Comparison

Sun Surveyor Lite vs MMOO

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

Head to head
About

Sun Surveyor Lite

This app helps photographers, filmmakers, and professionals visualize and plan around the sun's path. It predicts sunrise, sunset, and twilight times, and offers tools to understand light and shadows for optimal planning.

Highlights
  • Predict sunrise and sunset times
  • Visualize sun's path
  • Golden hour and blue hour planning
  • Twilight time calculations
  • Sun shadow information
  • Visual time machine
Features
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Sun Surveyor Lite takes the mystery out of the sunrise, sunset and magic hours, helping photographers and filmmakers scout the best locations, plan effectively, and get the perfect shot. Solar Industry (PV) Professionals, architects, real estate agents, and gardeners will also find a wealth of empowering, interactive features. The 3D Compass and detailed Ephemeris provide a wealth of information about the largest natural light source in the galaxy: - Predict and plan for the golden hour, blue hour and every sunrise & sunset - Visualize the sun's path throughout the day or through the year Additional features: - Visual time machine - take a quick glance at the light for a day, or dial in desired compositions easily - Twilight times - civil, nautical, astronomical - Solstice and Equinox visualization - Sun shadow information - calculate the length of shadows cast by objects - Magnetic declination compensation Check out the Full Version of Sun Surveyor for more: - Live Camera View - augmented reality projections of the sun and moon paths, pinpoint the time the sun or moon will be at a particular location in the sky - Interactive Map View - plan a remote shot or PV array placement, interact with a top-down perspective of sun and moon paths and events - Street View Panoramas - 360 degree spherical panoramas with selected sun, moon and milky way events overlaid, where available - Moon Information: moon position, moonrise, moonset, moon phases, apogee, perigee, distance and a Super Moon finder - Show clients the quality and quantity of seasonal sunlight at a remote location - Understand potential shade of surroundings and discover any obstructions - Create images of the summer and winter Solstice & Equinox paths for a site - Prepare night photography shots with the Milky Way & star trail features - Offline usage (excludes Map View, Street View) - enter coordinates, save & load locations with no data connection or GPS available - Measure distance, and difference between elevations, and vertical angle differentials with the Map view - Import and export Google Earth .kmz/.kml locations

About

MMOO

Features
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把你的真实照片变成一幅保留神韵的插画。 选一张照片,选一种画风,几秒钟就能得到一幅画。如果是实况照片,还可以只把静态画面变成插画、保留原本的动态,长按就能看到画面动起来,像魔法照片一样。 【五种画风】 · 盛夏光影(新增):浓郁的钴蓝天空、边缘清晰的阳光光斑,丙烯平涂的夏日午后氛围 · 治愈水彩:柔和细腻的水彩笔触,温暖通透的光感 · 印象派:松散跳跃的笔触,莫奈式的户外光影 · 工笔画:精细的墨线勾勒,淡雅的传统设色 · 黏土动画:手工捏塑的黏土质感,可爱的定格动画风格 【使用方式】 · 不用注册,打开就能试 · 不满意可以重新生成 · 甚至也可以用纯静态照片生成会动的实况照片(消费更多积分) · 作品直接保存到系统相册 生成结果由 AI 产生,可能与原照片存在差异。 隐私政策:https://api.mugo.onettoo.com/legal/privacy 使用条款(标准 Apple EULA):https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sun Surveyor Lite4 screens
MMOO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sun Surveyor Lite at none against MMOO's 2. Sun Surveyor Lite also leads on device support (3 vs 1). MMOO's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. MMOO sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sun Surveyor Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sun Surveyor Lite ships an update every 2 months, MMOO every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sun Surveyor Lite versus MMOO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSun Surveyor LiteMMOO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam RatanaBeijing Haoxianda Technology Co., Ltd.

Bugs and requests

Sun Surveyor Lite

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Sun no longer appears where it should
  • Sun direction is wrong indoors without GPS
  • Sun is off by more than 10 degrees
  • Sunrise time not working
  • App crashes when selecting location
Show 6 more
  • Latest update stopped working
  • Compass is always off
  • Compass is reversed
  • Lite version has an obscuring dialog box
  • Map view is not working correctly
  • App crashes on iPhone 5 iOS 7

Requested features

9 requests
  • Make the version free
  • Move UI options
  • Add dark mode
  • Add day-length feature
  • Add UV index
Show 4 more
  • Add sunrise alarm
  • Fix time zone for Russia
  • Allow user to move UI elements
  • Offer a trial for the full version

MMOO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sun Surveyor Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MMOO

Subscriptions1
  • 月度订阅$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • 6 元充值包$0.99

Questions

Is Sun Surveyor Lite free?
Sun Surveyor Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MMOO free?
MMOO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sun Surveyor Lite or MMOO have ads?
Neither Sun Surveyor Lite nor MMOO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sun Surveyor Lite or MMOO?
Sun Surveyor Lite ships an update every 2 months, and MMOO every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sun Surveyor Lite was updated on October 23, 2026 and MMOO on October 19, 2026.

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