Comparison

Grantwetter vs ForeCats

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Grantwetter

This weather app offers a unique, grumpy perspective on forecasts, using a 'grant-o-meter' and a persona to deliver weather updates. It also provides comforting features like recipes, ambient sounds, and a sticker album for surviving bad weather days.

Highlights
  • Grant-o-meter for weather conditions
  • Daily grumbling weather commentary
  • Comforting features for bad weather
  • Rain and fireplace soundscapes
  • Breathing exercises
  • Sticker album for survived weather days
  • Severe weather alerts
Features
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Grantwetter is the weather app that tells it like it is. Instead of “cloudy” you get the grant-o-meter from 0 to 10 – and a persona who grumbles along. And when it gets truly awful, the app cheers you up: with recipes, rain and fireplace sounds, a breathing exercise and a sticker album for weather survived. WEATHER THAT GETS YOU • Grant-o-meter: temperature, rain, fog, wind, grey days and even Mondays in one number • Around 700 lines that match the time of day, the weather and the temperature – fresh insults at the weather every day • Today's high and low, sunrise and sunset at a glance • Forecast for 24 hours and 10 days – with a day overview: hourly rain, wind, UV and sunshine hours • UV index at a glance: from UV 6 your persona nags you about sunscreen, from UV 8 the grant goes up • Rain radar: when the rain starts, how hard and how long – to the minute, in Austria and Germany with radar data from GeoSphere Austria and the German Weather Service • Snow gets its own announcement and its own lines • Severe weather alerts • Schadenfreude radar: where is it even worse right now? • Sun countdown: when will the sun be back? COMFORT ME • Comfort push: on miserable days you get one line from your persona about the weather in the morning – a tap opens “Comfort me”. Nice weather? Nothing. • Comforts that match the weather: iced coffee in the heat, a blanket fort in the rain, mulled wine in the cold • Real rain and fireplace sounds and a breathing exercise • Poke the grumpy cloud and keep your poke streak: a smile a day, stickers at 3, 7, 30 and 100 days • Sticker album: a sticker for every rotten day you survived EVERYWHERE • iPhone Duo: everything at a glance when unfolded, half open like a book – weather on the left, forecast on the right • On iPad everything at a glance: today, 24 hours and 10 days with the day overview side by side • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Apple Watch app with complications • Three designs: Grant Brutal, Grumpy Cloud and Tabloid • In English, German, French and Chinese – the lines written separately for each language GRANT PASS (OPTIONAL) Try it first: all designs and personas free for 7 days, no subscription. All designs and personas – Granny, the burnt-out coach, the drama queen and the clerk –, personal comfort written by AI, every comfort, the full sticker album, up to 5 places, your own time for the comfort push, the radar map and the rain alert push. Monthly or yearly; the price is shown before you buy. The subscription renews automatically and can be cancelled any time in your Apple ID settings. PRIVACY No ads, no tracking, no account. Our server only sees an area of about 5 × 5 km, never your exact location. Weather data from Apple Weather, radar data from GeoSphere Austria (CC BY 4.0) and the German Weather Service. Terms of use: https://now-weather.com/en/terms Privacy: https://now-weather.com/en/privacy

About

ForeCats

Features
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A charming cat clock that tells time and feels the weather. This is a simple clock app that shows the current time and the weather at your location — but with a twist. The weather forecast comes from a cat, so please don’t rely on it too much. When rain might be coming, the cat may start washing its face. On sunny days, the cat relaxes and looks happy. Instead of numbers and charts, you can sense today’s weather through the cat’s little behaviors. Inspired by the old saying, “When a cat washes its face, it may rain.” This app is not about accuracy. It’s about enjoying time and weather in a gentle, playful way — together with a cat.

Screenshots

Grantwetter4 screens
ForeCats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ForeCats at none against Grantwetter's 2. ForeCats also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Grantwetter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Grantwetter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ForeCats asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grantwetter ships an update every 5 days, ForeCats every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Grantwetter versus ForeCats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrantwetterForeCats
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB31 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGerhard Kanzlermasahiro takei

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Grantwetter

Subscriptions2
  • Grant Pass (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Grant Pass (Yearly)$8.991 Year
None

ForeCats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grantwetter free?
Grantwetter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ForeCats free?
ForeCats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grantwetter or ForeCats have ads?
ForeCats shows ads; Grantwetter does not.
Which is updated more often, Grantwetter or ForeCats?
Grantwetter ships an update every 5 days, and ForeCats every 5 months. Most recently, Grantwetter was updated on November 9, 2026 and ForeCats on November 5, 2026.

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