Comparison

mado frame 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

mado frame

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mado is a photo framing app designed to turn your photos into quiet, artwork-like cards for social media. Add space around your photo and gently display details such as the title, location, date, camera, lens, and exposure settings. There is no need to adjust every detail manually. Simply choose an aspect ratio and background, and mado will arrange the spacing and information naturally. Main Features • 1:1, 4:5, and 9:16 canvas ratios • Background color selection • Show or hide shooting information • Edit the title, location, date, camera, lens, and exposure settings • Show or hide the creator name • Export as an image Let the photo take center stage. Let the details sit quietly beside it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Sunset Map

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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

mado frame4 screens
Sunset Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sunset Map at none against mado frame's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. mado frame sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month 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

mado frame ships an update every 5 days, Sunset Map every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
mado frame versus Sunset Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermado frameSunset Map
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuta ShimizuSULLIVAN Thimotee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

mado frame

Subscriptions1
  • mado more monthly$0.991 Month
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 mado frame free?
mado frame 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 mado frame or Sunset Map have ads?
mado frame shows ads; Sunset Map does not.
Which is updated more often, mado frame or Sunset Map?
mado frame ships an update every 5 days, and Sunset Map every 8 days. Most recently, mado frame was updated on October 8, 2026 and Sunset Map on October 4, 2026.

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