10.12
2024-01-22
Fix for lunar noon (moon peak) image not showing in certain Apple Watch complications
10.8
2023-10-27
Resolved some Apple Watch complications issues on watchOS 10.1. Note: the Watch "companion app" on iPhone may crash when trying to add a Sundial complication there. Please use the complication picker on your Apple Watch to add a Sundial complication. Instructions at https://tinyurl.com/add-watch-comp.
10.7
2023-10-18
Watch complication & smart stack widget improvements (watchOS10):
- Added new corner complications: Moon Phase, Illumination, & Altitude // Moon Phase & Azimuth
- Added circular altitude only complication
- Realistic moon photos can now be used in all complications and widgets in place of the graphic version, even in “tinted” watch faces. Just go to the Sundial Apple Watch app, swipe to the About page, select “Complication & Widget Settings”, and then select “Moon Rendering”.
- Also on that settings page, you can now choose to use moon photo mode inside the solar/lunar rise/set dials (previously always graphic)
- Changed altitude rising/setting arrows to be off by default, but added option to settings to re-enable (under “Complication & Widget Settings”)
10.6
2023-10-09
Improved Watch complication color tinting on watchOS 9 & 10.
10.5
2023-10-04
iPhone and iPad Widget check for purchase unlock has been re-enabled. It had been disabled in Sundial v10.2 because a bug had crept in.
10.4
2023-10-03
v10.4:
- Apple Watch: more bugfixes for "inline" solar/lunar event complications in Solar Graph, Motion, Mickey Mouse, and similar watch faces. To work around memory limitations that could cause the complication to stop updating, I have had to remove the small images that represent the event.
- Apple Watch: added discrete civil dawn/dusk, nautical dawn/dusk, and astro dawn/dusk complication that were available in Sundial v9 and earlier.
v10.3:
- Fixed: "inline" complications in watch faces such as Solar Graph, Motion, and Mickey Mouse could show the wrong events
v10.2:
- Fixed: iPhone/iPad widgets could become "locked" even though you had purchased Sundial extras
v10.1:
- Fixed: iPhone/iPad widget configuration showed blank text in dark mode
- Improve legibility of lunar illumination % inside of dials in widgets and complications
v10.0:
- Added support for iOS 17 standby mode widgets
- Added support for watchOS 10 Smart Stack widgets
- Also under watchOS 9/10, additional complications are now supported by switching fully to the widget system for complications. One side effect of this change: existing complications will need to be re-added. On the Infograph bezel complication, the transits that are track can be changed in Sundial’s ‘About’ page in the Apple Watch app
- Added an option to the Solar Today widget to define what is shown inside the dials; note this will require re-adding the widget. watchOS 9 widget complications have some limitations, however, so it is suggested watchOS 9 users update to watchOS 10 for best complication experience. Sundial on watchOS 7/8 continues using the legacy complications.
- Improved “Solid Background” mode on lock screen widgets
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
NOTE: iPhone/iPad widgets are currently on unlimited free trial: there is a bug in my unlock code I need to resolve.
10.3
2023-10-01
v10.3:
- Fixed: "inline" complications in watch faces such as Solar Graph, Motion, and Mickey Mouse could show the wrong events
v10.2:
- Fixed: iPhone/iPad widgets could become "locked" even though you had purchased Sundial extras
v10.1:
- Fixed: iPhone/iPad widget configuration showed blank text in dark mode
- Improve legibility of lunar illumination % inside of dials in widgets and complications
v10.0:
- Added support for iOS 17 standby mode widgets
- Added support for watchOS 10 Smart Stack widgets
- Also under watchOS 9/10, additional complications are now supported by switching fully to the widget system for complications. One side effect of this change: existing complications will need to be re-added. On the Infograph bezel complication, the transits that are track can be changed in Sundial’s ‘About’ page in the Apple Watch app
- Added an option to the Solar Today widget to define what is shown inside the dials; note this will require re-adding the widget. watchOS 9 widget complications have some limitations, however, so it is suggested watchOS 9 users update to watchOS 10 for best complication experience. Sundial on watchOS 7/8 continues using the legacy complications.
- Improved “Solid Background” mode on lock screen widgets
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
NOTE: iPhone/iPad widgets are currently on unlimited free trial: there is a bug in my unlock code I need to resolve.
