LunaSolCal vs Daylight BASIC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LunaSolCal
This app calculates precise times for sun and moon events, including sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset, for any location and date. It also provides detailed astronomical data and tracks celestial movements. View daily information in the notification center.
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Moonrise and moonset times
- Day length calculation
- Moon phase tracking
- Twilight times (civil, nautical, astronomical)
- Solar and lunar eclipse dates
- Location-based calculations via GPS or city database
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Calculate times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and more for your location at any given date. The following data is calculated: - Sunrise - Solar noon - Sunset - Day length - Equation of time - Declination - Civil twilight (Dawn/Dusk) - Nautical twilight (Dawn/Dusk) - Astronomical twilight (Dawn/Dusk) - Azimuth at sunrise and sunset - Altitude during solar noon - Sun track - Date and time of Seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) - Solstice and Equinox dates - Date and time of next solar eclipse - Moonrise - Moon transit - Moonset - Moon phase - Distance - Declination - Date and time of next new moon - Date and time of next full moon - Azimuth at moonrise and moonset - Altitude during moon transit - Moon track - Date and time of next lunar eclipse Some information for the current day can also be viewed in the notification center. To specify the location of interest either get the position from the built-in GPS or Wifi receiver or select a city from a database with over 400,000 cities in over 200 countries.
Daylight BASIC
This app displays daily and future sunshine hours, along with sunrise and sunset times for your current location. It also tracks changes in sunshine duration over various periods, including comparisons to solstices.
- Sunshine hours display
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Future time projections
- Sunshine hour difference tracking
- Location-based data
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Shows you the sunshine hours as well as the sunrise and sunset times of your current location. Wherever you are. ・sunshine hours for today, tomorrow, in a week and in a month ・sunrise and sunset times for today, tomorrow, in a week and in a month ・difference of sunshine hours for yesterday, today, tomorrow, in a week, in a month and in relation to solstices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Daylight BASIC at Free against LunaSolCal's $4.99. LunaSolCal's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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
Daylight BASIC is free to download; LunaSolCal costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LunaSolCal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LunaSolCal has 1.2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of LunaSolCal's written reviews are positive against 80% of Daylight BASIC's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LunaSolCal | Daylight BASIC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better | 2.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.5% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Volker Voecking Software Engineering | factsoft ag |
Customer experience
LunaSolCal
Daylight BASIC
Bugs and requests
LunaSolCal
Reported bugs
2 issues- Notifications not working properly
- Crashes when using map layer select
Requested features
3 requests- Add lockscreen widget
- Implement automatic light/dark mode switching
- Integrate with calendar for event planning
Daylight BASIC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LunaSolCal
No in-app purchases
Daylight BASIC
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is LunaSolCal free?
Is Daylight BASIC free?
Which has better reviews, LunaSolCal or Daylight BASIC?
Do LunaSolCal or Daylight BASIC have ads?
Which is updated more often, LunaSolCal or Daylight BASIC?
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