Sun Seeker Downloads & RevenueSun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker · App Store & Google Play
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker by ozPDA is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker update history & changes
Last change · 49 events since 4 Oct 2009Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 49 events
- 🚀Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: now shown next to 루미노스 지도 - 황혼 가이드, SunCalc.net, LightPlan: Soleil et Ombre +2 moreiOSthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 🌟Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: featuring lifted it to #38 (from #53)iOSTop apps de pago · CO
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker hit #1iOSTop Paid · Navigation · AE
- 🌟Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker featured by AppleiOSapps · CO
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Navigation · IN
- 🌟Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker featured by AppleiOSapps · MX
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new iPad screenshotsiOS· PH
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · PH
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new iPad screenshotsiOS· AR
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · AR
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker hit #1iOSTop Paid · Navigation · ID
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new iPad screenshotsiOS· MX
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · MX
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new iPad screenshotsiOS· TH, ES
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · TH, ES
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CO
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · CO
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 21 countries
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · 21 countries
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 10AndroidTop Paid · Photography · VN
- 📦Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker updated to version 8.2.1iOSv8.2.1
* Optimised for iPhone Duo, including support for all device poses and orientations. - 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Photography · MX · Top Paid · Photography · TR
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 10AndroidTop Paid · Photography · TH
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 100AndroidTop Paid · Photography · NL
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Photography · TH · Top Paid · Photography · TR
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidThailand · Turkey
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Navigation · KR
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Photography · MX · Top Paid · Photography · VN
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidMexico · Vietnam
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Navigation · RU
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: app got smalleriOS53 MB → 45 MB (-14%)
- ✏️Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 16.6 → iOS 18.0
- 📦Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker updated to version 8.2iOSv8.2
* Optimized for iPhone Duo, including support for all device poses.
* Several minor bug fixes - 📦Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker: first update in 91 daysiOS
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Navigation · CN
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker entered the top 10 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Photography · AE · Top Paid · Photography · ID · Top Paid · Photography · IN · Top Paid · Photography · SA
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker hit #1iOSTop Paid · Navigation · IN
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker hit #1 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Navigation · BR · Top Paid · Navigation · CA
- 📈Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker hit #1iOSTop Paid · Navigation · KR
- 🆕Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSaudi Arabia
- 🆕Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker first spotted by AppInsideriOS#7 in Top Paid · Navigation · Italy
- 📦Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker version 8.0.1AndroidFIXED - Address lookup restored when dragging marking on map.
FIXED - Several possible crashes relating to camera availability. - 📦Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker version 8.1.2iOSNo release notes
- 🆕Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Navigation PaidSun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Sun Seeker is a premium solar tracking and compass application designed for photographers, architects, real estate buyers, and outdoor enthusiasts to visualize sun paths, golden hour timing, and shadow exposure. The app maintains strong market dominance in paid navigation categories, holding the number one position in the UAE, India, and South Korea while remaining within the top five in major Western markets like the US and UK.
Similar apps: PhotoPills, Sun Surveyor (Lumios), Solar Walk
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 500+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 10+ | 50k+ Measured |
| Total | 500+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #1 Navigation Paid | 20 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #15 Photography Paid | 8 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (7)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 11 | 58% | ▼ -17% |
 Australia | 1.8 | 10% | – |
 Japan | 1.5 | 8% | – |
 Mexico | 1.2 | 7% | – |
 South Africa | 1.1 | 6% | – |
 France | 1 | 6% | – |
 Sweden | 1 | 6% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
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 | 4.8 ★ | 13k |
| Google Play | 5.0 ★ | 1k 63 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.8 ★ weighted by ratings | 14k |
What users say about Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker
From the 54 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's accuracy and intuitive interface for professional tasks like solar installation, photography, and real estate planning. However, complaints focus on technical bugs such as inaccurate compass readings, outdated satellite maps, and unexpected subscription charges.
Mostly positive (83% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Useful: “Good, useful info… love this program”
- Features & content: “Incredible tool for any mortal”
- Design: “If you want an accurate way to plan PV layout; this is worth every penny”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use and informative”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Never gave any notice that it was going to charge me and it doesn’t even do its job well”
- Crashes & bugs
About Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker
The app is useful for -
▶ Photographers- to plan according to the golden hour or blue hour & optimal sunlight conditions, sunrise & sunset times & directions.
▶ Cinematographers- this sun tracker & sun surveyor enables you to find the sun exposure, directions, sun shadow & sunrise sunset times for any location.
▶ Real Estate Buyers- can use the app before buying a property to check the sun path & to find the sun exposure of properties.
▶ Drivers - Sunseeker lets you track the sun path & movement during the days & helps drivers know the sun position to find how long the car will remain in the shade at any given parking spot.
▶ Campers & Picnickers- for anyone planning a day out, Sunseeker app will help in finding where to camp, sit or pitch an umbrella depending on the sunlight & sun direction.
▶ Gardeners- Sun Seeker can also help with finding optimal planting locations & seasonal sunlight hours as a sun rise calendar
▶ Architects & Surveyors- for visualising the spatial variability of the solar angle throughout the year & using the compass app as a sun surveyor & calendar to determine the sunlight directions.
