Solar Snap

Rise Up Games

About this app

Everything you need for the next solar eclipse, all in one app!

Introducing Solar Snap: a camera filter + app combo that can help you take amazing photos of the sun, whether there’s an eclipse, or any other day. Simply attach the filter to your phone, open Solar Snap, and snap away! Solar Snap also includes an interactive, global solar eclipse simulator, with detailed information and times to prepare you for the next eclipse, no matter where you are or where you are going!

Solar Snap can be used with our Solar Snap filter kit available at: https://www.eclipseglasses.com/products/solar-snap-the-eclipse-app. This filter protects your phone camera from damage by the bright sun. You may optionally re-use old eclipse glasses by cutting a pair in half and taping it over your camera lens.

Video instructions by Astronomer Doug Duncan included in the app.

Total solar eclipses are crossing Europe on August 12, 2026 and the Middle East in 2027. Get ready!

Ratings and reviews

This app is useless. Firstly, the screen is too dark to be able to operate the settings, especially as you are using it in bright sunlight. The photos it captures are terrible and out of focus, as you can't use the focus slider effectively. There was no difference in the bracketed photos, so no point in this feature. I had high hopes of getting some good photos of today's eclipse, but this app let me down.

Camera works well but Android version is just a basic camera app. the screenshots of eclipse tracking etc on the description is iOS only. False advertising in GP store and very poor to trick people right before the solar eclipse tomorrow.

As an advanced photographer this amazed me by its inadequacy it never worked and using manual settings without the app i got better results complete waste of money.

What’s new

Welcome to Solar Snap 2.0! We've completely redesigned Solar Snap in preparation for the August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse and couldn't be more excited! Here's what's new:
 
• Complete redesign with improved layouts, more accessible controls
• In-camera Eclipse Companion automatically displays realtime eclipse information
• Fully interactive eclipse map running a global eclipse simulation
• Expanded tutorial now includes videos showing how to build a camera filter, and how to practice at home