Comparison

Daylight BASIC vs GPX Merger

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

GPX Merger

Combine multiple GPX tracks into a single, continuous route directly on your iPhone. Edit, optimize, and export your routes for various navigation and mapping applications. All processing is done locally, ensuring your data remains private.

Highlights
  • Merge multiple GPX tracks
  • Edit and shorten tracks
  • Check track transitions
  • Visual map view
  • Preserve all track data
  • Export as GPX & KML
  • 100% offline and local processing
Features
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GPX Merger – Tracks zusammenführen, bearbeiten und exportieren Mit GPX Merger kombinierst du mehrere GPX-Tracks zu einer sauberen, durchgehenden Route – direkt auf deinem iPhone. Egal ob du mehrere Etappen verbinden, Tracks optimieren oder bestehende Touren anpassen willst: Diese App gibt dir die volle Kontrolle über deine GPX-Daten. Perfekt für Hiking, Biking, Geocaching oder Tourenplanung. Hauptfunktionen • GPX-Tracks zusammenführen Verbinde mehrere Tracks zu einer einzigen Route – in der richtigen Reihenfolge und ohne Datenverlust. • Übergänge prüfen Erkenne Abstände zwischen Trackende und -start und vermeide ungewollte Sprünge. • Tracks bearbeiten & kürzen Schneide Tracks zu, entferne Abschnitte oder passe deine Route individuell an. • Kartenansicht Behalte den Überblick über deine Route mit einer visuellen Vorschau. • Daten bleiben erhalten Höhenmeter, Zeitstempel und zusätzliche Trackdaten werden vollständig übernommen. • Export als GPX & KML Exportiere deine fertige Route für Apps wie Komoot, Garmin, Strava oder Google Earth. • 100% offline & lokal Keine Cloud, kein Tracking, keine Registrierung – deine Daten bleiben bei dir. Warum GPX Merger? Viele Apps erlauben das Aufzeichnen von Tracks – aber nur wenige bieten eine einfache Möglichkeit, diese sauber zusammenzuführen und anzupassen. GPX Merger wurde genau dafür entwickelt: schnell, übersichtlich und ohne unnötigen Ballast. Typische Anwendungsfälle • Mehrtägige Touren zu einer Route kombinieren • Tracks von verschiedenen Geräten zusammenführen • GPX-Dateien nachbearbeiten oder kürzen • Routen für Navigation oder Sharing vorbereiten Deine Daten gehören dir Alle GPX-Dateien werden ausschließlich lokal verarbeitet. Du entscheidest selbst, wann und wohin du deine Tracks exportierst.

Screenshots

Daylight BASIC4 screens
GPX Merger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Daylight BASIC at Free against GPX Merger's $2.99. Daylight BASIC also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). GPX Merger's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On 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

Daylight BASIC is free to download; GPX Merger costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daylight BASIC ships an update every 2 months, GPX Merger monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Daylight BASIC versus GPX Merger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaylight BASICGPX Merger
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating2.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfactsoft agH. Kluger

Customer experience

Daylight BASIC

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

GPX Merger

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Daylight BASIC

No in-app purchases

None

GPX Merger

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daylight BASIC free?
Daylight BASIC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GPX Merger free?
GPX Merger costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daylight BASIC or GPX Merger have ads?
Daylight BASIC shows ads; GPX Merger does not.
Which is updated more often, Daylight BASIC or GPX Merger?
Daylight BASIC ships an update every 2 months, and GPX Merger monthly. Most recently, Daylight BASIC was updated on October 23, 2026 and GPX Merger on October 5, 2026.

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