Daylight vs Sunset and Sunrise
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 and Sunrise
Get precise times for sunrise, sunset, and the first and last light. Access current weather conditions like temperature, wind speed, and direction. Plan your outdoor activities with future and past date predictions for any location.
- Sunrise and sunset times
- First and last light tracking
- Current temperature
- Wind speed and direction
- Map-based location selection
- Future and past date predictions
- Length of day calculation
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This app is dedicated to those people who need a quick glance of when the first or last light is. It can also provide the current temperature, wind speed and wind direction. All you need to know before going outside, in the start or end of the day. Traveling, and want to know when the sunset is? no problem, use the map and select any location. How about sunrise in a month from now? no problem, use the future menu and select any date. All metrics: First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Subscription: Current temperature for your location Current wind speed Current wind direction. Look into the future and the past Length of day First and Last light EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daylight at none against Sunset and Sunrise's 2. Daylight also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Sunset and Sunrise's advantage is ratings volume (253 vs 28). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Sunset and Sunrise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Daylight asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sunset and Sunrise holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sunset and Sunrise has 253 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Daylight's written reviews are positive against 71% of Sunset and Sunrise's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daylight | Sunset and Sunrise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (28 ratings) | 4.9 (253 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 253 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philippe Casgrain | Tommy Hass |
Customer experience
Daylight
Sunset and Sunrise
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 and Sunrise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daylight
No in-app purchases
Sunset and Sunrise
- Full access$2.991 Year
- Premium$3.99
Questions
Is Daylight free?
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