Sunward: Sun Tracker & Path
Golden Hour, Shadow Map & AR
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Know exactly where the sun will be — before you get there. Live AR sun path, golden hour alerts, and true sunrise behind your real horizon. Try it free for 7 days.
Where will the sun be — and when will the light be perfect?
Sunward answers that question anywhere on Earth, on any date — past or future. Point your camera at the sky and watch the sun's full-day arc appear in augmented reality. Drop a pin on a 3D map and see exactly how shadows will fall across a street, a façade, or a balcony. Know the precise minute golden hour begins — today, next month, or on the winter solstice.
Built for photographers, filmmakers, real-estate scouts, architects, and outdoor creators who plan around natural light. Every solar calculation runs on device, powered by our own astronomy engine.
TRY EVERYTHING FREE FOR 7 DAYS
Full features require a paid subscription or one-time Lifetime purchase. Start with a 7-day free trial — full access to every feature below.
SEE THE SUN BEFORE IT GETS THERE
- AR Sun Path — a live camera overlay of the sun's complete arc, with time-travel scrubbing through any date, solstices, and equinoxes. Sun-align calibration gives degree-perfect framing.
- Sun Dial — one beautiful screen with sunrise, sunset, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, twilight bands, and the sun's current position.
- Shadow Studio — a 3D map with physically accurate building shadows that stretch and rotate through the day. Drop a probe pin anywhere to see when that exact spot is in sun or shade.
KNOW A PROPERTY'S LIGHT BEFORE YOU COMMIT
- Property Sun Report — a Sun Score plus a year-round comparison for any address, exportable as a PDF or photo. Perfect for house hunting, real-estate listings, and architecture briefs.
- Construction Footprint — draw a building footprint and preview its projected shadow at any time of year. Made for architects, landscape designers, and solar panel planning.
PLAN THE SHOOT, NOT JUST THE DAY
- Planner — save shoots by date and location with automatic weather and light forecasts, then share shoot cards with your crew.
- Light Match — import a reference photo and Sunward reads its data to find when the same light — angle, color temperature, sun altitude — will happen again at any location.
- Timetable & Forecast — 14-day light forecasts with cloud, rain, and temperature overlays, exportable as PDF.
NEVER MISS THE LIGHT
- Golden hour, blue hour, sunrise, sunset, and solar noon alerts with Live Activities and Dynamic Island countdowns.
- Apple Watch app with today's light phases, a live countdown, and complications for every watch face.
- Home and Lock Screen widgets: golden hour countdown, sunrise/sunset, mini dial, and sun position.
MADE THE RIGHT WAY
- Works fully offline once your locations are pinned.
- Privacy-first: no accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your location never leaves your device.
- Liquid Glass design with full Light and Dark Mode, on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
- Available in 15 languages.
Whether you're timing a portrait session, matching continuity light between shoot days, comparing apartments, positioning solar panels, or picking the sunny café terrace — Sunward shows you where the sun will be, when the light will be best, and what the shadows will do.
SUNWARD PRO
Every plan unlocks the complete feature set — choose how you'd like to pay:
- Sunward Monthly — auto-renewing subscription
- Sunward Yearly — auto-renewing subscription with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers
- Sunward Lifetime — one-time purchase, yours forever
Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription.
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• Sun Score now counts usable sun hours (sun above 10°) — no more "Sun-drenched" for every latitude on Earth.
• Sunrise, sunset, and twilight times refined at high latitudes — within ~30 s even north of the Arctic Circle.
• Widget and watch phase pills flip the instant the sun crosses each boundary.
• Alerts follow your target time zone when you travel, cut through Focus, and stay fresh in the background.
• Shadow analysis reports the real low-sun length — up to 13× building height at winter noon.
• Watch tells you when it's waiting for iPhone before showing sun times.
• Widgets and complications now speak all 15 supported languages.
The developer, Farah Aydoni, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Farah Aydoni
- Size
- 53.8 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 15 more
- English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Sunward Yearly $29.99
- Sunward Monthly $5.99
- Sunward Lifetime $79.99
- Copyright
- © 2026