Comparison

Sun Friend vs Clock Tower

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

Head to head
About

Sun Friend

This app provides astronomically accurate sunrise and sunset times, along with daily sun messages and golden hour predictions. It features home screen widgets and allows you to explore past and future daylight hours.

Highlights
  • Astronomically accurate sunrise and sunset times
  • Daily sun messages with personality
  • Home screen widgets for sunrise, sunset, and daylight
  • Golden hour and blue hour timing
  • Time-travel through past and future dates
  • Calm starry night mode after sunset
Features
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The sun has something to say. Are you up yet? Sun Friend isn't your average sunrise app. It's astronomically accurate down to the minute, but it also has personality. Part solar almanac, part smug little star that knows the whole system revolves around it. What you get: Today's sun - See sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and exactly how long today's daylight lasts, all calculated for where you are. Home screen widgets - Sunrise, sunset, and the daylight you've got left. Small and medium sizes, in matching sunny-day and starry-night styles. Daily sun messages - A fresh message every day, written in the sun's own voice. Dramatic. A little smug. Fully convinced it's the main character (it kind of is). Golden hour & blue hour - The light photographers chase, on schedule: morning golden hour, evening blue hour, and twilight, timed to the minute every day. A sun that clocks out - After sunset the whole app winds down to a calm, starry night and counts down to tomorrow's sunrise. Even the sun needs its rest. Time-travel the calendar - Swipe through any date, past or future. Curious about the longest day of summer or the sunset on your birthday? The sun already knows. The sun's risen every day of your life. Might as well be friends. https://mintzi.xyz/sunfriend/terms

About

Clock Tower

Features
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Clock Tower is a decorative clock and Home Screen / Lock Screen / Desktop widget with a ring-and-dial mechanic inspired by fantasy-adventure game interfaces. - An outer ring ticks forward every 5 minutes. - An inner dial advances every hour, in sync with the ring. - A sun-and-moon medallion flips between day and night as the clock crosses 6 AM and 6 PM. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, and no network access of any kind - everything runs entirely on your device. Add Clock Tower as a widget to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Mac desktop to keep an eye on the time while it quietly ticks along in the background.

Screenshots

Sun Friend4 screens
Clock Tower2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clock Tower at none against Sun Friend's 2. Sun Friend's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Sun Friend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Clock Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Sun Friend versus Clock Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSun FriendClock Tower
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMintziMorgan Hunt

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sun Friend

Subscriptions1
  • Sun Friend Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Sun Friend Pro Lifetime$5.99
None

Clock Tower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sun Friend free?
Sun Friend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clock Tower free?
Clock Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sun Friend or Clock Tower have ads?
Neither Sun Friend nor Clock Tower shows ads.

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