Intelligent Daily Report
Personalized daily briefing for your favorite locations.
Shutter Scout
Know before you go. Shoot like a pro.
Built by Photographers for Photographers
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Milky Way
Times and direction so you know when the core is visible.
Moon Calendar
Rise, set, phase, and illumination for planning around moonlight.
Night Sky Planner
Augmented Reality and live view tools for planning in the field.
Darklight
Dark-sky map and locations for finding better night conditions.
Emberlight
Sunrise, sunset, and color prediction for golden-hour glow.
Arclight
Rainbow awareness and alerts when color is likely.
Bioluminescence
Bio Blue score from coastal conditions such as water temperature and tides.
Comet Aware
Recent and brightest comet awareness, surfaced when it matters.
Red Light Mode
Preserve night vision with red mode, Shortcut, and Siri field action.
Aurora
Real-time aurora data with deeper numbers and a dedicated full page.
Aurora Deep Dive
Go deeper on the numbers, including substorm tracking context.
Chase Mode
Red-screen map guidance with aurora data while you travel.
Aurora Alerts
Configure alerts around your preferences and thresholds.
Aurora 27-Day Forecast
Plan ahead with extended aurora outlook context.
Sky Today Alerts
Weather, space weather, tides, and lightning signals when they matter.
Built by Photographers for Photographers
A complete field read before you leave.
Shutter Scout keeps the field decision in one place: sky clarity, alerts, night-sky timing, aurora, tides, lightning, color, and location context, all shaped for the way photographers actually plan and shoot.
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Actual app surfaces
Built around the way a field photographer decides.
The interface is dark, compact, and glanceable because it is meant to work at a trailhead, on the coast, and under a night sky.
Tonight's Card
Milky Way, Darklight, comet, moon, weather, and aurora in one read.
Shutter Scout intelligently compiles science-backed data into prediction models that give the photographer a practical field call.
Real-time status, deeper numbers, configurable alerts, and a 27-day outlook.
Sunrise and sunset color prediction for golden hour, blue hour, and dramatic sky potential.
Daily field guidance that keeps the useful details close without exposing the machinery underneath.
Prediction suite
From night sky to coastline, the app keeps the decision readable.
Intelligent Daily Report
Personalized briefings for favorite locations, delivered before sunrise and before sunset with toggles for what you want included.
Sky Today
Clarity, clouds, smoke, fog, radar, premium weather data, and active weather or space weather alerts in one readable field view.
Night Sky Planner
Milky Way times and direction, moon rise and set calendar, and augmented reality live view for planning shots on location.
Darklight
Dark-sky map and locations for finding better night conditions.
Emberlight
Sunrise and sunset color prediction for golden hour, blue hour, and high-drama sky potential.
Arclight
Rainbow awareness with alerts when light, weather, and timing start lining up.
Bioluminescence
Bio Blue scoring for beaches, intelligently informed by coastal conditions such as water temperature and tides.
Comet Aware
Recent and brightest comet awareness surfaced when it matters for the night plan.
Aurora Command Center
Full aurora page with real-time data, deep-dive numbers, substorm mode, configurable aurora alerts, and a 27-day forecast.
Chase Mode
Map guidance for getting to your place with a red-screen field view and aurora data kept visible along the way.
Field Alerts
Weather alerts, tide alerts, space weather alerts, lightning alerts, and all-clear status at the top of the Today page.
Red Light Field Tools
Red light mode, shortcut support, and Siri action for a full-screen red light that preserves night vision in the field.
Alerts and night tools
Signal without noise.
Configure the app around what you shoot. Shutter Scout can notify you before sunrise, before sunset, and when fast-changing sky or weather conditions deserve attention.
Weather, tide, space weather, and lightning alerts rise to the top. When nothing needs attention, the app makes that clear too.
Match aurora alerts to your preferences, then use deep-dive and substorm context when conditions start moving.
Track lightning signals and stay aware of fast-changing weather around your shoot location.
Choose what appears in morning and evening briefings from settings.
Turn the app red to preserve night vision, with Shortcut and Siri action support for field use.
Shutter Scout
Available now on the App Store
Download and purchase Shutter Scout for iOS. Built by photographers for photographers, from real app screens, real field workflows, and photographer-grade visual QA.
Support
Need help with Shutter Scout?
For app support, beta access, privacy questions, bug reports, or App Store review contact, email the Shutter Scout support team.