GoldCast · Golden Hour Alerts

App That Alerts You When Golden Hour Is Good

GoldCast monitors cloud altitude, horizon clarity, and humidity daily — and sends a push alert before golden hour when tonight's score looks exceptional at your saved location.

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Photography-specific forecasts

The Alert Arrives Before the Window Opens

Most photographers find out a golden hour was spectacular from someone else's photos the next day. GoldCast flips this — monitoring conditions daily and sending a push notification when the forecast scores above your threshold, before the window opens.

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Alert Before Golden Hour

The push notification arrives before golden hour starts — giving you time to get to a location, not just enough time to look out the window and regret not going.

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Scored on What Actually Matters

Cloud altitude, horizon clarity, and humidity — not a generic cloud cover percentage. GoldCast only alerts you when the variables that produce vivid colour are aligned, not just when cloud cover is low.

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Your Location, Monitored Daily

Save any location — home, a favourite hillside, a coastline. GoldCast checks conditions there every day and only sends an alert when the score clears your threshold.

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You Set the Threshold

High threshold: fewer alerts, only exceptional evenings. Lower threshold: good evenings too. One setting, one tap in the app. Adjust anytime.

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GoldCast Push Alerts — iOS Exclusive

Push alerts are only available in the LightCast iOS app. The web version at lightcastsuite.com/goldcast is free for manual daily checking. Download the app for background monitoring.

Common Questions

Is there an app that alerts you when golden hour is good?

Yes — LightCast GoldCast. It monitors cloud altitude, horizon clarity, and humidity daily and sends a push alert when tonight's score hits your threshold. $2.99/month after a 7-day free trial. Download here.

When does the alert arrive?

Before golden hour — in time to get outside, not after the window has closed. The alert fires when afternoon conditions confirm a strong evening forecast.

What score threshold should I set?

70+ for exceptional evenings only. 55+ for good evenings too. Start at 65 and adjust based on how often you want to be notified.

Is GoldCast free?

Web version is free at lightcastsuite.com/goldcast. Push alerts require the iOS app — $2.99/month after a 7-day free trial.

Does GoldCast alert for sunrise too?

Yes. GoldCast covers both sunrise and sunset golden hours. Set alerts for one or both depending on your shooting preference.

Your phone tells you when golden hour is worth it.

Push alerts before golden hour · Cloud altitude score · Horizon clarity
Adjustable threshold · Saved locations · 7-day free trial

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