1.7.7
2022-09-11
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
1.7.6
2022-01-15
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
1.7.5
2021-01-27
We've updated the Widget to use WidgetKit. This allows small or medium widgets to be placed on the home page for your current location, or, if you have the in-app purchase, any other location you have set up in the app. We like this new feature a lot.
1.7.4
2020-12-30
A few tweaks were made around the Add New Location screen to accommodate some newer iPhones.
1.7.3
2020-12-28
Issue with Purchase screen crashing app hopefully has been addressed. Let us know if you still have an issue.Also added ability to tap the word Alerts to quickly get to that screen.
1.7.2
2020-06-07
Bug fixes including visibility of minutes picker in notifications.
1.7.1
2020-05-26
Performance improvements.
1.7.0
2020-04-21
New Today Widget Extension!
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
1.6.3
2018-07-17
Bug fixes:
The iPhone 5 and 5c running iOS 10.x have smaller sized floating point variables and were making the algorithms work incorrectly. That has been addressed and corrected.
Actually matching the version of the app with the version on the "About Magic Hour" page. That's more helpful.
1.6.2
2018-07-09
Bug fixes:
Denying location permissions was presenting a dummy mock screen instead of a default location.
There is a small percentage chance of causing a crash when trying to create notifications. That is resolved to allow notifications to work for everyone.
1.6.1
2018-07-01
Bug fixes:
Sunrise/Sunset label was not really paying attention in Next section.
Sunlight/Darkness graphic was not updating on the live location view causing inaccurate information.
1.6.0
2018-05-21
Welcome, new users! This update is a spring cleaning of updating code to the latest iOS APIs and bug fixes! Also, iPhone X support and links back to Magic Hour from Calendar events!
1.5.2
2016-07-25
Set an alert for full moon rising.
Bug fixes including improved off network location updates.
WatchOS support has been removed while we re-evaluate.
1.5.1
2015-07-09
Version 1.5.1
Bug Fixes
Version 1.5
We've been working hard to bring you new features you can use.
- WEATHER! FREE! - We give you the forecast for the next magic hours (if available.)
- MOON! FREE! - What other light is cool to photograph in? The moon, of course. And you want a full moon for that. Our moon section lets you know the next moonrise and when the next full moon will appear.
- Apple Watch! FREE! - An extension for the Apple Watch so a quick glance can show how much light you have left.
- Locations and Dates! - Our most requested features available as an in-app purchase. Add locations from all over the world. View the dates of the magic hours and set calendar events for when you will be there.
1.5
2015-06-29
We've been working hard to bring you new features you can use.
- WEATHER! FREE! - We give you the forecast for the next magic hours (if available.)
- MOON! FREE! - What other light is cool to photograph in? The moon, of course. And you want a full moon for that. Our moon section lets you know the next moonrise and when the next full moon will appear.
- Apple Watch! FREE! - An extension for the Apple Watch so a quick glance can show how much light you have left.
- Locations and Dates! - Our most requested features available as an in-app purchase. Add locations from all over the world. View the dates of the magic hours and set calendar events for when you will be there.
1.4
2014-06-01
- We have updated the look and feel for iOS 7.
- We have new graphics to show the sun position.
- Pull down to update the location. Scroll up to see more about the light in your area.
- Landscape mode? Check.
- We still have alerts. Press anywhere you see the word "alert" or access them through the menu button.
- We are efficient with location data, only using those services every 10 minutes. We do not run in the background. As soon as Magic Hour becomes active we recalculate to give you an accurate countdown.
- We do not collect any information from your device for any purpose.
- You must be running iOS 7 at the minimum to use this update.
1.3
2012-12-14
- iPhone 5 support
- Notifications are independently calculated for each day preventing problems around seasonal time changes.
- Modified location name logic. Location names changed in iOS 6 resulting in sub-optimal results.
1.2
2012-08-24
Hello fellow Magic Hour lovers. We've seen some of the wonderful photographs you've taken and hope we helped in some small way. Tragically, this will be our last version that is compatible with pre-iOS 5.0 devices, but we're looking forward to the new features that will be available to us.
What's New in Version 1.2
- International Date - 24 Hour Clock: All times and dates are now displayed by local preference. Those of you in the Netherlands, Japan, Denmark, and all other 24-hour-clock regions will see 20:21 instead of 8:21 PM. Just as you like it. The whole app isn't translated, but the times now are.
- Update button: It was not obvious before, but, previously, if you pressed date or location, a location update would happen right away. Now, you have a button that says: Update.
- Computation redesign: Not terribly important to you, but there were some edge cases where if your time zone was not the same as where you actually were, weird behavior would occur. The problem was fundamental so we went back and fixed it at its core.
Known issues:
- For some reason when you start the app, the first update to your location name doesn't seem to come back to us. Usually the second update straightens that all out, which you can force with the previously mentioned Update button. We're looking into it.
- Magic Hour works on the Gregorian calendar. Buddhist and Japanese calendars showed varied results and move the times off. Also something we're investigating.
If you experience any problems you can tweet us @magichourapp or leave a message on the support site.
1.1.1
2012-04-01
Bug Fix: Our QA team has been sacked! Magic Hour was not calculating times and countdowns correctly in parts of the southern hemisphere or locations near the international dateline. We are very sorry.
Version 1.1
You can now set notifications before the morning and evening magic hours to give you the time to get to your location and set up. The time of the notification is up to you. If you want an alert when your location enters magic hour you can do that too. Thanks to marty.mcfly.wa in Australia and Norm F. and Bozocity in the USA for your suggestions.
You guys are great. We have over 20,000 users in over 80 countries in just 3 months. We are humbled. We have had lots and lots of downloads in Thailand thanks to the adoring fans of G-20 and their hit single "Magic Hour." As they say: Love is the Magic Hour.
Here's to nice weather and beautiful light!
1.1
2012-03-20
You can now set notifications before the morning and evening magic hours to give you the time to get to your location and set up. The time of the notification is up to you. If you want an alert when your location enters magic hour you can do that too. Thanks to marty.mcfly.wa in Australia and Norm F. and Bozocity in the USA for your suggestions.
You guys are great. We have over 7000 users in over 70 countries in just 3 months. We are humbled. We have had lots and lots of downloads in Thailand thanks to the adoring fans of G-20 and their hit single "Magic Hour." As they say: Love is the Magic Hour.
Here's to nice weather and beautiful light!
1.0.1
2011-12-13
Bug Fixes
- Occasional crash during transitions has been fixed.
- Locations in southern hemisphere now identified properly.
- Times near the international date line are now computed correctly.