Daylight BASIC vs Hallo Sunset
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
Hallo Sunset
This app provides accurate sunrise and sunset times for your current location. It offers beautiful widgets and lock screen displays, working entirely offline with no data collection. Ideal for those who enjoy nature's daily cycles and value privacy.
- Automatic location-based calculations
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen time display
- Manual location search
- Offline functionality
- Privacy-focused
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HalloSunset - Minimalist Sunrise & Sunset Tracker Accurately displays sunrise and sunset times for your location with beautiful widgets and lock screen complications. Works completely offline, no internet required, zero data collection. Key Features: • Automatic location-based calculations • Beautiful home screen widgets • Lock screen time display • Manual location search • Fully localized, privacy-focused Perfect for photographers, outdoor enthusiasts, and anyone who appreciates nature's daily rhythm. Simple, elegant, and respectful of your privacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hallo Sunset at 5.0 against Daylight BASIC's 2.0. Hallo Sunset also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Daylight BASIC's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hallo Sunset holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Daylight BASIC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hallo Sunset's.
Daylight BASIC ships an update every 2 months, Hallo Sunset every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daylight BASIC | Hallo Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | factsoft ag | Jiawen Sun |
Customer experience
Daylight BASIC
Hallo Sunset
In-app purchases
Daylight BASIC
No in-app purchases
Hallo Sunset
No in-app purchases
