Comparison

Daylight BASIC vs sanetime

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

Head to head
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

sanetime

This app offers an intuitive way to visualize and manage time zones with a unique rotating clock interface. It simplifies understanding global time differences, helping users avoid scheduling confusion and plan international meetings effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Interactive multi-wheel time zone visualization
  • Smart 'tomorrow' and 'yesterday' indicators
  • Haptic feedback for precise time selection
  • Automatic local time and preference saving
  • Global city search for any time zone
  • Light and dark modes
  • Visual time planning for meetings
Features
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Sanetime reimagines how we view and visualise time across different zones. With its innovative rotating clock interface, understanding and relating to global time zones becomes intuitive and effortless. For all those times you find yourself asking: "What time is it over there tomorrow morning my time?" "Is that today or yesterday your time?" "I will be half an hour late to a Zoom with someone in Ulaanbaatar, will asking them to start later push them outside of their office hours? Sanetime makes global time management simple, beautiful, and dare we say... sane. No more mental math or confusion about "what time is it there?" – just rotate, visualise, and know instantly. Forget complicated time zone schedulers with boring tables and unintuitive charts. Feel the time zones with interactive visuals and the comfort of a familiar clock face design, making it easy to grasp time differences at a glance. Key features: • Interactive multi-wheel design - Rotate concentric wheels to visualise time relationships across up to three different time zones simultaneously • Smart time indicators - Clear "tomorrow" and "yesterday" markers help prevent scheduling confusion across date lines • Haptic feedback - Subtle vibrations as you rotate through hours help you find precise times • Automatic local time - Starts with your current time zone and remembers your preferences • Global city search - Quickly find any major city or time zone with smart search • Light/dark modes - Comfortable viewing any time of day • Visual time planning - Perfect for scheduling international meetings or keeping track of family and friends worldwide Perfect for: • Remote workers coordinating with global team members • Families staying connected across continents • Business professionals managing international clients • Travellers planning calls back home

Screenshots

Daylight BASIC4 screens
sanetime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: sanetime at 5.0 against Daylight BASIC's 2.0. sanetime also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Daylight BASIC's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

sanetime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. 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 100% of sanetime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Daylight BASIC versus sanetime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaylight BASICsanetime
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfactsoft agTaogi Limited

Customer experience

Daylight BASIC

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative15.4%

sanetime

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Daylight BASIC

No in-app purchases

None

sanetime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daylight BASIC free?
Daylight BASIC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is sanetime free?
sanetime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Daylight BASIC or sanetime?
sanetime is rated higher. Daylight BASIC averages 2.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while sanetime averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Daylight BASIC or sanetime have ads?
Daylight BASIC shows ads; sanetime does not.
Which is updated more often, Daylight BASIC or sanetime?
Daylight BASIC ships an update every 2 months, and sanetime every 2 months. Most recently, Daylight BASIC was updated on October 14, 2026 and sanetime on October 8, 2026.

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