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Horizon
See where the sun rises and sets from your location. Live compass, map direction cones, sun path arc, and sunset countdown. Search places, save favorite viewpoints, and return anytime.
Sunset & Golden Hour Guide · on your iPhone
Chase the light.
Plan the shot.
Dusklight: Golden Hour is the photography companion built around sunset direction, golden hour timing, and the quality of the sky — whether you are scouting a location, timing a shoot, or building a personal collection of sunrises and sunsets.
0 accounts required
0 ads or IAP
6 light-planning tools
What it does
Everything sunset photography needs, in one calm place.
Dusklight puts the sun at the center of your planning — from horizon direction and golden hour countdowns to atmosphere scores and a personal gallery of light.
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Golden Hour
Countdown rings, sun altitude charts, estimated light intensity, UV forecasts, and a shoot-window score for the next three hours. Start a Live Activity to track golden hour from your Lock Screen.
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Atmosphere
Check today's sunset quality score and browse a 7-day outlook shaped by weather conditions. Understand what is helping — or hurting — the sky before you head out.
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Gallery
Capture photos in-app or import from your library. Add titles, locations, and camera details. Browse curated inspiration for composition and mood ideas.
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Explore
Rest Light evening display guidance synced to local sunset times — including Night Shift and warmer screen settings. Polar day/night science, legendary sunset locations, and saved spots worth revisiting.
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Widgets & Live Activities
Keep golden hour on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with a beautiful widget and real-time countdown — a glance at the light without opening the app.
About
Designed for photographers & sky lovers.
Dusklight: Golden Hour is an informational photography companion for iPhone — built for anyone who plans shoots around sunset, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight. Sunset and sunrise direction, weather-informed atmosphere scores, saved spots with journal and achievements, and educational sky content all stay in one warm, focused app.
No account required. No ads or in-app purchases. Your photos, spots, checklist progress, and preferences stay on your device.
Dusklight is not affiliated with Apple, Open-Meteo, or sunrise-sunset.org. Weather from Open-Meteo. Sun times from sunrise-sunset.org with offline solar math fallback. Map data from Apple.
Important: Sunset quality scores, forecasts, and sun position calculations are estimates only — not professional meteorological advice. Always use your own judgment outdoors and follow local safety guidelines.
Privacy policy
Privacy first — your records stay on your device.
Effective date: July 2, 2026 · Last updated: July 2, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Dusklight: Golden Hour (the "Application") handles information when you use our sunset photography companion for iPhone. The Application is provided by Tiekita Ketchson ("we", "us", or "our").
Information We Collect
Dusklight does not require an account, sign-up, or login. We do not ask for your name, email, or phone number inside the app. We do not sell personal data, use third-party analytics, advertising trackers, or track you across apps and websites.
The following data is stored locally on your device only:
- Saved photography spots, ratings, and journal entries
- Gallery photos you capture or import (stored in the app's private documents folder)
- Photo titles, locations, camera details, checklist progress, and achievements
- App preferences (theme, onboarding state, bedtime settings for Rest Light)
- Cached weather forecasts and sun-time responses
- Widget snapshot data shared between the app and widget extension via App Group
Location Data
Dusklight uses your location only while the app is open to calculate sun position, sunset direction, golden hour times, and local forecasts. Location data is processed on your device and is not transmitted to our servers. You can use bundled reference content and manual spot entry without granting location access.
Camera & Photo Library
If you choose to capture or import photos, the app accesses your camera or photo library only with your permission. Images you add are stored locally on your device and are not uploaded to any server operated by us.
Network Requests
When you have an internet connection, the app may contact:
- Open-Meteo — to fetch public weather forecasts (cloud cover, humidity, visibility, UV index) for sunset quality scoring. No API key is required. Forecasts are cached on your device.
- sunrise-sunset.org — to fetch sun rise and set times for your coordinates, with offline solar math as fallback. Responses are cached on your device.
- Apple Maps / MapKit — for map display and address search when you look up a location. Subject to Apple's privacy policy.
We do not send your personal gallery, journal, or saved spots to these services. Requests include only the coordinates or search terms needed to retrieve public data.
Widgets & Live Activity
Optional Home Screen widgets and Golden Hour Live Activity use Apple's system frameworks and an App Group shared between the main app and widget extension. Data displayed (sunset time, quality score, phase progress) is read from local storage on your device. We do not receive widget or Lock Screen content on our servers.
How We Use Information
Because we do not operate user accounts or collect personal data on our servers, there is nothing for us to profile, share, or sell. Every feature — Horizon, Golden Hour, Atmosphere, Gallery, and Explore — runs using data stored on your device.
Data Storage & Retention
All of your content remains in the app's private storage on your device. There is no cloud sync and no remote backup operated by us. Deleting the app permanently removes associated local data from your device.
Children's Privacy
The Application does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Because no personal data is collected or transmitted to us, the app aligns with COPPA and similar child-privacy standards.
Your Control
You can edit or delete spots, journal entries, and gallery photos at any time inside the app. Revoke location, camera, or photo library access in iOS Settings at any time. Uninstalling Dusklight removes all locally stored app data from your device.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy to reflect app improvements or legal requirements. When we do, we will revise the effective date above. The core commitment — local storage, no accounts, no sale of personal data — will not change without clear notice on this page.
Contact Us
Questions about this Privacy Policy? Contact us at ceotiekitaketchson@gmail.com or call +1 (424) 544-5791.
Contact
Say hello. 👋
Questions about Dusklight: Golden Hour, feedback on a feature, or help with the app? A real person reads every message.
We usually reply within 24–48 hours.
Developer
Tiekita Ketchson
com.dusklight.tiekitaketchson