Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon)
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo & Video | $9.99 | Adam Ratana | iPhone, iPad |
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
- "Today" Widget - (for the pull-down notification center) shows rise and set times for the current location and the next upcoming sun event
- 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
- Languages: English, Deutsch, Français, 日本語, Italiano, Español, Català, русский, Norsk (Bokmål), Dansk, Nederlands, 中文 (繁體), 中文 (简体), 한국의, čeština, Türkçe, Português (Portugal & Brasil), Polski
Reviews
Fantastic
Thytr
Used this app many times a week for my photography. Dead on accurate every time. Highly recommend.
Great App
RonRockerCleveland
Just got this app a few days ago and I have to say I’m really impressed with it. The street view is one of the features I love, I’m using it to plan for the Full Moon rising over Cleveland! One thing I’d like to see is being able to sort saved locations alphabetically. And maybe tag some locations as favorites.
Still the best!!!
cxv01
Great for plotting solar path for PV installation. Used many times. Dozens of uses! Would be great if any type of shadowing estimation could be added. I’m sure that’s no trivial task though.
One of the most used and important tools in my photo bag
appie creative media
I have been using free sun and moon trackers for sunrise/sunset, moon shots, and general lighting info but this one blew me away. IT IS SO WORTH THE PRICE if you need an accurate and very workable tool. I love the live view and the ability to work with Google steer view. If you rely on the sun or moon for your photos (I'm thinking you all do to some extent) then you need this app. Ten stars!
Best App I own
raydon29
If you're even reading this review, buy this app. As a nature and landscape photographer, I use this app nearly every single day to plan my shoots and trips that I take. Not only can you see the positions of the sun, moon, and milky way at any given date and time, you can view it live with your camera, from a top down map view, and street view. And that's just touching the surface of what this app can do. I can honestly say that my career and quality of work has drastically improved since buying this app over two years ago. I can plan what time of year will be best for the type of lighting I want in nearly any scenario, anywhere in the world. Solid 5 stars.
Best of class
craig z
I work in film, where knowing where the light is on a location is important. I've stood next to people with other sun tracking apps MULTIPLE times—some of the other apps costing north of $25—and I've always had the most accurate read-out, hands down. I've literally turned dozens of people into instant downloaders of this app in the field. This beats all of the others.
