Comparison

Forecast Bar vs WeatherGraph

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

Head to head
About

Forecast Bar

Get hyper-accurate, hyper-local live weather and forecasts with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Track storms with advanced radar, receive AI-powered weather summaries for your calendar, and get timely alerts for celestial events and severe weather.

Highlights
  • Hyper-local live weather and forecasts
  • Customizable home and lock screen widgets
  • NOAA-powered radar with live lightning
  • AI-powered Smart Weather Stories
  • Aurora visibility and sunset alerts
  • Severe weather and precipitation notifications
  • Hourly and daily visual forecasts
Features
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*** Featured by Apple, Lifehacker, Macworld and Cult of Mac! *** Forecast Bar offers hyper accurate, hyper local live weather and forecasts right at your fingertips, and is customizable to fit your needs. With 12+ Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets, including a multi-city widget to see weather in up to 4 locations at once. Forecast Bar includes a beautiful and powerful Apple Watch App with 100+ customizable complications, including hourly and daily visual forecasts, Graphs to visualize several different data points, or a Custom Modular with 3 customizable lines. The Watch app is fully customizable, with 3 custom data points you can add, a customizable hourly data point. You can also customize your backgrounds with several options including using your own images, as well as custom font and font size throughout the app. == Completely Redesigned for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass == Track storms like never before with our all-new NOAA-powered radar featuring live lightning strikes, aurora forecasts, and marine warnings. Watch precipitation approach in real-time right from your Lock Screen with our new Live Activity—see exactly when rain starts and ends without opening the app. Smart Weather Stories transforms forecasts into personalized AI summaries. Connect your calendar to get advice tailored to your plans: "Light rain during your 2pm meeting—bring an umbrella." Never miss a stunning sky with aurora visibility alerts, eclipse notifications, and Beautiful Sunset alerts. Now with iOS 26 Liquid Glass design. == Built Different == Crafted by a 2-person team over a decade. Trusted daily by users who call it "the most accurate weather app" they've used. Always improving—because your weather app should be. == Stay Informed with Push Notifications == - Personalized daily weather reports for any location, at any time you wish - Push notifications for severe weather alerts in the United States - Precipitation alerts sent reliably from our servers (Gold only) - Custom notifications and alerts! You can configure 14 different data points to look out for what matters to you. For example, get notified in the morning when wind during the day will rise above a certain speed, or if temperatures overnight will drop below freezing. (Gold only) - Beautiful Sunset alerts that give you a heads up when a stunning sunset (or sunrise!) is heading your way. Get your cameras ready! (Gold only) - Get notified when earthquakes hit near you! (Gold only) == Weather at a glance, or in depth == - Quickly check the current conditions or forecast for 14 days at a glance, including a succinct summary - Tap on any day's forecast to see an hour-by-hour breakdown - Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds - Apple Weather provided minute-by-minute rain forecasts - Tap again to see rich, interactive charts of even more details like dew point, pressure, visibility, UV index and more - Choose between a compact and highly visual view for weather at up to 8 locations at a time - Animated weather radar in the United States, Europe and Australia, including future radar forecasts, as well as 10+ other powerful visualizations - Forecast Bar supports iPad multitasking in Slide Over and Split Screen All subscriptions to Forecast Bar include a free 7 day trial Subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. They will automatically renew at the end of your subscription period unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions or turn off auto-renewal at any time from your iTunes account settings. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Our privacy policy and terms of use are here: http://forecastbar.com/privacy-policy-for-forecast-bar.pdf and https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WeatherGraph

Visualize weather forecasts from the National Weather Service in a clear graphical format. Track observations and forecasts for your chosen locations, with record highs and lows. Includes widgets for home and lock screens, and an Apple Watch app.

