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Name: Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade
Author: Shadowmap Technologies GmbH

Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).

Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade by Shadowmap Technologies GmbH is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.

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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade update history & changes

Last change 8 Nov 2026 · 28 events since 31 Jan 2022Full timeline ↓

📈8 NoviOSEntered the top 10 📈20 OctiOSEntered the top 10 📈14 OctAndroidEntered the top 10 📈13 OctAndroidEntered the top 100 📦29 SepiOSUpdated to version 2.0.19 🆕24 SepAndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider 🆕24 SepiOSFirst spotted by AppInsider 📦20 AugiOSVersion 2.0.18 🆕6 JulAndroidReleased on Google Play 🆕31 JaniOSReleased on the App Store

Full timeline · 28 events

8 Nov 2026
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 10iOS
Top Free · Weather · RU
20 Oct 2026
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 10iOS
Top Free · Weather · IN
14 Oct 2026
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 10Android
Top Free · Weather · ES
13 Oct 2026
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100Android
Top Free · Weather · ES
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroid
Spain · Turkey
12 Oct 2026
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100iOS
Top Grossing · Weather · CN
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade charting in a new countryiOS
China
6 Oct 2026
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100iOS
Top Grossing · Weather · US
5 Oct 2026
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100iOS
Top Grossing · Weather · ID
4 Oct 2026
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade charting in a new countryAndroid
India
30 Sep 2026
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 10iOS
Top Grossing · Weather · RU
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100iOS
Top Free · Weather · ID
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade charting in a new countryiOS
Indonesia
29 Sep 2026
📦
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade updated to version 2.0.19iOS
- Major Update: New 3D Buildings across Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland for sharper sun and shadow simulation
- Fixed a visual bug for iOS 27 users on the Apple sign in screen

Thanks for sticking with us and s… more
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100 in 3 chartsiOS
Top Grossing · Weather · JP · Top Free · Weather · KR · Top Grossing · Weather · SA
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOS
Japan · South Korea
28 Sep 2026
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOS
Top Free · Weather · AU · Top Free · Weather · SA
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade charting in a new countryiOS
Saudi Arabia
27 Sep 2026
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100Android
Top Free · Weather · BR
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOS
Australia · India
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100 in 3 chartsiOS
Top Grossing · Weather · AU · Top Grossing · Weather · BR · Top Free · Weather · IN
26 Sep 2026
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100iOS
Top Free · Weather · CA
25 Sep 2026
📈
Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade entered the top 100Android
Top Free · Weather · IT
24 Sep 2026
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade first spotted by AppInsiderAndroid
Italy
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade first spotted by AppInsideriOS
#55 in Top Grossing · Weather · Canada
20 Aug 2026
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade version 2.0.18iOS
No release notes
6 Jul 2026
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade released on Google PlayAndroid
31 Jan 2022
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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade released on the App StoreiOS

Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.

Downloads / month

10k+

all stores, worldwide · 500+ a day

Exact

Confidence

Monthly users

all platforms

Free with an account

Confidence

Rating

2.9 ★

68 ratings, both stores

Measured

Best rank now

App Store ·

Weather Free

Measured

New ratings a week

4.9

both stores, 4-week average

Measured

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App Store

App details

App ID

1566789060

Publisher

Shadowmap Technologies GmbH

Publisher country

Austria

On the store since

Jan 2022

4 years on the store

Minimum OS

iOS 15.0+

iPhone 6s and later

Devices

iPhone · iPad

Universal purchase

Content rating

Languages

Size

5 MB

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Google Play

App details

App ID

org.shadowmap.android_app

Publisher

Shadowmap Technologies GmbH

Publisher country

Austria

Content rating

Everyone

Tech stack

Trackers and permissions of build v0.9, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).

Trackers

Permissions

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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade downloads & installs

Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.

Store	Downloads / day	Lifetime installs
App Store	100+ Exact	1k+ Exact
Google Play	100+ Exact	10k+ Measured
Total	500+ Confidence Exact	10k+ Confidence Exact

How this is calculated

App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.

Where Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade's downloads come from Modelled

Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.

Organic search

38%

Per day

Organic browse

47%

Per day

Paid (ads)

15%

Per day

How this is calculated

Modelled from signals we measure: ads naming the app (Google Ads Transparency), App Store features and the rank lift they caused, and how much keyword search traffic the app ranks for.

Where it ranks now

Both stores, across every country we track.

Store	Best rank	Charting in	US Top Free	US Top Grossing
App Store	#7 Weather Free	14 of 30 countries	#91	–
Google Play	#56 Weather Free	4 of 23 countries	–	–

Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.

Review momentum

ⓘ How we measure this

App Store

New ratings a week

under 1

4-week average

Lifetime rating

3.1★

recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total

Review momentum

48/100

faster than 47% of Weather apps

Google Play

New ratings a week

4.7

4-week average

Written reviews a week

under 1

Google Play

Lifetime rating

2.4★

recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total

Review momentum

34/100

faster than 24% of Weather apps

Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.

Ratings

Both stores. Store data, measured.

