Best Sun Surveyor Apps

4.1😐(37 ratings)

Free

This app helps photographers, filmmakers, and professionals visualize and plan around the sun's path. It predicts sunrise, sunset, and twilight times, and offers tools to understand light and shadows for optimal planning.

What We Love

👍 Easy to use UI
📸 Great for photography planning
🌳 Useful for planting/landscaping
☀️ Accurate sun tracking
📱 Responsive 3D projection
💡 Handy for daylight hours
✨ Visually well-done app
🆓 Ad-free lite version
🚀 Fast and fluid performance
✅ Works as advertised
💯 Precise and accurate
🏠 Useful for house orientation
🏕️ Good for camping setup
🧑‍🏫 Helpful for physics/science projects
🌟 Highly recommended

Room to Improve

💰 Expensive pro version
📉 Lite version is very limited
🧭 Compass calibration issues
⚠️ Sun position inaccuracies
📱 Incompatible with some devices
💸 High upgrade price
🚫 Lite version unusable
🪲 Bugs in latest update
🗺️ Map view locked in lite
🤔 Price too high for features
⏳ Outdated time zone data
🖱️ UI elements hinder view
📉 Lite version is a demo

Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) by Adam Ratana

Your Personal Sun & Moon Guide

Strong Contender

4.8(280 ratings)

$9.99

#39in Photo & Video

This app helps photographers, filmmakers, and other professionals plan shots by visualizing sun and moon paths, predicting celestial events, and analyzing light conditions. It offers augmented reality views, interactive maps, and detailed ephemeris data for effective location scouting and planning.

Sun Tracker AR by Zuzana Eskinasi

Solar path, shadow & light

Worth Considering

Sunlitt: Sun Tracker & Seeker

4.8😊(1K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Visualize the sun's path and shadow effects in augmented reality. Get detailed solar data, including sunrise/sunset times and day/night lengths. Plan for optimal lighting conditions for photography, construction, and gardening.

What We Love

🚀 Tracking the sun's position
🌞 Helpful for solar power and gardening
👍 Useful for photographers and filmmakers
🗺️ Detailed sun path information

Room to Improve

🐛 AR mode issues and inaccuracies
🔒 Privacy concerns with camera access
💰 Paid features required for some functionality

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