and time of next solar eclipse Pro Version (In-app-purchase): - Moon rise - Moon transit - Moon set - Declination - Azimuth of moon rise and moon set - Altitude of moon during transit - Date of next new/full moon - Moon Path during the day - Date and time of next lunar eclipse * Location from : - GPS receiver - map - list of more than 30000 cities - WGS-84 coordinates
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daylight at none against Sun Facts's 1. Daylight also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). Sun Facts's advantage is ratings volume (294 vs 27) and review sentiment (97% vs 87%). On price, rating, update cadence and device support 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. Sun Facts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Daylight asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Daylight against 4.8 for Sun Facts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sun Facts has 294 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Daylight's written reviews are positive against 97% of Sun Facts's.
Daylight ships an update every 3 months, Sun Facts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daylight | Sun Facts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (27 ratings) | 4.8 (294 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews | 97.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 294 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philippe Casgrain | Volker Voecking Software Engineering |
Customer experience
Daylight
Sun Facts
Bugs and 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
Sun Facts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daylight
No in-app purchases
Sun Facts
- Sun Facts Pro$4.99
