App on 5 lists

Sunshine Editor’s pick

MiaAppLog · Free · Health & Fitness · 5.0 (7 ratings)

What it does

Your safe-sun window for today, and whether the light you got was enough. From 5 apps to check before you step outside.

Did you get morning light today? It measures your daylight for you. From 5 apps for people who can't fall asleep.

Tracks how much daylight you actually got, with nothing to press. From 7 apps that made the cut out of 400+ we screened.

Tracks the daylight you actually got today, and tells you if it was enough. From 5 apps for the days you never leave the house.

Sunshine measures how much daylight you actually got, in the background, with nothing to press. You track steps, sleep and heart rate, but not the light. From 7 apps that track what your watch doesn't.

Alternatives to Sunshine

The closest alternatives to Sunshine are RainViewer, Transit, IQAir AirVisual, My Pollen Forecast, AutoSleep, Dark Noise, Meditation Pal, one sec, Merlin Bird ID, Focus Train, Splitwise, Tile, Google Translate, Waze, Wakeout!, Eye Care 20 20 20, Water Tracker by WaterMinder®, Marco Polo, Rem, Decibel X PRO, Bearable, Plume Labs, Posture Reminder and Moodnotes — 24 apps from the 5 lists Sunshine appears on, each answering the same moment a different way.

• RainViewerShows the actual rain on a map, so you know if it's dry enough for a walk.
• TransitExactly when the bus or train is coming, in 1,000+ cities.
• IQAir AirVisualWhat you're about to breathe: real-time air quality and a 48-hour forecast.
• My Pollen ForecastWhich pollen is high today and where, with a push when it spikes.
• AutoSleepTracks your sleep from your Apple Watch automatically. No buttons.
• Dark Noise50+ ambient sounds to fall asleep to, with a timer that fades them out.
• Meditation PalYour own wind-down audio in one calm player, even with the screen locked.
• one secPuts one breath between you and a scrolling app before it opens.
• Merlin Bird IDHold your phone up to a singing bird and it names it. Free.
• Focus TrainEvery focus session is a train ride. Look away and it just waits.
• SplitwiseAdd the bill once and it works out who owes who. No awkward math.
• TileRing the tracker on your keys, or see on a map where they were last.
• Google TranslatePoint your camera at a menu or a sign and read it in your language.
• WazeLive traffic and accurate ETAs, rerouted around crashes as they happen.
• Wakeout!Easy exercises and timely prompts to move, through a day of sitting.
• Eye Care 20 20 20Every 20 minutes, one gentle reminder to look 20 feet away for 20 seconds.
• Water Tracker by WaterMinder®Log what you drink; a fill level shows your hydration, and it reminds you.
• Marco PoloSend a video, get one back, on your own schedule. Private and ad-free.
• RemRem works out when you fell asleep and woke up on its own, then breaks the night down. Nothing to press before bed.
• Decibel X PRODecibel X PRO is a sound level meter in dBA, so you can find out how loud the room you spend all day in actually is.
• BearableBearable logs symptoms, mood, sleep and whatever else you suspect, then shows which of them move together.
• Plume LabsPlume Labs gives air quality where you are and where you are heading, hour by hour rather than as a daily average.
• Posture ReminderPosture Reminder reminds you to sit up and to stand, on a schedule you set rather than whenever it feels like it.
• MoodnotesMoodnotes is a mood tracker that also asks how you got there, so it nudges at thinking habits instead of only storing a number.

Price and ratings

Sunshine and its alternatives, as the App Store listed them on 2026-10-13.

Sunshine is free to download from the iOS App Store and holds 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, checked on 2026-10-13. Prices and ratings go stale; the App Store is the live source. It is listed there as “Sunshine — Vitamin D Tracker”.

Appears on

• 5 apps to check before you step outsideEverydayRainViewer · Sunshine · Transit · IQAir AirVisual · My Pollen Forecast
• 5 apps for people who can't fall asleepWellbeingAutoSleep · Sunshine · Dark Noise · Meditation Pal · one sec
• 7 apps that made the cut out of 400+ we screenedEverydayMerlin Bird ID · Focus Train · Splitwise · Tile · Sunshine · Google Translate · Waze
• 5 apps for the days you never leave the houseWellbeingWakeout! · Sunshine · Eye Care 20 20 20 · Water Tracker by WaterMinder® · Marco Polo
• 7 apps that track what your watch doesn'tWellbeingRem · Sunshine · Decibel X PRO · Bearable · Plume Labs · Posture Reminder · Moodnotes