Comparison

Gazer vs Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times

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

Head to head
About

Gazer

This app provides real-time sky quality forecasts for stargazing. It combines factors like cloud cover, darkness, and moonlight into a single score, helping you find the best viewing conditions and understand why they are good or bad.

Highlights
  • Real-time sky quality forecasts
  • Interactive map-based lookup
  • Combined sky score
  • Clarity, darkness, and comfort sub-scores
  • Hour-by-hour nightly outlook
  • Plain-language condition explanations
Features
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Gazer helps you figure out where and when the sky will be best for stargazing. Pick a location or tap the map to see current viewing quality, explore nearby conditions, and understand what’s helping or hurting the sky right now. Gazer combines cloud cover, darkness, moonlight, and comfort into one simple score, with clear sub-scores and plain-English explanations. Use Gazer to: - Check current stargazing quality for any location - Explore a live map with nearby sky-quality layers - Compare overall conditions, clarity, and darkness - See tonight’s outlook hour by hour - Find the best viewing window for the night - Understand why conditions are good or bad Gazer is built for casual stargazers, night drives, meteor shower planning, and anyone who wants a quick, understandable answer before heading outside. Current features include: - Overall sky score - Clarity, Darkness, and Comfort sub-scores - Interactive map-based lookup - Nightly forecast and best-window summary - Plain-language condition breakdowns Whether you’re checking your backyard or searching for darker skies nearby, Gazer helps you find a better view of the night.

About

Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times

Precisely track sunrise, sunset, golden hour, and solar noon with stunning visualizations and real-time accuracy. Plan outdoor activities, photography shoots, or travel around natural light with customizable widgets and smart notifications.

Highlights
  • Real-time sunrise and sunset tracking
  • Golden hour and blue hour timing
  • Animated sun path visualization
  • Daylight progress ring and timeline
  • Customizable home and lock screen widgets
  • Smart notifications for light changes
  • Offline solar calculations
Features
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Track sunrise, sunset, golden hour, blue hour, and solar noon with precision, beauty, and real-time accuracy. Sunrise & Sunset Tracker combines stunning visualizations with accurate solar calculations for photographers, outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, and anyone who enjoys planning around natural light. Watch the sun travel across the sky with an animated sun path that shows exactly where sunlight will be throughout the day. Follow a live daylight progress ring, explore a detailed solar timeline, and discover year-round daylight trends with beautiful charts and analytics. Stay informed with real-time countdowns to the next sunrise and sunset, complete with live progress and daylight status. Track both morning and evening golden hour, as well as blue hour, so you never miss the perfect lighting conditions. Customize your Home Screen with widgets in multiple sizes showing sunrise, sunset, daylight, and live countdowns. Lock Screen widgets provide quick access to solar information, while Dynamic Island Live Activities keep your next sunrise or sunset visible throughout the day. Receive smart notifications before sunrise, sunset, or golden hour. Choose your preferred reminder times so you're always prepared for changing light conditions. Built using precise NOAA solar calculations, the app delivers highly accurate results directly on your device, even without an internet connection. Weather information is available through WeatherKit, and favorite locations can be saved for quick access. GPS updates solar times automatically as you travel, while timezone support ensures every location displays the correct local time. Explore detailed analytics that reveal how daylight changes throughout the year. View sunrise and sunset trends, monitor daylight duration, identify the longest and shortest days, and examine the sun's elevation throughout the day with interactive charts. Privacy comes first. The app contains no ads, no tracking, no analytics, and collects no personal data. Solar calculations run locally on your device for fast performance and minimal battery usage. Even without internet access, all solar calculations and countdowns continue to work. Accessibility is built into every feature with full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type compatibility, Reduce Motion support, and colorblind-friendly design to ensure everyone can enjoy the experience. Photographers can precisely plan shoots around golden hour and blue hour with accurate timing and photography-focused guidance. Save favorite locations such as studios, parks, or event venues to instantly view local sunrise, sunset, and daylight information whenever you arrive. Outdoor enthusiasts can plan hikes, camping trips, kayaking adventures, and other activities around available daylight while tracking seasonal changes throughout the year. Travelers can save destinations and automatically receive accurate sunrise and sunset information based on local GPS coordinates and time zones, making it easy to plan anywhere in the world. The app includes real-time tracking for sunrise, sunset, golden hour, blue hour, and solar noon, interactive sun path visualizations, year-long daylight analytics, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Dynamic Island Live Activities, configurable notifications, unlimited favorite locations, Light and Dark themes, full accessibility support, offline solar calculations, WeatherKit integration, Siri Shortcuts, deep linking, and all features completely free with no subscriptions or advertisements.

Screenshots

Gazer3 screens
Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gazer at 5.0 against Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times's 3.7. Gazer also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Gazer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gazer ships an update daily, Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gazer versus Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGazerSunrise Sunset Tracker Times
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarko RitachkaFarouk Nasser

Customer experience

Gazer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Gazer

No in-app purchases

None

Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gazer free?
Gazer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times free?
Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gazer or Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times?
Gazer is rated higher. Gazer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Gazer or Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times have ads?
Neither Gazer nor Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gazer or Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times?
Gazer ships an update daily, and Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gazer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Sunrise Sunset Tracker Times on November 5, 2026.

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