Daylight BASIC vs Solis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daylight BASIC
This app displays daily and future sunshine hours, along with sunrise and sunset times for your current location. It also tracks changes in sunshine duration over various periods, including comparisons to solstices.
- Sunshine hours display
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Future time projections
- Sunshine hour difference tracking
- Location-based data
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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
Solis
Track sunrise, sunset, and twilight times globally with visually appealing gradient displays. Receive notifications for key solar events and access golden and blue hour times for photography. A simple widget provides at-a-glance information.
- Sunrise and sunset time tracking
- Twilight time display (golden/blue hour)
- Global city support
- Event notifications
- Today widget
- Twilight type explanations
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Sunrise, sunset, and twilight time time-tracker - Solis shows you when it gets dark or light in any city around the world with its beautiful gradient. - Setup notifications for all the important sun events so you never get caught out in the dark again. - See the times of golden and blue hour for photography with the perfect light. - Simple today widget to know at a glance when the next sunrise, sunset, first light, or last light occurs. - Learn about the three different types of twilight and find out how they affect the light in the sky.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Solis at 4.8 against Daylight BASIC's 2.0. Solis also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Solis holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Daylight BASIC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Solis's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daylight BASIC | Solis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | factsoft ag | Jake Runzer |
Customer experience
Daylight BASIC
Solis
In-app purchases
Daylight BASIC
No in-app purchases
Solis
No in-app purchases
