Zeese vs SimpleWeatherApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zeese
This app provides detailed weather forecasts for over 200,000 locations worldwide, including hourly, daily, and minutely precipitation predictions. It also offers air quality data, extreme weather alerts, and lifestyle indexes.
- Global weather forecasts for 200K+ locations
- Hourly, daily, and minutely precipitation predictions
- Air Quality Index (AQI) and forecasts
- Extreme weather alerts and typhoon tracking
- Lifestyle indexes for various activities
- 24 Solar Terms and weather tools
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*** Please be noted, Zeese is a YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY app, and mainly focused on the weather forecast in CHINA *** 【Locations】Supports current and forecast weather for 200K+ locations around the world. 【Current Weather】Including weather conditions, temperature, feels like temperature, dew point temperature, relative humidity, visibility, cloud cover, precipitation, air pressure, wind direction, wind speed, wind scale & etc. 【Hourly Forecast】Supports 7x24 hourly forecast, including: weather conditions, temperature, dew point temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, cloud cover, probability of precipitation, precipitation, wind direction, wind speed, wind scale & etc. 【Daily Forecast】Supports 15 days forecast, including: weather conditions, temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, cloud cover, precipitation, UV intensity, visibility, wind direction, wind speed, wind scale, sunrise & sunset, moon-rise & moon-set, twilight, historical records for past 10 days and etc. 【Minutely Precipitation】Supports rain/snow forecast in every 5 minutes for the next 2 hours. 【Air Quality Index】Including the AQI, PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, O3 and CO values with the corresponding monitoring stations, and hourly, daily forecasts with 10 days historical records. 【Weather Alert】Provides extreme weather alert service, including a variety of disaster types, such as: typhoon, heavy rain, blizzard, cold wave, gale, sandstorm, high temperature, drought, thunder, lightning, hail, frost, fog, haze, road ice, cold, haze, dry & hot wind, low temperature, freezing, sea fog, thunderstorm gale, tornado, low temperature freezing damage, sea gale, strong convection, ozone, heavy snow, heavy rainfall, snow disasters, forest (grassland) fire danger, thunderstorms, severe cold, sand & dust and etc. 【Typhoon】Provides forecast for tropical depression (typhoon) along coastal area, including its location, grade, pressure, wind scale, wind speed and forecast track. 【The 24 Solar Terms】A Chinese traditional season forecast by observing the change of nature. 【Lifestyle Index】Including 16 indexes for sports, car wash, clothing, fishing, ultraviolet, travel, allergy, comfort level, fever, air conditioner, makeup, traffic, air pollution diffusion, sunglasses, air cure and sun protection. 【Weather Tools】Provides tide and ocean current data for major ports around the world, as well as global solar elevation angle value at any time. Auto-renewable Subscriptions 1.Service: Yearly Subscription 2.Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at the confirmation of purchase. 3.Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of current period. 4.Subscription will be automatically updated unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. 5.Terms of Use:https://juejin.cn/post/6939713592782651406 6.Privacy Policy:https://juejin.cn/post/6939711514391609358
SimpleWeatherApp
Experience a fast, ad-free weather app with real-time data from official sources. Enjoy dynamic backgrounds, multi-city support, and a clean interface designed for easy readability.
- Completely ad-free experience
- Instantaneous app launch
- Accurate weather data from authoritative sources
- Global city weather lookup
- Real-time temperature, humidity, wind, and AQI
- Automatic location detection
- 5-day weather forecasts
- Dynamic scene backgrounds
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【核心亮点】 完全无广告:没有开屏广告、没有信息流、没有任何弹窗,打开就是纯粹的天气信息 启动快到秒开:冷启动不到1秒,没有空白加载页,打开立刻看到当前温度 精准天气数据:数据来自权威气象部门,支持全球城市天气查询 绝对隐私保护:不收集任何用户数据,定位信息仅在本地用于请求天气,不会上传到任何服务器 【主要功能】 • 实时天气信息:温度、湿度、风力、AQI空气质量一目了然 • 自动定位:打开自动获取当前所在地天气,无需手动选择 • 多城市管理:自由添加多个城市,随时切换查看不同地区天气 • 5天天气预报:提前掌握未来天气变化 • 动态场景背景:根据天气和时间自动切换背景,晴天、雨天、夜晚都有对应动效 • 极致简洁设计:界面干净清爽,大字体显示,老人也能轻松看清 拒绝广告骚扰,拒绝信息过载,就是一款简简单单、好用的天气应用。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Zeese at Free against SimpleWeatherApp's $0.99. Zeese also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18 vs 26.0). SimpleWeatherApp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On update cadence and ads 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
Zeese is free to download; SimpleWeatherApp costs $0.99 up front. Zeese sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. SimpleWeatherApp asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zeese | SimpleWeatherApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Paid — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 慊 丁 | 雨晨 李 |
Customer experience
Zeese
SimpleWeatherApp
In-app purchases
Zeese
- Monthly Plan7 Days trial$2.491 Month
- Yearly Plan$9.991 Year
- Anniversary$9.991 Year
SimpleWeatherApp
No in-app purchases