Highlights
  • Graphical weather forecasts
  • NWS data integration
  • 24-hour observations
  • 7-day forecasts
  • Record highs and lows
  • Home/Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app & complications
Features
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WeatherGraph is a simple but powerful weather app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch which displays weather forecasts in the United States from the National Weather Service (NWS) in an easy to read graphical format. WeatherGraph uses the highest quality weather data available - the same forecast and observations used by academic researchers and meteorologists. WeatherGraph features 24 hours of observations and 7 days of forecasts for the locations you choose and has the ability to display record highs and lows for each weather station you follow. WeatherGraph also has Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets showing a graph of upcoming weather conditions and an Apple Watch app with complications showing the highs and lows and rain probability for the next 2 days. Due to the fact that all data comes from NWS/NOAA, this app will only provide weather forecasts for the United States of America.

Screenshots

Forecast Bar4 screens
WeatherGraph4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Forecast Bar at 2.8K against WeatherGraph's 103. Forecast Bar also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and chart position (#103 vs unranked). WeatherGraph's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 62%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Forecast Bar sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and WeatherGraph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forecast Bar holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forecast Bar has 2.8K ratings behind it against 103, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Forecast Bar's written reviews are positive against 78% of WeatherGraph's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Forecast Bar versus WeatherGraph: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForecast BarWeatherGraph
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.8K ratings) — better4.3 (103 ratings)
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews78.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better103
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#103 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size291 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHigher Bar, LLCCatspaw Systems LLC

Customer experience

Forecast Bar

All ratings2,796 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews341 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral8.8%
Negative29.0%

WeatherGraph

All ratings103 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive78.4%
Neutral2.7%
Negative18.9%

User reviews

Forecast Bar

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Highly customizable
  • 👍 Accurate forecasts
  • 🌟 Great app design and interface
  • ⌚️ Excellent Apple Watch support
  • 💻 Available on multiple platforms (iOS, macOS, tvOS)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and stability issues after updates
  • 🕰 Slow location updates and radar loading
  • 💰 Subscription model can be expensive
  • 🌍 Limited functionality for non-US users
  • 🔄 Inconsistent sync between devices

WeatherGraph

From 103 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Clear and concise info
  • 📈 Great graphical representation
  • 💡 Useful data at a glance
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 👍 Easy to read and understand

Room to improve

  • 🌎 Only supports US locations
  • 🐛 Widget doesn't update automatically
  • 💸 Full-page ads are intrusive
  • 📉 Inaccurate temperatures reported
  • 🚫 Blank page for some users

Bugs and requests

Forecast Bar

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Widgets not working as expected
  • Temperature display issues on Apple Watch
  • Alerts and notifications not working properly
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Inconsistent location tracking and updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Pressure charts and graphs
  • More customization options for widgets
  • Improved Apple Watch app and complications
  • Ability to choose weather data source
  • Pollen and air quality information
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  • Standalone Apple Watch app functionality

WeatherGraph

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget does not update automatically
  • Graph not showing in the app
  • Inaccurate temperatures

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add international locations
  • Zoom in on widget graph
  • Add past observed weather conditions
  • Include wind gust data (past/current/forecast)
  • Add humidity and other NWS data
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  • Add shapes/sizes to data points for rain/snow/storms

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Forecast Bar

Subscriptions7
  • Bronze Subscription (1 Month)$0.491 Month
  • Silver Subscription (1 Month)$0.991 Month
  • Bronze Subscription (iOS Only)$5.991 Year
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  • Silver Subscription (iOS Only)7 Days trial$11.491 Year
  • Gold Subscription (iOS Only)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Silver Family Subscription7 Days trial$22.991 Year
  • Gold Family Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

WeatherGraph

One-time1
  • Upgrade WeatherGraph$3.99

Questions

Is Forecast Bar free?
Forecast Bar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WeatherGraph free?
WeatherGraph is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forecast Bar or WeatherGraph?
Forecast Bar is rated higher. Forecast Bar averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while WeatherGraph averages 4.3 from 103 ratings.
Do Forecast Bar or WeatherGraph have ads?
Neither Forecast Bar nor WeatherGraph shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forecast Bar or WeatherGraph?
Forecast Bar ships an update fortnightly, and WeatherGraph fortnightly. Most recently, Forecast Bar was updated on October 26, 2026 and WeatherGraph on October 21, 2026.

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