Lumy 4+
Sunrise, Sunset & Golden Hour
Raja V
Designed for iPad
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- $6.99
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Description
App Store Awards 2024 Winner
Lumy is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to track sunlight and plan their outdoor activities.
- Perfect lighting for photos or videos? Done.
- Sunrise hike or sunset walk? Easy.
- Outdoor yoga or sunlight breaks? Covered.
Whether you’re chasing golden hour*, planning your daily dose of Vitamin D, or tracking moon phases for stargazing, Lumy helps you make the most of natural light.
Now redesigned from the ground up - Lumy feels more personal, purposeful, and in sync with how we live. Inspired by sunlight filtering through a window, every view carries a subtle visual echo of light seeping through a pane of glass window.
Introducing Modes: Switch between profiles like Daily, Photography, or Meditation to shape Lumy around your routine. See only what matters to you.
Lumy also supports iOS 18’s State of Mind feature, offering sunlight suggestions based on your mood entries in the Health app - a gentle nudge to step out and connect with nature.
And with weather forecasts for the next seven days, you can plan ahead with confidence. Lumy calculates all sun and moon data entirely on-device. No tracking. No server calls. Only weather needs internet.
Lumy works seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and HomePod. One purchase, full family access.
Features
- Modes: Switch profiles based on your needs — from weekday planning to weekend golden hour.
- Sun + Moon Tracking: Accurate data, solar compass, and future predictions.
- Season Info: Both astronomical and meteorological seasons.
- Remainders: Custom repeatable notifications.
- Apple Watch: Complications, Double-tap, and Live Activities.
- Widgets + Control Center: Quick access via Smart Stack and more.
- Interaction Upgrades: Time travel slider, Quick Access Button, fluid animations.
- Visual Feel: Simulated light, shimmering glows, and enhanced Classic visuals.
- Accessibility: VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, and more.
- Privacy First: Fully offline (except weather). Your data stays with you.
- Localization: Available in Japanese, Chinese, French, and German.
Lumy helps photographers, outdoor lovers, and wellness seekers stay in sync with the sun and moon.
*What's Golden Hour?
Golden Hour (or Magic Hour) is the short time after sunrise or before sunset when the light is soft, warm, and perfect for capturing stunning photos or videos.
Sun Information Available:
Sunrise, Sunset, First Light, Last Light, Golden Hour, Blue Hour, Astronomical Twilight, Nautical Twilight, Civil Twilight, Solar Noon, Solar Midnight.
Moon Information Available:
Moonrise, Moonset, Altitude, Azimuth, Transit, Transit Elevation, Weekly Moon Phase, Next Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter, Last Quarter.
Got feedback or suggestions? We’d love to hear from you! Reach out at hello@waplestuff.com.
What’s New
Version 2025.2.0
Lumy has been redesigned from the ground up, not just to look better, but to feel more personal, purposeful, and in sync with how we live.
Our life flows differently each day. We work, we unwind, we explore. And now, Lumy flows with us.
Introducing Modes: a new way to shape Lumy around your daily routine. Whether we’re planning our weekday schedule, chasing golden hour on the weekend, or aligning our mindfulness practice with the sun, Modes help Lumy show only what matters to us.
New Design: The whole idea was based on making Lumy as a “Window to our outside world”. Tried to make the UI feel gently illuminated by the world outside, creating a sense of connection even when we're indoors. Now every view carries a subtle visual echo of light seeping through a pane of glass window.
Season Info: Lumy now shows both astronomical and meteorological seasons. So we’ll know exactly when summer ends, spring begins, or the next equinox or solstice is approaching.
Key Interactions and Visuals Enhancements:
- A more immersive atmosphere that simulate natural light.
- For users who prefer simpler visuals, enhanced the existing classic visuals with shimmering rays and soft glitters.
- A new time travel slider that snaps to sun events with haptic feedback.
- Quick Access Button: Tap to open. Long-press to slide through options. Keeps common actions fast and fluid.
- Touch-responsive buttons that respond precisely where our finger touches.
- New onboarding flow to get oriented with ease without much intrusion.
- Dynamic Type support for better readability across text sizes.
- VoiceOver support for users who rely on screen readers.
- Respects accessibility preferences like Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, and Increased Contrast.
- Smoother, more natural animations throughout the app for a refined feel.
- And many more small, thoughtful improvements across the app to make interactions feel more personal and enjoyable.
Thanks for being part of this journey. Your feedback, as always, helps shape what comes next.
Ratings and Reviews
See AllEditors’ Choice
The start of golden hour is no longer a guessing game thanks to Lumy. This simple but elegant tool helps maximize your time under the sun with tracking information for sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and so much more. It’s robust in the information it shares and has helped us prepare for photoshoots, plan outdoor adventures, and kept us in the loop across all our devices.
Amazing support straight from the developer
Other have described what an amazing app this is and how useful it is to photographers. That’s true. I use it when I travel and am taking photos to help me keep track of the different types of light in the day. I find this especially useful with landscapes, when I find a really pretty spot and want to know when to come back for that great golden hour light.
But that’s not why I’m writing this review. I run or walk every day and use the Lumy complication on my Apple Watch so I always know when sunrise or sunset is. That lets me get up at the right time or get home from work in time. When I updated to WatchOS 10, everything changed, and I emailed the developer to ask what had happened. He was incredibly responsive, released a minor update to address my problem, then talked me through the settings to get it just right. How often to you get that kind of support these days? I am so impressed.
Worth the money.
Everyday I work a late shift for work and happen to miss the sunset and golden hours because of my schedule. Now that I have this app I am able to know when it’s sundown and golden hours and take breaks accordingly so I can see the last light each day with the notifications feature in this app. Thank you for making this app. I like that there is an Apple Watch app version too which gives me notifications on my wrist. I also use the watch face on my Apple Watch and I have this app as a widgets on my phone next to my weather widgets. I love this app truly. I would like to know more about moon phases in this app or even have notifications about the moon phases each day. That would be a feature I would like to see. Glad this app is only a one time fee. Also I really like the app logo and design please do not change it. I like how this app looks like Apples native weather app.
App Privacy
The developer, Raja V, 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.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Raja V
- Size
- 311.8 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple TV
- Requires tvOS 17.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © WapleStuff
- Price
- $6.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.