Comparison

SimpleWeather vs Climate Warming Stripes

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

Head to head
About

SimpleWeather

Features
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SimpleWeather puts four weather forecasts side by side: the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Apple Weather, OpenWeather and MET Norway. • Compare sources: current temperature, today's high/low and chance of rain from each source in one card • Who got it right: 30-, 15- and 7-day forecast accuracy records for places in Korea • Air quality at a glance: the background color follows the fine dust level, with animated rain and snow • Hourly and 10-day forecasts, feels like, humidity, wind, UV index, sunrise and sunset • Fine dust and ultrafine dust with forecasts (Korea) • Weather alarms with notifications and voice reading (double-tap the screen to hear the weather) • Home screen widgets in three sizes — switch places with ‹ › right on the widget • Places worldwide: KMA for Korea, Apple Weather, OpenWeather and MET Norway everywhere • Dark mode and large text support No sign-up needed. Your location is used to show the weather. Questions or ideas: leesungju.dev@gmail.com

About

Climate Warming Stripes

Features
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View global temperature change over the last 172 years. Changes are shown by color and scale and the app supports both Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. There are four ways to view the data. Rollovers allow you to view the temperature change for each year. Landscape mode is suggested. This is an iOS implementation of the Warming Stripes website. All the code is open source and credit is given to Warming Stripes's creator, Ed Hawkins.

Screenshots

SimpleWeather3 screens
Climate Warming Stripes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Climate Warming Stripes at none against SimpleWeather's shown. Climate Warming Stripes also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

SimpleWeather ships an update every 5 days, Climate Warming Stripes daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
SimpleWeather versus Climate Warming Stripes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleWeatherClimate Warming Stripes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSungJu LeeForest and the Trees, LLC

In-app purchases

None

SimpleWeather

No in-app purchases

None

Climate Warming Stripes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpleWeather free?
SimpleWeather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Climate Warming Stripes free?
Climate Warming Stripes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SimpleWeather or Climate Warming Stripes have ads?
SimpleWeather shows ads; Climate Warming Stripes does not.
Which is updated more often, SimpleWeather or Climate Warming Stripes?
SimpleWeather ships an update every 5 days, and Climate Warming Stripes daily. Most recently, SimpleWeather was updated on November 3, 2026 and Climate Warming Stripes on October 27, 2026.

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