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Everything Shade does.

A tanning timer built around your estimated burn time, with the live UV index, sunscreen reminders, widgets and an Apple Watch app.

Know your burn time

Shade combines today’s UV, your skin type and your sunscreen into one estimated burn time.

Shade showing UV 6 and an 18-minute estimated burn time

Live UV where you are

The current and hourly UV index where you are, from Apple Weather.

Shade Today screen: UV 6, an 18-minute estimated burn time and the checkpoints if you head out now

Reapply on time

Wearing sunscreen? Shade reminds you to reapply every two hours, as WHO recommends.Shade Plus

A Shade sun session: 15:00 left until the estimated burn time, the next turn and the checkpoints

Your sunburn timer

Start a session when you lie down and Shade counts down to your estimated burn time, so you don’t have to keep time.

A Shade sun session: 15:00 left until the estimated burn time, the next turn and the checkpoints

Plan around the peak

Hourly UV for today and the days ahead, so you know when the peak lands.

Hourly UV forecast curve in Shade

Made for your skin

Burn time for all six Fitzpatrick skin types. Pick yours once and the countdown adjusts.

Choosing a Fitzpatrick skin type in Shade

Every session logged

Look back at your sessions, synced with Apple Health.Shade Plus

Shade Sessions screen: 88% of sessions ended in time and a 6-day sunscreen streak

Your week in the sun

Daily exposure against your personal limit, over 7 or 30 days.Shade Plus

Shade daily exposure chart as a share of your daily personal limit

On your Home Screen

A widget with the current UV index and your burn time, one tap from a new session.

Shade Home Screen widgets

Your countdown on the Lock Screen

During a session, the time left and your next turn stay on the Lock Screen.Shade Plus

Shade Live Activity on the Lock Screen

In the Dynamic Island

Your session countdown stays at the top of the screen while you use other apps.Shade Plus

Shade countdown in the Dynamic Island

On your wrist

The current UV index and your running session countdown, on Apple Watch.

Shade on Apple Watch: UV 7, about 25 minutes estimated burn time and a Start button

Your data stays on your phone

No account, no sign-up. Sessions, settings and cached forecasts live on your device, and your location is only sent to Apple Weather.

Your next sun day, timed.

Free on iPhone and Apple Watch.

Download on the App Store