Comparison

Barometer Plus vs Altimeter & Barometer Pro

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

Head to head
About

Barometer Plus

This app measures air pressure and altitude using your device's built-in sensor. It helps predict weather changes, monitor health impacts of pressure fluctuations, and optimize activities like fishing. Customize its appearance and receive notifications about significant pressure shifts.

Highlights
  • Barometer and altimeter with analog display
  • Temperature and humidity readings
  • Pressure and altitude unit conversion
  • GPS and airport data calibration
  • Relative altitude measurement
  • Pressure change notifications
  • History tracking and graph
Features
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Barometer Plus app measures air pressure and altitude using your device's built-in barometric pressure sensor. Because air pressure changes usually indicate a weather change, you can use this app to monitor and predict short-term weather variations. People suffering from migraine, headaches, or joint pain can monitor how barometric pressure impacts their mood. Fishermen can monitor the atmospheric pressure for right-time fishing. FEATURES: • The app contains a barometer and altimeter with a personalization graphic in classic analog style. It also displays the current temperature and humidity. • Display barometric pressure (sensor value) or mean sea level pressure (MSLP - value used in weather forecast services or stations). • Units support for pressure: mb, inHg, kPa, atm, Torr, psi, hPa, mmHg. Units for altitude: meter, feet. • Calibrate the barometer using altitude/location from the GPS. Calibrate the altimeter using the nearest airport information/METAR, or manually enter the QNH of the nearest airport. Offset sensor output value. • Measure the height (building/mountain/hiked/climbed) using the "Relative Altitude" feature (can be enabled in the app's Settings). • Notification about pressure change. "Notification custom rule" for you to define how and when the app sends notifications. Notify when air pressure changes indicate that extreme or worse weather may occur. • "Pressure Tracking" and "History Graph" require "Background App Refresh" or "Always Location Service" with "Exact update interval" (paid feature) enabled. • "My Area" allows you to define your frequent stay places, and the app tracks air pressure with location data. • Export history to CSV format and Today widget (paid features). • This app is the digital version compared with an aneroid or mercury barometer and can be adjusted to MSLP with additional features. CUSTOMIZABLE: You can change your barometer/altimeter appearance with: • Seven different housing colors. • Black, white or blue disk background. • Four different app backgrounds. • Three different types of needles. • Marker needle for easily monitor. • Dark or light Today widget theme. NOTES: • App only works on devices with a barometer sensor, such as iPhone 6/6s/7/8/X/11/12/13 (including Plus models), iPad Mini 4/Air 2/Pro, or later. • Weather icons on the dial: This only shows the air pressure trend like in an analog barometer. • Each time your device reboots, open the app for tracking with the "Exact update interval" feature work. • You may take the phone/tablet far away from computers, cables, and other magnetic sources to get accurate results. If you like this app, please support us - you can remove ads or unlock paid features from the menu: Shop. We welcome your ideas and suggestions - please email us at: support+barometer@pvdapps.com. Follow our official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/barometerplus/ or Twitter account: https://twitter.com/pvdapps.

About

Altimeter & Barometer Pro

Continuously record barometric pressure and altitude using your device's sensors. Visualize trends with interactive graphs, receive weather alerts, and track ascent/descent. Features a standalone Apple Watch app and a global pressure map.

