Comparison

WeatherEarth vs World Rain Radar

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

Head to head
About

WeatherEarth

Explore Earth's geography and weather with this interactive globe application. Spin, zoom, and navigate to any region to view terrain, satellite imagery, maps, and detailed atmospheric visualizations. Access real-time weather forecasts and understand atmospheric conditions.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D and 2D globe navigation
  • Terrain and satellite imagery
  • Real-time weather forecasts
  • Atmospheric visualizations (clouds, wind, rain)
  • Map overlays
  • Zoom and pan functionality
Features
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WeatherEarth is an awesome geographic information and weather application from EastModelSoft Laboratory. The developers of WeatherEarth have tried to fulfill the goal of virtual globe concept proposed since the beginning of this centuary. It brings our planet's geographic and weather information right to your fingertips using advanced graphics rendering technology. With WeatherEarth, you can literally spin, zoom, and move the globe to navigate to your region of interest in both 3D and 2D. WeatherEarth combines terrain, satellite imagary, maps, weather forecasts, atmospheric visualizations (cloud, rains, wind, temperature, and pressure) so that users may easily check them together.

About

World Rain Radar

View real-time weather radar doppler observations from multiple sources on an interactive map. Zoom, pan, and search for locations to get the most recent data for your area, predicting storm movements.

Highlights
  • Interactive weather map
  • Multi-source doppler radar
  • Real-time storm tracking
  • Location search
  • Global coverage
Features
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World Rain Radar shows you weather radar doppler observations from multiple sources on a fully interactive map. You can zoom in, pan and search for locations. World Rain Radar uses multiple sources of data, not one map for the whole world. This gives you the most recent data for your location. Therefore, World Rain Radar works best when zooming in to your local area. World Rain Radar uses real doppler observations and only falls back to satellite sourced data for areas without any doppler radars present. Predict the weather with World Rain Radar: see how storms are moving to see if they are heading for you. Coverage: Europe, Scandinavia, USA incl Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Africa, Australia and Asia. Note: shows rain (radar reflectivity), not clouds!

Screenshots

WeatherEarth4 screens
World Rain Radar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: World Rain Radar at Free against WeatherEarth's $0.99. WeatherEarth's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

World Rain Radar is free to download; WeatherEarth costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WeatherEarth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WeatherEarth ships an update every 3 months, World Rain Radar every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WeatherEarth versus World Rain Radar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherEarthWorld Rain Radar
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.2
Further details — not scored
Size975 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer连庆 于So-Young Kim

Customer experience

WeatherEarth

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

World Rain Radar

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WeatherEarth

No in-app purchases

None

World Rain Radar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WeatherEarth free?
WeatherEarth costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is World Rain Radar free?
World Rain Radar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WeatherEarth or World Rain Radar?
WeatherEarth is rated higher. WeatherEarth averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while World Rain Radar averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do WeatherEarth or World Rain Radar have ads?
World Rain Radar shows ads; WeatherEarth does not.
Which is updated more often, WeatherEarth or World Rain Radar?
WeatherEarth ships an update every 3 months, and World Rain Radar every 5 months. Most recently, WeatherEarth was updated on October 14, 2026 and World Rain Radar on October 24, 2026.

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