Magic Hour vs Super Simple Sunrise Sunset
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Hour
This app helps photographers and cinematographers find the optimal times for shooting around sunrise and sunset. It provides precise calculations for 'magic hour' based on your location and offers moon phase information. Optional in-app purchases unlock advanced features like location selection and calendar integration.
- Magic hour time calculation
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Moonrise and full moon alerts
- Weather forecast integration
- Customizable notifications
- Location-based planning
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Magic Hour (also called golden hour) is the time of day around sunrise and sunset when the light is great for photography and cinematography. It is typically when the sun is between 6 degrees below the horizon to 6 degrees above. This sunlight is evenly dispersed and helps you create great pictures. Magic Hour makes it easy for you to know when magic hour is coming and how much time you have left once it begins. The app takes your location along with the current day and calculates when magic hour will occur. If the weather forecast is available we give that to you as well. What other light is cool to photograph in? The moon, of course. And you want a full moon for that. Our Moon Watch section lets you know the next moonrise and when the next full moon will appear. In addition to this, you can set up notifications on and before magic hour begins. And with our in-app purchase you can select locations other than your current one, view future magic hour times, and create calendar events for them. Data that is used with the Magic Hour App (e.g. locations, notifications, calendar events, etc.) remain local to your device and are not transmitted nor remotely stored.
Super Simple Sunrise Sunset
Displays clear, large text for sunrise and sunset times based on your current GPS location. It updates hourly and requires location access only on initial launch.
- Sunrise and sunset times
- GPS location based
- Clear, large text display
- Hourly updates
- Minimal permissions
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This simple application shows the sunrise and sunset times based on your GPS location in clear and large text. It updates once an hour and only needs your location to be accessible when it first launches. I created this application because I was tired of applications that had this as part of their functionality and had advertisements or other features that delayed the ability to quickly and simply view the sunrise and sunset time. I hope you enjoy it. If you want to see improvements, please feel free to add your ideas as comments in reviews, and I will work to implement them iteratively over time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Super Simple Sunrise Sunset at none against Magic Hour's 1. Super Simple Sunrise Sunset also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Magic Hour's advantage is ratings volume (5.2K vs 3) and review sentiment (77% vs 67%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Magic Hour sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Super Simple Sunrise Sunset asks for nothing beyond the download.
Magic Hour holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Hour has 5.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Magic Hour's written reviews are positive against 67% of Super Simple Sunrise Sunset's.
| Parameter | Magic Hour | Super Simple Sunrise Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.2K ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.2K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Linda Byrket | Wayne Haber |
Customer experience
Magic Hour
Super Simple Sunrise Sunset
Bugs and requests
Magic Hour
Reported bugs
8 issues- 🐛 Time way off
- 🐛 Can't change location
- 🐛 Crashes all the time
- 🐛 Can't see future dates anymore
- 🐛 Widget doesn't update
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- 🐛 Keeps crashing
- 🐛 Can't determine magic hour at another location
- 🐛 App crashes
Requested features
7 requests- 💡 Moonrise notification
- 💡 Notification when magic hour ends
- 💡 Blue hour option
- 💡 Allow users to set their own background photo
- 💡 Ability to plan shoots in different locations
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- 💡 Companion app for planning sunsets weeks in advance
- 💡 Custom alert tones
Super Simple Sunrise Sunset
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Hour
- Add Locations Ability$0.99
Super Simple Sunrise Sunset
No in-app purchases
Questions
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