CheckMarked vs At Dusk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CheckMarked
Organize your thoughts and tasks using Markdown in a sleek, modern interface. Seamlessly integrate your notes with Obsidian for enhanced productivity.
- Markdown list support
- Clean, modern iOS interface
- Obsidian integration
- Task organization
- Note-taking
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CheckMarked lets you keep your lists in Markdown while presenting a clean, modern, iOS interface. Perfect for integrating with Obsidian.
At Dusk
This app provides photographers with real-time light quality, precise sunrise/sunset times, and the sun's path. It integrates live weather data to help users determine the best times for shooting and avoid missing magic hours.
- Live light quality score and color temperature
- Precise golden hour, sunrise, and sunset times
- Usable light remaining countdown
- Live sun and moon path visualization
- Detailed sky phases and twilight information
- Integrated live weather data
- Home-screen widgets for at-a-glance info
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At Dusk: Your Natural Light Companion For photographers who live and die by the light. At Dusk tells you how good the light is right now, how long it will last, and exactly when the magic hours arrive, so you're never guessing and never caught out. A precise light engine blends solar and lunar geometry with live weather, elevation, and air quality, turning "is it worth heading out?" into a single glance. WHAT YOU GET • Live light quality. A clear read on the light right now, from Poor to Excellent, with the exact score and color temperature. • Golden hour, sunrise, sunset. Precise times and countdowns, with compass bearings so you know where the sun will rise and set. • Usable light remaining. How much shooting light you actually have left before the window closes. • The sun's path. A live arc across your sky showing the sun's real position, altitude, and direction, moment to moment. • The moon, in full. Phase and illumination, moonrise and moonset with bearings, and dark-sky windows for astro and night work. • Sky Detail. A dedicated sun and moon compass with every light phase, from golden and blue hour to civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight. • Live weather. Cloud, humidity, wind, and UV, folded straight into the light picture. • Home-screen widgets. Your usable light, live sun arc, and light quality at a glance, all day. • Built for iPad. A full dashboard that puts everything on one screen at once. • Make it yours. Customizable themes and a clean, glare-free design tuned for the field. Premium and ad-free. No accounts, no clutter, just the light. Made for landscape, portrait, wedding, and travel photographers, and anyone chasing dawn, dusk, and every good hour in between.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CheckMarked at 5.0 against At Dusk's 1.0. CheckMarked also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). At Dusk's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. At Dusk sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CheckMarked asks for nothing beyond the download.
CheckMarked holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
CheckMarked ships an update every 3 weeks, At Dusk every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CheckMarked | At Dusk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Powers | Dat Pham |
Customer experience
CheckMarked
At Dusk
In-app purchases
CheckMarked
No in-app purchases
At Dusk
- At Dusk Small Tip$0.99
- At Dusk Medium Tip$2.99
- At Dusk Large Tip$4.99









