Comparison

Ride the future vs Solis

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

Head to head
About

Ride the future

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Ride the future är en app för forskningsplattformen för självkörande fordon i Linköping. Boka din anropsstyrda resa och ta del av framtidens kollektivtrafik! Ride the future is an app for the research platform for autonomous vehicles in Linköping. Book your trip on-demand and take part in the future of public transport!

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Solis

Features
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See where the sun goes before you sign. You get one viewing. Twenty minutes, on a grey afternoon in November, to decide about a place you'll live in for years. And the one question nobody in the room can answer is what the sun does here. Solis answers it in seconds, for that exact address, on any day of the year. Solis is built for that moment, and for nothing else. Drop the crosshair on the flat, the house, the plot, the balcony. Solis draws the sun's whole path across that spot's sky: where it comes up, how high it climbs, which way the light falls and where it goes down. On true compass bearings, in that spot's own time zone, computed on your device, with no signal needed. Standing there in November? Check July. Scrub to any date and watch the whole arc redraw. Then point your phone at the building. The sun's path is drawn over the real rooftops in front of you, on true compass bearings, so you can see for yourself whether the sun clears that roofline in winter or the room goes dark in October. What you get: • The sun's path for any address, drawn on the map with the hours marked • Is it really south-facing? See which way the light actually comes from • AR sky view. The sun's whole path drawn over the real building through your camera • Any date. Stand in a flat in November and check what June looks like. Requires a one-time unlock or a monthly plan • Map dial. Drag anywhere on Earth and check a place before you travel to see it • Where the sun sits right now, on the map and through the camera • Heading-follow mode. The map and the dial rotate with your phone • Standard or satellite map, flat or tilted • 12-hour or 24-hour clock • Midnight sun and polar night at high latitudes Solis shows you where the sun goes. It does not model shadows cast by buildings or trees, so the AR view is there to let you see those for yourself. Sun-position math is based on the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm. Required permissions: • Location: to know where to compute the sun's path • Camera: only used by the AR view, to draw the arc over what's in front of you Privacy Policy: https://trysolis.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ride the future4 screens
Solis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ride the future at none against Solis's 4. Ride the future also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.2). Solis's advantage is device support. On price 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. Solis sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ride the future asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Ride the future versus Solis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRide the futureSolis
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 10 days
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPadam MobilityBen Davin

In-app purchases

None

Ride the future

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Solis

Subscriptions3
  • Solis Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Solis Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Solis Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Solis Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Ride the future free?
Ride the future is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solis free?
Solis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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