Comparison

DayLight vs Daylights

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

Head to head
About

DayLight

Visually displays sunrise and sunset times for any location on Earth. Offers detailed twilight information and a countdown to sunset. Features a modern design with intuitive graphics and animations.

Highlights
  • Visual sunrise/sunset display
  • Twilight time details
  • Countdown timer for sunset
  • Location detection via GPS
  • Automatic time-zone adjustment
  • Portrait and landscape modes
Features
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When will it really get dark? Sunset is not the end of light. Sometimes it stays bright long after sunset. Sometimes darkness comes much sooner. DayLight shows how much usable light is really left. Instead of a single sunset time, you see the full light progression: • first light • sunrise • daylight • sunset • twilight • darkness Most apps only show sunset times. DayLight helps you understand when it will actually get dark outside. So you can decide: • whether to go out • how much time you still have • when to head back Features: • Remaining light time • Clear day dial • End of light estimate • Smart notifications • Widgets • Apple Watch Perfect for: • walks • hiking • outdoor time • daily planning With DayLight, you always know how much usable light you still have left. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ For more information, please review our Privacy Policy: https://michals.app/apps/daylight/PrivacyPolicy.html

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

DayLight4 screens
Daylights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daylights at none against DayLight's 2. Daylights also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). DayLight's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (217 vs 55). On price, rating, ads 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. DayLight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Daylights asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for DayLight against 4.6 for Daylights. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 217 and 55 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of DayLight's written reviews are positive against 67% of Daylights's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DayLight ships an update monthly, Daylights every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DayLight versus Daylights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayLightDaylights
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (217 ratings)4.6 (55 ratings)
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings217 — better55
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal KusJanne Käki

Customer experience

DayLight

All ratings217 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral15.3%
Negative41.4%

Daylights

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

Bugs and requests

DayLight

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Location input field crashes on iOS 18+
  • Cannot add or edit favorite locations
  • App does not work for dates past 2025
  • Date displays one day behind actual date
  • Display formatting issues on iPhone 6 Plus
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  • Text overlapping and cutoff on larger screens
  • Share menu causes app crashes
  • Timezone calculation errors for certain US cities
  • Spelling errors in UI labels
  • Location search disappears when typing

Requested features

9 requests
  • Widget support for home screen
  • Offline database of popular cities
  • Option to hide detailed data table
  • Ability to rearrange location order
  • Timer/alarm for sunrise/sunset events
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  • Dark mode option
  • Help menu explaining twilight types
  • Golden hour highlighting feature
  • Offline functionality without GPS

Daylights

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DayLight

Subscriptions2
  • DayLight Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
  • DayLight Plus Annual$8.991 Year
None

Daylights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DayLight free?
DayLight 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, DayLight or Daylights?
DayLight and Daylights are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 217 and 55 ratings respectively.
Do DayLight or Daylights have ads?
Neither DayLight nor Daylights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DayLight or Daylights?
DayLight ships an update monthly, and Daylights every 6 months. Most recently, DayLight was updated on October 17, 2026 and Daylights on October 15, 2026.

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