Daylight BASIC vs Perfect Monitor
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
Perfect Monitor
Monitor site temperatures in real-time and receive instant push notifications for any critical alerts. This utility provides a comprehensive solution for temperature tracking and immediate issue notification.
- Live temperature view
- Push notification alarms
- Temperature monitoring solution
- Site temperature tracking
- Alerting system
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Perfect Monitor is a complete temperature monitoring and alarming solution, where you can have a live view of your site temperature, along with push notification alarms where anything goes wrong.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daylight BASIC at 80% against Perfect Monitor's 0%. Daylight BASIC also leads on rating (2.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Perfect Monitor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daylight BASIC holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daylight BASIC has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Daylight BASIC's written reviews are positive against 0% of Perfect Monitor's.
Daylight BASIC ships an update every 2 months, Perfect Monitor every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daylight BASIC | Perfect Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | factsoft ag | MS Design |
Customer experience
Daylight BASIC
Perfect Monitor
In-app purchases
Daylight BASIC
No in-app purchases
Perfect Monitor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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