Daylight vs SunSet,MoonRise
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.
SunSet,MoonRise
Visualize the sun and moon's path across the sky using your camera. Get detailed information on rise and set times, twilight periods, and moon age for any location and date. Explore global sunrise and sunset times on an interactive map.
- Sun/moon trajectory visualization
- Moon age calculation
- Sunrise/moonrise and sunset/moonset times
- Twilight and culmination times
- World map view for global times
- Camera calibration
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Video View: You can get the trajectories(direction and time) of the sun/moon and the moon age at the current location on arbitrary days through the camera over the world(including heigh latitude) The detail window shows the direction and time of the sun/moonrise and sun/moonset, various twilight and time of the calmination. Also you can get the direction and time of the sunrise and sunset over the world on arbitrary days on “World Map View”. You should calibrate the 0 degree level and the view angle of the camera before using. World Map: Please long press the location to calculate for sunrise/moonrise time on Map. And you can display the menu long-pressing on the detail window. The calculated time is the local time when the internet connections available. The green circle indicates the distance to the horizon. Please avoid viewing the sun in a camera. The gyro compass may not work in the car or the house. Please use this app at the open space.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Daylight at 4.7 against SunSet,MoonRise's 2.7. Daylight also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 50%) and ads (none vs shown). SunSet,MoonRise's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daylight holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daylight has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Daylight's written reviews are positive against 50% of SunSet,MoonRise's.
Daylight ships an update every 3 months, SunSet,MoonRise every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daylight | SunSet,MoonRise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (27 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philippe Casgrain | BecomingSystems |
Customer experience
Daylight
SunSet,MoonRise
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
SunSet,MoonRise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daylight
No in-app purchases
SunSet,MoonRise
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Daylight free?
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