Amber Hour

The best light lasts about an hour. Amber Hour tells you exactly when — and whether it will be any good.

The app works out the sun's path for your location and shows today's golden hour and blue hour with a countdown, so you arrive while the light is still there. Everything is calculated on your phone, so the times are there even without a connection.

FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER • Golden hour and blue hour, morning and evening • Sunrise and sunset • A live sun curve showing where the sun is right now • A calendar for planning days and weeks ahead • A background that follows the colours of the sky through the day

ON HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN • Widget counting down to the next golden hour • Lock Screen widgets in three sizes • Countdown in the Dynamic Island as the hour approaches • A reminder 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes before

WEATHER AND MOON • Cloud cover for exactly the window golden hour covers • Moon phase, moonrise and moonset • Astronomical darkness — when the Milky Way can be photographed

FREE AND PRO Amber Hour is free and includes all sun times, the calendar, reminders and the Home Screen widget.

Amber Hour Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription, unlocking the weather forecast, moon and astronomical darkness, Lock Screen widgets, the Dynamic Island countdown, widget customisation and multiple saved locations.

PRIVACY Your location never leaves your phone apart from the request that fetches the forecast. There is no account, no tracking and no ads.