Comparison

WTVY vs Explore Fall

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

Head to head
About

WTVY

Get hyper-local weather updates with high-resolution radar and satellite imagery. Receive severe weather alerts and personalized forecasts for your favorite locations. Stay informed and safe with real-time weather data.

Highlights
  • 250 meter radar
  • High resolution satellite imagery
  • Future radar
  • Current weather updates
  • Save favorite locations
  • Daily and hourly forecasts
  • Severe weather alerts
Features
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The WTVY Mobile Weather App includes: • Access to station content specifically for our mobile users • 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available • High resolution satellite cloud imagery • Future radar to see where severe weather is headed • Current weather updated multiple times per hour • Ability to add and save your favorite locations • Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models • A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness • Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather • Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service

About

Explore Fall

Discover the best fall foliage across the United States with interactive maps and community-driven reports. Get local forecasts for peak timing, current color status, and weather information. Follow seasonal highlights with real photos and videos.

Highlights
  • Interactive foliage map
  • Local fall color forecasts
  • Community foliage reports
  • Seasonal highlights
  • Date slider for color progression
  • Real photos and videos
Read full description

Explore Fall helps you find the best fall color across the United States. Start on the Home tab for recent community reports, foliage photos, regional highlights, and a quick way to report what you are seeing. Search for a city, park, or scenic area to view a local fall foliage forecast with expected peak timing, current color status, local weather, and nearby community observations. Use the interactive foliage map to follow color progression through the season. Move the date slider to look ahead, compare timing across regions, and explore how fall color changes from early color to peak and past peak. Follow seasonal Highlights with real photos, videos, and updates from across the country. Community foliage reports are reviewed before submitted notes and photos are publicly visible.

Screenshots

WTVY4 screens
Explore Fall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Explore Fall at none against WTVY's shown. Explore Fall also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 67%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). WTVY's advantage is ratings volume (4K vs 8) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

WTVY holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WTVY has 4K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of WTVY's written reviews are positive against 86% of Explore Fall's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WTVY ships an update every 2 months, Explore Fall every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WTVY versus Explore Fall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWTVYExplore Fall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4K ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size246 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGray Television Group, Inc.Explore Fall LLC

Customer experience

WTVY

All ratings4,027 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Explore Fall

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

WTVY

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improved radar functionality
  • Faster weather updates and alerts
  • Less intrusive advertising

Explore Fall

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

WTVY

No in-app purchases

None

Explore Fall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WTVY free?
WTVY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Explore Fall free?
Explore Fall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WTVY or Explore Fall?
WTVY is rated higher. WTVY averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Explore Fall averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do WTVY or Explore Fall have ads?
WTVY shows ads; Explore Fall does not.
Which is updated more often, WTVY or Explore Fall?
WTVY ships an update every 2 months, and Explore Fall every 3 weeks. Most recently, WTVY was updated on November 6, 2026 and Explore Fall on October 31, 2026.

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