Hello Sun vs Sun Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello Sun
Track vitamin D intake from sunlight and supplements with safe, burn-aware timers. Offers personalized estimates and weekly progress tracking, adapting to your skin and location for optimal sun exposure.
- Safe sun session timers
- Vitamin D IU estimates
- Log supplements and sun
- Adaptive acclimation
- Weekly progress tracking
- UV forecast planning
- Winter Mode support
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Hello Sun helps you track vitamin D from sunlight and supplements — with burn-aware timers that keep your skin safe. Built around a weekly rhythm (not daily perfection), Hello Sun makes it easy to stay consistent in real life. KEY FEATURES • Safe sun sessions: reliable timer, burn countdown, and clear warnings • Vitamin D estimates: live IU estimates during sessions + daily totals • Sun + supplements in one place: log supplements and see combined progress • Adaptive acclimation: learns from your history to fine-tune burn time for you • Weekly progress: rolling 7-day status, insights, and trends • Smart planning: UV forecasts + best windows based on your skin and location • Edit anything: adjust sessions and supplements for any day • Winter Mode: supports low-UV seasons and locations • Privacy-first: no ads and no selling data HELLO SUN PLUS Unlock extended planning, unlimited history, deeper insights, year views, and themes. Important: Hello Sun provides estimates, not medical advice. Always protect your skin and consult a healthcare professional for personalized guidance. For our Terms of Use (EULA), visit: https://termsofservice.hellosuntracker.com For our Privacy Policy, visit : https://privacy.hellosuntracker.com/
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hello Sun at 5.0 against Sun Light's 4.5. Hello Sun also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Sun Light's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Hello Sun sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Sun Light sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hello Sun holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Hello Sun ships an update weekly, Sun Light every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello Sun | Sun Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kyle Brammer | JAMES JAY QUACKENBUSH |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Hello Sun
- Hello Sun Plus Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Hello Sun Plus Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$29.991 Year
Sun Light
- Sun Light Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Tip$4.99
- Sun Light Pro Lifetime$49.99









