Suntain vs Mini Seasons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Suntain
Visualize the sun's position and trajectory based on your location and date. Get sunrise and sunset times, including when the sun appears or disappears behind terrain. Access annual data on daylight and sunshine duration.
- Sun position and trajectory visualization
- Horizon sunrise and sunset times
- Sunrise/sunset behind terrain
- Annual sunrise/sunset data
- Daylight and sunshine duration
- Sunshine duration analysis
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This application visualize position and trajectory of the sun, based on location and date. It provides: - Horizon (sea level) Sunrise and sunset time - Sunrise and sunset behind terrain/mountain: When sun appears and disappears! Annual information of the specified location is also available: sunrise and sunset along the year, daylight and sunshine duration for every day. On top of this, number of days with more (or less) than a specific amount of sunshine duration is available.
Mini Seasons
Discover the natural world around you with a local nature almanac. It details current natural events like blooming wildflowers and arriving birds, based on real observation data for your region. Enjoy daily insights with unique artwork and poetic reflections.
- 72 unique micro-seasons per region
- 15 North American ecological regions
- Original ink wash artwork
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Offline functionality
- Ad-free and tracking-free
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Mini Seasons tells you what's happening in nature right now: which wildflowers are opening, which birds just showed up. All grounded in real observation data from your ecological region. Japan has tracked 72 micro-seasons for centuries. Mini Seasons adapts that tradition for North America. Fifteen ecological regions, from Pacific Northwest rainforests to the Southern Coastal Plain, each with their own set of 72 seasons named for the real natural events unfolding there. Every season brings original ink wash artwork and a short poetic reflection. Open it, read for a minute, close it. That's the whole idea. Your home region is free, along with the two nearest you. Explorer unlocks the rest, so you can follow any region across the continent and read back through past seasons. FEATURES - 72 micro-seasons for your home region, refreshed every five days - Home region detected automatically, free with the two nearest - All fifteen regions and the full archive with Explorer - Original ink wash artwork for every season - Home screen and lock screen widgets - Works offline - No ads, no account Millions of field reports from across the country, distilled into something you can feel.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Suntain at none against Mini Seasons's 1. Suntain also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Mini Seasons's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Mini Seasons sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Suntain asks for nothing beyond the download.
Suntain ships an update every 4 months, Mini Seasons every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Suntain | Mini Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacques DUMAREST | Inspectural LLC |
Customer experience
Suntain
Mini Seasons
In-app purchases
Suntain
No in-app purchases
Mini Seasons
- Explorer$4.99
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