Is your garden, balcony or photo spot sunny or shaded? Sun Tracker AR has the answer for any day, with 3D shadows on the map and a simple report.
Know exactly where the sun will be — at any place, on any date.
Sun Tracker AR projects the sun's path into the real world through your camera, maps it in 2D and 3D, and simulates the shadows it casts. Built for photographers, architects, house hunters, gardeners, surveyors and solar panel installers — and for anyone who wants to know when the light hits.
SOLAR PATH IN AR
• Augmented reality projection of the sun's position and full daily arc at your location. Point your phone and see where the sun will rise, peak and set.
MULTIFUNCTIONAL MAP
• Detailed 2D and 3D visualisation of the solar path, compass mode and shadow simulator. See at a glance which side of a building gets the most sunlight hours per day.
INTERACTIVE 3D SHADOW SIMULATOR
• Sunny or shaded? Find out! Wondering if your garden, balcony, solar panels, or favorite photo spot will be in the sun or shade? Pick any location, choose a day, and get the answer.
• Real buildings, your own objects. Explore 3D shadows cast by real buildings, or add your own trees, cubes, and fences to see how they affect sunlight, all directly on the map.
• Explore the day, get the full picture. Slide through the hours to watch sunlight and shadows change, and get a clear report showing exactly when your chosen spot is sunny or shaded.
SOLAR ECLIPSE
Sun Tracker AR gets you ready:
• Interactive eclipse map with the path of totality and obscuration bands
• Exact contact times for your location — first contact, totality, maximum, last contact — in your local time zone
• Duration of totality and maximum obscuration wherever you stand
• Plus every solar eclipse through 2030, so you can plan the next trip
DATA TABLES
• Complete overview of sun positions, day and night lengths, sunrise and sunset times, golden hour, and astronomical, nautical and civil twilight. Plus solstices, equinoxes and eclipses.
DAY & NIGHT MAP
• Live world map showing the terminator — the moving line between daylight and darkness.
CALENDAR NOTIFICATIONS
• Get notified for the solar events you care about: sunrise, sunset, eclipses. One-time or daily.
WIDGET
• Keep the next sunrise and sunset on your home screen.
NO ADS. EVER.
• The free version covers your current location and time. Premium unlocks any location, any date, any year — the full planning toolkit.
Very useful app and I use it regularly particularly when I have to leave my dog in the car for any length of time. My dog is happy going on adventures with me even if it’s just to the shops but sometimes I can’t take her in with me so making sure she’s comfortable and out of the sun in the car. Also helps with gardening I couldn’t figure out how the Shadow mode works but then touched screen and saw that it shows the object and as I move the object the Shadow shows up as the sun travels through the sky.Gives sundown sun up feature and tells you Joe long to that time. I really like this app
Screen Freezes
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I just purchased this today so that I could enter different dates throughout the growing season to determine the amount of sun each area of my garden gets. I can’t select a date from the monthly calendar (nothing happens when I try) but I can select any date by using the arrows to advance day by day. It takes a little longer but it is a simple work around. Very useful app.
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. Please note that if you want to select another date, the object setup window needs to be entirely closed /dismissed. If this tip does not resolve the issue, could you please contact the developer directly from the app: see Settings-> Support-> Feedback with more details.
WAY outdated images!! Useless app!
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I downloaded this app hoping to use it to plan my landscaping. The images are well over 1 yr old/maybe 2 yrs?! still showing massive trees that are no longer in my yard. Kind of hard to track the Sun in the current yard or use this app for planning when the images are so old that I can’t use it. I contacted them to inquire about this and was told “The imagery is never real time but it does not impact the calculations at all.” Oh really? The “customer support” doesn’t even know how the app works. So giant trees (that aren’t there) blocking the sun (on the app) when there is NO tree…. Yeah the images do matter!! Not sure how this app got so many good ratings!
Developer Response
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. You are absolutely correct that the imagery in the app is not real-time; it is based on the most recent satellite data available from third-party providers, which can sometimes be 1–2 years old depending on the location. While the app’s calculations for sun position, shadows, and planning are based on mathematical models independent of the imagery, I completely understand that outdated visuals can impact the experience, especially for landscaping projects.I would also like to point out that our customer support provided an accurate explanation of how the app is designed to function. While we regret that this may not have been the answer you were hoping for, we believe it is important to provide users with honest and technically correct information.
Purchasing Solar Shades for New House
Puget Sound Tom
We bought a new house in the desert. Selecting the correct solar shades is largely about understanding sun position during the summer.This app was PERFECT. Just select the day of the year and then point the camera out the window. The app superimposes the sun track and notes the position at different times of the day.Every window-covering designer / sales person should have this.
**Shadows are now on the map!**
With this new release, you can explore how real buildings cast shadows throughout the day, with the sun’s path and shadows displayed in 3D. You can also play around by adding your own trees and boxes to see how they affect sunlight, and get a detailed sun and shade report for any day you choose.
Plus, we've made performance improvements and fixed a few bugs to make the app run even more smoothly.
Version 4.1.3
The developer, Zuzana Eskinasi, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
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