Sunrise vs Moonlight phase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sunrise
Instantly view the current moon phase and sunrise/sunset times for any date. This app provides high-resolution moon imagery and forecasts for the next seven days, utilizing your device's location and timezone for accurate astronomical data.
- Moon phase display for any date
- Sunrise and sunset times
- 7-day forecast
- High-resolution moon footage
- Uses device location and timezone
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Shows today's (any date's) moon phase and sunrise and sunset times for a week. Moon Phase instantly displays an at-a-glance view of the most important astronomical data, as well as which timezone your phone is currently in. It's very easy to pick a date or swipe to the date of interest. Features: - high resolution actual footage of the moon phases for today's date (or any date 1900 to 2100) - sunrise and sunset times for the day and the following 6 days - uses your phone or tablet's location and timezone
Moonlight phase
Visualize the current moon phase with stunning 8K animations and an augmented reality mode. Explore the lunar surface up close without a telescope, and select any date to see its corresponding phase. The app also offers geomagnetic storm predictions and works offline.
- Current moon phase visualization
- 8K resolution quality
- Augmented Reality (AR) mode
- Select any date for lunar phase
- Geomagnetic storm prediction
- Offline functionality
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Moonlight can show you the current moon phase with beautiful animation in excellent resolution quality. It has an AR mode where you can observe the full lunar surface in 8K quality mode and choose the exact date with the real phase. Kids and adults can look up close at the moon without a telescope. Users like this application and find applications in many areas such as gardening for growing seedlings, yachting for tides, finance-trading cycles, horoscopes, and many many others. * Geomagnetic storm prediction. * It is absolutely free and works offline everywhere * This app is open sourced. You can find the link on the developer's website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sunrise at none against Moonlight phase's shown. Sunrise also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 67%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sunrise against 4.8 for Moonlight phase. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 82 and 26 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Sunrise's written reviews are positive against 67% of Moonlight phase's.
Sunrise ships an update fortnightly, Moonlight phase every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sunrise | Moonlight phase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (82 ratings) | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AVIA | Gennady Dmitrik |
Customer experience
Sunrise
Moonlight phase
In-app purchases
Sunrise
No in-app purchases
Moonlight phase
No in-app purchases
