Comparison

Daylight BASIC vs Run Pace

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

Head to head

Daylight BASIC

sunrise and sunset

Free

🔧 Utilities

★ 2.06 ratingsView app →

Run Pace Calculator

About

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.

Highlights

Sunshine hours display
Sunrise and sunset times
Future time projections
Sunshine hour difference tracking
Location-based data

Features

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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

About

Run Pace

Features

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Run Pace lets you easily calculate run pace for various distances.

Screenshots

Daylight BASIC4 screens

Run Pace1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Run Pace at none against Daylight BASIC's shown. Daylight BASIC's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daylight BASIC ships an update every 2 months, Run Pace every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level

Daylight BASIC versus Run Pace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Daylight BASIC	Run Pace
Price	Free	Free
Rating	2.0 (6 ratings) — better	—
Positive reviews	80.0% of reviews	—
Number of ratings	6 — better	—
Update frequency	Every 2 months — better	Every 4 months
Ads	Yes	No — better
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Ad-supported	—
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	15.0 — better	17.0
Further details — not scored
Size	12 MB	1 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	factsoft ag	Roney Thomas

In-app purchases

None

Daylight BASIC

No in-app purchases

None

Run Pace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daylight BASIC free?

Daylight BASIC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Run Pace free?

Run Pace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Daylight BASIC or Run Pace have ads?

Daylight BASIC shows ads; Run Pace does not.

Which is updated more often, Daylight BASIC or Run Pace?

Daylight BASIC ships an update every 2 months, and Run Pace every 4 months. Most recently, Daylight BASIC was updated on October 8, 2026 and Run Pace on October 2, 2026.