Sun Surveyor takes the mystery out of the sunrise, sunset, and moon phases, allowing photographers and filmmakers to scout the best locations, plan effectively, and get the perfect shot.
The Live Camera View, Interactive Map (with Street View), 3D Compass, and detailed Ephemeris provide a wealth of information about the largest natural light source in the galaxy, as well as the moon, and milky way:
- View augmented reality projections of the sun and moon paths, pinpoint the time the sun or moon will be at a particular location in the sky
- Predict and plan for the golden hour, blue hour and every sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset
- Prepare night photography shots with the Milky Way & star trail features
Solar Industry (PV) Professionals, architects, real estate agents, and gardeners will also find a wealth of empowering interactive features:
- Show clients the quality and quantity of seasonal sunlight at a given location
- Understand potential shade of surroundings and discover any obstructions
- Create images of the summer and winter Solstice & Equinox paths for a site
Additional features:
- Photo Opportunities - an interactive listing of critical times to help inspire and generate shot ideas; including the full moon looming low in the sky during magic hour, total darkness for stargazing, and more
- Position Search - an extremely powerful tool to search for sun, moon and milky way center positions within various constraints, for the perfectionist planner
- Widgets - plenty of configurable widgets for your home screen and today view (iOS 14+)
- Visual time machine - take a quick glance at the light for a day, or dial in desired compositions easily
- Moon distance, age, apogee, perigee, super moon predictions
- Sun shadow information - calculate the length of shadows cast by objects
- Helpful video tutorials show how to use all of the app's modules and how to shoot specific types of scenes
- Share details and locations with clients and colleagues
- Offline usage (excludes Map View, Street View) - enter coordinates, save & load locations with no data connection or GPS available
- Measure distance, and difference between elevations, and vertical angle differentials with the Map view
- Import and export Google Earth .kmz/.kml locations
- Magnetic declination compensation
- "Today" Widget - (for the pull-down notification center) shows rise and set times for the current location and the next upcoming sun event
- Languages: English, Deutsch, Français, 日本語, Italiano, Español, Català, русский, Norsk (Bokmål), Dansk, Nederlands, 中文 (繁體), 中文 (简体), 한국어, čeština, Türkçe, Português (Portugal & Brasil), Polski
I was studying Stonehenge and was looking for an app that helped me understand how the monument marks solar and lunar events. This app is great for understanding how the sun and moon move over the year, and how the moon rise and set changes over the 19 year Metonic cycle. Great to be able to move around the sky dome in 3D and to manipulate and animate time easily by sliding your finger side to side. Haven’t even used all the features, but it’s really deepened my understanding of the sun and moon movements above. It’s much easier for me now to walk outside, without the app, and draw imaginary paths in the sky in my mind’s eye, and understand where the heavens are going to move. Love it!
Perfect Candidate Need : Perfect Solution App.
CyberJack2045
There are some real-world functions that are perfect candidates for software tool-set solutions. This "need x solution" combination is rarely a perfect mind storm. In the 35 years I have been using computer apps, I have never encountered such a perfect match so perfectly made, delivered and presented. I last felt like this when I first touched my first Apple Mouse😎. It deserves its own annual Hollywood Oscar!Anybody who teaches a course on what computers are made and what they are best made for, would be well served by incorporating Sun Surveyor into the curriculum.
Best app in my iPhone
ZiggysMum07
I’ve had, originally the Lite then the full version, of Sun Surveyor for years and it never fails to be fascinating - so many options, so much information. It manages magnificently to be functional, informative, fascinating and beautiful. Always works, the developer has supported it properly in the long term. Just buy it. If you’re looking at properties, or a photographer, nature lover, scientist, pagan, astronomer or just a bit geeky, you’ll be glad you did.
Phenomenal
Alek H 39
I have been using Sun Surveyor for at least 5 years. For me it is a constant source of amazement that so much information can be gleaned from it. It should be an essential app for anyone with a powerful Smartphone. Adam deserves much praise for constantly improving this app. If I could, I’d give it 6 stars.
2.9.1
- SDK updates, minor fixes and tweaks.
2.9
- Added a shadow point and indicator line in the Live + Street View modules.
- Twilight Info Panel, Ephemeris: Dawn and Dusk times now show start and end.
- Added a preference for the Time Machine Slider startup default.
- New more realistic moon simulation in the Ephemeris with libration shown over the year.
Version 2.9.1
The developer, Adam Ratana, 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.
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Accessibility
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Information
Provider
Adam Ratana
Size
69.3 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.
