SolarApp vs Sun Path & Shadow Tracker

SolarApp is a Sun Path and Shadow Map app let you visualize the sun's movement and simulate real-time shadows anywhere on Earth. Whether you're planning photography sessions, gardening, positioning for solar panel or tracking the perfect golden hour, this app helps you plan every angle with precision. Explore sunlight in 3D and AR, understand how shadows shift through the day, and see the sun path via the phone camera. ___________________________ ▶ Why SolarApp for sunlight tool? ◉ 3D Shadow Map Simulation — Predict where shadows fall at any time of day, anywhere on Earth. See how the shadow moves across the day when using the timeline slider. ◉ Astronomical Color Bar — See the how golden hour, blue hour, sunrise, sunset, daylight and night time represented in a 24 hrs color bar. ◉ AR Sun and Sun Path Overlay — Align your camera with the real sun using augmented reality and watch the sun’s movement across the sky in real time. ◉ Push Notification — Turn on notifications to receive timely reminders for sunrise, sunset, golden hour etc on the phone. To be ready when the light is just right. ◉ Complete Astronomical Information — Comes with sunrise sunset chart with timeline slider to view sun position throughout the day. Completed with all astronomical events such as golden hour, blue hour, solar noon, day length and etc. ◉ Location and Date Change — Allows user to change the location to simulate the shadow map and sun path at different location. Allows user to change the date to see how sunlight changes throughout the seasons. ◉ Auto Detect Location & Compass Orientation — Detect your location and adjust the shadow map, sun position and sun path orientation while you move or tilt the phone. ◉ Timeline Slider — Move the slider on the 24 hrs color bar to simulate the sun position and shadow changes throughout the day. ◉ Sunrise Sunset Chart — Display sun azimuth, sun elevation with sunrise sunset marker on a 24 hrs chart. It is a perfect tool for photographers, architects, gardeners, solar panel installer and outdoor planner. ___________________________ We'd love to hear your feedback, email us at support@tapclay.com to ask any question or get help from our team.

Where the sun will be and where the shadow will fall, for any place at any hour. Bearing, height above the horizon and shadow length, computed on your phone: offline, no account. For photographers chasing golden hour, gardeners, and anyone choosing an apartment, a campsite or a terrace table. THE THREE NUMBERS • Bearing — the compass direction the sun is in, right now • Height — how far above the horizon it stands, in degrees • Shadow — how long a shadow anything casts, in meters or feet They are the largest type on the screen, because they are the answer to the question you opened the app to ask. DRAG THROUGH THE DAY Take hold of the timeline and the sundial moves under your thumb. The shadow sweeps around the ground — short at noon, long at dusk — and vanishes the moment the sun sets. It is the fastest way to understand a day's light without reading a chart. HOLD IT UP TO THE SKY Point the camera at the horizon and the sun's whole arc is drawn over the view: where it rose, where it stands now, where it will set. It uses the compass and the tilt of your phone. No photo is taken, saved or sent. THE MAP Drop a pin anywhere and see the shadow direction for that exact spot. Useful before you view an apartment, plant a tree, book a table, or carry a tripod up a hill for nothing. SUN PATH PLANNING Look around Sun Path before you decide: it shows where the sun is for you right now. Everything else needs Sun Path Planning: a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription. It covers everything above, and: • Any date — next Tuesday, next June, or the morning of a wedding two years out • Any location on earth, not only where you are standing • Save the places you keep coming back to WHO IT IS FOR • Photographers and film crews chasing the golden hour and the blue hour • Gardeners working out which corner gets afternoon light • Architects, builders and solar installers checking overshadowing • Anyone choosing an apartment, a hotel room, a campsite or a terrace table HOW ACCURATE IT IS, AND WHAT IT ASSUMES The position is computed with the NOAA solar algorithm and is precise to a fraction of a degree. It assumes a level, unobstructed horizon: it knows nothing about hills, buildings, trees, cloud or weather. Sunrise and sunset are ideal-horizon times and will differ from what you see from your window. Treat it as a very good first answer, not a survey. Not for navigation, aviation or maritime use. It says nothing about UV — it is not a health or sun-exposure app. PRIVACY No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your location is used on your phone to compute the sun and is never sent to me. The full policy is at the address below. BUILT BY ONE PERSON I read and answer every email, usually within two business days. If the sun looks wrong where you are, tell me the place, the date and the time and I will look — solar position is exact geometry, so a real error is reproducible and fixable. Support and privacy: https://anilsancarr-web.github.io/sunpath-site/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://anilsancarr-web.github.io/sunpath-site/privacy/ Bali photograph by Zexsen Xie, CC BY 2.0.