SunCast

SunCast helps people see where the sun will be and how shadows will move. On iPhone and iPad, it combines an augmented reality sun path, 3D building and terrain shadows, and sun times. Photographers, home buyers, gardeners and planners can check light at a place and date before making plans.

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SunCast is a sunlight planning app for iPhone and iPad. It shows the sun’s path in augmented reality and maps shadows from buildings and terrain in 3D. Users can explore sunrise, sunset, golden hour, blue hour and twilight for a place and date. Construction mode previews the shadows of proposed buildings, while Street View helps scout a location. Solar Info adds roof solar potential for mapped buildings. SunCast is designed for decisions shaped by light, from planning a photograph or garden bed to viewing a home or assessing a building site. It is free to download, with optional Pro features.

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SunCast helps people plan around real sunlight. The iPhone and iPad app answers questions: When will a room catch the afternoon sun? Where will a tree cast shade at dinner time? What will the light look like for a photograph next month? Users can choose a place and date, then explore the sun’s position and the light across the day.

A live augmented reality view overlays the sun’s path on the camera image. A 3D map shows shadows from buildings and terrain, making it easier to understand how a street, garden or landscape changes with the hour and season. The timetable covers sunrise, sunset, golden hour, blue hour and twilight, alongside the sun’s direction and elevation. Street View lets people inspect a distant location before they visit. Weather and cloud information adds context when planning an outdoor session.

For projects that have yet to be built, Construction mode lets users place virtual buildings on the map and preview the shadows they would create. Solar Info offers mapped building roof estimates, including potential panel capacity and annual sunshine. These tools support planning for homes, gardens, photography, architecture and solar projects. They are intended as a visual planning aid, rather than a substitute for a formal site survey or engineering assessment.

SunCast was created by independent developer Peter Szucs in Hungary. It is available for iPhone and iPad as a free download with optional Pro features. Journalists and creators can use the press kit for product details, app imagery and contact information.

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