Comparison

Whether vs 7 Stripes

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

Head to head
About

Whether

A minimalist weather application providing current conditions and hourly forecasts. Its sleek design focuses on essential information for quick understanding. More features are planned for future updates.

Highlights
  • Current weather conditions
  • Hourly forecast changes
  • Minimalist design
  • Sleek interface
Features
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Whether is a modern, sleek, minimal weather app. It gives you only what you need to know — a look at the current weather and changes over the next few hours. More features in store soon!

About

7 Stripes

This app presents a 168-hour visual weather forecast on a single screen, allowing for quick scanning of temperature, cloud cover, and precipitation details. Users can tap to inspect specific hours for in-depth information, aiding in planning outdoor activities or tracking weather patterns.

Highlights
  • 168-hour visual forecast on one screen
  • Quick scanning of temperature, clouds, precipitation
  • Tap to inspect specific hours
  • Detailed hourly weather cards
  • Clean, week-focused interface
Features
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7 Stripes shows 168 hours of detailed weather on one screen. Designed for fast planning, 7 Stripes turns the next week of weather into a single visual forecast you can scan at a glance. See temperature, cloud cover, precipitation chance, precipitation type, and precipitation intensity together—without digging through a long hourly list. Touch anywhere on the 7-day forecast to inspect a specific hour. The header instantly updates with the exact temperature, wind direction, wind speed, and time for the point you selected. Need more detail? While viewing any hour, tap the day/time button to open an in-depth weather card with conditions, feels-like temperature, precipitation amount, precipitation intensity, astronomy details, and more. Features: • 168 hours of weather data on one screen • A visual 7-day forecast built for quick scanning • Temperature, clouds, precipitation chance, type, and intensity in one view • Tap or drag across the forecast to inspect any hour • Instant header updates with exact temperature and wind details • Detailed hourly cards for deeper weather information • Current conditions plus future forecast exploration • A clean, unique interface designed around the full week—not just the current hour Whether you’re planning a trip, deciding when to go outside, or watching the next storm move through, 7 Stripes helps you understand the whole forecast faster.

Screenshots

Whether3 screens
7 Stripes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 7 Stripes at 5.0 against Whether's 4.2. 7 Stripes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). Whether's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

7 Stripes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whether has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Whether's written reviews are positive against 100% of 7 Stripes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whether ships an update every 3 days, 7 Stripes daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Whether versus 7 Stripes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhether7 Stripes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian WagnerSasan Sadat-Sharifi

Customer experience

Whether

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

7 Stripes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Whether

No in-app purchases

None

7 Stripes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Whether free?
Whether is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 7 Stripes free?
7 Stripes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Whether or 7 Stripes?
7 Stripes is rated higher. Whether averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while 7 Stripes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Whether or 7 Stripes have ads?
Neither Whether nor 7 Stripes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Whether or 7 Stripes?
Whether ships an update every 3 days, and 7 Stripes daily. Most recently, Whether was updated on October 16, 2026 and 7 Stripes on October 13, 2026.

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