Daylight BASIC vs PanicButton+
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
PanicButton+
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If you're lost and/or if you need help, this application helps to be found and rescued. Just pre set one of your contacts address book and write a message. Pressing the panic button is created a message with your location and sent to the contact your previously defined. The message contains the coordinates of your location and a link to Google Maps, which shows you where you are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Daylight BASIC at Free against PanicButton+'s $1.99. Daylight BASIC also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and device support (3 vs 1). PanicButton+'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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
Daylight BASIC is free to download; PanicButton+ costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daylight BASIC ships an update every 2 months, PanicButton+ every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daylight BASIC | PanicButton+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | factsoft ag | Paulo Correia |
In-app purchases
Daylight BASIC
No in-app purchases
PanicButton+
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Daylight BASIC free?
Is PanicButton+ free?
Do Daylight BASIC or PanicButton+ have ads?
Which is updated more often, Daylight BASIC or PanicButton+?
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