Comparison

MoonPhase vs Skylune

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

Head to head
About

MoonPhase

Features
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今日の月の満ち欠けを、ホーム画面ウィジェットでひと目で確認できるアプリです。 【特徴】 ・実際の天文計算による正確な月齢・輝面比を毎日自動更新 ・新月から満月まで、欠け方も本物の月と同じ形状で再現 ・5つの画像スタイル(フォトリアル/アニメ調/ファンタジー/水彩画風/ミニマルライン)から選択可能 ・ホーム画面ウィジェット(小・中・大サイズ)に対応 ・ウィジェットごとに個別のスタイルを設定可能(長押し→ウィジェットを編集) ・文字表示のオン/オフを切り替えて、画像だけのシンプルな表示にも対応 ・次の満月/新月までの日数もひと目で確認可能 個人情報の入力やアカウント登録は一切不要。選んだスタイルの設定はお使いの端末内に保存されます。 広告表示のためGoogle AdMobを利用しています。

About

Skylune

Plan your perfect celestial shots with this app. It predicts moon phases, light conditions, and optimal camera angles for stunning photography. Features include detailed planning tools and real-time sky guidance.

Highlights
  • Moon phase and light condition prediction
  • Camera angle and moon size calculation
  • Real-time sky guidance
  • Saved plans and reminders
  • Golden hour and blue hour timing
  • Night vision mode
Features
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Which night will the full Moon rise behind that tower? Skylune tells you — then shows tonight's Moon, tonight's light and where to point your camera, on one quiet screen. No subscription, no account, no network. Today and a week either side, every widget, the Live Activity and Apple Watch are free forever. One small purchase unlocks any date, the planner's full year, saved plans and every reminder — shared with your family. PLAN THE SHOT • Pick a template — full Moon behind a landmark, sunset at the end of a street, the Moon low over a place — point your iPhone at it and get every night in the coming year that lines up • Light on the landscape: each full-moon night says whether it is still daylight, blue hour or dark when the Moon comes up, and how many minutes from sunset • How big will the Moon be? Choose camera and lens, give the landmark's height and distance, and see the Moon beside it at scale • Ridge horizon: when a hill or skyline hides the horizon, aim at its top and the planner works out when the Moon actually clears it • My plans: keep the nights you mean to shoot; reminders the evening before and two hours ahead • Share a plan card, or add your own photo with the date, bearing and place along the bottom WHY SKYLUNE • Not a drawing: NASA's near-side imagery, lit exactly like tonight's Moon, waxing on the right side for your hemisphere • Not just the phase: sunrise, sunset, golden hour, blue hour and the moonless dark window on the same screen as the Moon • Not a guess: tap "Sky now" and a dial turns with your iPhone — "Turn left 35°, look up 24°" • Not a subscription: pay once if you want more, or never • Not online: every number is computed on your device from astronomical formulas (Meeus); nothing is collected, ever FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND STARGAZERS • Golden hour and blue hour to the minute, morning and evening • The compass bearing of every sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset • Astronomical night and the moonless dark window — when the sky is truly dark for stars and the Milky Way • Add to Calendar: full and new moons, golden hours, eclipses and your planned nights • Drag along the day to preview any hour: the sky colour, the Moon and Sun positions all follow • Night vision: a red-light mode that keeps your eyes dark-adapted • Share tonight's Moon as a picture — real surface, phase, moonrise and your place TONIGHT AND THE WEEK AHEAD • Phase name, illumination, moon age and a countdown to the next full or new moon • Sky now: whether the Moon is up, where to look, and when it rises or sets • Moonrise and moonset, spring or neap tide • A two-week strip of moons with a darkness bar under every night; swipe the Moon itself to change the day • Full moons by name — Harvest Moon, Blue Moon, supermoon, micromoon • Eclipses for the next year, with what you will actually see from your place • Moon tonight Live Activity: a moonrise countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, then where to look • Siri and Shortcuts: "What's the moon tonight", "Where is the Moon" ON EVERY SCREEN — FREE • Home Screen widgets: moon phase, moon this week, golden hour, where's the Moon • Lock Screen widgets (circular, rectangular, inline) and StandBy, including night mode • Apple Watch: tonight's Moon and Sun on your wrist, complications for every face, and the Moon finder • Control Center: open Skylune, or start tracking tonight's Moon (iOS 18) • A quiet note on the evening of each full and new moon UNLOCK, ONCE • Any date, past or future • The planner's full year of nights, as many saved plans as you like, and their reminders • A whole month of moons in one grid, with full moons, new moons and supermoons marked • Every reminder: quarter moons at your hour, golden hour 15 minutes ahead, moonrise and sunset with where to look, visible eclipses • One purchase, shared with your family. No subscription. ALSO • Runs on Apple-silicon Macs as an iPad app • In English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, Deutsch, Français and Español

Screenshots

MoonPhase1 screens
Skylune4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MoonPhase at none against Skylune's 1. Skylune's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Skylune sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MoonPhase asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MoonPhase versus Skylune: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonPhaseSkylune
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkosuke nakajima涛 罗

In-app purchases

None

MoonPhase

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Skylune

One-time1
  • Skylune Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is MoonPhase free?
MoonPhase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skylune free?
Skylune is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MoonPhase or Skylune have ads?
MoonPhase shows ads; Skylune does not.

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