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Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 6864 ratings )
Reference Photo & Video Utilities
Developer: Adam Ratana
9.99 USD
Current version: 2.8.2, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 11 May 2012
App size: 58.02 Mb

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 apps 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), 한국의, čeština, Türkçe, Português (Portugal & Brasil), Polski

Pros and cons of Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) app for iPhone and iPad

Sun Surveyor (Sun & Moon) app good for

Excellent app for landscape and architecture photography. Complete information about sun and moon positions (including phase and rotation) in any time and at any place. Extremely handy and useful. Pricy, but worth every penny. Strongly recommended!
I’ve had this app for a while now. It was pretty good. The last update made it super good. Works really well. Sometimes the phone needs to be recalibrated to make things accurate (seems much better with the new update) but I think that is more related to how the phone works than anything with the app. Such great info shown to see the suns track throughout a day and year. I use the augmented reality feature the most - I can see the camera’s view with lines on the picture that shows where the sun will be. Would be cool if I could take a panoramic photo to have one picture with all my solar lines that the app can show.
Great app; also i like very much the graphic and the easy access to the option; get it youll be more sattisfied. I use it for my job and wonderful for photography as its very important for me to know the sun position during the day to get shots of the monuments.
Im a home designer and use it to tell how the sun will fall at different job sites so you know how to orient windows for lighting or shade.
As a photographer and person interested in astrophysics this app is an absolute goldmine!
This app is awesome! Very accurate live and street view of sun movement is pure genius. Glad I bought this. Perfect for photography and time traveling with the sun!!

Some bad moments

This app opens with a blue screen with dialog that has no way to be turned off. In the other setting it turn green and is hard to see through... Please fix this. I do not give this any stars so disregard the star in the review. Only gave the star to be able to submit review!
Im disappointed. Site worked when first loaded--doesnt work well now....Map cannot move; elevations will not function and dont know what to expect...HELP!!! TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE...I CANNOT EVEN SEND THIS NOTE EFFECTIVELY
Everything a photographer needs and more! I highly recommend it for everyone!
Already planning a sunrise over a bridge shot this Sunday morning thanks to this app. (and know that it will be next year before the moon will be perfect for another location - I may have to settle for other than a full moon!)
If you are a photographer or just traveling this app is the 1st one you HAVE to buy. Great great great, the best one out there. Use it everyday and I had a few other ones in the past. Will never look back. Support the developer, worth every cent.
Ive been using this app for several years and its been a life saver.

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