Comparison

Sun Times vs Sun Alarm Clock

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

Head to head
About

Sun Times

Calculate sunrise and sunset times based on your current GPS location. Plan outdoor activities like running, hiking, and biking with precise timing information. Future updates are planned based on user feedback.

Highlights
  • Sunrise and sunset calculation
  • GPS location-based
  • Time until next sunrise/sunset
  • Outdoor activity planning
  • User feedback integration
Features
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Introducing Sun Times the Sunrise/Sunset calculator. From your GPS-computed position, Sun Times easily calculates the Sunrise, Sunset, and time until the next Sunrise or Sunset. Perfect for planning outdoors activities such as running, hiking, and biking. Future functionality is planned for this app, so please send your feedback on what you would like to see or don’t like about Sun Times.

About

Sun Alarm Clock

Wake up to natural celestial events. This app sets alarms for sunrise, sunset, moon phases, and twilight periods, adapting to your location and daylight saving changes. Customize offsets and manage multiple alarms easily.

Highlights
  • Alarms for sunrise and sunset
  • Moonrise and moonset alarms
  • Twilight and golden hour alerts
  • Customizable offsets
  • Location-aware timing
  • Supports multiple alarms
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Wake up with the sun. Never miss golden hour. Sun Alarm turns sunrise, sunset, and other sun and moon events into reliable daily alarms — at any place on Earth. **Set alarms for natural events** • Sunrise and sunset • Solar noon • Golden hour and blue hour (morning and evening) • Civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight • Moonrise, moonset, and moon transit • Moon phases: full moon, new moon, first quarter, third quarter, crescents, gibbous • Custom sun altitude (e.g. “sun 5° above horizon”) • Next equinox and solstice **Flexible timing** • At the exact event time, or any number of hours and minutes before or after • Alarms follow the event every day (or next occurrence for moon phases and equinox/solstice) **Any location** • Choose a place on the map or search for a city • Correct time zone for the chosen location, so alarm times stay accurate when you travel or when daylight saving changes **Designed for daily use** • Multiple alarms, each with its own type, place, and offset • Optional names • Snooze and clear from Lock Screen and notifications SunAlarm uses your chosen location’s coordinates and time zone to compute event times, so you get one less thing to think about—and one more reason to look up at the sky. By using SunAlarm, you agree to Apple's standard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sun Times1 screens
Sun Alarm Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sun Alarm Clock at 4.6 against Sun Times's 4.0. Sun Alarm Clock also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 4). Sun Times's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (79% vs 67%). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sun Alarm Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Sun Times asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sun Alarm Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sun Alarm Clock has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Sun Times's written reviews are positive against 67% of Sun Alarm Clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sun Times ships an update every 9 months, Sun Alarm Clock every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sun Times versus Sun Alarm Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSun TimesSun Alarm Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.6 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings427 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryan NeelVolker Voecking Software Engineering

Customer experience

Sun Times

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral21.4%
Negative0.0%

Sun Alarm Clock

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

Sun Times

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sun Alarm Clock

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (One-Time Purchase)$29.99

Questions

Is Sun Times free?
Sun Times is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sun Alarm Clock free?
Sun Alarm Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sun Times or Sun Alarm Clock?
Sun Alarm Clock is rated higher. Sun Times averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Sun Alarm Clock averages 4.6 from 27 ratings.
Do Sun Times or Sun Alarm Clock have ads?
Neither Sun Times nor Sun Alarm Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sun Times or Sun Alarm Clock?
Sun Times ships an update every 9 months, and Sun Alarm Clock every 3 months. Most recently, Sun Times was updated on October 23, 2026 and Sun Alarm Clock on October 24, 2026.

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