Sunlight Tracking by Riseroo vs My Circadian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sunlight Tracking by Riseroo
This app helps you establish a healthy morning sunlight exposure routine. It uses your iPhone's camera to measure sunlight and suggests optimal times for your daily sessions, tracking your progress and streaks.
- Morning sunlight exposure tracking
- Camera-based sunlight measurement
- Optimal session time suggestions
- Daily progress and streak tracking
- Personalized insights
- Circadian rhythm regulation support
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Welcome to Riseroo, your personal sunlight tracker! Our app encourages the healthy habit of morning sunlight exposure, known for its numerous benefits like regulating the circadian rhythm, improving mood, promoting wakefulness during the day, boosting vitamin D, and more. Riseroo uses your iPhone's camera to measure the amount of sunlight available, and based on the time of day and weather conditions, it suggests the optimal time for your daily sunlight session. Our intuitive sunlight tracker helps you keep an eye on your daily exposure, ensuring that you are getting just the right amount of sunlight. The home dashboard allows you to track streaks, achieve milestones, and get personalized insights of your progress. Start your day off right, develop a healthy routine, and bring a ray of sunshine into your life with Riseroo!
My Circadian
Optimize your light exposure and sleep schedule for better circadian health. This tool provides personalized intervals to help you maintain a regular sleep-wake cycle and manage light exposure, crucial for overall well-being.
- Personalized light exposure intervals
- Optimized sleep schedule guidance
- Circadian rhythm tracking
- Actionable health insights
- Regular sleep-wake cycle management
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Introducing My Circadian, an innovative tool designed to make maintaining excellent circadian health easier. This app calculates and provides you with actionable intervals to optimize your light exposure and sleep schedule, all tailored according to your circadian rhythm. By instructing you when to view light, when to avoid it, and when to sleep, My Circadian assists you in keeping a regular sleep-wake cycle and managing your exposure to light - the two crucial factors in maintaining great circadian health. Circadian rhythms are natural, 24-hour cycles that regulate our physical, mental, and behavioral changes. Every tissue and organ in our body contains their own biological clock, all controlled by a master clock in the brain: the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN). These internal clocks and the SCN are influenced by light, exercise, and eating patterns, setting the rhythm of our day and affecting processes such as sleep, digestion, metabolism, mental health, and cellular repair. Understanding and maintaining our circadian health is paramount. Poor circadian health can lead to sleep disorders, metabolic issues, mental health problems, and even chronic health conditions. On the other hand, proper circadian health can enhance energy levels, cognitive abilities, and overall well-being, potentially increasing lifespan. Take control of your wellbeing today with My Circadian, and unlock a healthier, happier you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sunlight Tracking by Riseroo at every 6 days against My Circadian's every 3 months. Sunlight Tracking by Riseroo also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 1). My Circadian's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
My Circadian holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sunlight Tracking by Riseroo has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sunlight Tracking by Riseroo ships an update every 6 days, My Circadian every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sunlight Tracking by Riseroo | My Circadian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Koshenka Labs LLC | Jake Adams |
Customer experience
Sunlight Tracking by Riseroo
My Circadian
In-app purchases
Sunlight Tracking by Riseroo
No in-app purchases
My Circadian
No in-app purchases
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