Comparison

Weather Widget® vs OpenWeather

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

Head to head
About

Weather Widget®

Enhance your device with a beautiful and accurate weather widget. Choose from thousands of customizable styles, including clocks, radar, and air quality. Get detailed forecasts and alerts for any location, all without intrusive ads.

Highlights
  • Thousands of unique widget styles
  • Live weather and hourly forecasts
  • Interactive clock and radar widgets
  • Air quality and UV index tracking
  • Lock screen and StandBy support
  • 14-day weather forecast
  • Weather alerts and notifications
Features
Currently charting
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Looking for an accurate and beautiful weather widget for your iPhone? SkyFlip Weather Widget® is what you need with thousands of unique widget styles, rich functionalities, easily customizable, powered by trusted weather data sources, and No Intrusive Ads. SkyFlip Weather Widget® is a unique weather app that gives you all customizable widgets in one app: Live weather, hourly forecast, clock, radar, storm tracker, air quality, UV, moon phase...All are beautifully designed for your devices (iPhone, iPad, Watch, Carplay...). Powered by top weather providers like Apple, NOAA, Yr, Visual Crossing, DWD(German), JMA(Japan)...we're helping thousands of people worldwide stay ready for any weather condition. FEATURES & BENEFITS: - 100+ Stylish Widgets: Various widget styles for any decoration needs. For example, Digital & Analog clocks for stylish lovers, cat and dog for animal lovers, metallic for strong style, flower styles for flower lovers... And rich functionality: Air quality widget, Weather Radar widget, UV index widgets... - 30+ types of Lock Screen widgets - Support Carplay, StandBy, Lock screen, iPad, Watch... every device you want - Interactive widget: You can tap on the widget to see different information. - Customize widgets with multiple locations: You can customize everything in the widgets with your pictures, unlimited font, colors and set any location. - 14-day Weather forecast for many locations at a glance, supports over 200,000 cities worldwide. - 300-hourly weather forecast - Recommend what to wear based on the Weather conditions. - Free to use: The free version will include many interesting widget styles and let you customize freely. For the pro version, you can use all the widgets and unlock all premium features. Refund and cancel anytime if you don't like it. - Weather Alert, notification: Stay alerted from government data (Support US, Canada, and EU countries). - Weather radar (24h Future and past): You can track rain, snow, hurricanes, and severe weather with live and future radar. Provided by NOAA, Windy, BBC, Aeris. Attached utilities such as warning indicators of environmental pollution - Moon phase: Track moon set, moon rise...with full moon calendar and widget-ready - UV index and UV forecast widget - Air quality index worldwide, support widget - Weather calendar: Let you plan your week easily - View the weather of multiple cities in a single widget - Customize app theme: Choose app wallpapers, icons, and colors to make your own unique weather station. - 100% Safe, we're not tracking any of your data. AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS --*** #1 weather app on US store (09/2020) ***-- --*** App is nominated as 'App of the day' by Design Nominee ***- --*** Featured on iTunes 316 times worldwide***-- FEEDBACK If you have any advice or suggestions, please send your feedback to us: App landing page: http://weatherwidget.activeuser.co Like our fan page: https://www.facebook.com/weatherwidget/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Almost all features are free, but if you want customized functionalities, you can subscribe or purchase Lifetime at a reasonable price. The following will apply: * You'll be charged once a month or once a year, depending on the subscription option you choose. * Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. * Your subscription will automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. * Your account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Prices are in US Dollars and may vary outside of the US. * You can manage your subscription and renewal settings, or discontinue your subscription by going to Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://weatherwidget.activeuser.co/terms-condition/ Privacy policy: https://weatherwidget.activeuser.co/privacy-policy-3/

About

OpenWeather

Get accurate, hyperlocal weather forecasts with a clean, minimalistic interface. Plan your day with hourly and daily predictions, precipitation alerts, and sunrise/sunset times. Customize units and enjoy an ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Minute-precision precipitation alerts
  • Hourly and daily forecasts
  • Sunrise/Sunset times
  • Customizable weather units
  • Widgets for current weather and forecast
  • Dark mode
Features
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A scientific yet simple approach to weather forecast OpenWeather App is an ad-free & free-to-use application that will help you plan your time around the weather in a concise and minimalistic manner. Be aware of any precipitation within an hour with a minute precision or plan your activities for the next Sunday morning. OpenWeather App can tell you, which part of the day is going to have a clear sky and light breeze in your local area. Who uses OpenWeather? The data from OpenWeather is used by millions of developers and businesses worldwide. Most likely, you already see our data through your weather application. Now you can obtain your weather report from its inception, through OpenWeather App. 8 reasons to love OpenWeather App 1. Minimalistic design that gives you all the weather information you need including: Feels Like, wind speed; wind direction; atmospheric pressure; humidity; UV index and visibility; 2. Never get caught by rain or snow with the 60 minute chart that indicates any precipitation and it’s intensity in your area; 3. Hourly weather chart for the first 2 days and for every 3 hours in the following 6 days; 4. Expand any day of the week and get a visual chart on temperature and detailed weather information for the day, plus Sunset/Sunrise time; 5. Customisation feature for weather measurement units. Construct your own set of preferred measurements for temperature (°C/°F), distance (km/mi), precipitation (mm/in) and more; 6. Widgets for current weather and weather forecast for 4 hours; 7. Dark-mode; 8. Ad-free & free-to-use. Other features: - Add up to 6 cities to your favourites and get the accurate weather forecast for any location; - Is the weather different? - You can always tell us what the actual weather is in your location. The magic behind the OpenWeather App All the data for OpenWeather App is provided by One Call API™. OpenWeather aggregates and processes meteorological data from tens of thousands of weather stations, on-ground radars and satellites to bring their users accurate and actionable weather data. It also uses a powerful geocoder to provide the hyperlocal weather forecast for any place in the world for any location worldwide.

