Comparison

Heliochron vs Docs2Wallet

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

Head to head
About

Heliochron

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Follow the sun. Look at a familiar place differently. Heliochron is a pocket instrument for light, time, and place. Use the AR view to see the calculated sun path over your surroundings, then explore the day and year with two slim, tactile thumbwheels. Notice a courtyard on an architectural walk. Explore a roofline in another season. Look from a possible planter position, or find a reason to return to a favorite view. THE PLACE COMES FIRST On first launch, a short explanation shows why location and camera access are useful. Sun calculations happen on your iPhone, without uploading your location. Allow access to start exploring, or enter coordinates manually in Settings. Narrow azimuth and elevation rulers leave room for the world outside. TIME AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Use Sun to change the time of day and date with separate black-metal wheels. Compare seasonal paths or return to Now with a tap. With obstacle editing off, drag the sun or its path to explore another time; the wheels follow your movement. COMPARE THE YEAR Turn on Year paths in Sun to compare seven representative trajectories, pairing months with similar sun paths. Month labels start in a column on the right and can be dragged along their paths. The overlay starts off and remembers your choice. The paths approximate the 21st of the first named month. MARK WHAT STANDS IN THE WAY Optionally paint trees, buildings, or hills with your finger. Fine diagonal hatching shows your marks, and the sun path dims behind them. Open Obstacles to paint, erase, undo, adjust the brush, or save and restore a named place. KEEP THE VIEW Tap the camera button to save the current sun view, including the camera scene, path, and obstacle marks, to Photos. Photos access is requested only when saving. Saved places and drawings stay locally on your iPhone. No account is required. STAY CURIOUS. KNOW THE LIMITS. Heliochron shows calculated sun positions, not weather or shadows moving across buildings. Obstacle painting is manual, not automatic detection. Marks describe one viewpoint and need checking when you move or return. Alignment depends on location, compass heading, camera tracking, and conditions. Settings includes compass correction and tracking recovery. Avoid pointing the camera directly at the sun for prolonged periods: this may damage the camera. The in-app warning and camera pause are reminders, not physical protection. Pausing capture cannot block sunlight; turn the lens away. For architects and urban planners exploring off duty, garden and balcony growers, and anyone who enjoys looking closer. Not a certified survey, building-compliance, PV-design, or professional solar-assessment tool.

About

Docs2Wallet

Features
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Turn the tickets, reservations, confirmations, and memberships you already have into Apple Wallet passes and Calendar events. docs2wallet lets you import a screenshot, photo, PDF, or web page and extract the important details — including the title, date, location, and available codes. Review the information before anything is created, then add it to Apple Wallet and Calendar. USE IT FOR • Concert and event tickets • Restaurant reservations • Flight and travel confirmations • Boarding confirmations • Membership cards • Reservations and booking confirmations • Tickets and passes received as screenshots or PDFs FROM DOCUMENT TO WALLET Import a document or image containing your ticket, reservation, confirmation, or membership information. docs2wallet reads the relevant details and presents them for you to review. You stay in control: confirm the extracted information before creating your Wallet pass or Calendar event. WALLET + CALENDAR Create a signed Apple Wallet pass from the information you've confirmed, and separately create a Calendar event for dates and appointments you don't want to forget. Instead of keeping an important ticket buried in an email, PDF, screenshot, or web page, keep it where you can quickly access it. docs2wallet is designed for the situations where a venue, airline, restaurant, or membership provider doesn't offer its own Apple Wallet pass. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Heliochron4 screens
Docs2Wallet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Docs2Wallet at Free against Heliochron's $0.99. Heliochron's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Docs2Wallet is free to download; Heliochron costs $0.99 up front. Docs2Wallet sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Heliochron asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heliochron ships an update weekly, Docs2Wallet every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Heliochron versus Docs2Wallet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeliochronDocs2Wallet
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViSSee AGArison OHara-Hulett

In-app purchases

None

Heliochron

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Docs2Wallet

Subscriptions1
  • Docs2Wallet - iOS$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Heliochron free?
Heliochron costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Docs2Wallet free?
Docs2Wallet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Heliochron or Docs2Wallet have ads?
Neither Heliochron nor Docs2Wallet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heliochron or Docs2Wallet?
Heliochron ships an update weekly, and Docs2Wallet every 9 days. Most recently, Heliochron was updated on October 31, 2026 and Docs2Wallet on October 29, 2026.

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