Comparison

Timelyshot vs Astrian Light

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

Head to head
About

Timelyshot

Features
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Timelyshot te ayuda a planificar fotografías en las que el Sol o la Luna quedan exactamente donde tú quieres: detrás de un monumento, sobre una montaña o alineados con cualquier punto que elijas. Elige tu posición y el objetivo, y la app calcula el momento exacto en que el astro se alinea, con su azimut y su altura. Así llegas al sitio justo a la hora justa. FUNCIONES • Cálculo de alineación solar y lunar eligiendo dos puntos en el mapa. • Modo brújula y modo realidad aumentada: apunta el móvil al cielo y mira la trayectoria del astro superpuesta en directo. • Golden Hour: descubre, día a día del año, cuándo el Sol queda bajo en el horizonte sobre tu línea. • Amaneceres y atardeceres con cuenta atrás. • Guarda tus alineaciones y vuelve a ellas cuando quieras. • Añade el momento a tu calendario y obtén indicaciones para llegar al punto de disparo. Ideal para fotógrafos de paisaje, aficionados a la astronomía y cualquiera que quiera capturar el cielo en el momento perfecto.

About

Astrian Light

Plan your celestial photography with precise calculations for eclipses, golden hour, and astrophotography. Visualize the sky's events with your real horizon and location data. Includes tools for hyperfocal distance and exposure.

Highlights
  • Eclipse shadow mapping
  • Real horizon calculations
  • Golden and Blue Hour timing
  • Sky object identification
  • Trip planning tools
  • Photography calculators
  • Camera and lens gear saving
Features
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Other apps tell you when the sun rises. This one tells you whether you'll see it. Astrian Light knows the real terrain where you're going to shoot —the ridge, the building, the hill in front of you— and tells you when the sun actually clears it. Not when it rises on a flat horizon that doesn't exist. WHAT IT ANSWERS · When the good light starts at your spot, and when the terrain takes it away. · Where the sun rises and sets, right on the map. · How many hours of dark sky the Moon leaves you tonight, measured against your horizon. · When the Milky Way core rises, and which is the next moonless night. · What the eclipse will look like from where you'll be, when, and how long totality lasts. ECLIPSES, ALWAYS FREE On August 2, 2027, a total solar eclipse crosses Spain. The map of every eclipse, how much of the sun is covered from any point, the timeline to the second, and whether your horizon lets you see it. No subscription, now or ever. YOUR GEAR, BUILT IN Over 600 lenses and 230 cameras in the catalog; if yours isn't there, type it in. From then on, the ten calculators speak your gear: exposure without star trails, hyperfocal, depth of field, field of view, filters, timelapse. And "Your frame" shows how the shot will look in your camera before you go. THE SKY, RIGHT NOW Point your iPhone at the sky and augmented reality tells you what you're looking at: planets, constellations, the space station, deep sky. PLAN BEFORE YOU LEAVE Compare several destinations and several nights at once. Save plans with their place, their date and the gear you're taking. And bring the verdict with you: the calculations work without signal. YOUR WAY Buttons with symbol and name, or name only. Light and dark themes. Times in your iPhone's format. In English, Spanish and Portuguese, on iPhone and iPad. WHAT IT WON'T DO It doesn't make data up. When it doesn't know, it says so: if there's no measured terrain for your point, it tells you the figure is for a flat horizon. If the forecast doesn't reach, it won't invent one. SUBSCRIPTION Astrian Light is free for eclipses and for today's sky where you are. Everything else —any date, any place, the whole sky, all your gear— needs the yearly subscription. It renews until you cancel, and you cancel from your Apple account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

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Astrian Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

Timelyshot and Astrian Light are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timelyshot ships an update every 3 days, Astrian Light daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Timelyshot versus Astrian Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelyshotAstrian Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManuel LosadaJavier Linero

In-app purchases

None

Timelyshot

No in-app purchases

None

Astrian Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timelyshot free?
Timelyshot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Astrian Light free?
Astrian Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timelyshot or Astrian Light have ads?
Neither Timelyshot nor Astrian Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timelyshot or Astrian Light?
Timelyshot ships an update every 3 days, and Astrian Light daily. Most recently, Timelyshot was updated on October 31, 2026 and Astrian Light on October 31, 2026.

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