Worldshade - day & night map

Anders Möller

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About this app

Home screen widget that display an image of the earth indicating the sun shade on the globe. The app shows data for sunrise and sunset for the current location or any selected location.

When adding a widget, a default view is selected. By checking the option "Follow position", the projection will be selected to follow your current position. The current position is marked with a red dot. A location may be selected by tapping the globe, which then is marked by a violet dot. Tapping outside the globe again selects the current location.

By default, the widget occupies two by two cells on the home screen. Press and hold the widget to enable resizing.

After installation it is possible to add a widget to the home screen (tap and hold).

Ratings and reviews

I like this app because it shows where it will be daylight (daytime) and where it will be dark (nighttime), e.g. if it is daytime in the United States (lower 48), Canada and Mexico, it will be nighttime in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and Iraq), China, Mongolia, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Russia, Australia and New Zealand.

It's a cool, simple app. I would like to be able to fully spin the globe in all directions, I live far south and can not put my cityright at the centre of the globe. Also, for some reason, I can not place the time bar widget on my phone (Samsung A53, using Nova Launcher). I assume it's a bug.

Great visualization of day/night. Well done. Some suggestions for future versions if you dont mind. (1)Dark mode(2)Pinch-zoomable globe(3)Lat-long lines on/off(4)Earth axis tilt displayed. (5) Light bands on the globe just like on the day/night bar display (dawn,sun rise, dusk, twilight etc) Excellent work thanks very much :)

What's new

Minor updates and improved stability.