Worldshade - day & night map

Anders Möller

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About this app

Bring the rhythm of our planet to your home screen with WorldShade.

WorldShade is a high-performance Earth globe widget that visualizes the real-time cycle of day and night. See exactly where the sun is shining and where the city lights are glowing in a stunning, accurate orthographic projection.



Visual & Interactive Earth

• Real-Time Shading: Accurate solar shading with multi-tier twilight zones (Civil, Nautical, and Astronomical).

• Night City Lights: Watch city lights glow in the dark and fade as the sun rises.

• Smooth Interaction: Rotate the globe with a single finger in the app. Premium users can use a two-finger swipe to "time travel" and see how shadows change throughout the day.

• High-Res Textures: Beautifully optimized assets provide crisp detail while remaining light on your battery.



Precise Sun & Location Data

• Sun Tracker: Get accurate sunrise, sunset, and twilight times for your current position or any selected point.

• Follow Position: Set the widget to automatically center on your current location (marked with a red dot).

• Manual Exploration: Tap anywhere on the globe to see data for that location (marked with a violet dot). Simply tap outside the globe to return to your current location and time.



Powerful Widget Customization

• Resizable: Widgets start at 2x2 but can be resized to fit your home screen layout.

• Visual Toggles: Draw the Equator, Tropics, and Polar Circles.

• Adjustable Style: Control night transparency, twilight colors, and map saturation to match your theme.

• Premium Features: Unlock advanced city light intensity controls and interactive time-shifting.



How to Use:

1. Long-press on your home screen and select "Widgets".

2. Find WorldShade and drag it to your screen.

3. Tap the widget to open the interactive app and access detailed sun data.



Perfect for travelers, stargazers, and anyone who wants to stay connected with the Earth's natural cycles.

Ratings and reviews

A great visualisation of day and night on a globe. Really have not ran into any issues other than the globe widget doesn't seem to appear on my screen but I'm still giving this a 5 star because the developers have done a good job at designing the day and night globe 👍🌍

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 :)