About SkyCandy - Sunset Forecast + Quality Predictor
SkyCandy is a revolutionary new Sunrise and Sunset forecast app that uses live weather data at your location (and other locations!) to predict the quality of your local Sunrise and Sunsets to help you find beautiful, vivid, colorful skies at that magical time. Great for photographers, or anyone at all that wants to skip boring Sunsets and see only the beautiful ones. This is also called a sunset quality predictor.
Also included is many more powerful Sunrise and Sunset tools.
Key Features:
Accurate Predictions
Using a mathematical sky formula, SkyCandy uses historic, current, and future weather data to determine if your next Sunrise or Sunset will be colorful and vivid. SkyCandy's sunset forecast system has been tested to be 80% accurate.
Get Alerted
Set fully customized alerts to get notified when an upcoming Sunrise or Sunset is going to be beautiful, colorful, and vivid with Sunrise and Sunset forecast alerts. Save up to 3 locations to receive alerts for in the premium version.
Sun Position Tool
Using our Sun Position Tool, drop a pin anywhere on the map to know exactly which direction the Sun will be at any time, any date, and any location. Great for photographers that are scouting a photo shoot location and want to know what direction the Sun will be in when they are taking photos.
Multiple Locations
With the premium subscription, SkyCandy can provide automatic Sunrise and Sunset forecast checks and you can be alerted for multiple locations, not just your current location. Long drive to the beach? Know in advance if it will be worth making that long drive!
Widgets
Place widgets on your home screen to see your Sunrise and Sunset forecast information, or a count down until your next Sunrise and Sunset time.
Sticky Notifications
Don't have the space for widgets? You can also put a sticky notification in your Android status bar with your next Sunrise and Sunset quality score, or a countdown timer until your next Sunrise and Sunset.
Google Calendar Integration
You can sync SkyCandy with your Google Calendar account to add Sunrise and Sunset predictions to your calendar and view from any device, including PC.
Sunrise Times and Sunset Times
Get times for Sunrise, Sunset, Golden Hour, Blue Hour, and more!
More than 50 tips, tricks, and facts
SkyCandy comes with more than 50 tips, tricks, and facts that will help you take your Sunset photography to the next level. Tips are displayed automatically in-app but can be disabled in app settings.
Sunrise and Sunset Countdown Timers
Know exactly how much time is left until your next Sunrise or Sunset occurs.
And Many More Tools!
Many more useful weather, Sunrise, and Sunset tools are also included. Some of the tools and features listed above require a premium subscription. Premium subscription is $1.99 monthly and can be purchased in-app. That's less than the price of one large coffee, every month! Each subscription help us to continue app development and make the app even better.
Got an idea to make the app even better, or is the app missing a tool that you would like to see implemented? No problem, just shoot us an e-mail (admin@photographersarsenal.com) and we can add it!
APIs used:
Dark Sky
Sunburst by SunsetWx
APP PERMISSIONS REQUIRED & EXPLAINED:
In-app purchases - used to upgrade the app.
Identity - used to sync calendar to your Google calendar.
Calendar - used to sync calendar to your Google calendar.
Contacts - used to share the app with your friends at your choosing, and also import contacts into the app for faster model release generation.
Location - gets your location for predictions.
SMS - used to share the app with your friends at your choosing.
Photos/Media/Files - used for GPS photo tool to save images.
Storage - used for GPS photo tool to save images, and save locations.
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