Highlights
  • Continuous barometric pressure and altitude recording
  • Interactive trend graphs
  • Barometric pressure alerts
  • Standalone Apple Watch app
  • Global pressure map
  • Real-time wind analyzer
  • Weather station data and forecasts
Features
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Alti-Barometer Pro uses your iPhone’s or Watch’s sensor to automatically and continuously record your barometric pressure and altitude. Even while your iPhone is in standby or you're using other apps, Alti-Barometer will seamlessly process and record pressure data in the background. Using beautiful interactive graphs, our app shows you barometric pressure trends over hours and days to help you understand which way the weather may be headed. Our app supports a broad range ofl auto-updating widgets and Watch face complications. It also supports Apple’s Live Activities to let you see real-time pressure, altitude, and compass direction. And to make sure you don’t get caught off guard, the app’s Baro Alert capability automatically notifies you of large changes in barometric pressure. The Apple Watch is always a top priority for us, and the powerful Watch app can run completely independently from your iPhone and transforms your Watch into a true ABC (altimeter/barometer/compass) watch. And our Watch app includes a rich set of complications you can choose from to make your Watch face come alive.. Our BaroMap feature lets you see what’s happening around you by displaying pressure trends across the app’s global user community on an interactive map. And whenever you need a world-class high-precision altimeter, Alti-Barometer is ready. A true pressure-based altimeter, our app can keep track of even the smallest altitude changes with far greater precision than battery-draining GPS apps. In addition to altitude, Alti-Barometer displays vertical speed and keeps track of key stats such as total ascent and descent times and distances. And because it’s handy to know what direction you’re heading, Alti-Barometer displays a handy compass on the altimeter screens. The History feature automatically saves daily snapshots of your pressure and altitude data using Apple’s secure iCloud and lets you interactively explore historical data across weeks, months, or years. Want to see the pressure graph of that big storm last year? With our history capabilities, you can. We also made it easy to share a snapshots of baro or alto graphs through social media, email, or messaging with our one-tap share feature. Our exclusive real-time wind analyzer estimate local wind speed using only your device’s sensors - not internet required. Now you can know how hard the wind is blowing even in the middle of nowhere! Alti-Barometer also shows you weather conditions and forecasts using data from the global network of NOAA/ICAO weather stations - the same weather information that pilots use around the world to fly safely. It’s real weather from real weather stations. And our app has a full suite of weather condition and forecast notifications so you’re never surprised. And even the free version of our app is 100% ad-free to provide the best possible experience. If you need even more capabilities, the Premium Features upgrade unlocks iPhone widget support, CSV file data import and export, unlimited history, additional Watch functionality, extended recording time, extended altimeter run time, and much more. Although some features require internet connectivity, rest assured that Alti-Barometer can operate completely offline indefinitely and was designed to be a true wilderness and off-grid companion. So why all the features and capabilities that nobody else has? Because we’re weather nerds and outdoors enthusiasts, and we couldn’t find a real altimeter/barometer app that came anywhere close to our expectations. So we set out to build what we believe is now the world’s most advanced barometer/altimeter app on any platform, period. If you want the best, give our app a try. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Privacy policy: https://www.bogbridges.com/altibarometerproprivacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Barometer Plus4 screens
Altimeter & Barometer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Altimeter & Barometer Pro at 4.6 against Barometer Plus's 4.0. Altimeter & Barometer Pro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). Barometer Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Barometer Plus sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Altimeter & Barometer Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Altimeter & Barometer Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 420 and 570 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Barometer Plus's written reviews are positive against 84% of Altimeter & Barometer Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barometer Plus ships an update every 6 weeks, Altimeter & Barometer Pro every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Barometer Plus versus Altimeter & Barometer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarometer PlusAltimeter & Barometer Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (420 ratings)4.6 (570 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews84.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings420570 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNgo NaBog Bridges LLC

Customer experience

Barometer Plus

All ratings409 ratings
Positive72.4%
Neutral9.3%
Negative18.3%
Written reviews803 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral9.0%
Negative27.5%

Altimeter & Barometer Pro

All ratings536 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative11.7%

User reviews

Barometer Plus

From 420 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🔍 Helpful for tracking migraines/arthritis
  • 💡 Customizable settings
  • 🔍 Useful for weather/fishing/aviation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate readings
  • 📺 Intrusive ads
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with fitness tracking
  • 🔋 Drains battery
  • 🤔 Confusing interface

Altimeter & Barometer Pro

From 570 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent barometer and altimeter features
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 💡 Innovative wind estimator
  • 🔒 Respects user privacy
  • 🔥 Highly recommended by users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🔋 High battery consumption reported
  • 💰 Paid subscription model concerns some users

Bugs and requests

Barometer Plus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Stops tracking pressure changes
  • Incompatible with iOS 10 on iPads
  • Freezes or crashes on launch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Pressure trend indicators
  • Customizable graphs and data export
  • Notifications for pressure changes
  • Arthritis/migraine warning indicators

Altimeter & Barometer Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Wind estimator feature not working properly
  • Pressure data reset issue for some users
  • Apple Watch connectivity problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer historical data graphs
  • Customizable pressure drop alerts
  • Metric unit support
  • Outdoor temperature in complications

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Barometer Plus

One-time4
  • No Ads, Widget and Export$0.99
  • Unlimited custom rules$0.99
  • Exact update interval$1.99
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  • Platinum Edition$3.99
2 purchases

Altimeter & Barometer Pro

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Features14 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Alti-Barometer customer trialFree

Questions

Is Barometer Plus free?
Barometer Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Altimeter & Barometer Pro free?
Altimeter & Barometer Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Barometer Plus or Altimeter & Barometer Pro?
Altimeter & Barometer Pro is rated higher. Barometer Plus averages 4.0 out of 5 from 420 ratings, while Altimeter & Barometer Pro averages 4.6 from 570 ratings.
Do Barometer Plus or Altimeter & Barometer Pro have ads?
Barometer Plus shows ads; Altimeter & Barometer Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Barometer Plus or Altimeter & Barometer Pro?
Barometer Plus ships an update every 6 weeks, and Altimeter & Barometer Pro every 6 days. Most recently, Barometer Plus was updated on November 2, 2026 and Altimeter & Barometer Pro on October 30, 2026.

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