BOM Weather vs Fishare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BOM Weather
Access Australia's official weather information with hourly and 7-day forecasts, radar, and warnings. This free app provides current conditions, detailed forecasts, and map views for all of Australia, with customizable notifications.
- Hourly and 7-day forecasts
- Radar and warning maps
- Warning notifications
- Offline mode
- Widgets for at-a-glance weather
- Detailed current conditions
- Past weather data
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Australia's official weather app from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). Download the BOM Weather app for access to hourly and 7-day forecasts, radar, rain notifications and warnings – wherever you are. BOM Weather is free and ad free on mobile and tablet devices. The app has widgets so you can see the weather at a glance. It also features offline mode for moments when you don't have internet. The BOM Weather app includes: Current weather - Temperature and icon - 'Feels like' temperature - Rain - Wind speed, direction and gust (in knots and km/h) - Humidity - Rainfall since 9 am - Local text forecast Forecasts - Hourly forecast temperature, UV, wind, gust, humidity, dew point and rain for the next 72 hours - 7-day forecast - Total wave height and direction (for relevant locations) - Sunrise and sunset times, moon phases - Fire danger rating - Waters forecast and summary for the coming days, including tides (for relevant locations) Map - See rain 90 minutes into the past and future - View active warnings and access warning details - Pan and zoom to anywhere in Australia - Your location is marked on the map - See optimal radar coverage areas while viewing rain Rain and warning notifications - Rain and warning notifications for up to 3 locations around Australia - Warning notifications includes coastal hazards, fire weather, flood, heatwave, marine wind, severe thunderstorm, severe weather, tropical cyclone, and tsunami Past weather - Latest highs and lows, including highest and lowest temperature, highest wind gust and total rain - 72 hours of temperature, wind and rain Locations - Use your current location - Save your favourite locations - Search for any location in Australia - View your recent location Widgets - See weather details for your current or selected location - Provides current, minimum and maximum temperature and more - Add one or many widgets for locations around Australia
Fishare
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EVERY SATELLITE SST PASS, WITH THE BREAK ALREADY DRAWN Fishare draws every satellite sea-surface temperature pass of the last 72 hours as the satellite saw it, over every coast we cover, checked for new passes every hour. Clouds stay as holes, and the temperature break is found and labelled on the pass for you, so the edge where bait stacks up is marked before you start reading color. • 24-hour and 72-hour cloud-free composites for the days the passes don't line up • Hourly geostationary frames from GOES and Himawari-9 • Up to 30 days of pass history per region • Chlorophyll by satellite day, with a 3-day composite • Sea-surface height with labelled contours • Modelled surface salinity, daily • Water temperature at 25, 50, 75, 100, 150 and 200 m, each depth checked against Argo float profiles • A 5-day SST forecast on the same map as 7 days of playback • The classic spectral ramp in °F or °C, with a drag range and isotherm spacing • Your waypoints pasted or imported as GPX; every mark becomes a GO TO with bearing, distance and ETA, and your marks stay on your phone • One tap to share the pass you are looking at with your crew • A per-species habitat score on the same map, re-scored every hour on the freshest pass ONE SUBSCRIPTION, EVERY REGION Fishare Pro is every layer in every region we cover: the Northeast canyons, the Gulf, Southern California, Baja, Hawaii, the whole Australian coast and New Zealand. No per-region licence, no buying the coast one piece at a time. WHEN AND WHERE TO GO, FREE Under the offshore layers is the full Fishare forecast, free, no account needed to browse: an hourly bite score for the next 14 days, tides, wind, swell and pressure, and a catch log. FISHARE PRO (AUTO-RENEWABLE SUBSCRIPTION) • Price: US$8.99 a month or US$79.99 a year in the US (A$12.99 / A$119.99 in Australia, NZ$14.99 / NZ$129.99 in New Zealand); the exact price for your country is always shown in the app before you subscribe • New subscribers get a 7-day free trial; payment is charged to your Apple ID account when the trial ends • The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions Privacy Policy: https://fishare.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BOM Weather at none against Fishare's 2. Fishare's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Fishare sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. BOM Weather asks for nothing beyond the download.
BOM Weather ships an update every 6 weeks, Fishare every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | BOM Weather | Fishare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (566 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 566 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 362 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bureau of Meteorology | Oli-Mikael Vaittinen |
Bugs and requests
BOM Weather
Reported bugs
4 issues- Location not updating accurately
- Radar not loading or showing incorrect information
- Widgets not functioning properly
- Frequent app crashes or freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to view weather in Fahrenheit
- Improve rain radar with higher resolution and faster updates
- Provide more detailed weather data like humidity, UV index, etc.
- Allow customization of weather information displayed
- Bring back previous weather reporting format
Fishare
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BOM Weather
No in-app purchases
Fishare
- Fishare Pro7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Fishare Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
Questions
Is BOM Weather free?
Is Fishare free?
Do BOM Weather or Fishare have ads?
Which is updated more often, BOM Weather or Fishare?
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