Sun Day Tracker vs StarPause
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sun Day Tracker
Monitor your daily vitamin D absorption from sunlight exposure. This straightforward application helps you keep track of your sun-related vitamin D intake.
- Track daily vitamin D intake
- Sunlight exposure monitoring
- Simple interface
- Daily tracking
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A simple app to track you daily vitamin D intake from the sun.
StarPause
This app helps you regain control of your phone usage. It prompts you to consider your intentions before opening distracting apps and allows you to set time limits. Earn rewards by putting your phone down or staying focused.
- App usage prompts
- Customizable time limits
- Focus session timer
- Reward system for breaks
- Digital well-being tracking
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You open your phone to search—and lose hours to your feed. You scroll to relax at home—and suddenly, it’s 3AM at night. You try to scroll less, but fail. You blame your lack of self-control—but it’s not your fault. Some of the world’s smartest engineers work daily to make apps better at playing on our weaknesses, keeping you scrolling and turning your time into ad money. It drains your time, breaks your focus, and takes the joy out of your digital life—you need help. That’s why we built StarPause. Open an app you struggle to stop using, and StarPause steps in: Do you need this right now? Choose to leave, and light up a star. If you need to stay, set a time limit—StarPause stops you when it’s up. Start a focus session, and earn stars when you finish. Every time you choose to put your phone down or stay focused, your starry sky grows. Time and energy are our greatest treasures—let StarPause help you protect them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sun Day Tracker at none against StarPause's 2. StarPause's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. StarPause sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Sun Day Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sun Day Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Sun Day Tracker's written reviews are positive against 88% of StarPause's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sun Day Tracker ships an update monthly, StarPause every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sun Day Tracker | StarPause |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (28 ratings) — better | 4.4 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 87.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 244 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | permissionless tech, llc | Hangzhou Jihe Digital Culture and Creativity Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Sun Day Tracker
StarPause
In-app purchases
Sun Day Tracker
No in-app purchases
StarPause
- StarPaus Pro - 1 Year7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$12.99
