Helios
The sun's path in AR — with AirPods alerts for golden hour
Point your phone at the sky and see exactly where the sun will be at any time of day, any day of the year. Scrub through time, scrub through dates, and let Helios whisper in your ear when the light gets good — so you're shooting during golden hour, not checking an app.
What You Get Free
- AR sun path overlay — today's arc anchored to the real sky, in 3D
- Time scrubbing — drag through the day and watch the sun move
- Full schedule — dawn, golden hour, solar noon, sunset, blue hour, dusk
- Compass mode — top-down view for when you can't raise your phone
- A week of planning — scrub dates up to a week around today
Helios Unlock — $4.99, once
- Full year of sun data — scrub to any date; solstice and equinox arcs at a glance
- Saved locations — virtually visit any spot on Earth and plan the light before you go
- AirPods golden-hour alerts — spoken cues when golden hour, blue hour, or sunset begins
- No subscription. No ads.
Privacy
- Fully on-device — no cloud, no account
- Your location never leaves your phone
- No ads, no tracking, no analytics SDKs
Why Helios?
Sun apps make you read charts. Helios puts the sun's path in the sky where you're already looking — and then tells you, out loud, when the light you're waiting for arrives.