Comparison

Thunderstorm vs Rockets

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

Head to head
About

Thunderstorm

Get instant, accurate weather updates and forecasts for your precise current location. This app automatically detects where you are to provide hyper-local conditions and predictions, ensuring you're always prepared for the sky's changes.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather updates
  • Hyper-local forecasts
  • Automatic location detection
  • Hourly and daily predictions
  • Current conditions (temp, humidity, wind)
Features
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Thunderstorm-Local Weather is your go-to mobile source for instant, accurate weather updates and forecasts, precisely for your current location. Whether you're at home, at work, or traveling, always know what to expect from the sky. Real-Time Weather, Right Where You Are Gone are the days of checking general city forecasts. Thunderstorm-Local Weather automatically detects your current location to deliver hyper-local conditions and predictions. Current Conditions: Get instant access to temperature, humidity, wind speed, and more, updated live. Accurate Forecasts: Plan your day and week with reliable hourly and daily forecasts specific to your immediate area. Always Relevant: Wherever you go, the app adapts to provide the weather for your exact spot, ensuring you're always prepared. Simple and Intuitive We've designed Thunderstorm-Local Weather to be incredibly easy to use. Open the app and get the weather information you need without any hassle.

About

Rockets

Features
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Rockets is a personal launch-day companion for spaceflight fans who want to know what is worth watching, what changed, and what to do next. Today highlights the next relevant mission and source freshness. Explore keeps the 3D globe, search, Mission Planner, and Launch Pulse. My Missions saves a complete local journey, while Launch Room combines the countdown, status, source details, change history, Calendar, Live Activity, and alert controls. Mission Control is the existing optional EUR 4.99 one-time purchase. It unlocks unlimited watched missions and advanced enthusiast tools forever. There is no subscription, trial, recurring billing, account, or Rockets-operated backend. Existing Mission Control buyers receive the Rockets 2 paid capabilities automatically after StoreKit restoration. Explore launch sites on a 3D globe, search pads and missions, compare recent and upcoming launches, and use Mission Planner to filter missions by provider, orbit, status, timing, and weather or hold concerns. Add selected launch windows to Calendar and start a Live Activity for upcoming missions. Rockets uses Launch Library 2 for launch schedules and launch pad data. If launch-site data is temporarily unavailable, the app may use OpenStreetMap Overpass as a fallback for public launch-site map data.

Screenshots

Thunderstorm4 screens
Rockets3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thunderstorm at none against Rockets's 1. Thunderstorm also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). Rockets's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 114 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. Rockets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Thunderstorm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thunderstorm ships an update every 114 months, Rockets every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Thunderstorm versus Rockets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThunderstormRockets
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 114 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRamalingam SivaramakrishnanMirco Schoepf

In-app purchases

None

Thunderstorm

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Rockets

One-time1
  • Mission Control$3.99

Questions

Is Thunderstorm free?
Thunderstorm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rockets free?
Rockets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thunderstorm or Rockets have ads?
Thunderstorm shows ads; Rockets does not.
Which is updated more often, Thunderstorm or Rockets?
Thunderstorm ships an update every 114 months, and Rockets every 8 days. Most recently, Thunderstorm was updated on October 27, 2026 and Rockets on October 25, 2026.

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