Comparison

Sunlight Tracker vs Amber Hour

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sunlight Tracker

Features
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Sunlight Tracker is the essential tool for various people: e.g. photographers, prospective house buyers, garden enthusiasts, etc. The sleek and beautiful interface provides you with the information you need, for the range of professional functions you want to do. features: - Overview of sun: positions, day & night lengths, sunrise & sunset times, golden hour, twilight (astronomical, nautical and civil). - Widget that shows the current locations sunrise & sunset times - See data for current day but also the whole year - Your coordinates, and altitude

About

Amber Hour

Features
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The best light lasts about an hour. Amber Hour tells you exactly when — and whether it will be any good. The app works out the sun's path for your location and shows today's golden hour and blue hour with a countdown, so you arrive while the light is still there. Everything is calculated on your phone, so the times are there even without a connection. FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER • Golden hour and blue hour, morning and evening • Sunrise and sunset • A live sun curve showing where the sun is right now • A calendar for planning days and weeks ahead • A background that follows the colours of the sky through the day ON HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN • Widget counting down to the next golden hour • Lock Screen widgets in three sizes • Countdown in the Dynamic Island as the hour approaches • A reminder 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes before WEATHER AND MOON • Cloud cover for exactly the window golden hour covers • Moon phase, moonrise and moonset • Astronomical darkness — when the Milky Way can be photographed FREE AND PRO Amber Hour is free and includes all sun times, the calendar, reminders and the Home Screen widget. Amber Hour Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription, unlocking the weather forecast, moon and astronomical darkness, Lock Screen widgets, the Dynamic Island countdown, widget customisation and multiple saved locations. PRIVACY Your location never leaves your phone apart from the request that fetches the forecast. There is no account, no tracking and no ads.

Screenshots

Sunlight Tracker2 screens
Amber Hour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Sunlight Tracker at 3 against Amber Hour's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Sunlight Tracker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Amber Hour sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Sunlight Tracker versus Amber Hour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunlight TrackerAmber Hour
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolaj JensenALEXANDER GLASER

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sunlight Tracker

One-time3
  • Coffee-Sized Tip$0.99
  • Lunch-Sized Tip$4.99
  • Pizza-Sized Tip$9.99
1 purchases

Amber Hour

One-time1
  • Amber Hour Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Sunlight Tracker free?
Sunlight Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Amber Hour free?
Amber Hour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sunlight Tracker or Amber Hour have ads?
Neither Sunlight Tracker nor Amber Hour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sunlight Tracker or Amber Hour?
Sunlight Tracker ships an update weekly, and Amber Hour weekly. Most recently, Sunlight Tracker was updated on October 27, 2026 and Amber Hour on October 31, 2026.

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