Screenshots

Weather Widget®4 screens
OpenWeather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Weather Widget® at 4.7 against OpenWeather's 4.1. Weather Widget® also leads on ratings volume (5.5K vs 96) and chart position (#180 vs unranked). OpenWeather's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Weather Widget® sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. OpenWeather asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Weather Widget® holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weather Widget® has 5.5K ratings behind it against 96, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Weather Widget®'s written reviews are positive against 72% of OpenWeather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weather Widget® ships an update every 2 months, OpenWeather every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Weather Widget® versus OpenWeather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather Widget®OpenWeather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.5K ratings) — better4.1 (96 ratings)
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews — better71.6% of reviews
Number of ratings5.5K — better96
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#180 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTien Long NguyenOpenWeather Ltd.

Customer experience

Weather Widget®

All ratings5,519 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews804 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.7%

OpenWeather

All ratings96 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative19.0%

User reviews

Weather Widget®

From 5.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Awesome app
  • 👍 Accurate and reliable
  • 🎨 Customizable widgets and themes
  • 📊 Detailed weather information
  • 🕰️ Helpful time and date integration

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Difficulty customizing widgets
  • 🔁 Inconsistent widget updates
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🌍 Inaccurate location detection

OpenWeather

From 96 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Clean, minimalist interface design
  • 🎯 Highly accurate weather forecasts
  • 💰 Free with no ads or subscriptions
  • 📊 Clear hourly and daily forecasts
  • ⚡ Fast and responsive performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Hamburger menu button frequently unresponsive
  • 📱 No landscape mode support (iPad/tablet)
  • 🗺️ Missing weather radar/map feature
  • ⚠️ AI chatbot cannot be disabled
  • 🔘 Confusing weather condition icons

Bugs and requests

Weather Widget®

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widget not updating correctly
  • Temperature readings inconsistent with other apps

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free widget options
  • Transparent widget backgrounds
  • Ability to add multiple locations
  • Improved radar functionality

OpenWeather

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Settings hamburger icon not responding consistently
  • Daily view hamburger icon malfunction
  • Widget GPS auto-update not functioning
  • iPad app location editing/reordering broken
  • iOS 18 widget resizing issues on iPhone 12 mini
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  • Visibility always shows 6.2 miles regardless of location
  • Snow forecast shows rain inches instead of snow inches
  • Temperature display 40-50 degrees lower than actual
  • App defaults to Celsius without proper detection
  • Widget color cannot be manually changed to dark mode
  • Landscape orientation not supported on iPad

Requested features

15 requests
  • Apple Watch app with complications
  • Weather radar/precipitation map
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Push notifications for severe weather alerts
  • Lock screen widgets
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  • Multiple language support (Spanish, French, German, Italian)
  • Saved favorite locations with better management
  • Snow depth reporting instead of water equivalent
  • Dewpoint forecast data
  • Hourly wind speed forecasts
  • Better widget customization and appearance
  • Zoom functionality for graphs
  • Larger font size options
  • Wind speed in knots option
  • AQI (Air Quality Index) data

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Weather Widget®

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly subscribe$3.997 Days
  • Monthly subscription$5.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time8
  • 3D Weather Widget$1.99
  • Full Weather info Widget(Horizontal clock)$1.99
  • Low poly style$1.99
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  • Home weather station style$1.99
  • Neon weather widget$2.99
  • (One year) Pro version$4.99
  • Super Stylish weather pack$11.99
  • Ultimate lifetime weather pack$39.99
None

OpenWeather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weather Widget® free?
Weather Widget® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenWeather free?
OpenWeather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weather Widget® or OpenWeather?
Weather Widget® is rated higher. Weather Widget® averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.5K ratings, while OpenWeather averages 4.1 from 96 ratings.
Do Weather Widget® or OpenWeather have ads?
Neither Weather Widget® nor OpenWeather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weather Widget® or OpenWeather?
Weather Widget® ships an update every 2 months, and OpenWeather every 6 weeks. Most recently, Weather Widget® was updated on October 20, 2026 and OpenWeather on October 19, 2026.

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