Comparison

WeatherCAN vs Walk When

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

Head to head
About

WeatherCAN

Access Canada's official weather forecasts and alerts directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada. Get current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, and high-resolution radar animations for over 10,000 locations. Receive customizable Air Quality Health Index notifications and messages from meteorologists.

Highlights
  • Current conditions and forecasts
  • Weather alerts and notifications
  • Location-based weather tracking
  • High-resolution radar animation
  • Customizable Air Quality Health Index
  • Messages from meteorologists
  • Bilingual (English/French)
Features
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Environment and Climate Change Canada has a mobile weather app! It’s cool (pun intended), it’s fun, and it’s easy to use. Get all your latest forecast information directly from Canada’s official weather source. Receive weather alerts notifications in your area, as well as in your saved locations, wherever you are in Canada. Key features: • Current conditions, 24-hour forecast and 7-day forecasts for over 10,000 locations in Canada • Never worry about missing alerts! Push notifications for all weather alerts issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada • Weather information for your location (following you as you travel) as well as for saved locations anywhere in Canada. • High resolution radar animation on a zoomable map background • Today and short-range forecast widget for quick, at-a-glance weather information • Accessible in English and French, and an in-app ability to switch between languages • Message centre – interesting messages from friendly, human meteorologists • Custom Air Quality Health Index notifications tailored to your unique risk level, depending on your sensitivity to pollution. For more information: www.canada.ca/weathercan By clicking "Install" you consent to the installation of this app and updates in the future. This app can be uninstalled at any time.

About

Walk When

Features
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Walk When tells you the best time to go for a walk, today or any day this week. Instead of making you read a forecast and guess, Walk When scores every hour on how good it is for walking, then surfaces the windows that fit the kind of walk you want. Open it, glance, go. The whole app is a living sky that moves with your real forecast, from first light to golden hour to clear night, so the best time to head out is something you feel at a glance. HOW IT WORKS Walk When pulls your local hourly forecast and rates each hour on feels-like temperature, rain chance, and wind. It finds the highest-scoring stretches of the day and shows the best options, with a clear "walk now" or "best window" up top and good alternatives below. MAKE IT YOURS - Pick what matters: Balanced, Sunniest, Warmest, Coolest, Driest, or Calmest - Set your favorite temperature so scores match how you actually feel - Choose your walking hours and how long you like to walk - Add UV, air quality, and pollen sensitivity to screen out rough hours - Golden hour bonus for anyone who loves a sunset stroll TRACK THE WALK - Start a walk and it rides along on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - iPhone counts your steps and distance. Apple Watch records a full workout with heart rate and GPS route, saves it to Apple Health, and closes your rings - The Walk Log keeps a simple count of the walks you finish: this week and all time, no streaks to break AT A GLANCE - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your next great window without opening the app - Apple Watch app and complications for a check from your wrist - Ask Siri "When should I walk?" for an instant answer - Share a window with a friend in a tap - Your cities, settings, and walk log sync across your devices over iCloud PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account, no sign-up - No ads. No tracking. No third-party analytics or ad SDKs - Optional, anonymous usage and diagnostics help improve the app. Turn it off any time - Your location is only used to fetch your forecast, and is never stored by us Weather data from Open-Meteo. Free to use.

Screenshots

WeatherCAN4 screens
Walk When4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Walk When at every 3 weeks against WeatherCAN's every 2 months. Walk When also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WeatherCAN ships an update every 2 months, Walk When every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WeatherCAN versus Walk When: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherCANWalk When
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnvironment and Climate Change CanadaKARAN SANGHA

In-app purchases

None

WeatherCAN

No in-app purchases

None

Walk When

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WeatherCAN free?
WeatherCAN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Walk When free?
Walk When is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WeatherCAN or Walk When have ads?
Neither WeatherCAN nor Walk When shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WeatherCAN or Walk When?
WeatherCAN ships an update every 2 months, and Walk When every 3 weeks. Most recently, WeatherCAN was updated on October 15, 2026 and Walk When on October 9, 2026.

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