Sun, Sunrise & Sunset information for your location for any Date & Time!
Pros & Cons
Free to use, offering essential sun-tracking features without a paid tier.
Accurate sun-position data via Ephemeris and a visual 3D Compass.
Clear sun-path visualizations to plan Golden Hour shots anywhere.
Location-based planning with Google Maps integration support.
Lite version may lack some advanced features advertised for the Full Version (e.g., Live Camera View and Street View panoramas).
Some competitors emphasize broader 'planning', 'times', or 'exposure' features not highlighted here.
Offline usage and more AR features are described as Full Version-only.
About Sun Surveyor Lite
Sun Surveyor Lite is a photography app developed by Adam Ratana.
Download Statistics
Sun Surveyor Lite has been downloaded 1.3 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 6.2 thousand times. It is ranked #193 in photography.
User Ratings
Sun Surveyor Lite is rated 4.15 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 3.7 thousand ratings.
App Information
Sun Surveyor Lite is FREE to download. The APK download size is 22.08 MB. The latest version available is 2.7.1. The last update was on October 25, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Sun Surveyor Lite requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2011.
Description
Sun Surveyor Lite takes the mystery out of the sunrise, sunset and magic hours, helping photographers and filmmakers scout the best locations, plan effectively, and get the perfect shot. Solar Industry (PV) Professionals, architects, real estate agents, and gardeners will also find a wealth of empowering, interactive features.
The 3D Compass and detailed Ephemeris provide a wealth of information about the largest natural light source in the galaxy:
- Predict and plan for the golden hour, blue hour and every sunrise & sunset - Visualize the sun's path throughout the day or through the year
Additional features:
- Visual time machine - take a quick glance at the light for a day, or dial in desired compositions easily - Twilight times - civil, nautical, astronomical - Solstice and Equinox visualization - Sun shadow information - calculate the length of shadows cast by objects - Magnetic declination compensation
Check out the Full Version of Sun Surveyor for more:
- Live Camera 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 - Interactive Map View - plan a remote shot or PV array placement, interact with a top-down perspective of sun and moon paths and events - Street View Panoramas - 360 degree spherical panoramas with selected sun, moon and milky way events overlaid, where available - Moon Information: moon position, moonrise, moonset, moon phases, apogee, perigee, distance and a Super Moon finder - Show clients the quality and quantity of seasonal sunlight at a remote location - Understand potential shade of surroundings and discover any obstructions - Create images of the summer and winter Solstice & Equinox paths for a site - Prepare night photography shots with the Milky Way & star trail features - 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
Recent changes: 2.7.1 - Targeting the latest Android version (SDK: 36) - Visual updates, bug fixes, and tweaks.
2.6, 2.6.1 Major visualization update! - New 3D Renderer: a new renderer with massive improvements to performance and visual quality brought over from the full version. - 3D Compass allows for toggling different grid visualizations. - The demos of full version features (Street View, etc) now use the updated visualization. - Other bugfixes, tweaks, and improvements.
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This app is fabulous. I'm not really a photographer but I spend loads of time outdoors. It shows you where the sun will be in relation to your position. Also has compass, so it moves with you in real time. I like it
★★★★★Snip3rElite10 Snip3rElite10· Jul 25, 2020
Easy to install, and set up--calibrate, set date & tkme and done. Very accurate and useful. Great app. After more tome in the field, sure to upgrade.
★★★★★Mike 599· Feb 9, 2024
10/10 Definitely Recommend. If you're trying to get access to the full version, you are an arrogant cotten-headed-ninnymuggins. How do you expect the people who developed this app to make a living? They probably have families they have to support. I can't afford the full app, but needed to know some specifics about the sunrise for a photo, and while yes, this free version has very limited functions, it did everything I needed. I WILL be upgrading to the full paid version asap. TY dev team!
★★★★★Dinah Beaton· Mar 18, 2022
I have both Lite and the Paid version, and I cannot see why anyone thinks $8.00 is a lot to pay - gracious me, that is so reasonable for what you get on this app. I use it all the time for my photography, and it pinpoints me to exactly where I need to be with my camera to capture both sun and moon rising and setting. This evening is full moon so thanks to this App, Brighton Pier is being shown as one of the best locations to capture the full 'Worm' moon rising at the same time the beautiful sun setting.
★★☆☆☆Karim Adel· Apr 11, 2023
The app misses basic features for both lite & paid versions that are available in other free apps; most importantly daily reminders/alarms for specific events, customizable widgets for selective events and just that the 3D Compass is so uninformative with the lower-half of the orbit being cut for no reason
★☆☆☆☆Tut Tut· Oct 20, 2023
Useless without paying for the full version
★☆☆☆☆A Google user· Feb 16, 2019
Entering location manually is a premium feature and the GPS feature refuses to get the location (it works in every single other app I have). Thus free version useless waste of my time
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