Coming soon to the App Store
Catch a little daily sunshine
Just enough to feel good, never enough to burn.
Basky reads today's live UV for where you are, sizes a safe-sun window to your skin, and gives you a warm little nudge to step outside. This is the good stuff — private by default, with no account, no ads, and no tracking.
I'll send a single email the day Basky lands on the App Store. No spam, ever.
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General wellness guidance, not medical advice.
Sunshine, without the second-guessing
You know a little sun feels good. You also know too much doesn't. The tricky part is the line in between — and it moves with the season, the sky, and your own skin. Basky does that math quietly in the background so you can just go outside.
- No more guessing whether 20 minutes is plenty or way too much.
- A window built around your skin and today's actual sky — not a generic rule of thumb.
- Gentle by design: Basky always aims below the dose that would redden skin.
- A friendly nudge to step outside, never a scolding.
How Basky works, in three easy steps
No setup marathon, no account, no learning curve. You'll be basking within a minute of opening the app.
Tell Basky your skin
Your skin type, plus today's live UV for your location, sets a safe-sun window — about 29 minutes when the UV is 5.
Tap Start basking
A warm ring fills as you soak it up, with a hint like “Best light around 1:00 PM” so you catch the good stuff at the right time.
Keep your streak going
Each day you catch the sun adds a ☀️. Cloudy, wintry, or out after dark? Tap “I got some daylight” — stepping outside still counts.
A safe-sun window that's actually yours
Basky combines your Fitzpatrick skin type with the live UV index from Open‑Meteo for your exact location. More protected skin gets a longer window; stronger sun gets a shorter one. The number is capped below a burn dose and never rewards over‑exposure — so the advice always nudges you toward “enough,” not “more.”
- Live UV for your location, refreshed for today's sky
- Tuned to your skin type, not a one-size-fits-all timer
- Always aims well below the dose that would redden skin
- “Best light around 1:00 PM” helps you time it right
A little ritual you'll look forward to
Finish a bask and Basky gives you a warm, cheerful moment — a tiny celebration that makes stepping outside feel like a treat, not a task. Days add up into a daylight streak you can see at a glance, and the history view lets you look back on all the sun you've caught.
- A cheerful reward moment after every bask
- A daylight streak that grows one sunny day at a time
- A simple history of the sun you've caught
- A daylight check-in for cloudy, winter, and evening days
Look back on every sunny day
Your history view keeps a simple, encouraging record of the sun you've caught — and the daylight check-in means a cloudy week never breaks your streak. It's the kind of encouragement that makes a habit stick because it feels good, not because it guilts you.
I'll send a single email the day Basky lands on the App Store. No spam, ever.
A friendly vitamin D estimate
After a bask, Basky offers a rough, encouraging sense of the vitamin D you may have made — measured against a “roughly a day's worth” yardstick. It factors in your time in safe sun, the UV strength, and how much skin is bare. Real synthesis varies with latitude, season, clothing, age, and your own biology, so think of it as a friendly pat on the back, not a measurement or a dose.
- A warm “about a day's worth” estimate, not a lab reading.
- Your clothing choice tunes only this estimate — never your safe-sun window.
- Built for encouragement, not for dosing.
- General wellness guidance, not medical advice.
Bask together with the people you love
Sunshine Circles let you catch the sun “together,” even when you're apart. Start a circle, share an invite, and each of you shows up as a colorful pixel sun. You'll see only a first name, their chosen Basky, and a ☀️ on the days they caught the sun — like “4 of 6 caught the sun today.”
- See only a first name, a Basky, and a ☀️ — never location, health, or streaks
- No leaderboards and no comparison — it's encouragement, not competition
- Join by an unguessable invite code; no login, ever
- Optional live Bask Together over FaceTime via SharePlay
- Leave any time — leaving removes your row from the circle
Private by default — the way it should be
Your sun stays on your phone. Basky has no account, no login, no ads, and no third‑party analytics or tracking SDKs. The only thing that ever leaves your phone is what you choose to share in a Circle — a first name and a ☀️ — synced under an anonymous device ID, never your name, email, location, or health data.
One purchase, no subscription
The whole safe-sun experience is free, always: the window, the basking ring, streaks, the daylight check-in, the vitamin D estimate, and Sunshine Circles. If you'd like the full wardrobe of looks and companions — plus every future cosmetic extra — there's Basky Forever: a single one-time purchase. Not a subscription. Not now, not ever.
- The core safe-sun app is free, forever
- Basky Forever is a one-time purchase — never a subscription
- Unlocks the whole wardrobe plus all future cosmetic extras
- Works with Family Sharing and Restore Purchase
I'll send a single email the day Basky lands on the App Store. No spam, ever.
Made with care by an indie developer
Basky is a small, independent app built on solid ground: the UV index, your Fitzpatrick skin type, and an honest, conservative approach to safe sun. It's the kind of app made because it should exist — warm, private, and genuinely helpful — not because it's chasing your attention or your data. There's no growth team behind the curtain. Just careful work and a friendly little sun.
- Built on real signals: live UV index and Fitzpatrick skin type.
- Works with Apple Health — writes Time in Daylight, never reads your health data.
- No ads, no tracking, no data business behind it.
- A genuinely independent app, made to be useful.
Frequently asked questions
How does Basky know my safe-sun window?
It combines your skin type with today's live UV forecast for your location to estimate how long you can be out before you'd risk burning. More protected skin gets a longer window; stronger sun gets a shorter one. The window is always capped below a burn dose.
Is the vitamin D number a medical measurement?
No. It's a friendly, conservative estimate based on your time in safe sun, the UV strength, and how much skin is bare, against a “roughly a day's worth” yardstick. Basky offers general wellness guidance, not medical advice; the figure is for encouragement, not dosing.
Do I have to share my location?
No. Location is optional and used only to look up the UV where you are — never stored or tied to your identity. Decline it and Basky falls back to a generic default location and still works; switch to your real location any time from Home or Settings.
Is Basky really free?
Yes. The whole safe-sun experience is free forever. Basky Forever is an optional one-time purchase that unlocks the cosmetic wardrobe and all future cosmetic extras. It is never a subscription.
What can people in my Sunshine Circle see about me?
Only three things: the first name you set, your chosen Basky, and a ☀️ for the day you last caught the sun. Never your location, vitamin D, streak, or any ranking. No leaderboards, and you can leave any time.
Do I need an account?
No login, ever. A Sunshine Circle uses an anonymous random ID created on your device — no email, no password — reachable only by an unguessable invite code.
Does Basky read my Apple Health data?
Never. If you turn on Save to Apple Health, Basky writes your basking time as Time in Daylight and that's it. It does not read any of your health data.
What if it's cloudy, winter, or after dark?
You can still keep your daylight streak going. On days with no baskable sun, tap “I got some daylight” — getting outside counts, even when there's no strong sun to bask in.
A little sunshine goes a long way
Basky is almost here. Be the first to know when it lands on the App Store, and start catching a little daily sunshine — just enough to feel good, never enough to burn.
I'll send a single email the day Basky lands on the App Store. No spam, ever.