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Best solunar app for hunting and fishing: what to look for
What makes a good solunar app for hunters and anglers: accurate times, clear day ratings, alerts and a location you can trust.
Search for a solunar app and you'll find dozens. Most show the same few numbers, so how do you pick the best one? Here are the criteria we'd use, and how Solunar: Hunt & Fish approaches each.
1. Accurate times for your exact location
Moon times shift with latitude and longitude. A good app uses your GPS position or any saved spot, not just the nearest city. Check that it handles your time zone and daylight saving correctly. If you want to see why this matters, read how to read solunar tables.
2. A day rating you can understand
A single score is only useful if it's explained. Solunar rates each day from 1 to 4 stars using moon phase, perigee and stacked windows, and we document it in moon phases, perigee and four-star days.
3. Majors, minors and sun overlap at a glance
You shouldn't need to calculate anything. Look for an app that shows major and minor periods clearly and flags when a window overlaps sunrise or sunset. Solunar draws them on a 24-hour dial with a sun bonus dot and a countdown to the next window. See major vs minor periods.
4. A forecast, not just today
Planning a weekend needs more than one day. A heatmap of the next days lets you pick the best morning in seconds.
5. Alerts that actually help
An alert 30 minutes before a top window gives you time to get set up. Solunar offers this as a Premium feature.
6. Honest about what it does
Be wary of apps that promise guaranteed bites. A good one is a planning tool and says so. We explain our position in does solunar theory work?.
7. Made for both hunters and anglers
You'll use the same moon logic for fishing and for deer or boar, so one app should cover both.
Try it
Solunar: Hunt & Fish is available on the App Store and Google Play. Download it, set your spot and check today's dial.