Comparison

Sol vs dr0n3

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

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About

Sol

Forecast sunrise, sunset, and twilight times for any location and date. Set smart alarms that adjust with the seasons and receive detailed solar almanac information. Plan your day around natural light, perfect for photography, outdoor activities, or maintaining sleep cycles.

Highlights
  • Sunrise and sunset time forecasting
  • Twilight period calculation (astronomical, nautical, civil)
  • Location-aware alarms that adjust seasonally
  • Global location search and GPS support
  • Detailed solar almanac information
  • Golden hour and magic hour identification
Currently charting
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What time is sunset today? Or sunrise tomorrow? When is the "magic hour" next March 20 in Paris? With Sol, you can check times and get reminders of solar events, at home or while traveling! Great for everyone looking to plan activities based on sunlight. Use it to remind you to walk the dog before dark, get up with the sun, or find golden hour time for that perfect photo. Sol: Sun Clock is the Swiss-army knife of sunlight tools with a design inspired by the simplicity of the sundial. Use it to plan your day, guide natural sleep cycles, get the best light for outdoor photography, make sure animals or kids are safe inside before dark, or to map out the best times to go running or fishing. * Be in tune: Sol will tell you when the golden hour is, how much sunlight you have left in the day or what time the next sunrise occurs. * Look to the future, travel around the world: Sol lets you find sunlight information for any date, anywhere on earth. * Find solar midnight and solar noon, and all three twilight (dawn and dusk) periods: astronomical twilight, nautical twilight, and civil twilight. Keep tabs on the next solstice and equinox. * Reminders and Alarms: Use Sol as a natural alarm clock that you can set to any event (like sunset, golden hour or solar noon), and the alarm or reminder time will adjust gradually as the days change with the seasons. * Automatic Location: Sol not only calculates the amount of daylight and sunrise and sunset times, but does so for any location in the world (both Northern and Southern hemispheres) by using your device's GPS... no network connection required. * Other locations: Optionally, use the built-in map to choose any location in the world by moving the pin, or search using the name of any city. * Optional location-aware alarms. Sol knows when you change with your location; and as you travel it will adjust any alarms you set relative to sunrise and sunset times. Create alarms for multiple locations around the world. * Detailed almanac information: Useful information about the day's length, sun's azimuth and elevation, equinoxes and solstices, and a friendly glossary that explains all the terms. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. However, GPS runs in the background ONLY if you have set location-aware alarms.

About

dr0n3

This app provides drone pilots with essential pre-flight weather and safety information. It offers detailed data on wind, visibility, cloud cover, and sun positioning, along with no-fly zone maps and local regulations. A subscription is required for live data and advisories.

Highlights
  • Drone-specific weather data
  • Wind and altitude information
  • Precipitation and visibility forecasts
  • Sun position tracking
  • No-Fly Zone maps
  • Local rules and restrictions
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Get all the pre-flight info to make sure the skies are in the best possible conditions for your drone flights. Detailed information for weather conditions from a drone perspective. See all data you need for wind, wind altitudes, precipitation, visibility, cloud cover, and how this data changes from hour to hour. Sun information helps you to plan where to capture imagery like during sunrise, sunset and golden hour. It allows you to see exactly where the sun will be. No-Fly Zone Map which gives you a simple indicator letting you know also if the location you are in is safe to fly or not. Local Rules and Restrictions (Not available in all countries. New countries and states are being added continuously Do you own and UAV from DJI Mavic / Air / Spark / Trello / Phantom, Parrot, Trello, Yuneec, 3DR or other brands then this is a must in your app collection. Are you missing any features in this app? Please send your wishes on any features to us. Note that the app requires (monthly or annual) subscription plan to access live data and fly advisories etc. (see Payment policy for full info) Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal 24-hours prior to the end of the current period and will identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the users account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. For more information, see our : - Privacy Policy on https://dr0n3.org/web/privacy - Terms of Use on https://dr0n3.org/web/terms - Payment Policy and Subscription Information on https://dr0n3.org/web/payment

Screenshots

Sol4 screens
dr0n34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sol at 93% against dr0n3's 0%. Sol also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (900 vs 2). dr0n3's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

dr0n3 is free to download; Sol costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sol holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sol has 900 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Sol's written reviews are positive against 0% of dr0n3's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Sol versus dr0n3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoldr0n3
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (900 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings900 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuggleware, LLCPropal IT Solutions AB

Customer experience

Sol

All ratings898 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews221 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.5%

dr0n3

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Sol

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Date selection issue where it shows a month ahead
  • Notifications stop working after a few days

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add moon phase information
  • Allow alarms to work even when device is muted
  • Expand alert options beyond sunrise/sunset (e.g. solar noon, golden hour)
  • Provide more customization options for alerts and alarms

dr0n3

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sol

No in-app purchases

None

dr0n3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sol free?
Sol costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is dr0n3 free?
dr0n3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sol or dr0n3?
Sol is rated higher. Sol averages 4.8 out of 5 from 900 ratings, while dr0n3 averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sol or dr0n3 have ads?
Neither Sol nor dr0n3 shows ads.

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