Store	Rating	Ratings
App Store	3.4 ★	7
Google Play	2.8 ★	61 4 written reviews
Both stores	2.9 ★ weighted by ratings	68

What users say about Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade

From the 10 most recent App Store reviews in the US.

Users report severe technical issues including crashes, blurry maps, and missing features like trees, alongside billing disputes for premium access. A minority of professional photographers praise the app's unique utility for planning sun exposure on buildings.

Mostly negative (30% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.

What people like

Useful: “I must have tried a dozen apps to help me plan for landscape photos and make educated guesses about where and when the sun will hit”

Common complaints

Features & content: “The feature I wanted to try before purchasing was not available”
Price & subscription: “I signed up for the 7 day free trial for the Pro version”
Crashes & bugs: “When I try to switch to high Res mod, it crashes”

About Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade

Shadowmap shows where the sun shines and where shadows fall – for any rooftop, street, or garden on Earth. Built on global building, tree, and terrain data, it simulates sunlight down to the minute, on any date.
Trusted by realtors, solar professionals, photographers, and anyone planning life around the sun.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Find the sunniest home, apartment, or plot
• Optimize solar panel placement & yield
• Scout photo & film locations remotely
• Plan gardens, terraces & outdoor spaces
• Time your day around natural light

WHAT'S NEW
• Major performance update: increased stability and improved UX
• Edit the 3D World – place objects, adjust buildings, share your scene (free)
• Export Solar Data to CSV – run analytics in your spreadsheet or tool of choice

GET STARTED FOR FREE
• Simulate sunlight & shadows
• Explore the global 3D map
• Edit existing 3D buildings and trees
• Place basic 3D objects (cuboids, cylinders, trees)
•. Share your edited 3D scene

Explorer (In-App Purchase):
• Unlock 3D camera view of the Sun
• Change date & time in the future or the past for precise planning

Home (In-App Purchase):
• All Explorer features
• Extended 3D objects (freeform, roofs, trees)
• 14-day global weather and UV forecast, along with historical data
• High-quality 3D maps & extra base maps
• Adjust default building height
• Visualize floor levels on facades

Studio (In-App Purchase):
• Our most advanced offering
• All Explorer + Home features
• Interactive 3D Solar Analytics
• High resolution textured 3D digital twin
• Edit existing 3D buildings and trees
• Create individual shapes & use prefabs
• Upload your own 3D models
• Share & embed your projects anywhere

Shadowmap is an award-winning app:
• APTI Award Winner 2024
• Golden Kitty Awards Finalist 2021
• #3 Product of the Day – Product Hunt

– Download Shadowmap today and connect with the Sun in unprecedented ways.

– Technical support: [email protected]

You can purchase "Shadowmap Home" and "Shadowmap Studio" as monthly or yearly subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your iTunes account. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You may manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renew after purchase by going to the ‘Manage Subscription’ page in settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription, where applicable. All subscriptions will renew at their respective cost.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://shadowmap.org/privacy-policy

Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade App Store

Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).

Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade is #7 in Weather Free in Russia and charting in 14 of 30 countries we track.

Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day

DeveloperShadowmap Technologies GmbH

CategoryWeather

PriceFree

Released31 Jan 2022

Rating★ 3.4 (7)

Version2.0.19

Age rating4+

First seen by us 24 Sep 2026

Installs (est.)1k+ worldwide

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Downloads / month

10k+

App Store, worldwide · 100+ a day

Exact

Confidence

Monthly users

all platforms

Free with an account

Confidence

Rating

3.4 ★

7 ratings

Measured

Best rank now

Weather Free

Measured

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Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade on the App Store

App details

App ID

1566789060

Publisher

Shadowmap Technologies GmbH

Publisher country

Austria

On the store since

Jan 2022

4 years on the store

Minimum OS

iOS 15.0+

iPhone 6s and later

Devices

iPhone · iPad

Universal purchase

Content rating

Languages

Size

5 MB

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Where it ranks now

Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.

Country	Charts	Rank
Russia	WeatherFree	#7
United States	WeatherFree	#91
Germany	WeatherFree	#39
Italy	WeatherGrossing	#24
France	WeatherGrossing	#39
Germany	WeatherGrossing	#59
United Kingdom	WeatherFree	#64
United Kingdom	WeatherGrossing	#82
Brazil	WeatherFree	#35
Brazil	WeatherGrossing	#51
Japan	WeatherFree	#169
China	WeatherFree	#177
France	WeatherFree	#68
Indonesia	WeatherGrossing	#36
Italy	WeatherFree	#67
Russia	WeatherGrossing	#95
Saudi Arabia	WeatherFree	#66
Australia	WeatherFree	#118
United Arab Emirates	WeatherFree	#51
Canada	WeatherFree	#180

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About Shadowmap: Sunlight & Shade

Latest updates

2.0.1929 Sep 2026

- Major Update: New 3D Buildings across Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland for sharper sun and shadow simulation - Fixed a visual bug for iOS 27 users on the Apple sign in screen Thanks for sticking with us and sharing your feedback. Got an idea, hit a bug, or want to tell us what's working? Drop us a line at [email protected] – we read every message.

2.0.1820 Aug 2026