Comparison

WS View vs Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

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

Head to head
About

WS View

Access and download weather data from the internet. This tool facilitates weather receiver set of routing connections.

Highlights
  • Download weather data
  • Internet weather receiver
  • Routing connections
Features
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The main function of this application is to weather receiver set of routing connections. Download weather data from the internet.

About

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

Visualize all your Ecowitt weather station data on a single screen. Monitor live conditions, view detailed charts and records, and receive custom alerts for important weather events. Supports multiple stations, Apple Watch, widgets, and Siri.

Highlights
  • Live weather conditions display
  • Detailed sensor readings and charts
  • Customizable weather alerts
  • Historical data and records tracking
  • 5-day forecast and radar
  • Apple Watch and widget support
Features
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Weathervane is the dashboard for your Ecowitt weather station. It connects to your gateway or console over your own Wi-Fi, or to Ecowitt Cloud from anywhere, and puts everything your station and sensors measure on one clear screen: live conditions at the top, a tile for every reading, then charts, records, forecast and radar. It keeps your history, tracks your records, watches the weather around the clock and alerts you when something matters. Multiple stations, Apple Watch, widgets, Siri. Free, with no ads, no account and no tracking. WHAT IT SHOWS • Outdoor temperature with today's high and low • Indoor temperature and humidity • Humidity, dew point, feels like • Pressure with 3-hour trend and outlook • Wind speed, gusts, direction on a compass • Rain rate, hourly, today, event, week, month, year • Rain intensity in words • Solar radiation and UV index • Sunrise, sunset, daylight • Moon phase, moonrise, moonset • Lightning count and distance • Air quality: PM2.5, PM10, CO2, AQI • Soil moisture and soil temperature • Leaf wetness • Water level and distance • Water leaks • Black globe temperature • Comfort: how the air feels • Compared to yesterday • Battery and signal for every sensor • Daily, monthly and all-time records • 5-day forecast, radar and weather warnings SENSORS Every sensor paired to your gateway gets its own card: WH31 and WN31 temperature and humidity, WH51 soil moisture, WN34 temperature probes, WN35 leaf wetness, WH41 and WH43 PM2.5, WH45 air quality and CO2, WH55 water leak, WH57 lightning, WH40 and WN40 rain gauges, WS80, WS85 and WS90 Wittboy sensor arrays, WH65 and WS69 arrays, WN36 black globe, LDS01 water level and distance, and the indoor sensors in the gateway or console. Rename and reorder them as you like. ALERTS Freeze, frost tonight, high and low temperature, rapid drop, rain starting and stopping, heavy rain, rain totals, wind and gusts, pressure falling or rising fast, lightning nearby, a storm building, humidity, air quality, sensor limits you set, low batteries, a sensor gone quiet, a station offline, firmware updates. Weather warnings from the National Weather Service and Europe's national services. Water-leak alarm that repeats until seen. Daily summary, moon alert at sunset, quiet hours. HISTORY AND RECORDS Charts for every reading from one hour to a month, and up to three years on Ecowitt Cloud. Tap a chart for the exact value and time. Highs, lows and totals from today back to all time. Monthly report, CSV export. FORECAST 5-day forecast for your station's location with the chance of rain. National Weather Service written forecasts (US). Live radar (US and Europe). APPLE WATCH Any of your stations on your wrist, with complications for your watch face. With Ecowitt Cloud the watch reads your station itself, without your iPhone. WIDGETS, LIVE ACTIVITY, SIRI Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while it rains or lightning is near. Siri and Shortcuts for conditions, temperature and rain. Share a picture of current conditions. STATIONS As many stations as you have, local or cloud. Reorder, show or hide any card, tile or chart. Two-column iPad layout. Choice of main rain gauge on two-gauge stations. Firmware status for every device. SETTINGS Fahrenheit or Celsius; pressure, wind, rain, solar and distance units; 12-hour or 24-hour time; midnight or 9 am weather day; update interval; light or dark appearance. Demo mode to try it without a station. Keys stay in your Keychain. HARDWARE Gateways GW1100, GW1200, GW2000, GW3000, WS6210 and WS6006 (GW1000 through Ecowitt Cloud); consoles HP25xx, HP3500, WS2320, WS2910, WS38xx, WS39xx, WN18xx and WN19xx; and any station built on these, including Wittboy and Essense3. Newer models usually work too. Readings depend on your gateway, firmware and sensors. Weathervane is independently developed and not affiliated with Ecowitt. Ecowitt and product names are trademarks of their owners.

Screenshots

WS View2 screens
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather at 100% against WS View's 18%. Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). WS View's advantage is iOS requirement (9.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of WS View's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WS View ships an update weekly, Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WS View versus Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWS ViewDashboard for ECOWITT Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (37 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37 — better14
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer玮 彭Leech Software

Customer experience

WS View

All ratings37 ratings
Positive21.6%
Neutral10.8%
Negative67.6%
Written reviews182 reviews
Positive17.6%
Neutral6.6%
Negative75.8%

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

WS View

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes when adding new devices
  • App crashes when selecting device from list
  • App crashes on startup after updates
  • Data displays as zeros or null values
  • WiFi configuration screen unresponsive with spinning loader
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  • Device successfully configured but doesn't appear in device list
  • Firmware update breaks WiFi connectivity
  • Sensor assignments randomly shuffle
  • App disconnects and removes device after power loss
  • App closes immediately upon opening
  • Cannot configure device with iOS devices
  • Device list becomes blank after firmware updates
  • App freezes during setup wizard
  • Graphs zoom resets automatically
  • First line of settings hidden beneath top bar
  • Data upload crashes after one hour
  • App unresponsive during device pairing
  • Device shows connected but no data displays

Requested features

16 requests
  • Dark mode support
  • Apple Watch app with complications
  • Historical data viewing (weeks/months)
  • HomeKit integration
  • IFTTT support
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  • Google Home/Alexa integration
  • Landscape mode for graphs
  • Min/max temperature readings display
  • Data point selection on graphs with timestamps
  • Default weather station selection
  • Language localization options
  • Extended data logging (48+ hours)
  • OpenWeatherMap support
  • Local server/Cumulus/WeeWx integration
  • Sensor name synchronization across platforms
  • Customizable text color options

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

WS View

No in-app purchases

None

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WS View free?
WS View is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather free?
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WS View or Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather?
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather is rated higher. WS View averages 2.1 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do WS View or Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather have ads?
Neither WS View nor Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WS View or Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather?
WS View ships an update weekly, and Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather every 4 days. Most recently, WS View was updated on November 6, 2026 and Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather on November 8, 2026.

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