Press kit

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What it is

Lightphase is a light clock for photographers. It answers two questions and nothing else: what phase of natural light you are in right now, and when it changes. Six thresholds of the sun’s angle divide the day into named bands, from Astronomical Twilight through Golden Hour to the flat light overhead, and the app reads the one you are standing in and counts down to the next. There is no account, no server and no solar API. The sun is computed on the device from your coordinates and the time, so it works in airplane mode, in a canyon and on a ridge, and your location never leaves the device.

The facts

• Price. $4.99, one time. No subscription and no in-app purchases.
• Platforms. An iPhone app with Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets and an Apple Watch app with three complications. An Android app with a home screen widget and a Wear OS app with a tile and six complications. And the website, which is free and needs no install. One purchase covers the phone and its watch.
• Released. Version 1.0, September 2026.
• Made by. Softronyx LLC.
• Contact. support@softronyx.com

Direct links: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightphase/id6809988159 and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.onyxmueller.lightphase

Artwork

• App icon, 1024 by 1024 PNG. The mark as it appears on the App Store, unmasked, so it can be rounded to whatever shape you need.
• Share image, 1200 by 630 PNG.

Screenshots are on the App Store and Google Play listings. Every one is a real place in the light it names, captured rather than composed.