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AlphaScout

Know the light before you arrive.

Scout locations and check shooting conditions with sun and moon data, weather forecasts and a personal catalogue of saved spots.

iPhone

  • 6-dayweather forecast
  • Shoot Scoreconditions at a glance
  • 7 daysfree trial
AlphaScout on iPhone, showing the map pin screen for saving a shoot location

More screens are on the App Store.

Features

What it does.

Dashboard

The place name and coordinates, a Shoot Score ring, and cards for sky, golden hour, sunrise and sunset, cloud and rain, wind, temperature and moon phase, with practical tips.

Shoot Score

A quick gauge of how favourable conditions look, based on the loaded weather and sun data.

Sun and Moon

Sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour windows, plus moon phase, illumination, moonrise and moonset.

Weather

Current conditions, today's summary and a six-day forecast, with metric or imperial units and pollen data where available.

Saved locations

Save spots from a map with a name, visit date, photo and notes of up to 256 characters. One shared selection drives every tab.

Dark mode and no account

Tab navigation, dark mode, and no account needed for core use.

How it works

How it works.

Choose a place

Use your current location or a saved spot.

Read the conditions

Dashboard, Sun and Moon, and Weather tabs.

Save it

Add a name, date, photo and notes.

Plan the shoot

Pick the day and the hour with the best light.

Details

Good to know.

PlatformsiPhone.
Price7-day free trial, then a one-time unlock (Full Unlock). No subscription. Restore Purchases is on the paywall.
DataWeather forecasts come from Open-Meteo under CC BY 4.0, with attribution in the in-app guide.
In developmentVersion 1.2 is in production, planned to add a night photography section. Further plans, such as stars and the Milky Way over the live camera view, are not confirmed.

Questions?

Ask about AlphaScout.

dimitrios@alphastudio.uk