Sunfollower vs Golden Hour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sunfollower
Visualize sunrise, sunset, and sun direction for any day and location. Features an interactive AR view to calculate sun positions and provides twilight times, elevation, azimuth, and shadow ratios.
- Sunrise and sunset position tracking
- Interactive Augmented Reality view
- Civil, nautical, astronomical twilight times
- Sun elevation and azimuth
- Shadow ratio calculation
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Sunrise, sunset and sun direction for any day at any location. Key features: - Instantly see how sunrise and sunset positions change throughout the year - Interactive Augmented Reality view screen. Tap on the screen and the application will calculate when the Sun is at that position. - Civil, nautical, astronomical twilight times - Elevation and azimuth of the Sun - Shadow ratio Notes: Maps require data connection. Please ensure that Compass calibration in the System Settings on your device is switched ON. The app will work more accurately with it. The Compass accuracy can be affected by magnetic or other environmental interferences.
Golden Hour
Find the optimal times for photography with the best natural light based on your chosen location and date. It also provides sun positions and offers a convenient watch app for real-time golden hour information.
- Optimal light time calculation
- Sun position data
- Location and date specific
- Watch app integration
- Gorgeous light for pictures
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Golden Hour gives you, from the chosen location and date, the 2 best moments of the day during which you will have the most gorgeous light for you pictures. The sun positions is also provided. The Watch App gives you the today's golden hours at your current location.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Golden Hour at Free against Sunfollower's $2.99. Golden Hour also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (397 vs 12). Sunfollower's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (70% vs 49%). On ads 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
Golden Hour is free to download; Sunfollower costs $2.99 up front. Golden Hour sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sunfollower asks for nothing beyond the download.
Golden Hour holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golden Hour has 397 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Sunfollower's written reviews are positive against 49% of Golden Hour's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sunfollower ships an update every 4 months, Golden Hour every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sunfollower | Golden Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (12 ratings) | 4.7 (397 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews — better | 48.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 397 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evgeny Vostrikov | Applorium Ltd |
Customer experience
Sunfollower
Golden Hour
Bugs and requests
Sunfollower
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Golden Hour
Reported bugs
9 issues- App not opening
- App not loading on watch
- Unknown error message on launch
- App crashes after update
- Search for other locations broken (time zone issue)
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- Map is tiny on iPhone SE
- Widget shows 00:00
- App crashes on opening
- iPhone X optimization missing
Requested features
11 requests- Add blue hour timeframes
- Add labels for map lines
- Add option to save last location
- Add live wallpapers
- Add diagram for shots
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- Improve location search granularity
- Allow planning for future dates/locations
- Fix time zone issues for location search
- Add dark mode
- Add Apple Watch app
- Fix evening/morning labels on map
In-app purchases
Sunfollower
No in-app purchases
Golden Hour
- Lifetime upgrade$3.99
Questions
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