Comparison

Sunset Mania vs Sunset Map

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

Head to head
About

Sunset Mania

This app predicts the quality of sunsets and sunrises based on weather conditions like clouds, horizon clarity, and air quality. It provides a daily score and a 3-day outlook, with premium features for extended forecasts and stargazing.

Highlights
  • Sunset/sunrise weather prediction
  • Daily quality score (0-100)
  • Golden-hour and sun-path timeline
  • 3-day outlook
  • Extended photo calendar (premium)
  • Stargazing forecast (premium)
  • Home & lock screen widget
Features
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A clear sky and a good sunset aren't the same thing. Sunset Mania reads the weather right at YOUR sunset or sunrise — not the current conditions — and tells you in one number, hours ahead, whether it's worth grabbing the camera. WHAT IT LOOKS AT Same things you'd check yourself, weighed against the forecast: • The clouds — wispy high cloud and patchy mid-level catch the light and glow; a bare sky is flat and a grey lid smothers it • A clear horizon — the colour only fires if the sun finds a gap low on its side of the sky • Clean air — crisp, dry air makes colour pop; haze and pollution wash it out • The afterglow — the pinks and golds that hang on after the sun's gone It leans on more than one weather model and shows you how confident that outlook really is — so you know when to trust it and when to look again later. FREE, EVERY DAY • Tonight and tomorrow, scored 0–100 with a plain verdict: Grab your camera / Maybe / Skip • Golden-hour window and exactly where the sun will drop • Today's Light — golden hour, blue hour, and twilight times on a beautiful sun-path timeline. • 3-day outlook • Little flags worth chasing: golden clouds, storm light, fog, mirror-calm water • A great-evening alert — a heads-up when a night clears your score threshold • A home & lock screen widget with a live countdown • A shot log — rate what you actually saw and the app learns how well its calls match your evenings PREMIUM • Extended photo calendar — up to 16 days out, with per-day model confidence • Moon & photo intel — moon phase, rise/set and direction, plus storm-light and fog signals • Stargazing forecast — hour-by-hour night-sky quality, moonlight wash-out, and visible International Space Station passes • Worth-the-drive map — nearby spots shaded for where the light, or the dark, will be best Premium is a subscription — annual with a 7-day free trial, or monthly. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. Your location is used only to fetch your local sky forecast — it isn't linked to you and is never used to track you. Weather data from Open-Meteo. Get out there for the good ones. Save your evening on the rest. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://etemvisuals.com/pages/sunset-mania-privacy-policy

About

Sunset Map

Features
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Find the best sunset spot, anywhere. The map shows where the evening light will be, and real photos show what you'll shoot before you go. THE LIGHT MAP The map glows gold where the sun shines until it truly sets, and fades to purple where hills or buildings cut the evening short. Computed from real terrain, real buildings and real sun positions. On your phone, no account. TAP ANYWHERE Tap any point and know its evening: when the golden light starts, when it ends, and how many golden minutes the landscape leaves you. Every time is the spot's own clock, with one line converting it to yours. REAL PHOTO SPOTS, REAL PHOTOS Camera pins mark places people actually go for the picture: viewpoints, castles, lighthouses, and the places photographers demonstrably shoot. Open a famous spot and see real photos of it, full screen, before you go. GOLD AND GEMS Gold pins are the famous spots with superb light for your chosen day. Zoom way out and they stay visible across a whole region. Where nothing reaches gold, lavender gems mark the best spots around here. And "Best spots near you" ranks them all by golden minutes. PLAN ANY DAY The calendar works worldwide. Jump to next Saturday, or to October: the map, the pins and the gold all follow the date. Sunset or sunrise. CITIES INCLUDED At street scale the map counts buildings, street by street: quays, squares and rooftop-lined avenues each get their true evening light. YOUR SPOTS Save a place with one tap: it names itself, and the list shows each spot's own sunset time and minutes of real light. Search any street or city and land right on it. One tap hands a spot to Apple or Google Maps to get you there. ALSO Tilt to 3D: the light math stays exact. A cloud badge shows the forecast for the golden window (Apple Weather). FREE AND MEMBERSHIP The free plan covers tonight, near you: the full map, one search a day, and spot checks nearby. Membership unlocks any day and any place on Earth, plus unlimited searches and saved spots: monthly 2.90, yearly 24.90 with a 7-day free trial, or lifetime 69. MADE BY ONE PERSON I create content, and I kept wishing I knew where the golden light would land, for sunsets and for sunrises, and what a spot really looks like before going. So I built Sunset Map for myself first. I'm happy it can help you too. PRIVACY No account. Nothing tracked that identifies you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sunset Mania4 screens
Sunset Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sunset Mania at every 4 days against Sunset Map's every 8 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Sunset Mania sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per year and Sunset Map sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sunset Mania ships an update every 4 days, Sunset Map every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Sunset Mania versus Sunset Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunset ManiaSunset Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEtem UyarSULLIVAN Thimotee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sunset Mania

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
3 purchases

Sunset Map

Subscriptions2
  • Membership · Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Membership · Yearly7 Days trial$26.991 Year
One-time1
  • Membership · Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Sunset Mania free?
Sunset Mania is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sunset Map free?
Sunset Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sunset Mania or Sunset Map have ads?
Neither Sunset Mania nor Sunset Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sunset Mania or Sunset Map?
Sunset Mania ships an update every 4 days, and Sunset Map every 8 days. Most recently, Sunset Mania was updated on November 5, 2026 and Sunset Map on November 5, 2026.

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