Shade Compass
Track the Sun, Find the Shade!
$0.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
Outsmart the sun. See where it's headed, where your shadow lands, and the perfect place to plant your chair, any hour, anywhere. AR mode allows Garden planning or camping
Shade Compass shows you exactly where the sun is, where your shadow falls, and where to stand to find shade — wherever you are, at any hour of the day.
Point your phone and the live compass orients to the world around you. The sun's current direction and height sit right on the dial, your shadow is drawn opposite it at its true length, and sunrise and sunset are marked at the exact bearings they'll cross the horizon. Drag the time scrubber and watch the sun arc across the sky and your shadow swing and stretch through the whole day — perfect for planning a campsite, a photo shoot, a garden bed, or just the shady side of the patio.
SEE SHADE IN AUGMENTED REALITY
• Point your phone and watch the sun's real path trace across your actual surroundings
• Drop a person, vehicle, tree, canopy, umbrella, or any object and see its true cast shadow on the ground
• Play a sunrise-to-sunset time-lapse and watch the shadows sweep across the scene
• Garden Mode: place several objects, tap any spot to read its hours of direct sun, and view a full sun-and-shade map of the area
EVERYTHING YOU SEE AT A GLANCE
• Live compass that tracks your heading in real time
• Sun direction and altitude, updated continuously
• Shadow direction and length, drawn to scale against your height
• A live moon tracker with its real phase and bearing on the dial
• Sunrise and sunset times AND the exact compass bearings they occur at
• A 24-hour time scrubber to preview the sun and your shadow at any moment today
• UV index, wind, and chance of rain, plus a 7-day outlook
• A buzz when your facing arrow lines up with the shade, so you can rotate to it without looking
BUILT FOR THE OUTDOORS
• Core sun and shadow math works fully offline — no signal required
• Search 200+ cities offline, or use your current location
• Save your favorite spots
• A sky that shifts with the time of day, with stars at night
INCLUDES AN APPLE WATCH APP
One purchase covers both. The watch app puts the full compass on your wrist, and a complication shows your sunrise and sunset bearings and times right on your watch face — tap it to open the compass.
No ads. No accounts. No tracking. No data collection. Just the sun, your shadow, and the information you have been seeking.
Expanded City picker
Fixed the Save functionality
Provided an educational guide to solar activity
Enhanced visuals and animations
Improved FPS and reduced CPU load in AR mode
The developer, Ira Seferovich, 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
- Ira Seferovich
- Size
- 8.5 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ira Seferovich