10.2
2023-09-30
v10.2:
- Fixed: iPhone/iPad widgets could become "locked" even though you had purchased Sundial extras
v10.1:
- Fixed: iPhone/iPad widget configuration showed blank text in dark mode
- Improve legibility of lunar illumination % inside of dials in widgets and complications
v10.0:
- Added support for iOS 17 standby mode widgets
- Added support for watchOS 10 Smart Stack widgets
- Also under watchOS 9/10, additional complications are now supported by switching fully to the widget system for complications. One side effect of this change: existing complications will need to be re-added. On the Infograph bezel complication, the transits that are track can be changed in Sundial’s ‘About’ page in the Apple Watch app
- Added an option to the Solar Today widget to define what is shown inside the dials; note this will require re-adding the widget. watchOS 9 widget complications have some limitations, however, so it is suggested watchOS 9 users update to watchOS 10 for best complication experience. Sundial on watchOS 7/8 continues using the legacy complications.
- Improved “Solid Background” mode on lock screen widgets
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
10.0
2023-09-29
- Added support for iOS 17 standby mode widgets
- Added support for watchOS 10 Smart Stack widgets
- Also under watchOS 9/10, additional complications are now supported by switching fully to the widget system for complications. One side effect of this change: existing complications will need to be re-added. On the Infograph bezel complication, the transits that are track can be changed in Sundial’s ‘About’ page in the Apple Watch app
- Added an option to the Solar Today widget to define what is shown inside the dials; note this will require re-adding the widget
- Improved “Solid Background” mode on lock screen widgets
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
9.9
2022-10-14
Simplified in-app purchase for first time users. One price to unlock everything: all Sundial home and lock screen widgets, unlimited alerts, unlimited time travel, Apple Watch app, and more. Also a reduced price to unlock all extras for Sundial users who previously made an in-app purchase other than the Bundle.
This release fixes issue where the previous release reported that there were extras available if you had purchased Premium and Widgets. Purchased Premium & Widgets? You are good to go!
9.8
2022-10-13
Simplified in-app purchase for first time users. One price to unlock everything: all Sundial home and lock screen widgets, unlimited alerts, unlimited time travel, Apple Watch app, and more. Also a reduced price for unlock all extras for Sundial users who previously made an in-app purchase other than the Bundle.
9.7
2022-10-10
Sundial Apple Watch app: an invalid latitude could be provided by watchOS location services, particularly if the Solar watch face was used, causing location errors. Sundial now ignores these updates.
9.6
2022-10-08
- On Apple Watch app, resolve issue where the control center reports that Sundial is requesting location always.
- Fix crashes on the iPhone app if you unlocked Sundial from the Apple Watch app
- Fix in-app purchase issue
9.4
2022-10-01
Fixed issue with Sundial Apple Watch app not updating the solar/lunar dials
Fixed existing Today widgets showed no events when upgraded to previous Sundial release; you may need to adjust Today widget options to mimic your old setup
9.3
2022-09-29
Widgets:
- For altitude+azimuth lock screen widgets, added an option to show compass North at the bottom. The default option is to do this if your location is in the Southern hemisphere. But this can be overridden using widget options.
- The length of time to show past events in rise/set/peak solar and lunar event coutdown widgets is now configurable. The default is now 5 minutes instead of 15. The setting can be configured per-widget using widget options. The setting is available on applicable lock and home screen widgets.
Apple Watch:
- Add option to show compass North on the bottom of altitude+azimuth complications. In the Sundial watch app, swipe left to the About page. Then open Complication Settings.
- The Today widget now lets you select more specific events to show, similar to widgets on the iPhone and iPad. How long to show past events is also configurable.
- Both the Today and Events widgets now lets you configure how long to show past events.
9.2
2022-09-20
Apple Watch app improvements:
- Add support for Apple Watch Ultra
- Fix could not go back from settings on the About page on watchOS 9
- Fix dial time animation on watchOS 9
- Fix add Xtra large face on watchOS 9
- Misc font size tweaks
- This version contains support for lock screen widgets on iPhone and iOS16
Did you know you can add a sample Sundial watch face from Sundial's Apple Watch app? Just swipe left to get to the Settings page and scroll down to find 'Add Watch Face'.
