Golden Hour One Reviews

I have an iPhone X. Please update for compatibility.

It must randomly make up scores for sunrise and sunset. Dumb.

Paid for GoldenHourOne when it was new, now it wants me to pay a monthly subscription for increased accuracy. Nope. I’ll use a competitor.

It’s almost not usable at all, it doesn’t score right there’s huge black bars of the top in the bottom, it’s super frustrating. Definitely not worth four dollars. If I could get my money back I would.

I pull GoldenHourOne out most often while in the wilderness, and it doesn't work there because it requires internet.

GoldenHourOne is basically one large math equation that should be able to run on the iPhone. Even a slightly less accurate "offline mode" would be better than it's current broken form.

This is a well organized and well designed app that shows an array of helpful information for the photographer. However, it makes assumptions that the user would already know how to make the most of its features when it should take the approach of trying to help the user as best it can.

For example, the joyride explains the sky and light indices however there is no resource for the user to remind themselves of what those features mean outside of the joyride. Secondarily, the scoring system is not defined—how am I, the user, to interpret a sky index of 8 versus 6, for instance?

Furthermore, its additional features are again not defined. What is the target on the map? Why is it positioned where it is? Am I to go there for the best possible photo? Best photo according to what metric?

The developer would also do well to ask themselves how they can best set the user up for success. What are the definitions of the terms within GoldenHourOne ? How am I, the user, to compare one index to another? How can I best use the map to my advantage? What can I look for in the weather integration to maximize my success?

Overall, GoldenHourOne is a well-designed start to a truly useful app. But to get there it needs to consider the user in addition to just providing data for data’s sake.

GoldenHourOne has proved itself to be very useful. I've lost count of how often I have wasted my time and energy to get to a location to shoot a sunrise or sunset only to be let down by a boring sky. GoldenHourOne won't guarantee you a great shot, but it will greatly improve your odds. I highly recommend. My only question is: how do you generate revenue, with no IAPs and no ads?
Update: lowering my review. Too many times I’ve left my camera at home because GoldenHourOne said “forget it. Overcast” only to find stunning clouds filling the sky. My window would be a better predictor if there wasn’t a giant tree in front of it.

GoldenHourOne is great for the purpose of knowing time frames for shooting during the golden or blue hours, but the Weather feature needs more work. I've tested it against my subscription with Skyfire and found significant discrepancies. So far GoldenHour predicted great light and sky on two different sunrises that were both flat wrong. This morning in particular, it predicted sky to be a 10, when in fact the sky barely had any color at all.

That said, I still believe GoldenHourOne to be useful and hope the developers are able to improve upon its weather feature as GoldenHourOne matures. I know it's possible to get more accurate predictions of sky conditions because SkyFire has proven itself to be a more accurate predictor. GoldenHourOne is on its way to being a 5 star app, buts it's not there yet.

User interface is well designed. Expect GoldenHourOne will get even better with time.

This is a great app and pretty accurate as well.

**One issue is that it hides the scores for the events (sunrise, sunset, etc) after the event has taken place. There is -no- reason to do so, and you may want to see how an event was rated after the fact.

I haven’t tried the weather portion of GoldenHourOne , but for looking up the golden hour based on location it works fine for me. I am not a professional photographer, but when I travel I like to use it try to get a better shot than I might have normally.

Just got this and seems pretty user-friendly. Excited to test it out of my next session for accuracy. I had some issues with it when I first bought it with it crashing. Their support figured it out and released an updated in a matter of a day. Impressed by their customer service. 🙌🏻

Just got this and one thing I immediately noticed was a sunrise after 8:30 pm lol. That needs to be changed to sunset. Sunrise is morning! All the details available in GoldenHourOne are awesome!

Great app for photographers, fast and simple to use.

Love GoldenHourOne.

Great app. I’d give it 5 Stars, but I just wish they had a bit more in-depth user instructions/icon descriptors. Identifying the golden hour is excellent, though!

As an artist and gardener, I have been trained to look for chiaroscuro-the dramatic effect of light next to dark. GoldenHourOne takes the effort out of that as because it effectively provides the hour when it is happening. So, in looking for the light the beauty reveals itself. Thank you to Golden Hours creators. This is a really cool app.

Here’s the update! Developers contacted me and had me enable notifications, which allowed GoldenHourOne to open. They also informed me they’re working on a proper fix. So happy I can use GoldenHourOne again!

I used to love it, but now GoldenHourOne won’t open for me at all. Running iOS 13.4.1 on a XS.
PLEASE FIX IT!!

Very good

This is good okay

I was hesitant to purchase this because I already have PhotoPills. I'm glad I ended up buying. While I still use photopills for golden hour times using the easy to access widget, I now use GoldenHour for easy to read and understand predictions for cloud cover and light quality during golden hour, something photopills lacks. I also find the map tool easier to use in golden hour vs photopills. Well worth the money if you photograph outdoors. Impressive work by the developer. One thing I would like to see in the future is a widget.