ambiient vs CuteWeather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ambiient
Get current weather updates for your favorite cities using personalized text and emojis. This free app offers widgets and complications that refresh frequently on your Apple devices.
- Customizable weather descriptions
- Emoji-based weather indicators
- Support for favorite cities
- iPhone and iPad widgets
- Apple Watch complications
- Frequent updates
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ambiient displays the current weather - in your words and emoji - for your fave cities around the world. It works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. iPhone & iPad widgets and Apple Watch complications update with a new city every minute! It's all free!
CuteWeather
This app offers a highly customizable weather experience with a focus on aesthetic appeal. Users can personalize widgets, wallpapers, icons, and layouts to match their style. It provides detailed forecasts, radar, and current weather information for any location.
- Customizable widgets, wallpapers, and icons
- Multiple weather layout options
- Weather radar for global locations
- Current weather and detailed forecasts
- Kawaii/cute icon choices
- iOS 14, 15, & 16 widget support
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Searching for an aesthetic weather app that combines function and cuteness? Cute Weather let's you customise your iphone's home screen with widgets, wallpapers and icons. Compatible for iOS14, iOS15 & iOS16. Additionally the whole weather app itself can be customised. Choose between weather layouts, icons, widgets and wallpapers and customize backgrounds, fonts and colours. Cute Weather - the only functional and fun weather app! Download and TEST FOR FREE and give weather a new meaning! The features at a glance: • layouts: You define how the weather is presented to you. Choose a layout, customise icons, fonts and background wallpaper • the only customisable weather app • weather radar: See accurate weather data on any location in the word • choose between thousands of widgets and make your weather widget fit your home screen • the only weather app with many kawaii / cute icons to choose from • current weather for your area • temperature, felt temperature and description of the weather situation • high/low temperature • hourly forecast for the next 24 hours • daily forecast for the next 7 days • iOS 14, iOS 15, iOS16 widgets in all sizes: small, medium, large • every widget can have its own custom location • supports Celsius and Fahrenheit Offered subscription models are: weekly subscription for $3.99 yearly subscription for $19.99 Please note: unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period your subscription will automatically renew for an additional period. Renewal charges may appear up to 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. Refunds are not provided if a subscription is canceled before the end of the period. Visit us at: Terms of use: https://www.skyrocket-apps.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.skyrocket-apps.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ambiient at none against CuteWeather's 10. CuteWeather's advantage is ratings volume (7.5K vs 13). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. CuteWeather sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. ambiient asks for nothing beyond the download.
ambiient holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CuteWeather has 7.5K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of ambiient's written reviews are positive against 71% of CuteWeather's.
ambiient ships an update every 3 weeks, CuteWeather every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ambiient | CuteWeather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) — better | 4.5 (7.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 7.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 658 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Distant Pixel, LLC | Skyrocket Apps Limited |
Customer experience
ambiient
CuteWeather
Bugs and requests
ambiient
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CuteWeather
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widgets not working or displaying incorrect information
- App crashes or freezes when trying to access certain features
- Location services not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- More free customization options
- Dark mode support
- Ability to add multiple locations
- Improved weather data accuracy
In-app purchases
ambiient
No in-app purchases
CuteWeather
- 1 Week Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- 1 Month$2.991 Month
- Spread some Cuteness!7 Days trial$2.997 Days
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- 1 Week with Trial3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Yearly Plan2 variants$9.991 Year
- 1 year$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Plan2 variants$19.99
- Lifetime Plan$29.99
