Helios - Golden Hour Forecast

iOS Universel / Photo et vidéo

Discover the magic of perfect skylight with Helios - your essential companion for capturing stunning outdoor photos and videos. Whether you're a professional photographer, an avid hiker, a traveler seeking the perfect shot, or just someone who loves taking photos with your phone, Helios helps you find those magical moments when natural light transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.

WHAT ARE MAGIC HOURS?
The golden hour casts a warm, glowing light shortly after sunrise or before sunset, perfect for portraits and landscapes. The blue hour bathes everything in a serene, twilight blue just before sunrise or after sunset, ideal for moody and atmospheric shots. These magic hours are when your photography truly shines, and Helios makes sure you never miss them. The app works anywhere in the world, even without an internet connection, making it an indispensable tool for anyone who cares about lighting.

BEAUTIFUL DESIGN
Helios embraces modern design with its refined liquid glass aesthetic that feels right at home on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. The interface is intuitive and elegant, featuring a sophisticated dark theme that's easy on the eyes while planning your shoots. Every detail has been carefully crafted to make exploring light and time as beautiful as the moments you're planning to capture.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED
Helios brings together everything you need in one streamlined experience. The main screen shows you a complete outlook of today's sun and moon events with a stunning realistic visualization, alongside a built-in calendar for planning ahead. Your current location and all your saved places live together in one convenient view, so you can quickly check conditions anywhere you've bookmarked.

The integrated Map Explorer lets you search for new locations and explore sun and moon positions anywhere in the world at any time. See exactly where the sun will rise or set, track golden hour and blue hour times, and plan your shoots with precision using detailed line-based visualizations.

For real-time guidance, the Live Viewfinder provides a spatial experience that overlays celestial information directly on your camera view, so you can track the sun and moon's path through the sky in augmented reality. The Light Meter tool helps you nail the perfect exposure with detailed information right alongside your camera feed.

When you're checking out the outlook for a place, you'll see helpful information cards including map views and Look Around (subject to availability), giving you a better sense of the place and helping you plan the perfect spot for your shot. Set up personalized notifications to stay informed about upcoming magic hours, so you're always ready when the light is just right.

TRUSTED BY THOUSANDS
With over 50,000 downloads and a 4.7 average rating worldwide, Helios has been featured on the App Store Today page and recognized as one of the best iOS apps by TechnoBuffalo and Apple User. Join the community of photographers, travelers, and outdoor enthusiasts who rely on Helios to make the most of natural light.

Helios is more than an app - it's your guide to mastering time and light, ensuring you're always in the right place at the right moment.

Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?

Introducing Helios 5.0!
This massive release brings a refined and bold new look with liquid glass design, completely reimagined navigation, and a stunning new sun and moon visualization on the outlook screen. We've streamlined the entire app experience, merging tabs for simpler navigation while adding beautiful information cards including an integrated map and Look Around view. Here's everything that's new:

- Outlook and Places are now unified into a single screen showing both your current location and all saved places. The app still launches into your current location's outlook, with your full places list just a tap away.
- Tools tab has been removed for a cleaner experience. The Map Explorer now lives in the toolbar and works for both searching new places and exploring sun and moon positions. Live Viewfinder (formerly AR Lens) and Light Meter are also in the toolbar, appearing only for your current location and fading away for saved places.
- Current location outlook features a stunning new realistic and highly detailed sun and moon visualization. The screen now includes additional information cards like map view and Look Around, giving you a richer sense of any place, especially useful for your saved locations.
- Map Explorer now integrates with search and provides an improved line-based visualization showing current sun and moon positions along with golden hour, blue hour, sunrise, and sunset times. The simpler ray-based view remains available in the layers sheet.
- Live Viewfinder includes improved graphics that are more pleasant and refined.
- Light Meter has been redesigned with a more information-dense layout, giving more space to the camera view.
- Location search has been improved to return better and more relevant results.
- Widgets now render properly on iOS 26.
- App architecture has been optimized and prepared for exciting future updates.
- The Apple Watch app has been reimaged to give you glancable information right away.
- The iPadOS app is now better and optimized for larger screens. Thanks to the improved iPad app, we are for the first time releasing a MacOS app as well!