Sun Pathway vs Shade Tracker

See the sun before you sign the lease. Sun Pathway uses augmented reality to show you exactly where the sun travels across the sky — from any location, on any date. Just point your phone and watch the sun's arc appear live on your camera view. --- PERFECT FOR APARTMENT HUNTERS --- Visiting a new apartment? Point your phone at each window and instantly see: • How many hours of direct sunlight this window gets • Whether it's morning sun or afternoon sun • How sunlight changes from summer to winter Generate a PDF Apartment Sunlight Report with photos and data for every window — share it with your partner, roommate, or agent. --- PERFECT FOR PLANT PARENTS --- Stop guessing which window gets "bright indirect light." Sun Pathway shows the exact sun hours for any spot in your home, every season. South-facing windows get 12+ hours. North-facing? Maybe 4. Now you know. --- PERFECT FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS --- Stand out from every other listing. Add branded sunlight snapshots to your presentations. Show clients exactly how much sun each room gets — backed by data, not guesswork. --- KEY FEATURES --- • AR Sun Path — Point your camera at any direction and see the sun's arc overlaid in real time • Month-by-Month View — See how the sun path shifts across seasons (free: ±1 month, Pro: full year) • Sunrise & Sunset — Exact times with hour markers along the arc • Save & Compare — Bookmark locations and compare sunlight between apartments • Apartment Report — Scan each window, generate a professional PDF report • Shadow Preview — See shadow direction and length for any time of day • Fully Offline — All calculations run on your device. No internet needed. • Privacy First — No accounts, no tracking, no data leaves your phone. --- PRO ($5.99, one-time) --- • Full year sun paths (12 months) • Unlimited location scans • Sun path for any date • Yearly sun path animation • Shadow direction preview • Save & share snapshots • Saved locations --- AGENT ($9.99/month) --- • Everything in Pro • Your name & brokerage on every snapshot • Apartment sunlight reports (PDF) with photos • Commercial use license --- HOW IT WORKS --- Sun Pathway uses the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm — the same standard used by meteorologists and engineers. The sun's position is calculated from your GPS coordinates, date, and time, then projected onto your camera view using your device's compass and gyroscope. Note: Sun path calculations assume clear line of sight to the sky. Actual sunlight may vary due to buildings, trees, and weather conditions. --- PRIVACY --- No accounts. No tracking. No data leaves your device. Location is used only for solar calculations and is never transmitted anywhere. See our full privacy policy for details. Requires iOS 16+. iPhone 8 or later. Terms of Use: https://amtyurin.github.io/sunpathway/terms-of-use.html

Will your balcony get sun at 4pm? Where should you park so the car is still shaded in three hours? Does that table stay in the sun through dinner? Shade Tracker answers those questions on a live map. Drag the timeline and watch the shadows of buildings and trees move in real time. The sun's position comes from actual astronomical calculation. LIVE SHADOW MAP • Building and tree shadows drawn directly onto the map • Tree heights come from a global canopy model, so shade under trees counts too • 2D, tilted 3D, and satellite views THE TIMELINE • Scrub with your finger and the shadows follow instantly • One pixel is one minute, with about six hours of context on screen • The color of the timeline is the real solar elevation for that minute, so night, twilight, golden hour, and full day are visible at a glance • Scroll as far into the past or future as you want, or jump to any date • One tap on Now returns you to the current moment HOURS OF SUN • Turn the map into a heat map of how many hours each spot gets sun, over a range you pick: sunrise to sunset, now to sunset, or the whole day • Tap anywhere to read the exact figure for that point ANNUAL SUNLIGHT • The same heat map sampled across a full year, for longer decisions about a roof, garden, or balcony SHADOW CALCULATOR • Draw a structure on the map, give it a height, and its shadow is included immediately • Set the height to zero to erase instead: see what changes if a tree comes down or a building is removed • Drawings stay on your device and can be edited or deleted SUN DIRECTION AND STATUS • Arrows from the map center show the current sun direction, the sunrise direction, and the sunset direction • A floating badge gives the sun's compass bearing and elevation, plus whether you are in sun or shade right now, read from the shadow data rather than guessed • Sunrise and sunset times UV INDEX • Current UV for your location, in the standard health color bands • Scrub the timeline to see the UV forecast for that hour SAVED PLACES • Long-press a point and name it: Home balcony, Work parking, that café • The address resolves automatically; tap the list to fly back SEARCH • Place and address search with live suggestions • Type coordinates to go straight to a point • Times are shown in the local time zone of wherever you are looking GOOD FOR Apartment hunting, parking in the shade, picking a side of the terrace, gardening and the full sun versus partial shade question, photography and golden hour, early thinking about solar panels, shaded walking routes on hot days, architecture and site studies, and planning outdoor events. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO Building heights are mostly estimates from open map data, so not every roof is modeled exactly. Tree heights come from a global model rather than individual measurements. UV is a clear-sky value and does not account for you being in shade. Clouds and weather are not part of the calculation: this answers where the sun falls when the sun is out. No account and no sign-up. The calculations run on your device. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PRO The live shadow map with today's timeline, sun direction lines, sunrise and sunset times, the UV index, search, and up to 3 saved places are free. Shade Tracker Pro is an optional paid upgrade, available as an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. It unlocks: • HOURS OF SUN (one free preview included) • ANNUAL SUNLIGHT • SHADOW CALCULATOR • Viewing days other than today • The sun arc time control • Unlimited saved places -------------- Privacy Policy: https://shadetracker.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://shadetracker.app/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/