9.1
2022-09-17
- Improve lock screen top widget rise/set/etc update
- Tweaks for iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max
- This version contains support for lock screen widgets on iPhone and iOS16
9.0
2022-09-12
New lock screen widgets, 20 in all! Each one is configurable to tailor to your needs.
8.13
2022-03-29
Fixed: time travel crashed on iPhone and iPad when voice over was enabled
8.12
2022-01-05
New options on Apple Watch Series 4/5/6/7/SE to control selectable complications. On Sundial Watch, open About→Complication Settings→Complication Chooser to learn more.
8.9
2021-10-13
Fix widget picker not showing Sundial widgets on iOS14 and iPadOS 14. You may still need to open Sundial once for the widget picker to show Sundial. My apologies for the bug!
8.8
2021-10-09
Fix altitude misspelling in voice over
8.7
2021-10-04
- New extra large widget available on iPadOS 15
- Resolved some iOS/iPadOS 15 voice over issues
8.6
2021-09-30
- Support Always On dimmed mode on watchOS 8 above and Series 5+
- Support Apple Watch Series 7
- Support iPad mini 2021 model
8.5
2021-09-20
Fixed Sundial Watch hang on watchOS 8
6.5
2020-10-13
Fix for rare crash
6.4
2020-09-23
- Fix some iOS14 Today Widget layout issues
- Improve date selector on iOS14
- Add support for iPad Air 4th generation (2020 model)
6.3
2020-08-02
Unfortunately, I have had to discontinue the Apple Watch app. Please see What's New in the iPhone app (under Settings) for an explanation or visit http://sundialapp.com/watch.html.
6.2
2020-02-29
Fixed crash when adding new alert on iPad
6.1
2020-02-28
Fixed bug when day of week filter was used: it could be off by one day. For example, Friday only alert sent Thursday.
5.7
2020-01-30
Future proofing: more gracefully handle iCloud updates from newer versions of Sundial
5.6
2020-01-11
Significantly reduce the frequency of Sundial Premium reminders
5.5
2020-01-04
- Fixed rare dials rendering issue
- Added occasional Sundial Premium reminder for free users (in lieu of advertising)
5.4
2019-12-07
- In Location Settings, you can now select to show times for your current location in the GMT/UTC timezone always (premium only)
- There is no longer a separate Apple Watch 'Use GPS To Determine Time Zone' setting; the selection on Sundial iPhone app 'Time Zone for Current Location' will be used on the Apple Watch app automatically
- New Dial options in Settings: show additional hour numerals and tweak nitpicky details like rotation of numerals
- Twilights show/hide has moved to the new Dial settings screen
- Many voice over improvements
- Small change to date formatting to match culture
- Fixed: Sundial crashed on launch when the language was Thai
- Fixed: lunar phase alerts that had 'When to Notify' set to Moonrise, Sunrise, Sunset, etc. *before* the phase could fire the alert a day early. For example, an alert such as "Sunrise before the new moon"
5.3
2019-11-06
- Fixed: coordinates in DMS mode could show "Invalid" in certain geographical regions
- Fixed: Sundial crashed on new 10.2” iPad
- Moon illumination percentage is now reported to one decimal place (99.8% or 99,8%) in most places
- The FULL/NEW moon labels count down within 24 hours of the full/new moon time
- New alert sounds for Premium users: owl, crickets, birds, frogs, tide/surf, and more
- Alert preview layout improved when "bold text" accessibility setting is enabled
- When time traveling on Apple Watch, the days offset is now reported below the date (e.g. +7 days)
- Show scrollbars in more places
5.2
2019-10-11
- Improved tinted complications for Apple Watch Series 4 & 5 on watchOS 6
- Support iOS 13 dark mode in the app and Today Widget
- Large font sizes are better supported in the alerts, locations, and settings screens.
