btstWx vs Dank Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
btstWx
This app displays live weather data from participating organizations, offering multiple views including compass, table, and graph formats. It allows users to switch between different weather stations and customize themes for a personalized experience.
- Live weather data feeds
- Compass view with wind direction and data readouts
- Table view with 3rd party forecasts
- Graph view with 10-minute historical data
- Switch between multiple weather stations
- Customizable themes (white, black, light)
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Weather App that displays LIVE weather data from participating organizations. btstWx Participating client organizations are provided a private Access Code for app usage. Once entered, btstWx will auto-connect to the live weather data feed(s) of that organization. btstWx is branded with the organization's name & logo to help promote their business to their clients. btstWx offers 3 views of the live weather data. View 1: Compass View This view provides an analog compass showing wind direction, along with numeric readouts around the compass of weather data: Wind Speed in knots, Wind Direction in degrees, 10 Minute Wind Speed Average, Temperature, Daily Rain amount in inches, Monthly Rain amount in inches, Barometer and 24 Hour Max Wind Speed in knots. View 2: Table View This view provides the same weather data, but in a table format. Also included are three 3rd party forecasts for the next hour. Tap any forecast icon for more info, and a link to the forecast provider. View 3: Graph View This view displays 4 graphs. Each graphs displays a 10 minute historical view of weather data: Wind Speed (kts), Wind Bearing (deg), Temperature (F) and Barometer (inHg). Graph data is updated live, as the app receives data from the BTST Wx Server. If the organization has multiple weather stations providing data to the btstWx app, the user can switch between weather stations using the Windsock icon. Once selected, a list of available weather stations is provided. Selecting one from the list displays the particulars about that station, and allows the user to 'Subscribe' to it's data feed. btstWx has three themes. A white theme (default), a black theme and a light theme. To switch between them, select the Gear icon and tap the 'Switch Theme' button. When restarting, btstWx will connect to the last selected Weather Station data feed and will use the last selected theme (or the light theme as a default). Contact BeenThereSailedThat at support@beentheresailedthat.com for more information.
Dank Weather
Get real-time, up-to-the-millisecond weather updates from a global network of weather stations. This app offers hyper-local insights with a user-friendly interface, perfect for planning your day or tracking weather trends.
- Blazing fast data delivery
- Global weather station network
- Hyper-local insights
- User-friendly interface
- Real-time updates
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Dank Weather shows the weather where it is being measured: personal weather stations, airport METARs and flood gauges on the DankWeather network, updating live as each reading arrives. Every number is a real reading from a real sensor, stamped with how long ago it landed. The forecast has a page of its own and never stands in for a reading. Pick a station and it is on your home screen in seconds: the temperature right now, what it feels like, today's high and low, and a chart of the last 24 hours. Swipe between your favorites. THREE WAYS TO LOOK AT IT • Cards: hero temperature, a labeled 24-hour chart, and a card for each thing the station measures. • Ledger: an instrument panel, one row per reading with a 24-hour trace. • Dial: one big instrument with a compass ring, wind pointer, rain and air quality arcs, and the temperature in the middle. GO DEEPER ON ANY READING Tap a card for its page: Temperature, Humidity, Wind, Rain, Air Quality, Barometer, UV Index and Solar. Each charts the last day, week, month or year; drag across it to read any point. Then the numbers that matter: the peak gust and when it blew, the prevailing wind, rain this event and this year, the 3-hour pressure trend, dew point comfort, UV advice, the day's solar energy. Share any page as a text summary with a link to the station. AIRPORTS AND FLOOD GAUGES • Airports: the METAR as sent, with the flight category, visibility and ceiling. • Flood gauges: the stage and flood category up front, with top of bank, flood stage and how fast the water is rising or falling. A FORECAST AT THE STATION • The GFS at each outdoor station's own spot, out to 16 days: each day's high and low, rain and snow by type, wind and gusts, and sea-level pressure. • The station's own readings on the same charts, to see how the forecast is lining up. • Pick another model wherever it reaches: ECMWF and its AI model, NOAA's HRRR and RRFS, Germany's ICON, Canada's models or the National Blend of Models. • The next days on the home screen in every layout, a tap from the full forecast. STAYS WITH YOU • Live Activity: follow a station on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. It updates with every reading, not on a schedule. • Widgets: home screen widgets in three sizes and Lock Screen widgets for temperature, feels like, humidity, wind, air quality and UV, with an age label that keeps counting. On iOS 26 they update as new readings arrive. • Apple Watch: the station on your wrist, refreshed every minute while you look. Complications for sixteen readings, from feels like to UV and solar, and dials for Infograph and other bezel faces with readings curved across the top. Temperature gauges span the last 24 hours, colored by temperature. • Stale alerts: a notification when a station you care about stops reporting. FIND STATIONS The first time you open the app, it can find the stations nearest you. After that, search by name, browse airports and flood gauges, or use Near me. The map shows every station in view with its temperature, rain, air quality or wind, updating in place. AIR QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST The AQI is computed from the sensor's own PM2.5 with the EPA's 2024 breakpoints, the same table the DankWeather website uses, so the number here is the number there. YOUR UNITS Fahrenheit or Celsius. mph, km/h or knots. Inches or millimeters. inHg, hPa or mbar. Whole degrees or tenths. Charts as bars or a line. BUILT FOR IPHONE DUO AND IPAD Open iPhone Duo and the app becomes two pages: the station on the right, and the stations list, the forecast or any reading beside it on the left. On iPad, the cards stay phone-sized and centered, never stretched.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dank Weather at 5.0 against btstWx's 4.0. btstWx's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dank Weather holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.
btstWx ships an update every 3 weeks, Dank Weather every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | btstWx | Dank Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jennifer Grant, LLC | Drake Apps |
Customer experience
btstWx
Dank Weather
In-app purchases
btstWx
No in-app purchases
Dank Weather
No in-app purchases
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