Suntime — Sun Moon and Planets1.5.7 - App Store

Suntime connects you to the cycles of the Sun, Moon, and planets. Navigate through time and identify celestial patterns with a swipe. Get accurate, location-specific information about solar and lunar events at-a-glance.

“Awesome” - “Visually understand the cycles in our planetary system” - “Feel connected to the universe”

Features:
- Zoom the timeline in or out to see astronomical movements at different scales
- Jot down notes and reminders directly on the timeline
- Watch the Sun, Moon, and planets rise and set
- Home screen widgets: upcoming events and planisphere
- Customize alerts for 25 solar and lunar events, including:
> Sunrise, solar noon, sunset, solar midnight
> Moonrise, lunar noon, moonset
> Moon phases: full moon, new moon, first quarter, and last quarter
> Twilights: civil, nautical, and astronomical dusk and dawn
> Morning and evening golden hour
> Solar and lunar eclipses
> Seasonal events: March equinox, June solstice, September equinox, and December solstice

“Beautiful and an absolute delight to use” - “Easy to follow interface and alarms” - “Pretty damn cool”

Suntime works in landscape and portrait mode on iPad. Use your current location, or select one manually. The app is lightweight and works offline: all astronomical calculations are done on your device. It uses Background App Refresh to schedule alarms.

“Wonderful visualization of Solar + Lunar cycles in a very intuitive format. Animations are superb”

There’s more to explore inside: including a glossary and tooltips with contextual information like the position, angle, illumination, and magnitude of the Moon, the visibility of eclipses, and the length of twilight.

We are ad-free and user-supported: Suntime doesn’t track you or profit from your information. Thanks to all our users who have given us feedback and continue to help make this app better!

-Andrew & Heather

Version History More bugfixes for background app crashes 1.5.7 02/27/2022 - Added date picker: tap the time/date while the time is "Now".
- Fixed issues where the app would crash transitioning to/from background and break notifications.
- Fixed note filters. 1.5.6 01/25/2022 - Updated timeline / "Now" marker
- Updated Solar System view (most zoomed out)
- Updated math for smoother scaling
- Overhauled curve plotting and timeline geometry
- Updated widgets: Planet labels in large widget, layout updates
- Bugfixes and updates to 3d scene geometry 1.5.5 09/03/2021 - Added stars in the timeline!
- New display options:
- Show stars and planets in the daytime
- Show/hide stars
- Updated first run screen and tutorial.
- Layout and control refinement, bug fixes, and performance improvements
- Suntime Complete is now Suntime Deluxe. Fancy. 1.5.4 06/17/2021 - Added display option: Show solar and lunar altitude
- Added display option: Reverse East/West heading indicators 1.5.3 05/23/2021 Fixed gaps in widget Sun and Moon paths 1.5.2 03/01/2021 We've made Suntime free to try with a one-time purchase to enable extra alarms, events, and zoom levels. If you already purchased it, you'll automatically have the complete app.
- Added a medium widget!
- Overhauled settings, FAQ pages, and tutorial 1.5.1 02/15/2021 We've added 2 iOS 14 widgets, and updated the notes interface
- Added a small widget for upcoming events
- Added a large planisphere widget
- Redesigned notes interface, added a date picker
- Bugfixes, added time of greatest eclipse to tooltips 1.5.0 12/23/2020 - Long-press to create note removed. Added + note button.
- Removed scale button, zoom slider auto shows/hides.
- Added alarms for eclipses and solar midnight.
- Reduced swipe inertia.
- Fixed alarm notifications bugs with manual location / timezone settings.
- Updated privacy policy for clarity 1.4.5 12/04/2020 - Improved controls - faster and more accurate swiping
- Added setting option to disable haptic feedback
- Refreshed appearance of heliocentric view
- Updated app icon
- Fixed location/notification permission bugs 1.4.4 11/14/2020 - Accurate star and planet positions in 3d view
- Updated twilight event labels - toggle them in display settings
- More accurate Moon face angle
- Fixed DST bugs 1.4.3 10/30/2020 - Added planets to the timeline view! Toggle them in the display settings
- Changed the look of 3d star rotation 1.4.2 10/21/2020 1.4.1:
-Refinements to zoom and note UX
-Bug fixes, layout tweaks, and fancier typography

1.4.0:
-New app icon
-Animating Moon's parallactic angle
-Added solar midnight event
-Added daylength to sunrise tooltip
-Updated FAQ & Settings
-Bug fixes: DST, keyboard, and layout
-Major app performance updates 1.4.1 10/02/2020 -Added twilight and magic hour events and alarms
-New app icon
-Animated Moon's parallactic angle
-Added solar midnight event
-Added daylength to sunrise tooltip
-Updated FAQ, settings
-Bug fixes: DST, keyboard, and layout
-Major app performance updates 1.4.0 09/21/2020 - Now supporting landscape mode on iPad!
- Tap on events for contextual options and information like Moon phase, illumination, and magnitude
- Tap the share button to create and send event cards
- Better note filtering UX
- Updated FAQ 1.3.0 08/24/2020 -New features in Settings:
-FAQ
-Azimuth heading option
-Time zone override option
-Vertical swipe to zoom option
-User feedback survey
-Added a "What's New" page 1.2.0 07/31/2020 - Added a list of up to 5 "Recent Searches" in location settings for quick access
- Copy updates, rise/Transit/Set times now rounded to the nearest minute 1.1.0 07/03/2020 UI tweaks, bugfixes, and performance improvements. 1.0.1 06/18/2020 1.0.0 06/13/2020