Comparison

Sunset Predictions vs Laundry Timer

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

Head to head
About

Sunset Predictions

This app predicts not only sunrise and sunset times but also the quality of light, helping photographers and enthusiasts plan their shoots. It offers detailed forecasts, customizable alerts, and augmented reality tools to visualize the sun's path.

Highlights
  • Sunrise & Sunset Quality Forecasts
  • Golden Hour & Blue Hour Times
  • Flexible Reminder Alarms
  • Custom Location Planning
  • Augmented Reality Sun Path
  • Live Activities & Widgets
  • Apple Watch Support
Features
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Alpenglow helps you capture better sunrises and sunsets, not just the times, but the quality. Whether you’re planning a photography shoot or simply don’t want to miss a great sunrise or sunset, Alpenglow tells you when it’s worth going outside. Unlike other sunrise apps, Alpenglow combines accurate times with sunrise and sunset quality forecasts, so you know how good the light is expected to be before it happens. Key Features • Sunrise, Sunset, Golden Hour, Magic Hour & Blue Hour Times • Sunrise & Sunset Quality Forecasts, showing how good the light is expected to be • Flexible reminder alarms so you never miss a great moment • Custom locations to plan shoots and trips anywhere in the world • Quick date navigation with arrows or a calendar picker • Sun direction map showing where the sun rises and sets • Augmented reality sun path to visualize the sun’s movement • Live Activities to count down to upcoming events • Interactive Home Screen, Lock Screen & StandBy widgets • Apple Watch support, including complications • Light & Dark Mode and full Dynamic Type support Improve the forecasts Submit field reports after a sunrise or sunset — your reports help improve future color and quality forecasts for everyone. Alpenglow uses its own continuously evolving forecast model, designed specifically for predicting sunrise and sunset light quality. The model improves over time as more data and real-world reports are added. Available on all your Apple devices Alpenglow works across iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, Apple TV, and Vision Pro, so your forecasts are always close at hand. Alpenglow Pro Alpenglow is free to use, with optional Pro features for photographers and planners who want more control and foresight. With Alpenglow Pro, you can: • View quality forecasts up to 4 days ahead • Get forecast notifications when sunrise or sunset quality exceeds your threshold • Let Alpenglow automatically schedule alarms when a sunrise or sunset is worth catching • Unlock interactive forecast widgets • Access forecast Apple Watch complications • Use more accurate location and elevation data, processed entirely on-device • Quickly revisit recently searched locations • Customize the app with accent colors and alternative app icons • Share Pro features with Family Sharing Privacy-first by design Your location stays on your device and is never stored online. Alpenglow Pro subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://alpenglowapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://alpenglowapp.com/privacy

About

Laundry Timer

This weather app estimates outdoor drying times for laundry based on local conditions. It helps plan the best times and days to hang clothes, considering temperature, humidity, and wind. Receive notifications when laundry is estimated to be dry and warnings about adverse weather.

Highlights
  • Drying time estimates based on weather
  • Multiple timers for different fabric types
  • 3-day drying rate forecast (upgradable to 7)
  • Future drying time predictions
  • Drying completion notifications
  • Adverse weather warnings
  • Drying progress charts
Features
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Laundry Timer is a weather app and timer dedicated drying your washing outside. It estimates how long your laundry will take to dry based on local weather conditions and helps you plan which are the best times / days to hang out your washing. It takes into account temperature, solar energy, humidity, wind speed and cloud cover. Save energy and reduce wear and tear on your clothes by drying them outside more often! Features include: - Multiple timers to reflect the drying rates of different fabric types (from light fabrics such as bed sheets to heavy fabrics such as towels). - Three day drying rate forecast (upgradable to 7 days) showing changes in the estimated drying rate throughout each day. - Future drying time estimates: check how long your washing will take to dry for future times / days - Notifications when your laundry is estimated to be dry. - Warnings about adverse conditions such as rain or high gusts of wind. - Charts showing how dry your laundry items are estimated to be at a given time. - Settings to calibrate the timers to better suit our own laundry items. Laundry Timer can be useful all year round: Autumn / Winter: Laundry Timer can be particularly useful in cooler conditions when it can be hard to judge how long it will take for your laundry to dry. - Use the app help you find the best days to plan a wash, and find out how early you need to put your clothes out for them to be dry by the end of the day. - Laundry can still dry on cold days, given the right humidity and wind speed. But even if your laundry is unlikely to be fully dry by the end of the day, you can use the app to estimate whether it will be almost dry. This way you can reduce drying costs by partially drying your laundry outside, before putting it in the dryer to finish the job. To do this tap the relevant fabric type to view the chart. From here you can look up time you want to bring your laundry in, to see how dry it is estimated to be at that time. Spring / Summer: On warm sunny days you don’t always need much help in determining whether or not your laundry will dry. However Laundry timer can be useful in other ways: - If you’re putting out your laundry out later in the day it’s not always obvious your clothes will be dry in time. Use laundry timer to determine if there is enough time to put a late wash on. To do this, tap the timer icon in the current day in the Forecast tab, then drag the slider to the appropriate time (based on how long your wash cycle is). You can then see the estimated drying times at that time. - It’s best not to leave bright or dark coloured fabrics out in direct sunlight for too long to avoid them fading. Use laundry timer to remind you when your clothes are likely to be dry so they don't need to be out longer than necessary. You can also turn fabrics inside out to keep colours vibrant. - If you have multiple loads of washing to get through and limited drying space, you can use Laundry Timer to help judge when to put a new load of washing on. That way you can time it so the previous load is dry by the time the next load is ready to hang out. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/laundrytimer/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Sunset Predictions4 screens
Laundry Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Laundry Timer at 100% against Sunset Predictions's 48%. Laundry Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). Sunset Predictions's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2K vs 15). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Sunset Predictions sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Laundry Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Laundry Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sunset Predictions has 2K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Sunset Predictions's written reviews are positive against 100% of Laundry Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sunset Predictions ships an update every 9 days, Laundry Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Sunset Predictions versus Laundry Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunset PredictionsLaundry Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2K ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#93 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew YatesEdward Hesketh

Customer experience

Sunset Predictions

All ratings2,024 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral8.5%
Negative43.5%

Laundry Timer

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sunset Predictions

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Apple Watch complication not working consistently
  • Location services issues causing incorrect forecasts
  • Subscription issues with app not recognizing purchases

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add moon rise and moon set times
  • Implement dark mode option
  • Improve accuracy of forecasts through better data sources
  • Allow users to submit feedback and field reports to improve predictions

Laundry Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Sunset Predictions

Subscriptions6
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • Sweet-Sized Tip3 variants$0.99
  • Coffee-Sized Tip2 variants$4.99
  • Pro Lifetime$24.99
Show 1 more
  • Pro Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Laundry Timer

Subscriptions1
  • Laundry Timer Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Year

Questions

Is Sunset Predictions free?
Sunset Predictions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Laundry Timer free?
Laundry Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sunset Predictions or Laundry Timer?
Laundry Timer is rated higher. Sunset Predictions averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while Laundry Timer averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do Sunset Predictions or Laundry Timer have ads?
Laundry Timer shows ads; Sunset Predictions does not.
Which is updated more often, Sunset Predictions or Laundry Timer?
Sunset Predictions ships an update every 9 days, and Laundry Timer every 6 weeks. Most recently, Sunset Predictions was updated on September 24, 2026 and Laundry Timer on September 22, 2026.

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