Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to SaaS: Sunshine as a Service. ☀️

Stop hoping, start ordering.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Sol▲83

   Become more mindful of your time

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling▲963

   Sit in Shade - Discover the optimal seat to stay in the shade during your journey. Sit In Shade provides real-time sun exposure data and route visualization.

   2024 · sitinshade.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   BeforeSunset▲915

   Catch beautiful sights, finish your work before sunset

   2022 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Morgen▲139

   Your entire morning in one tab.

   Mar 2026 · conceptuel.ch · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sunrise▲284

   Beautifully designed calendar app

   2013 · sunrise.am · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Sunshine▲152

   A simpler, personal, more accurate mobile weather experience

   2015 · thesunshine.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   SunSeek▲228

   Sunlight exposure & vitamin D tracker

   2024 · sunseek.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Weather API for non-commercial use▲443

   Weather Forecast APIs with weather models from multiple national weather providers, combining the best models for accurate forecasts worldwide. Explore the API documentation to learn more about the available weather models, their origin countries, resolutions, forecast lengths, and update frequencie

   2021 · open-meteo.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Sunshine▲97

   Bulk email, simplified for joy

   2023 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Solace▲171

    macOS gives you three appearance options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which is a surprisingly blunt heuristic. It doesn't account for season (dark mode at 3:50pm in December, light mode at 9pm in June), and it has zero awareness of actual conditions outside. Overcast and dark at 2pm? Your Mac doesn't care. The deeper problem is that macOS treats appearance, wallpaper, and colour temperature as unrelated settings. You end up stitching together separate tools that don't know about each other, or you just live with the defaults and accept the friction. Solace tries to solve this…

    Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →

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    Virtual Sun▲101

    We built CircadianLab, a free in-browser tool for lighting design. It uses webGPU shaders to calculate melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance (mel-EDI, formerly EML, relevant for circadian rhythm and WELL v2 compliance), photopic illuminance, UGR glare per CIE 117, and actual daylight through windows and skylights. It has a database of 400,000+ IES files from 81 lighting manufacturers and supports easy sharing of scenes/configs with other people. Daylight uses the NREL Solar Position Algorithm and a Perez clear / intermediate / overcast sky model, mixed into the same…

    2020 · innerscene.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sunlight▲176

    Give your team access to courses, books and events worldwide

    2019 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sunlitt▲90

    Easily track the sun

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Helio▲143

    Never miss the best sunsets

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Dear Sun▲88

    Weather at a peek for Mac

    2021 · dearsun.app · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Sunrise▲105

    Create memories for your family in your own personal cloud.

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Ouranos API▲63

    Weather service and API specialized in astronomy

    2023 · rapidapi.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Skylight Forecast▲89

    Never miss a great sunset with evening light forecasts

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Sunset▲152

    A micro journal to capture your thoughts and stay organised

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Weatheler = weather + traveler▲72

    Add the cities & dates and see their weather

    2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Solis▲74

    Know when it gets dark in any city around the world 🌅 🌎

    2017 · solisapp.xyz · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Weatherly▲63

    Bringing you the best of weather. Wherever, whenever.

    2022 · apps.jadonhansen.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Sunhunter▲64

    Catch the best skies with daily sunrise and sunset forecasts

    2022 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    SolSli▲1

    Find sunny destinations nearby

    May 2026 · its alternatives →

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