Comparison

Sun AR vs Meridian

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

Head to head
About

Sun AR

Easily visualize the sun's path and position for any date and time using augmented reality. Plan photoshoots, outdoor events, or understand sunlight exposure without complex astronomical data.

Highlights
  • AR Sun Path visualization
  • Simplified sunlight data (golden hour, sunset)
  • Map view for sun positioning
  • Supports any date and time
  • Ideal for photographers and event planners
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Point your phone at the sky and watch the sun's path appear overhead. Sun AR uses augmented reality to show exactly where the sun rises, travels, and sets from where you're standing — today or on any date. See if a balcony catches the afternoon light, plan a golden hour shoot, or check a home before you visit. No more guessing which way the light falls. What you can do with Sun AR: - See the sun's path overhead in augmented reality, right where you stand - Check if a room, balcony, terrace, or garden gets direct sun, and exactly when - Plan golden hour, blue hour, sunrise, and sunset for photos and shoots - Scout homes, apartments, and open houses before you visit - Preview the sun for any date of the year, from midsummer to deep winter - Search any location on the map and see its light without going there - Read sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and daylight length at a glance - Add home screen widgets for sunrise, sunset, and daylight Sun AR brings together ARKit, your compass and location, map search, and precise solar calculations to make sunlight easy to see and plan around. Built for photographers, realtors, home buyers, renters, architects, gardeners, travelers, and anyone who needs to know where the sun will be. Features at a glance: - Augmented reality sun path - Sun direction on the map - Any date and time preview - Search any location worldwide - Sunrise and sunset times - Golden hour and blue hour - Daylight duration charts - Sunrise, sunset, and daylight widgets Some features require location and camera permissions. Changing the date and other premium features may require a subscription or one-time purchase. Terms: https://getsun.app/terms Privacy: https://getsun.app/privacy-policy

About

Meridian

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Meridian is a single, beautiful screen that shows you exactly where the Sun is right now — and tells you the story of how your daylight is changing through the year. Two facts, fused into one calm, glanceable experience: • Where the Sun is — its height and direction in your sky, right now, from your real location. • How your daylight is trending — the smooth wave of daylight hours across the year, and how fast it's changing today. WHAT'S INSIDE Right Now A living arc of the Sun's path, with the marker exactly where the Sun is at this moment — tall in summer, shallow in winter, dipping below the horizon at night. Today's daylight length, the change versus yesterday, and a countdown to the next sunrise or sunset. Underneath, today's weather: what it's doing now, and the high and low. Tap for height, direction, solar noon, and golden hour. This Year The whole year drawn against the clock — daylight stacked over the night, with civil, nautical and astronomical twilight layered either side, so you can watch your sunrise and sunset march across the months. A faint line traces solar noon, the moment the Sun is genuinely highest, which is almost never twelve o'clock. A plain-English read on today's pace, and a countdown to the next solstice or equinox. The Moon After dark the Moon rides the night sky at its real position and phase — the true lunar face, lit exactly as it is tonight, the right way up for your hemisphere. Moonrise, moonset, how much is lit, and the next full and new. Golden hour & twilight The warm golden hour and deep blue hour, plus civil, nautical and astronomical twilight — first light to last light, computed for wherever you are, and named on the main screen the moment you're in one. Your place, explained A latitude ruler shows where you sit between the tropics and the poles, and the seasonal swing that follows. Save other cities and check their skies at a glance. Elsewhen — travel through time Drag the Sun along its arc, or scroll a precise ruler by hour, day or month, to see the sky at any moment — sunrise last winter, the next solstice, this day a year from now. Widgets Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with today's daylight, the trend, and where the Sun is. REAL ASTRONOMY, TOTALLY PRIVATE Every position and time is computed on your device using the standard NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms — accurate to well under a minute, checked against published almanac values from the tropics to the poles. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking, and nothing about you is ever sent to us. Made by Victor Rodrigues.

Screenshots

Sun AR4 screens
Meridian4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meridian at none against Sun AR's 2. Meridian also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sun AR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Meridian asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sun AR ships an update weekly, Meridian every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sun AR versus Meridian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSun ARMeridian
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixby Media ABVictor Rodrigues

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sun AR

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
None

Meridian

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sun AR free?
Sun AR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meridian free?
Meridian is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sun AR or Meridian have ads?
Neither Sun AR nor Meridian shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sun AR or Meridian?
Sun AR ships an update weekly, and Meridian every 9 days. Most recently, Sun AR was updated on October 25, 2026 and Meridian on October 4, 2026.

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