Daylight BASIC vs 3D Box Maker
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
3D Box Maker
Design and download custom 3D printable boxes with various features like lids, compartments, and text. Create unique shapes from images, drawers, pen pots, carousels, and even word keychains.
- Custom box creation from images
- Rectangular and ellipse shape boxes
- Compartmentalized boxes with text
- Drawer set creation
- Pen pot and bottle rack design
- Carousel and word keychain maker
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Easily create various boxes for 3D printing. You can choose the dimensions and wall thickness. Once designed you can download your box as an STL file for 3D printing Boxes you can create in this app: A custom box of any shape from an image, including a lid A simple rectangular or ellipse shape box A rectangular box with multiple compartments and add text to the sides A set of drawers to your specifications A pen pot with multiple circle or square shape pots A bottle rack with mounting holes or pegs A carousel that stacks and spins Also added, a new feature where you can easily create a word keychain
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daylight BASIC at 80% against 3D Box Maker's 0%. Daylight BASIC also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). 3D Box Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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; 3D Box Maker costs $2.99 up front. 3D Box Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Daylight BASIC asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daylight BASIC ships an update every 2 months, 3D Box Maker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daylight BASIC | 3D Box Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | factsoft ag | Sarah Hill |
Customer experience
Daylight BASIC
3D Box Maker
In-app purchases
Daylight BASIC
No in-app purchases
3D Box Maker
- Monthly font subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly font subscription$14.991 Year
