Comparison

SkySort vs SunSpan

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

Head to head
About

SkySort

Instantly identify cloud types using AI-powered image recognition. Snap a photo of the sky to discover detailed information about various cloud formations and their associated weather conditions. Save your observations and track your cloud spotting progress.

Highlights
  • AI cloud type recognition
  • Photo import and capture
  • Detailed cloud information
  • Weather data integration
  • Observation saving and tracking
  • Offline capability
  • Cloud encyclopedia
Features
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Point your camera at the sky and know what you’re looking at. SkySort uses on‑device AI to identify clouds in seconds — no internet required — then logs each sighting with the weather and location in your own private sky journal. Whether you’re a weather watcher, hiker, photographer, student, or simply sky‑curious, SkySort helps you notice more and learn as you go. IDENTIFY IN SECONDS • Snap a photo or import one from your library — SkySort recognizes 12 sky conditions: Cumulus, Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Stratocumulus, Nimbostratus, Altocumulus, Altostratus, Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus, contrails, and clear sky. • Every result includes a confidence score and an at‑a‑glance quality rating, so you always know how sure the model is. • Identification runs entirely on your device — fast, offline, and private. LEARN THE SKY • A built‑in encyclopedia covers all 12 cloud types: how they form, the weather they signal, and how to tell look‑alikes apart. • Explore 25 weather terms and 6 special phenomena — halos, sun dogs, iridescence, virga, crepuscular rays, and lenticular clouds — with example photos. • Not sure what you’re seeing? The ID Helper walks you through a few simple questions to narrow it down. BUILD YOUR SKY JOURNAL • Every observation is saved with its photo, type, confidence, date, and place. • SkySort automatically records the weather the moment you save — temperature, wind, humidity, pressure, visibility, UV, and cloud cover. • Search, filter, and sort your history, and see all your sightings on a map. • Track your trends: most‑common clouds, average confidence, and recent activity. SYNC, SHARE & EXPORT • Your journal syncs across iPhone and iPad through your private iCloud. • Share a cloud with a ready‑made caption — your location is never included. • Export everything to CSV or a polished PDF report, in Metric or Imperial units. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Photos are analyzed on your device and are never uploaded to a server for identification. • Your observations live in your own iCloud, not on our servers. • Shared images and captions never include your GPS coordinates. Download SkySort and start reading the sky. — Weather data provided by Weather. Cloud identifications are AI predictions and may not always be exact.

About

SunSpan

Visualize an entire year of daylight, sunrise, sunset, and twilight on a single, intuitive chart. Easily inspect daily solar times and phases by tapping or dragging across the visual representation. Offers detailed insights into seasonal changes and astronomical events.

Highlights
  • Full-year daylight chart
  • Eight-stop twilight gradient
  • Inspect daily solar times
  • DST transitions marked
  • Location picker via map/GPS
  • Automatic time zone resolution
Features
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SunSpan — A Year of Daylight on One Screen SunSpan renders an entire year of sunrise, sunset, and twilight as a single chart. Each day is a vertical band shaded from astronomical night through nautical and civil twilight into full daylight, so the seasonal curve, the solstices, the equinoxes, and effects like white nights and polar day are visible at a glance. Tap or drag across the chart to select any day and see its sunrise, sunset, daylight length, and twilight phase times in a detail bubble. Features - Full-year daylight chart for any location, any year from 1900 to 2100 - Eight-stop twilight gradient: night, astronomical, nautical, civil, day - Tap or drag any day to inspect sunrise, sunset, daylight length, and twilight phase times - DST transitions marked on the chart - Location picker via satellite map, or automatic from device GPS - Time zone resolved automatically from the selected coordinates - Localized in English, Spanish, German, and Ukrainian Privacy No accounts, no analytics, no ads. Location is used only on-device to compute solar geometry and never leaves the device.

Screenshots

SkySort4 screens
SunSpan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SunSpan at every 2 days against SkySort's every 6 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SkySort against 5.0 for SunSpan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SkySort ships an update every 6 weeks, SunSpan every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
SkySort versus SunSpan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkySortSunSpan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew CarlsonMykhailo Chelnokov

In-app purchases

None

SkySort

No in-app purchases

None

SunSpan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SkySort free?
SkySort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SunSpan free?
SunSpan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SkySort or SunSpan?
SkySort and SunSpan are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SkySort or SunSpan have ads?
Neither SkySort nor SunSpan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SkySort or SunSpan?
SkySort ships an update every 6 weeks, and SunSpan every 2 days. Most recently, SkySort was updated on September 27, 2026 and SunSpan on July 6, 2026.

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