Discover the enchantment of perfect lighting with Helios - your go-to magic hour calculator. Helios is not just an app; it's your secret weapon for elevating outdoor portraits and landscapes, guiding you to those elusive, magical times of the day when the natural light is nothing short of perfect.
INTRODUCTION
Photography's golden hour casts a warm, reddish glow shortly after sunrise or before sunset, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Its counterpart, the blue hour, bathes the world in a tranquil blue hue just before sunrise or after sunset. These moments, collectively known as magic hours, are when your photography can truly shine. Helios ensures you're always in the right place at the right time, no matter where you are, or if you have an internet connection, making it indispensable for photographers and videographers everywhere.
DESIGN
Helios sings in harmony with the latest iOS design trends, offering a user experience that is not only intuitive but also a visual treat. Its elegant interface, complete with a modern dark theme, ensures that your planning and exploration of light are as beautiful as the moments you capture.
FEATURES
Helios brings a suite of advanced tools to your fingertips. The app's "Outlook" tab offers a delightful overview of today's sun and moon events, alongside a built-in calendar for easy reference. With the "Places" tab, you can bookmark your favorite locales, ensuring you're always prepared, no matter where your adventures lead. The "Tools" tab unveils the magic with an Augmented Reality Lens for real-time celestial tracking, a Light Meter for perfect exposure, and the Map Explorer, allowing you to survey sun and moon positions anywhere in the world for any given time. Plus, personalized notifications keep you in the loop with the latest timings and durations of these magical hours.
Featured on the App Store Today page and acclaimed as one of the best iOS apps by TechnoBuffalo and Apple User, Helios is more than an app—it's your passport to mastering the art of time and light, ensuring you never miss a moment worth capturing.
Other (often free) sun tracking apps (such as Lumos) will always show an almost perfect AR representation of the sun, with positions drawn in for every hour.
Helios gets the position completely wrong about 50% of the time. The tracking is regularly off by 180 degrees, making it unreliable.
Also, knowing where the sun will be at a given time requires scrolling through time in a linear way. Other apps show you a position for every hour at once, so this take no time at all.
For sun tracking, the free apps are better.
Dark mode delayed scroll bug with iPhone X
If I scroll in dark mode the grey backgrounds are delayed come up.
And maybe try inverse color. Which is now black will be grey. Which is now grey will be black. 🔳🔜🔲✔️
iPhone X
