Meteo vs Cloudbase Project
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meteo
Provides specialized weather forecasts for paragliding and soaring flights across Europe. Get detailed wind and thermal information to plan your flights safely and effectively.
- Soaring weather forecasts
- Paragliding flight planning
- European coverage
- Wind and thermal data
- RASP forecasts
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Soaring Weather Forecasts specially designed for flight and paragliding.
Cloudbase Project
Provides detailed weather forecasts, live readings, and tracking specifically for paragliding pilots. Offers insights into wind conditions, thermal strength, and flying potential, along with radar and satellite imagery.
- Current wind readings with favorites
- Daily and hourly site forecasts
- Flying Potential forecast summary
- Big picture weather analysis
- Weather station map with history
- Live pilot tracking map
- Live weather cameras
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Weather forecast, readings, and live tracking for paragliding pilots. Features include: - Current wind readings (with "Favorites" for quick reference) - Site daily weather and hourly forecasts including winds aloft, thermal strength, and top of lift forecasts by hour - Site "Flying Potential" forecast summary and details - "Big picture" weather including TFRs, weather alerts, soaring forecast, weather forecast discussion, Skew-T, winds aloft forecast - Map of weather station readings (select for history and forecast) - Map layers for storms (radar) and clouds (satellite infrared) - Map of live pilot tracking (select track node to get additional flight track details) - Live weather cameras - Links to paragliding resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cloudbase Project at 5.0 against Meteo's 4.0. Cloudbase Project also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Meteo's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cloudbase Project holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Meteo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cloudbase Project's.
Meteo ships an update every 12 months, Cloudbase Project every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meteo | Cloudbase Project |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meteo-Parapente | Michael Del , Brown |
Customer experience
Meteo
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In-app purchases
Meteo
No in-app purchases
Cloudbase Project
No in-app purchases
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