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Best Sun Safety Apps for iPhone (2026)

11 apps tiered S through F · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Quick answer

UV Index Widget - Worldwide is the top-ranked of the 11 tiered sun safety apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 47,525 ratings.

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Top 5

  1. 1
    ★ 4.7 · 47.5K ratings · Free + IAP
    Best overall
  2. 2
    ★ 4.7 · 16.8K ratings · Free + IAP
    Most recently updated
  3. 3
    ★ 4.7 · 2.1K ratings · Free + IAP
  4. 4
    ★ 4.8 · 212 ratings · Free + IAP
  5. 5
    ★ 3.7 · 3 ratings · Free

Key takeaways

  • UV Index Widget ranks #1 of the 11 tiered sun safety apps, S tier with a score of 95 out of 100.
  • The highest-ranked free app with no in-app purchases is UV Guard (#11).
  • UV Index Widget has the most App Store ratings here: 47,525, averaging 4.7/5.
  • 4 of the 11 tiered apps reach S or A tier.

What belongs in this list

I want to protect my skin from sun damage by knowing when and how to be careful in the sun.

Not here: a weather app that shows UV index only alone; a general personal safety app alone; a vitamin D tracker alone; skin care product advice alone; a sunscreen ad or product list alone

More lists: Best Sun Exposure Tracking Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Apps whose maker has verified ownership get a small score component, because an active maker is a sign the app is kept up to date. It never decides a tier on its own. Updated daily. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. Read the full method →

Compare every app

Every ranked sun safety app: tier, score, App Store rating, rating count, price and last update
#AppTierScoreRatingRatingsPriceUpdated
1S95.24.747,525Free + IAP
2
SunSafe: UV Index & TanningMost recently updated
S94.14.716,821Free + IAP
3A89.44.72,141Free + IAP
4A87.04.8212Free + IAP
5C61.73.73Free
6D58.55.01Free
7D57.64.636Free
8D56.75.05Free
9F44.4n/a0Free + IAP
10F34.52.610Free
11
UV Guard: UV Index & TanningBest freeprovisional
F22.1n/a0Free download

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Questions people ask

What is the best sun safety app for iPhone?

UV Index Widget - Worldwide, S tier, ranked #1 of 11, rated 4.7 by 47,525 people.

Which sun safety apps are free?

11 of 11 are free to download: UV Index Widget - Worldwide (S), SunSafe: UV Index & Tanning (S), Sunbeam: UV Index Tracker (A), UV Index & Tanning App - SunIQ (A) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.

Which sun safety app has the best App Store rating?

SunSafe: UV Index & Tanning at 4.7 from 16,821 ratings.

How many sun safety apps reach S or A tier?

4 of 11.