- Fixed alert preview glitches when first launching Sundial
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
5.1
2019-09-19
Apple Watch:
- Fixed: digital crown on location page was doing time travel instead of scrolling through location information
- Optimized location requests
- Improved complication updates
Fixed: today widget on iPadOS 13 could be clipped
Note: dark mode will be supported in the Today Widget in a future release
5.0
2019-09-17
- Apple Watch improvements:
* The second screen has been broken out into separate solar and lunar screens, with more information including dawn and dusk times
* The Watch app no longer tries to get it's location from the iPhone (this could cause issues when the phone's location was less up-to-date than the watch location)
* The Watch app now has a screen to review what location is being used
* Fix layout issue in watchOS 6
- Support custom locations (premium only)
* Search by place name, any portion of an address, or geographic coordinates.
* Save a location to favorites.
* Optionally mirror the custom location to alert preview, alert notifications, today widget, and/or Apple Watch. By default, the custom location is only used to customize the display of solar/lunar times and preview of upcoming notifications (with real device notifications continuing to use your GPS location)
* Optionally sync/backup favorites and recents to iCloud.
* So that free users can kick the tires on this feature before deciding if they want to upgrade to Premium, a number of selectable points of interests (POIs) are bundled with Sundial. The POIs can be hidden.
- You can configure whether to show location information on the iPhone/iPad main screen. By default, location info is only displayed when a searched or favorite location is displayed. You can select to always show location details in location settings (premium only).
- Your current location is now used to determine your timezone when displaying solar/lunar times and scheduling alerts. This can be optionally changed back to using the phone’s current timezone instead (premium only).
- You can configure Sundial to track your location while the iPhone/iPad app is open (premium only). By default, Sundial only updates your location when you open Sundial or open a location screen. Sundial continues to use low-power geo-fencing to get notification of updates when it is in the background so it can update notifications as you travel across the city or farther.
- Simpler twilight labels used, such as civil dawn and astronomical dusk, in both alert event selection and notification text
- Time travel is now limited to 7 days from today for the free version
- iOS 11 and watchOS 4.2 and above are now required
4.5
2019-07-11
More reliable background alert rescheduling when location changes
4.4
2019-07-03
- Tweaked how long to show today's sunrise/lunar noon/sunset times
- A few more iPad 4 improvements
4.3
2019-06-25
4.3:
- Fixed iPhone 5/5c and iPad 4 issue
4.2:
- Fixed Today Widget issue
4.1:
- Fixed iPhone SE crash
- Fixed Apple Watch watchOS 6 Beta issue
- Fixed time travel button not visible on certain iPad models
- Small improvement to lunar tilt angle calculation
- Misc user interface tweaks
4.0:
Time travel: view solar and lunar times for another calendar day
- iOS: use gestures to move forward/back one day at a time; long press to fast travel; use the calendar button to jump to a specific date
- Apple Watch: turn the digital crown to move by day; force touch to jump to a specific day or, on Series 4, to start fast travel; force touch again to go back to today
Other improvements:
- Option to show civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight on the sundial (enabled by default)
- The moon’s tilt for your time and position is taken into account when displaying moon phase
- Full voice over support (vision accessibility)
Watch improvements
- Show daylight length
- Show +1 when a time is for tomorrow (such as tomorrow’s sunrise time)
iPhone/iPad improvements:
- Show dawn/dusk and full/new moon information on the main screen (can be collapsed on iPhone)
- Upcoming alerts are shown on the main screen: swipe up to see more
- Improved alert editing: alerts are automatically grouped and sorted based on type and offset; you can select multiple alerts to delete or duplicate
- Improved workflow for creating a new alert: Sundial immediately shows the event selector
- Improved large preview of upcoming alerts
In-app purchase to unlock the following new features:
- Alert offsets can be tuned to the minute
- Option to synchronize alert definitions between devices using iCloud
- Option to turn off screen lock when Sundial is active
Premium unlock is also required to create more than 1 alert; existing users can continue to edit any existing alerts above this limit
Fixed: was not always refreshing location when the watch entered foreground
4.2
2019-06-21
4.2:
- Fixed Today Widget issue
4.1:
- Fixed iPhone SE crash
- Fixed Apple Watch watchOS 6 Beta issue
- Fixed time travel button not visible on certain iPad models
- Small improvement to lunar tilt angle calculation
- Misc user interface tweaks
4.0:
Time travel: view solar and lunar times for another calendar day
