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Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)

by Adam Ratana

  • Photo & Video
  • Paid
  • Small & simple · 96
View on the App Store
Rating
4.8
282 ratings
Top 80%among 221 Photo & Video apps
Last update
Nov 7, 2025
Version 2.9.1
Size
69 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Tracked since
Oct 10, 2026

Estimated revenue

A model estimate with a likely range, not a reported figure.

No estimate. Apps outside the grossing charts, and some countries, have no reliable rank-to-revenue curve, so we show nothing rather than a guess.

How this estimate is made

Rank: we take the app's best Top Grossing rank on the latest chart day. Category ranks are converted into an equivalent overall rank, because a #10 in Finance earns far less than a #10 overall.

Curve: that equivalent rank is read off a rank-to-revenue curve anchored on public company revenue and market-data reports for the US iPhone App Store.

Country: the curve is scaled per country (Japan is roughly a third of the US, Türkiye under 1%). Where we have no scale, such as China, there is no estimate.

Range: the likely range widens with country, category and chart depth. It is a plausible span, not a statistical confidence interval.

Not included: ads, payments outside the App Store, and any difference between gross sales and what the developer keeps. Low confidence means indirect data; medium means several independent sources agree.

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Screenshots

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About this app

Text from the App Store listing.

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

What’s new

Release notes for the latest version, as written by the developer.

v2.9.1

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.

Rank history

Daily position in the US charts. #1 is at the top.

Best rank
#26
Current rank
#48
Days charting
7 of 7

On the charts today

Small & simple score

How realistic it is for a small team to build something like this.

96/100

Small & simple

  • Developer size100% · 25

    Developer: 1 app on the charts

  • Audience size100% · 20

    Ratings: 282

  • App size60% · 10

    Size: 69 MB

  • Price model100% · 15

    Price model: paid

  • Demand proof100% · 30

    Best rank #1, 117 countries

An indicator, not a fact. We can't see team size. Calculated Oct 24, 2026 · method i2

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Version history

  • 2.9.1LatestReleased Nov 7, 2025