Main Features
* Sunseeker is a sun locator which uses GPS, magnetometer & gyroscope to find the correct solar position & sun path for your current location.
* Flat compass view shows current solar position, diurnal solar angle & elevation (separated into day & night segments), sun shadow length ratio, atmospheric path thickness.
* 3D augmented reality (AR) camera overlay view shows the sun's current position, its path with hour points marked. Check golden hour using this feature!
* Camera view has an optional pointer to guide you towards the current location of the sun & help you with sun direction.
* Map view shows solar direction arrows, sun path & elevations for each hour of the day.
* Choose any date to view sun position & path on that day. You can view sunset & sunrise times for each day as well.
* Choose any location on earth (includes 40,000+ cities or custom locations available offline, as well as a comprehensive online map search capability)
* Get additional details including sun rise, sunset & culmination times, maximum elevation, civil, nautical & astronomical twilight times of the sun.
* Optional device notifications for all manner of sun-related periods & events, such as golden hour or blue hour, various twilight & shadow periods, or sun at a given compass heading or above a given elevation.
* This sun rise calen
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker App Store
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker is #2 in Navigation Paid in Japan and charting in 20 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 12 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Navigation PaidSun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Sun Seeker is a premium solar tracking and compass application designed for photographers, architects, real estate buyers, and outdoor enthusiasts to visualize sun paths, golden hour timing, and shadow exposure. The app maintains strong market dominance in paid navigation categories, holding the number one position in the UAE, India, and South Korea while remaining within the top five in major Western markets like the US and UK.
Similar apps: PhotoPills, Sun Surveyor (Lumios), Solar Walk
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | NavigationPaid | #2 |
| South Korea | NavigationPaid | #1 |
| United States | NavigationPaid | #5 |
 Germany | NavigationPaid | #5 |
 Brazil | NavigationPaid | #3 |
 Canada | NavigationPaid | #3 |
| Italy | NavigationPaid | #3 |
 United Kingdom | NavigationPaid | #10 |
| Australia | NavigationPaid | #5 |
| France | NavigationPaid | #7 |
 India | NavigationPaid | #6 |
| United Arab Emirates | NavigationPaid | #3 |
| Japan | NavigationGrossing | #58 |
| South Korea | NavigationGrossing | #28 |
 China | NavigationPaid | #31 |
| Brazil | NavigationGrossing | #38 |
 Indonesia | NavigationPaid | #11 |
| Germany | NavigationGrossing | #99 |
| United Kingdom | All AppsPaid | #160 |
 Russia | NavigationPaid | #23 |
| India | NavigationGrossing | #66 |
| Germany | All AppsPaid | #153 |
| United Arab Emirates | All AppsPaid | #36 |
 Saudi Arabia | NavigationPaid | #21 |
| Brazil | All AppsPaid | #102 |
| Australia | NavigationGrossing | #90 |
| United Arab Emirates | NavigationGrossing | #35 |
| Russia | NavigationGrossing | #92 |
| Mexico | All AppsPaid | #102 |
 Spain | All AppsPaid | #143 |
| South Africa | All AppsPaid | #46 |
| Sweden | All AppsPaid | #115 |
Apps near Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker on the chart
Navigation Paid, around #2.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (7)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 58% | ▼ -17% |
| Australia | 1.8 | 10% | – |
| Japan | 1.5 | 8% | – |
| Mexico | 1.2 | 7% | – |
| South Africa | 1.1 | 6% | – |
| France | 1 | 6% | – |
| Sweden | 1 | 6% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
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.
What users say about Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker
From the 54 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's accuracy and intuitive interface for professional tasks like solar installation, photography, and real estate planning. However, complaints focus on technical bugs such as inaccurate compass readings, outdated satellite maps, and unexpected subscription charges.
Mostly positive (83% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Useful: “Good, useful info… love this program”
- Features & content: “Incredible tool for any mortal”
- Design: “If you want an accurate way to plan PV layout; this is worth every penny”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use and informative”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Never gave any notice that it was going to charge me and it doesn’t even do its job well”
- Crashes & bugs
About Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker
The app is useful for -
▶ Photographers- to plan according to the golden hour or blue hour & optimal sunlight conditions, sunrise & sunset times & directions.
▶ Cinematographers- this sun tracker & sun surveyor enables you to find the sun exposure, directions, sun shadow & sunrise sunset times for any location.
▶ Real Estate Buyers- can use the app before buying a property to check the sun path & to find the sun exposure of properties.
▶ Drivers - Sunseeker lets you track the sun path & movement during the days & helps drivers know the sun position to find how long the car will remain in the shade at any given parking spot.
▶ Campers & Picnickers- for anyone planning a day out, Sunseeker app will help in finding where to camp, sit or pitch an umbrella depending on the sunlight & sun direction.
▶ Gardeners- Sun Seeker can also help with finding optimal planting locations & seasonal sunlight hours as a sun rise calendar
▶ Architects & Surveyors- for visualising the spatial variability of the solar angle throughout the year & using the compass app as a sun surveyor & calendar to determine the sunlight directions.
