# Solar Time

> The apparent solar time at your current location

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.speedymarks.android.solartimefree](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.speedymarks.android.solartimefree)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.speedymarks.android.solartimefree`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SpeedyMarks
- **Category:** WEATHER
- **Downloads:** 17,492
- **Rating:** 3.46 / 5 (106 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-21
- **First published:** 2016-04-19
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 9.03 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedymarks.android.solartimefree)
- **Website:** [http://start.speedymarks.com](http://start.speedymarks.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://start.speedymarks.com/policies/privacyPolicyAdMob.html](http://start.speedymarks.com/policies/privacyPolicyAdMob.html)

## Description

Solar Time is a unique Chrome extension that displays the apparent solar time at your current location—essentially the time shown by a sundial. This includes adjustments from mean solar time based on your longitude, seasonal changes from the solar equation, and optional daylight saving time. You can easily track the highest sun position at noon and understand time differences throughout the year.

Key features include detailed time difference displays, toggling seconds visibility, switching between 12-hour and 24-hour formats, and a color-changing background that reflects the solar equation's time difference. The extension automatically updates your location as you move and supports phones and tablets, making it a handy and educational tool for anyone interested in solar time concepts. The app is free with ad support.

## Rankings

- #455,701 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.speedymarks.android.solartimefree.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users find the app useful for educational purposes and verifying solar time but criticize its lack of a widget, poor user-friendliness, and difficulties with location settings. Some feel the app is UK-centric and desire features like manual location input and a widget to improve functionality.

### Pros

- Useful for checking solar time and teaching concepts related to sundials and time.
- App is considered very good and awesome by some users.
- Helps verify the accuracy of sundials.

### Cons

- Lack of a widget is mentioned multiple times as a significant drawback.
- Not user-friendly and hard to understand for some users.
- Location detection issues and inability to manually enter locations.
- App seems limited to UK only, restricting wider usability.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.speedymarks.android.solartimefree)