Day & Night Map vs SunSet,MoonRise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Day & Night Map
Visualize the Earth's day and night cycles on an interactive world map. Select any date and time to see current illumination, or create animated GIFs of changing light patterns.
- Real-time day/night map
- Selectable date and time
- Animated GIF creation
- Minute-by-minute updates
- Global illumination visualization
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Day & Night Map shows you exactly which parts of Earth are in daylight and which are in darkness — right now, or at any date and time you choose. Watch the terminator move across the globe as hours and days pass. Explore sunrise, sunset, and twilight around the world. Perfect for travellers, astronomers, photographers, teachers, and anyone curious about time on our planet. KEY FEATURES • Live world map of day and night • Move through time with intuitive date and time controls • Jump back to the current moment with one tap • Pinch to zoom and pan across the map • Full-screen map view • Home Screen widgets in multiple sizes (including Extra Large on iPad) • Configurable widgets: sun, moon, moon phase, twilight, icon size, and more • Show sun and moon positions on the map • Display the current moon phase • Twilight zones: smooth shading or separate civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight • Equator and tropics lines • Show your current location on the map (optional) • Display time in local time or UTC • Light, dark, or system appearance • Share a map image by email, message, and more • Create animations over a chosen time range • Export animations as animated GIFs ANIMATIONS Pick a start and end date, set the step interval and speed, and watch the day/night line move over hours or days. Play the animation in the app or create an animated GIF to share. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add the widget to your Home Screen and keep the current day/night map at a glance. Customize what is shown and how it looks directly when adding or editing the widget.
SunSet,MoonRise
Visualize the sun and moon's path across the sky using your camera. Get detailed information on rise and set times, twilight periods, and moon age for any location and date. Explore global sunrise and sunset times on an interactive map.
- Sun/moon trajectory visualization
- Moon age calculation
- Sunrise/moonrise and sunset/moonset times
- Twilight and culmination times
- World map view for global times
- Camera calibration
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Video View: You can get the trajectories(direction and time) of the sun/moon and the moon age at the current location on arbitrary days through the camera over the world(including heigh latitude) The detail window shows the direction and time of the sun/moonrise and sun/moonset, various twilight and time of the calmination. Also you can get the direction and time of the sunrise and sunset over the world on arbitrary days on “World Map View”. You should calibrate the 0 degree level and the view angle of the camera before using. World Map: Please long press the location to calculate for sunrise/moonrise time on Map. And you can display the menu long-pressing on the detail window. The calculated time is the local time when the internet connections available. The green circle indicates the distance to the horizon. Please avoid viewing the sun in a camera. The gyro compass may not work in the car or the house. Please use this app at the open space.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Day & Night Map at 4.8 against SunSet,MoonRise's 2.7. Day & Night Map also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (76% vs 50%). SunSet,MoonRise's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Day & Night Map holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Day & Night Map has 1.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Day & Night Map's written reviews are positive against 50% of SunSet,MoonRise's.
Day & Night Map ships an update every 7 months, SunSet,MoonRise every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Day & Night Map | SunSet,MoonRise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Volker Voecking Software Engineering | BecomingSystems |
Customer experience
Day & Night Map
SunSet,MoonRise
Bugs and requests
Day & Night Map
Reported bugs
2 issues- Moon position not displayed on iPad
- Daylight savings time not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- Option to keep noon at center and have map move
- Show analemma and sun position on it
- 24-hour clock setting for widget
- Improve moon position display on iPad
SunSet,MoonRise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Day & Night Map
No in-app purchases
SunSet,MoonRise
No in-app purchases
Questions
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