Main Features
* Sunseeker is a sun locator which uses GPS, magnetometer & gyroscope to find the correct solar position & sun path for your current location.
* Flat compass view shows current solar position, diurnal solar angle & elevation (separated into day & night segments), sun shadow length ratio, atmospheric path thickness.
* 3D augmented reality (AR) camera overlay view shows the sun's current position, its path with hour points marked. Check golden hour using this feature!
* Camera view has an optional pointer to guide you towards the current location of the sun & help you with sun direction.
* Map view shows solar direction arrows, sun path & elevations for each hour of the day.
* Choose any date to view sun position & path on that day. You can view sunset & sunrise times for each day as well.
* Choose any location on earth (includes 40,000+ cities or custom locations available offline, as well as a comprehensive online map search capability)
* Get additional details including sun rise, sunset & culmination times, maximum elevation, civil, nautical & astronomical twilight times of the sun.
* Optional device notifications for all manner of sun-related periods & events, such as golden hour or blue hour, various twilight & shadow periods, or sun at a given compass heading or above a given elevation.
* This sun rise calen
Latest updates
Store changes
What Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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Sun Seeker: Sunlight Tracker Android
Sun Seeker: Sunlight Tracker gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Sun Seeker: Sunlight Tracker is #16 in Photography Paid on Google Play in India and charting in 8 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 12 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Photography PaidSun Seeker: Sunlight Tracker on Google Play
App details
Sun Seeker: Sunlight Tracker downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Sun Seeker: Sunlight Tracker's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | PhotographyPaid | #16 |
| Indonesia | PhotographyPaid | #17 |
| Saudi Arabia | PhotographyPaid | #17 |
| United Arab Emirates | PhotographyPaid | #15 |
 Netherlands | PhotographyPaid | #15 |
 Turkey | PhotographyPaid | #17 |
 Thailand | PhotographyPaid | #17 |
 Vietnam | PhotographyPaid | #15 |
Apps near Sun Seeker: Sunlight Tracker on the chart
Photography Paid, around #16.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview 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.
What users say about Sun Seeker: Sunlight Tracker
From the 60 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (70% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “Very helpful in solar pv design works”
- Ease of use: “Not with this APP, as it is so user friendly!”
- Features & content: “This has been a terrific tool for several years”
- Design: “Very helpful in solar pv design works”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn't work as advertised”
- Price & subscription: “And this is a payed app for which i spent my money”
About Sun Seeker: Sunlight Tracker
You can also check sunlight exposure, sun position, sunlight angle, & solar path, clear sky UV levels and solar irradiance. It has a flat compass & 3D AR view to show solar exposure, rise/set times, twilight and golden/blue hour times, and even can provide notifications of a wide range of these and many other solar events.
Catch sunlight, sunrise/sunset times, sun position and sun path with the AR sun tracker.
It can be used by:
Photographers: Plan shoots & videos for the magic hour, sunlight angle, & golden hour. Use the sun view feature to find the sun & sunrise sunset times. Check the best sun exposure & sun path for photos with Sunseeker - the sun tracker.
Architects & Surveyors: View the spatial variability of solar angle all year long. Use this sun dial-like compass app as a sun tracker, sunlight angle calculator, & sun surveyor to find sunlight & daylight exposure & sun path.
Real Estate Buyers: Buy properties using this sun tracker app to check sunlight exposure, find the sun path, & track sunrise sunset times.
Cinematographers: The sun surveyor view shows the solar direction and sunlight angle for each daylight hour. With Sun Seeker, track the sun path, & determine the sun position for any location.
Drivers: This app lets you track the sun path throughout the day. Drivers can find the perfect parking spot by checking sunlight exposure & golden hour conditions. Track sun phases to adjust parking based on sun position for optimal lighting.
Campers & Picnickers: Finding a great campsite is easy with Sun Seeker’s sun tracker. Use this compass & sunset app to check daylight exposure & locate the sun position. Track the sun path, monitor golden hour, & plan activities for perfect lighting.
Gardeners: Sunseeker is a sun tracker & compass app to find optimal planting locations & sunlight exposure hours. Track sun to determine the best spots for your garden based on sunrise sunset times and sun phases.
Main Features
Sun Seeker uses GPS, magnetometer, & gyroscope to find the correct sun path and sun position for any location. Track sunrise sunset times & monitor daylight exposure in real-time with the sunset timer.
Flat compass view shows the sun path, diurnal sunlight angle, & elevation (divided into day & night segments), shadow length ratio, sun phases, & more.
3D AR camera overlay shows the sun's current position, its sun path with hourly points marked.
Camera view guides you to find the sun & check sunrise sunset times & sunlight exposure.
Map view in this solar compass app shows solar direction arrows & sun path for each hour of the day.
Ability to choose any location on Earth (includes 40,000+ cities, custom locations offline, & detailed map search).
Golden hour, sunlight & daylight tracker provides sunrise sunset times, sun phases, sun position, elevation, civil
What's new in 8.0.1
FIXED - Several possible crashes relating to camera availability.
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