Comparison

Moon Phases Deluxe vs Daylights

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

Head to head
About

Moon Phases Deluxe

Track lunar cycles with detailed phase information, moonrise/moonset times, and cultural full moon names. Offers customizable widgets and event notifications for astronomical occurrences.

Highlights
  • Moon phase list and calendar
  • Moonrise/Moonset times
  • Customizable iOS widgets
  • Full Moon names from cultures
  • Astronomical calendar
  • Eclipse and Supermoon dates
  • Event notifications
Features
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One of the Best Moon Phase Application in the App Store! With this app, you can learn when each moon phase happens. Alerts for both moon phases and daily events, adding events to iCal, sharing to Instagram and widgets are also included! The app contains descriptions of Full Moon names from different cultures. If you want to learn more about the Moon, please refer to Deluxe Moon Pro for iPhone or Deluxe Moon HD for iPad. Features: • Refreshed design • Moon phase list • Moon phases calendar • Find the exact time a Full Moon, New Moon, Second & Last Quarter occurs • Moonrise/Moonset/Transit times for any location • Customizable iOS 16 widgets. The most advanced widget editor among all moon apps for iOS • Full Moon names from different cultures • Share moon info with your friends • Share moon images to Instagram/Facebook Premium Feature Set: • Astronomical calendar. A lot of events there. • NEW! Apogee/Perigee table • Constellations and rise/set views for the moon phase calendar • Eclipse dates, supermoon/mini-moon dates, blue moon dates • Notifications for moon phases and daily events • Add events to iCal • More themes for widgets We appreciate your input. Please help us make this application better - let us know what new features you would like to see.

About

Daylights

Visualize daylight and night hours globally with three distinct styles. Explore how time zones and daylight saving changes affect your location's light cycles.

Highlights
  • Global daylight visualization
  • Three distinct visualization styles
  • Explore polar night and midnight sun
  • Daylight saving time impact simulation
  • Time zone shift simulation
Features
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Daylights is your calendar for daylight and night-dark hours around the year, all over the globe. It offers three alternative daylight visualization styles, allowing you to choose whichever feels the most intuitive to you: • The Classic: the 12-hour clock alternates between daylight and night-dark, whichever is shorter. • The Light: the 12-hour clock always shows daylight, overlapping with itself when necessary. • The Magic: a 24-hour clock shows the full day, and highlights the "magic hours" around sunrise and sunset! You can pick any location on the planet to look at the interplay of the polar night and the midnight sun at the big latitudes. And finally, you can see how the light and dark hours would shift in your hometown if daylight saving time became the permanent state of things or was removed altogether, or if they decided to move to the next or previous time zone.

Screenshots

Moon Phases Deluxe4 screens
Daylights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daylights at 67% against Moon Phases Deluxe's 0%. Daylights also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Moon Phases Deluxe's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ads 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. Moon Phases Deluxe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Daylights asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daylights holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daylights has 55 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Moon Phases Deluxe's written reviews are positive against 67% of Daylights's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moon Phases Deluxe ships an update every 2 months, Daylights every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Moon Phases Deluxe versus Daylights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoon Phases DeluxeDaylights
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.6 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings455 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey VdovenkoJanne Käki

Customer experience

Moon Phases Deluxe

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Daylights

All ratings55 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Moon Phases Deluxe

Subscriptions2
  • Moon$1.991 Month
  • Moon$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99
None

Daylights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moon Phases Deluxe free?
Moon Phases Deluxe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daylights free?
Daylights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moon Phases Deluxe or Daylights?
Daylights is rated higher. Moon Phases Deluxe averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Daylights averages 4.6 from 55 ratings.
Do Moon Phases Deluxe or Daylights have ads?
Neither Moon Phases Deluxe nor Daylights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moon Phases Deluxe or Daylights?
Moon Phases Deluxe ships an update every 2 months, and Daylights every 6 months. Most recently, Moon Phases Deluxe was updated on November 1, 2026 and Daylights on November 2, 2026.

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