Eclipse Map vs Solar Eclipse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eclipse Map
Explore solar and lunar eclipses from -1999 to 3000. Visualize eclipse paths on a map and calculate observable events and times for any location on Earth.
- Eclipse data from -1999 to 3000
- Visualize eclipse paths on a map
- Calculate observable events and times
- Query eclipse type and time
- Location-specific eclipse predictions
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The "Eclipse Map" app provides solar and lunar eclipse data from -1999 to 3000, and can query the time and type of any solar or lunar eclipse in 5000 years. The "Eclipse Map" app visualizes the distribution area of each solar or lunar eclipse on the earth on the map by calculation. It can also calculate the observable events and event times of any point on the map during the solar or lunar eclipse. In addition, it can also calculate the observable events and time of each solar or lunar eclipse at a given location .
Solar Eclipse
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Will you actually see totality from where you will be standing? Most eclipse apps answer that with a computed guess. This one answers it with the data. Inside Spain, Eclipse publishes the verdict from the Instituto Geografico Nacional for every municipality. That matters more than it sounds. A textbook calculation puts Madrid just inside the path of totality. The IGN puts it outside, at 99.90 percent. An app that says otherwise gets proven wrong in public, on the day. THREE ECLIPSES, ONE APP 2 August 2027 is the big one: totality runs from southern Spain across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, where Luxor gets 6 minutes 23 seconds, the longest over land in decades. 26 January 2028 is an annular eclipse, the ring of fire, and it crosses Spain at sunset with the Sun only a few degrees above the horizon. Both are already in the app. It moves to the next one on its own, with no update needed. WHAT YOU GET - A straight answer for your exact place. Total, annular, partial, or right on the limit. When your spot sits on the edge, the app says so instead of guessing, and names the nearest town that is safely inside. - Every contact time to the second, in the local time of the place you asked about. - Which way to look. A live compass points you at the right patch of sky, with the Sun's exact height above the horizon so you can check today that no building or ridge is in the way. - Times clipped to sunset. Where an eclipse ends below the horizon, showing a time you cannot observe is worse than showing nothing. - Cloud cover for your spot, from Apple Weather, so you know whether to drive. - Alerts before each phase, scheduled on your device. - The full path map, with the centre line and both limits. WORKS WITH NO SIGNAL Everything except the cloud forecast runs entirely on your device. No account, no server, no connection. On eclipse day, when everyone opens their eclipse app in the same few minutes, that is the difference between an answer and a spinning wheel. NOTHING IS COLLECTED No tracking, no analytics, no account. Your location never leaves your phone. The only network request is Apple's own weather service. SAFETY FIRST Never look at the Sun without certified ISO 12312-2 filters. An annular eclipse has no safe moment at all: even a perfect ring is direct sunlight. The app says so, and never tells you to remove your glasses unless you are genuinely inside totality. Data: Instituto Geografico Nacional (CNIG), NASA/Fred Espenak, GeoNames.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Solar Eclipse at Free against Eclipse Map's $9.99. Solar Eclipse also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Eclipse Map's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Solar Eclipse is free to download; Eclipse Map costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Eclipse Map ships an update every 2 months, Solar Eclipse weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eclipse Map | Solar Eclipse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 雪平 王 | BigBalli Consulting llc |
In-app purchases
Eclipse Map
No in-app purchases
Solar Eclipse
No in-app purchases








