Comparison

Daylight Tracker vs Sun Light

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

Head to head
About

Daylight Tracker

Features
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Daylight helps you become more aware of your time in daylight, so you can build routines that bring balance and energy to your day. In northern countries, especially during darker months, it’s easy to spend most of the day indoors. Daylight helps you notice how much light you actually get and reminds you to go outside when it matters most. With Daylight you can: • See your daily and weekly daylight minutes — simple, visual, and motivating. • Set your own daylight goal — choose how much time you’d like to spend outside. • Get friendly reminders — a gentle nudge if you haven’t reached your goal yet. • Sync automatically with Apple Watch — or track manually, no Watch required. • Build awareness — small moments in daylight can make a big difference in how you feel. Daylight integrates with Apple Health to read and write your daylight data. All information stays private and secure on your device. Notice your light. Find your rhythm. Feel more balanced.

About

Sun Light

Track your daily sunlight exposure with this simple app. It uses your Apple Watch data to fill a daily progress ring, track streaks, and show your history. Enjoy a straightforward approach to monitoring your time spent outdoors.

Highlights
  • Daily daylight progress ring
  • Streak tracking
  • 7-day history chart
  • Morning, afternoon, and evening breakdown
  • Custom daily goal
  • Sunrise and sunset times
  • Home and lock screen widgets
Features
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Get outside. Sun Light does the rest. Sun Light turns your daily sunlight into a simple ring, a streak, and a clear picture of when you actually got your light — morning, afternoon, or evening. Most people get less daylight than they think. Sun Light makes it visible in one glance, from your home screen or your wrist. WHAT YOU GET • Daily daylight ring and streak • Morning light window — see your first daylight of the day against sunrise • Morning, afternoon and evening breakdown • 7-day history chart • Shareable daily card • Custom daily goal • Sunrise and sunset times • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Apple Watch app and complications HOW TRACKING WORKS With an Apple Watch, daylight is recorded automatically — nothing to start or stop. Apple Watch writes Time in Daylight to Apple Health and Sun Light reads it. Without an Apple Watch, use a Sun Session: tap start when you head outside, tap stop when you come back. Sun Light saves those minutes to Apple Health too. Automatic tracking requires Apple Watch Series 6 or later, Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), or Apple Watch Ultra, on watchOS 10 or later. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No server. No analytics. No ads. Your daylight data stays in Apple Health on your devices. SUN LIGHT PRO Sun Light is free, and everything above stays free — including the shareable daily card. Pro adds your morning light window history and unlimited history beyond the last seven days. 7-day free trial, then $24.99/year — or $49.99 once for lifetime access. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Daylight Tracker4 screens
Sun Light3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daylight Tracker at none against Sun Light's 3. Sun Light's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sun Light sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Daylight Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daylight Tracker ships an update every 3 months, Sun Light every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Daylight Tracker versus Sun Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaylight TrackerSun Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGijsbert van den BrinkJAMES JAY QUACKENBUSH

In-app purchases

None

Daylight Tracker

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sun Light

Subscriptions1
  • Sun Light Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tip$4.99
  • Sun Light Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Daylight Tracker free?
Daylight Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sun Light free?
Sun Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Daylight Tracker or Sun Light have ads?
Neither Daylight Tracker nor Sun Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daylight Tracker or Sun Light?
Daylight Tracker ships an update every 3 months, and Sun Light every 8 days. Most recently, Daylight Tracker was updated on September 15, 2026 and Sun Light on September 22, 2026.

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