- iOS: use gestures to move forward/back one day at a time; long press to fast travel; use the calendar button to jump to a specific date
- Apple Watch: turn the digital crown to move by day; force touch to jump to a specific day or, on Series 4, to start fast travel; force touch again to go back to today
Other improvements:
- Option to show civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight on the sundial (enabled by default)
- The moon’s tilt for your time and position is taken into account when displaying moon phase
- Full voice over support (vision accessibility)
Watch improvements
- Show daylight length
- Show +1 when a time is for tomorrow (such as tomorrow’s sunrise time)
iPhone/iPad improvements:
- Show dawn/dusk and full/new moon information on the main screen (can be collapsed on iPhone)
- Upcoming alerts are shown on the main screen: swipe up to see more
- Improved alert editing: alerts are automatically grouped and sorted based on type and offset; you can select multiple alerts to delete or duplicate
- Improved workflow for creating a new alert: Sundial immediately shows the event selector
- Improved large preview of upcoming alerts
In-app purchase to unlock the following new features:
- Alert offsets can be tuned to the minute
- Option to synchronize alert definitions between devices using iCloud
- Option to turn off screen lock when Sundial is active
Premium unlock is also required to create more than 1 alert; existing users can continue to edit any existing alerts above this limit
Fixed: was not always refreshing location when the watch entered foreground
4.1
2019-06-21
4.1:
- Fixed iPhone SE crash
- Fixed Apple Watch watchOS 6 Beta issue
- Fixed time travel button not visible on certain iPad models
- Small improvement to lunar tilt angle calculation
- Misc user interface tweaks
4.0:
Time travel: view solar and lunar times for another calendar day
- iOS: use gestures to move forward/back one day at a time; long press to fast travel; use the calendar button to jump to a specific date
- Apple Watch: turn the digital crown to move by day; force touch to jump to a specific day or, on Series 4, to start fast travel; force touch again to go back to today
Other improvements:
- Option to show civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight on the sundial (enabled by default)
- The moon’s tilt for your time and position is taken into account when displaying moon phase
- Full voice over support (vision accessibility)
Watch improvements
- Show daylight length
- Show +1 when a time is for tomorrow (such as tomorrow’s sunrise time)
iPhone/iPad improvements:
- Show dawn/dusk and full/new moon information on the main screen (can be collapsed on iPhone)
- Upcoming alerts are shown on the main screen: swipe up to see more
- Improved alert editing: alerts are automatically grouped and sorted based on type and offset; you can select multiple alerts to delete or duplicate
- Improved workflow for creating a new alert: Sundial immediately shows the event selector
- Improved large preview of upcoming alerts
In-app purchase to unlock the following new features:
- Alert offsets can be tuned to the minute
- Option to synchronize alert definitions between devices using iCloud
- Option to turn off screen lock when Sundial is active
Premium unlock is also required to create more than 1 alert; existing users can continue to edit any existing alerts above this limit
Fixed: was not always refreshing location when the watch entered foreground
4.0
2019-06-12
Time travel: view solar and lunar times for another calendar day
- iOS: use gestures to move forward/back one day at a time; long press to fast travel; use the calendar button to jump to a specific date
- Apple Watch: turn the digital crown to move by day; force touch to jump to a specific day or, on Series 4, to start fast travel; force touch again to go back to today
Other improvements:
- Option to show civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight on the sundial (enabled by default)
- The moon’s tilt for your time and position is taken into account when displaying moon phase
- Full voice over support (vision accessibility)
Watch improvements
- Show daylight length
- Show +1 when a time is for tomorrow (such as tomorrow’s sunrise time)
iPhone/iPad improvements:
- Show dawn/dusk and full/new moon information on the main screen (can be collapsed on iPhone)
- Upcoming alerts are shown on the main screen: swipe up to see more
- Improved alert editing: alerts are automatically grouped and sorted based on type and offset; you can select multiple alerts to delete or duplicate
- Improved workflow for creating a new alert: Sundial immediately shows the event selector
- Improved large preview of upcoming alerts
In-app purchase to unlock the following new features:
- Alert offsets can be tuned to the minute
- Option to synchronize alert definitions between devices using iCloud
- Option to turn off screen lock when Sundial is active
Premium unlock is also required to create more than 1 alert; existing users can continue to edit any existing alerts above this limit
Fixed: was not always refreshing location when the watch entered foreground