Sunfollower vs Light 3D
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.
Light 3D
Create 3D images using geometric shapes, cameras, and lights. Design scenes by adding, removing, and adjusting elements, then render and save your creations. Customize materials for unique visual effects.
- Create images from 3D geometric primitives
- Scene editor for adding and adjusting elements
- Customize material properties for visual effects
- Render scenes in full screen
- Save rendered images to Camera Roll
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Light 3D is an application that let you create images from 3D geometric primitives. Light 3D computes images from a scene. A scene is composed of several geometric primitives (spheres or planes), one camera and some lights. The scene editor let you create, remove and adjust any item of a scene. For each geometric primitive you can setup the material for different visual effects. Then you can render the scene in full screen and save the image in the Camera Roll album.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Light 3D at Free against Sunfollower's $2.99. Light 3D also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 70%). Sunfollower's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Light 3D is free to download; Sunfollower costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Sunfollower against 4.2 for Light 3D. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Sunfollower's written reviews are positive against 80% of Light 3D's.
Sunfollower ships an update every 4 months, Light 3D every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sunfollower | Light 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (12 ratings) | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evgeny Vostrikov | Christophe Cael |
Customer experience
Sunfollower
Light 3D
In-app purchases
Sunfollower
No in-app purchases
Light 3D
No in-app purchases
Questions
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