Changelog

Sun Seeker - Tracker, Surveyor
Sunrise Sunset Times, Sunlight
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By Ajnaware Pty Ltd
iPhone iPad WatchOct. 26, 2024
v 7.1v7.1
* NEW - Clear Sky UV and Solar Irradiance now shown on main screen (can be toggled with path length and shadow length by tapping on them)
* NEW - Tabulation “Max UV and Insolation” - gives Climatological Max Clear Sky UV Index and Daily Incidental Insolation (kWh/m2) by day, for the year.
* NEW - Added a new lock screen widget with solar progress on outer clock ring with UV index in center (similar to existing clock showing solar elevation)
* NEW - Added current UV and Irradiance to large clock widget
* NEW - Added current UV and Irradiance to watch app’s clock view
* IMPROVED - In-app list of cities (available offline) has been refreshed and expanded to include 66,000+ locations, and now includes city altitude.
* IMPROVED - Location altitudes are looked up online whenever user adds a new location from the Map. This is especially useful for improving UV index calculations where the location has a significant altitude above sea level.
* IMPROVED - Now allow tap on “Rose/Sets” titles to toggle display in same way as tapping on the values fields on their right.
* IMPROVED - App icon now has a light, dark and tinted version for iOS 18+.
Aug. 1, 2024
v 7.0v7.0
* NEW - The flat compass view can now be locked/unlocked with North to top by tapping on heading label at top of compass.
* IMPROVED - Watch app has been optimised for recent watch models and iOS versions
* FIXED - Solar clock widget could sometimes fail to display day/night and twilight phases when local solar noon was far from clock noon.
* Several other minor fixes and enhancements
July 12, 2024
v 6.8.2v6.8.2
* Minor fixes and translation updates
Dec. 17, 2023
v 6.8v6.8
* Optimisations and minor fixes for iOS17
Sept. 12, 2023
v 6.7v6.7
* NEW - Now includes a watch app with choice of several views, including a compass dial view which transitions to 3D view when holding the wrist up. Also includes text and circular complications showing solar elevation and data, as well as for iOS lock screen.
July 24, 2023
v 6.6v6.6
* NEW - Added a new Data Table to Details view - Azimuths at Rise/Set, giving the direction of the sun at time of rise and set for each day of the year.
June 6, 2023
v 6.5v6.5
* Minor fixes and updates
March 16, 2023
v 6.4.9v6.4.9
* Minor fixes
Jan. 12, 2023
v 6.4.8v6.4.8
* IMPROVED - Tapping on share button Maps now shows a menu with option to share either a screenshot of the map or else the map location.
* FIXED - Solstice path data may sometimes have kept showing data for the device's previous location after a major change of location.
* FIXED - Possible crash when trying to share location on iPadOS
Nov. 1, 2022
v 6.4.6v6.4.6
* Updated and optimised for latest iOS release
* Added Spanish user interface translation
June 27, 2022
v 6.4.5v6.4.5
* Minor enhancements
June 10, 2022
v 6.4.4v6.4.4
* Minor fixes
May 24, 2022
v 6.4.3v6.4.3
* FIXED - If user had denied the app permission to save images to photos, then attempting to save 3D view image resulted in an obscure error message.
* Other minor fixes and tweaks
May 19, 2022
v 6.4.2v6.4.2
* Solar Clock Widgets now allows azimuth (to nearest whole degree) to be shown in addition to elevation, via Widget settings
* Fix for frozen compass issue that could occur if you disabled certain obscure Location Services system settings
* Other minor enhancements and fixes
May 4, 2022
v 6.4.1v6.4.1
* IMPROVED - 3D View date/time scroller now works without causing the solar path overlay to stop updating during scrolling
* IMPROVED - Some minor performance optimizations
* FIXED - A couple of rare possible crashes
Oct. 30, 2021
v 6.4v6.4
* NEW - Date selection dialog now shows exact times of solstices and equinoxes and allows exact times to be found for other years by selecting a different year in the date picker
* NEW - Option to get notifications ahead of actual event (to help your planning)
* IMPROVED - Optimizations for iOS15
* IMPROVED - Enhanced accuracy of solar position calculations
* IMPROVED - Saved 3D view image now shows lat/long to nearest second of arc
* FIXED - Solar solstice paths are now updated on compass after selecting a new location and several other minor bug fixes