Daylight vs EmpireClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daylight
Get precise sunrise, sunset, and sunshine hour data for your current location. View information for today, tomorrow, the next week, and the next month. Track changes in daylight hours relative to previous days and solstices.
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Sunshine hours data
- Future and past daylight tracking
- Location-based information
- Daylight difference calculations
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Shows you the sunshine hours as well as the sunrise and sunset times of your current location. Wherever you are. ・sunshine hours for today, tomorrow, in a week and in a month ・sunrise and sunset times for today, tomorrow, in a week and in a month ・difference of sunshine hours for yesterday, today, tomorrow, in a week, in a month and in relation to solstices This app is ad-free!
EmpireClock
This app provides a clean and stylish display of your current local date, time, and location on a single screen. It's designed for users who need to track time across different zones or desire an aesthetically pleasing clock interface. The app offers a minimalist design with easy copying of information.
- Current local date display
- Current local time display
- Current local location display
- Minimalist design
- One-tap copy feature
- Stylish time display
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EmpireClock is a simple, elegant app that shows your current local date, time, and location in one beautiful screen. Whether you're working across time zones or just want a stylish time display, EmpireClock keeps you informed at a glance. With a minimalist design and one-tap copy feature, it’s the perfect clock companion for your Mac or iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: EmpireClock at Free against Daylight's $0.99. EmpireClock also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Daylight's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
EmpireClock is free to download; Daylight costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Daylight against 5.0 for EmpireClock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Daylight's written reviews are positive against 100% of EmpireClock's.
Daylight ships an update every 10 days, EmpireClock every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daylight | EmpireClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | factsoft ag | Asher Bloom |
Customer experience
Daylight
EmpireClock
In-app purchases
Daylight
No in-app purchases
EmpireClock
No in-app purchases
