Day & Night Map vs Rotating Globe
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.
Rotating Globe
Explore the world with an augmented reality globe displaying real-time weather conditions. Navigate continents, countries, and view detailed weather effects for specific locations by entering a US zip code. Enhance your general knowledge with an interactive global view.
- Augmented reality globe display
- Real-time weather conditions
- Interactive globe navigation (swipe/tap)
- Weather effects (rain, snow, fog)
- US zip code weather lookup
- Zoom in/out globe functionality
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"Rotating Globe" is an augmented reality app that displays a world map as a globe along with the weather conditions. The Globe floats in front of you. The user can navigate the globe using swiping or tapping. The user can also find the current Weather conditions by entering a zip code. The app initially displays weather-related information, based on the user's IP address. The user can expand and contract the globe using the zoom-in and zoom-out buttons. The user can enter a US ZIP code to get current weather information. A small emoji shows the weather condition ( Rain, Haze, Snow, or Wind) along with the temperature. There are also effects for Heavy Rain, Heavy Snow, Blizzard , Partly Cloudy, Fog, etc. There is also a clear button to clear weather-related effects. If the user wants to look at a particular continent or country on the globe, just tap once. The globe stops rotating. When tapped again , the globe will start to rotate. The user can also swipe left, right, up, and down to see different places, countries,, and continents on the rotating globe. The user can combine swipes and taps to navigate around the rotating globe, seeing different places and enhancing their general knowledge. ============================================================== Note :- To know the weather, enter the zip code, then click the find button. ==============================================================
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Day & Night Map at 76% against Rotating Globe's 0%. Day & Night Map also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.8 vs 1.0). Rotating Globe's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On ads, 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
Day & Night Map is free to download; Rotating Globe costs $2.99 up front. 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 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Day & Night Map has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, 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 0% of Rotating Globe's.
Day & Night Map ships an update every 7 months, Rotating Globe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Day & Night Map | Rotating Globe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Volker Voecking Software Engineering | Gomathy Shankaran |
Customer experience
Day & Night Map
Rotating Globe
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
Rotating Globe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Day & Night Map
No in-app purchases
Rotating Globe
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Day & Night Map free?
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