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Sunrise Compass shows you where the sun will rise and set — overlaid on the real world through your camera. Point your iPhone at the horizon and an augmented-reality marker pins the exact spot the sun will appear, with its climbing path traced across the sky. A compass ribbon and turn-by-turn hints guide you until you're facing it. FIND THE PERFECT SPOT Sunrise Compass analyzes real elevation data around you and recommends the best nearby viewpoints — higher ground, local hilltops, and places with an unobstructed sightline toward the sunrise. Each suggestion explains why it's good and opens directly in Maps with directions. • Live AR view: sunrise and sunset markers pinned to the real horizon • Compass ribbon with precise azimuths and sun times • Best-spot finder scored from a topographic elevation model • Walking or driving directions via Apple Maps • Works anywhere on Earth — handl…
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What you can learn from Sunrise Compass
Every shipping app on the App Store has gone through the same decisions you're working through right now: which screenshot goes first, what caption sits over it, which device frame to show, what color the background should be. The 2 screenshots above are Sunrise Compass's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
Notice the first screenshot in particular. It's the one users see in search results and on the product page, and it's where most apps spend their best caption and tightest design. Look at the proportion of background to phone, where the text sits, what one thing the image is trying to communicate.
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