iPhone · iPad · Apple Watch · Vision Pro

Know which sunset is worth the drive.

SunForecast grades every sunrise and sunset before it happens — horizon cloud cover, atmospheric visibility, weather and sun angle — so the camera only comes out when the sky will deliver.

5.0 on the App Store

Free download · 3-day trial of Premium · Version 1.9.8

SunForecast on iPhone: tonight's sunset at 20:47, quality rated Excellent, with the golden hour window, cloud cover and temperature.

The score

Four signals, one number.

Every event is graded from 0 to 100. Under 40, stay in. Over 80, drop what you're doing and go.

Horizon cloud cover86
Atmospheric visibility92
Weather conditions78
Sun angle90

Powered by WeatherKit · refreshed in the background · built for low battery use

Tonight's sunset — 21:34, clear horizon, high cirrus

What's inside

Built for people who chase light.

Graded forecasts

See the quality of the next sunrises and sunsets at a glance, days ahead.

Alerts before the light

Get notified ahead of exceptional events, with the lead time you choose.

Every spot you shoot

Save locations anywhere in the world and check the light before you travel.

Widgets & Live Activities

The next event on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, no app to open.

Golden and blue hour

Exact windows and durations, plus the sun's path and elevation through the day.

Tips that follow the sky

Shooting advice that changes with the forecast and the weather outside your door.

Screens

The whole day, at a glance.

Every window the sky gives you — golden hour, blue hour, the exact minute of the event — read from the Lock Screen, the Home Screen, or the app itself.

iPhone Lock Screen showing a SunForecast Live Activity for sunrise at 09:48, quality 88 percent, with blue hour and golden hour windows.

Live on the Lock Screen

A Live Activity counts down to the next event and tracks the sun along its curve — quality score, blue hour and golden hour windows, without unlocking.

SunForecast blue hour screen: end of blue hour at 22:31, sunset 21:39 rated Moyen, 70 percent cloud cover, 25 degrees.

Blue hour, graded too

The interface takes on the colour of the hour you are in. Cloud cover, temperature and score sit together, so an average evening is obvious before you pack the bag.

iPhone Home Screen with SunForecast widgets showing the next golden hour at 19:47 rated 88 percent in Santorini, and an expanded Dynamic Island.

Widgets and the Dynamic Island

Pin the next golden hour to your Home Screen for any saved spot, and let the Dynamic Island carry it while you use the phone for anything else.

Across the ecosystem

On the wrist, on the lock screen, in the room.

iPhone

Home Screen widgets

An adaptive interface that shifts with the time of day and the weather.

Apple Watch

Complications

Next event and moon phase on the face you already use.

iPad

Room to plan

The sun and moon charts at full size while you map the week's shoots.

Vision Pro

Charts in your space

Solar and lunar graphs scale into the room, with native transparency.

iOS 16+watchOS 11+visionOS 26+macOS 13+ (M1)111 MBEnglish & French

Pricing

Try it for three days. Then decide.

Monthly
1,99 €
per month
  • Every Premium feature
  • Cancel any time in Settings
  • 3-day free trial
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Yearly · best value
17,99 €
per year — under 1,50 € a month
  • Unlimited saved locations
  • Alerts, widgets and Live Activities
  • Watch complications and Vision Pro
  • 3-day free trial
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No data collected.

The developer reports that SunForecast collects no data from you. Your locations stay on your device.

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The best light of the day lasts about eleven minutes.

Be standing in the right place when it starts.