Sol vs Rotating Globe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Rotating Globe
Explore the world with an augmented reality globe displaying real-time weather conditions. Navigate continents, countries, and view detailed weather effects for specific locations by entering a US zip code. Enhance your general knowledge with an interactive global view.
- Augmented reality globe display
- Real-time weather conditions
- Interactive globe navigation (swipe/tap)
- Weather effects (rain, snow, fog)
- US zip code weather lookup
- Zoom in/out globe functionality
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"Rotating Globe" is an augmented reality app that displays a world map as a globe along with the weather conditions. The Globe floats in front of you. The user can navigate the globe using swiping or tapping. The user can also find the current Weather conditions by entering a zip code. The app initially displays weather-related information, based on the user's IP address. The user can expand and contract the globe using the zoom-in and zoom-out buttons. The user can enter a US ZIP code to get current weather information. A small emoji shows the weather condition ( Rain, Haze, Snow, or Wind) along with the temperature. There are also effects for Heavy Rain, Heavy Snow, Blizzard , Partly Cloudy, Fog, etc. There is also a clear button to clear weather-related effects. If the user wants to look at a particular continent or country on the globe, just tap once. The globe stops rotating. When tapped again , the globe will start to rotate. The user can also swipe left, right, up, and down to see different places, countries,, and continents on the rotating globe. The user can combine swipes and taps to navigate around the rotating globe, seeing different places and enhancing their general knowledge. ============================================================== Note :- To know the weather, enter the zip code, then click the find button. ==============================================================
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sol at 93% against Rotating Globe's 0%. Sol also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (898 vs 1). Rotating Globe's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). 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
Sol costs $4.99 and Rotating Globe $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sol holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sol has 898 ratings behind it against 1, 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 Rotating Globe's.
Sol ships an update every 2 months, Rotating Globe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sol | Rotating Globe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (898 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 898 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #50 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juggleware, LLC | Gomathy Shankaran |
Customer experience
Sol
Rotating Globe
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
Rotating Globe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sol
No in-app purchases
Rotating Globe
No in-app purchases









