Amber Hour for iPhone
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Open the app once. Widgets can't fetch your location on their own — they use the position the app last saved. If you switch between "Current" and a fixed location, open the app briefly so the widgets pick up the change.
iOS decides when widgets may refresh, and it limits how often that happens to save battery. Amber Hour schedules updates at each phase boundary, so the countdown flips on time. If a widget looks stuck for a long time, remove it and add it again.
Lock Screen widgets, the medium Home Screen widget and the Dynamic Island countdown are part of Amber Hour Pro. The small Home Screen widget is free.
Open the app, tap the gear icon, tap Amber Hour Pro and choose Restore purchase. Make sure you're signed in with the same Apple ID you bought it with. A purchase works on all your devices at no extra cost.
It starts when you open the app within two hours of golden hour, because iOS only lets an app start a Live Activity while it's open. Check that Live Activities are enabled in iOS Settings under Amber Hour.
At high latitudes the sun may not reach the angles that define golden hour, and in midsummer it may never get dark. The app then shows "Not today" or "Bright nights" — that's correct, not a fault.
Amber Hour follows your iPhone's language and is available in Danish and English. You can pick a different language just for this app in iOS Settings under Amber Hour → Preferred Language.
Sun times are calculated with the NOAA solar algorithm and are typically accurate to within a minute. Moonrise and moonset use a shortened lunar model and can be a few minutes off. Times assume a flat horizon — mountains or tall buildings will shift what you actually see.