mygoldenhour
Developed mygoldenhour, now live on the App Store.
A design-focused app to track your golden hour, sunrise and sunset times for the next 7 days and get regularly updated local weather forecasts with useful data such as cloudiness, visibility and temperature to help you prep for a golden hour shoot session.
Additional features include timely notifications, a countdown timer to the next golden hour, a beautiful iOS 14 Widget and app-wide support for Dark Mode.
7 day plan
mygoldenhour focuses on delivering across the information you need to prepare for that golden hour shoot with a 7 day plan of golden hour times and weather forecasts. Integrates 3rd-party API service OpenWeatherMap as well as on-device golden hour algorithms to calculate your times accurately.
With mygoldenhour, I wanted an app that did more than just show you daily times. I focused on integrating plenty of Apple frameworks such as UNUserNotificationCenter for local notifications, WidgetKit for an iOS 14 style Widget and app-wide support of Dark Mode.
The design of the app was also key to me. It had to be simple and clean to navigate yet put the focus on the most important feature there, your daily golden hour times and weather forecasts, which were always front and centre. Adding some smooth animations, feedback responses from the Taptic Engine and background music all ensured this app was a pleasure to use.