Metar USA vs 1Daylight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metar USA
Access continuously updated METAR weather reports for all USA stations, sourced from official government data. Includes a comprehensive database of USA airfields, airports, and their geographical information.
- USA METAR weather reports
- Continuous updates
- Official government data
- USA airfield database
- Airport geographical data
- Geo-coordinates
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Metar USA brings you the METAR observations of more than two thousand reporting stations across the United States, read straight from the official Aviation Weather Center (NOAA) source. The app opens on the full station list with the raw report, the observation time in UTC and the ICAO identifier coloured by flight category: green VFR, blue MVFR, red IFR, purple LIFR. One glance tells you where you can fly. Tap a station and the report is decoded item by item: temperature and dewpoint, wind direction and speed with gusts, visibility, altimeter setting in inches of mercury and hectopascals, field elevation and cloud layers in METAR notation. • Every US reporting station, refreshed on launch and on pull to refresh • Search by ICAO identifier • Map of all stations — tap a pin to read the report • Home Screen widget for the station you choose, in three sizes • Apple Watch app: your station plus the ten closest to you, ranked by distance • The observation time is highlighted when the report is no longer current • No account, no advertising, no data collected Data comes from the Aviation Weather Center (NOAA), exactly as published at the source. Metar USA is a quick reference tool: always rely on official sources and the required aeronautical documentation for flight planning.
1Daylight
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Daylight and twilight information on selected date and location. Details for selected date and full year daylight for selected location.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Metar USA at none against 1Daylight's shown. 1Daylight's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 15 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.1). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Metar USA ships an update every 15 months, 1Daylight every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metar USA | 1Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emanuele Chiavelli | 1Juhler ApS |
In-app purchases
Metar USA
No in-app purchases
1Daylight
No in-app purchases









