Comparison

Daylight vs Ember

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

Head to head
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.

About

Ember

Predicts the quality of sunsets up to 9 days in advance using AI. Get detailed forecasts, probability visualizations, and exact sunset times to capture stunning photos.

Highlights
  • 9-day sunset quality forecasts
  • Sunset quality probability visualizations
  • Exact sunset time calculation
  • Machine learning model improvements
  • Automatic light/dark mode
  • User photo submission to improve models
  • Global usability
Features
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Ever wanted to take pictures with a stunning sunset background, only to end up with a bunch of gloomy clouds? Never again. Ember uses machine learning to predict when beautiful sunsets will happen, before they actually happen. Ember offers you 9-day forecasts of sunset quality, tailored for wherever you are in the world. We trained custom machine learning models on datasets that we curated ourselves, giving you unparalleled forecasts of sunset quality. Here are some of our features (with lots more in the works!): • Intelligent forecasts of sunset quality scores for the next 9 days. • Visualizations of the exact probabilities that went into calculating these sunset scores. • The exact time that the sun will set for your location. • Continuously improving predictions as we improve our model every day. • Automatic light & dark mode. • The ability for you to directly improve our machine learning models by submitting photos. • Best of all, Ember works anywhere, anytime in the world. We’re a team of UC Berkeley computer science students with a love for beautiful sunsets, which we hope to share with you through Ember. If you have any feedback/suggestions, please reach out to us on instagram at @ember.sunset.app. We’d love to hear from you :) Happy Sunsetting! - The Ember Team Note: our models use weather data from multiple sources as their input. Some of our weather data is drawn from Apple Weather, which has been modified.

Screenshots

Daylight3 screens
Ember4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Daylight at 4.7 against Ember's 4.3. Daylight also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

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 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Daylight's written reviews are positive against 75% of Ember's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daylight ships an update every 3 months, Ember every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Daylight versus Ember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaylightEmber
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (28 ratings) — better4.3 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews86.6% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilippe CasgrainAnirudh Kotamraju

Customer experience

Daylight

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

Ember

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

Ember

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Daylight

No in-app purchases

None

Ember

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daylight free?
Daylight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Daylight or Ember?
Daylight is rated higher. Daylight averages 4.7 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Ember averages 4.3 from 15 ratings.
Do Daylight or Ember have ads?
Neither Daylight nor Ember shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daylight or Ember?
Daylight ships an update every 3 months, and Ember every 5 months. Most recently, Daylight was updated on October 23, 2026 and Ember on October 24, 2026.

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