Comparison

Sun Times vs At Dusk

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

At Dusk

This app provides photographers with real-time light quality, precise sunrise/sunset times, and the sun's path. It integrates live weather data to help users determine the best times for shooting and avoid missing magic hours.

Highlights
  • Live light quality score and color temperature
  • Precise golden hour, sunrise, and sunset times
  • Usable light remaining countdown
  • Live sun and moon path visualization
  • Detailed sky phases and twilight information
  • Integrated live weather data
  • Home-screen widgets for at-a-glance info
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At Dusk: Your Natural Light Companion For photographers who live and die by the light. At Dusk tells you how good the light is right now, how long it will last, and exactly when the magic hours arrive, so you're never guessing and never caught out. A precise light engine blends solar and lunar geometry with live weather, elevation, and air quality, turning "is it worth heading out?" into a single glance. WHAT YOU GET • Live light quality. A clear read on the light right now, from Poor to Excellent, with the exact score and color temperature. • Golden hour, sunrise, sunset. Precise times and countdowns, with compass bearings so you know where the sun will rise and set. • Usable light remaining. How much shooting light you actually have left before the window closes. • The sun's path. A live arc across your sky showing the sun's real position, altitude, and direction, moment to moment. • The moon, in full. Phase and illumination, moonrise and moonset with bearings, and dark-sky windows for astro and night work. • Sky Detail. A dedicated sun and moon compass with every light phase, from golden and blue hour to civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight. • Live weather. Cloud, humidity, wind, and UV, folded straight into the light picture. • Home-screen widgets. Your usable light, live sun arc, and light quality at a glance, all day. • Built for iPad. A full dashboard that puts everything on one screen at once. • Make it yours. Customizable themes and a clean, glare-free design tuned for the field. Premium and ad-free. No accounts, no clutter, just the light. Made for landscape, portrait, wedding, and travel photographers, and anyone chasing dawn, dusk, and every good hour in between.

Screenshots

Sun Times1 screens
At Dusk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sun Times at 4.0 against At Dusk's 1.0. Sun Times also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). At Dusk's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. At Dusk sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sun Times asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sun Times holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sun Times ships an update every 9 months, At Dusk every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sun Times versus At Dusk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSun TimesAt Dusk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryan NeelDat Pham

Customer experience

Sun Times

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

At Dusk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sun Times

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

At Dusk

One-time3
  • At Dusk Small Tip$0.99
  • At Dusk Medium Tip$2.99
  • At Dusk Large Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Sun Times free?
Sun Times is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is At Dusk free?
At Dusk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sun Times or At Dusk?
Sun Times is rated higher. Sun Times averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while At Dusk averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sun Times or At Dusk have ads?
Neither Sun Times nor At Dusk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sun Times or At Dusk?
Sun Times ships an update every 9 months, and At Dusk every 2 days. Most recently, Sun Times was updated on October 23, 2026 and At Dusk on October 8, 2026.

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