Handmade Daylight turns your screen into a glowing light panel. Pick a location and its brightness follows that place's sun position in real time — bright at midday, dim at dawn and dusk, dark at night. Put it fullscreen on a spare screen or tablet to bring that light into a room that doesn't get any.
It turns any screen into a glowing panel of light. Pick a location on the map and the screen's brightness and color follow that place's real sun position throughout the day — bright at midday, warm and dim near sunrise and sunset, dark at night.
No. It only uses your device's GPS if you tap "Use my location" and grant permission. Otherwise you set a point on the map by hand, and it stays there until you change it.
No. Handmade Daylight is a decorative light simulation, not a medical device or a calibrated light therapy lamp — a screen can't reach the brightness (thousands of lux) that light therapy boxes are designed to deliver. If you're looking to treat seasonal affective disorder, talk to a doctor about proper light therapy.
Yes. On Android and desktop, use the fullscreen button on the daylight screen. On iPhone or iPad, Safari can't hide its own address bar, so add Daylight to your Home Screen (Share → Add to Home Screen) to open it as a standalone fullscreen app.
Only briefly, to load the page and map tiles. Once it's open, the brightness and color are calculated locally in your browser, so it keeps working without an ongoing connection.
Your chosen coordinates are stored only in your browser's local storage, on your own device. They're never sent to a server or shared with anyone. See the privacy page for details.
Yes — it's free to use, with no account, sign-up, or install required.