Varsom vs MinID App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Varsom
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About Varsom Improve planning for winter trips into the hills and mountains or on frozen lakes. Prevent damage from floods with better knowledge. Report where you have seen avalanches. Together we can save lives and reduce damages due to avalanches, floods, landslides and dangerous ice conditions. This app gathers in one place the most important features from the Varsom Platform needed in the outdoors, for field inspections and for readiness, crisis management and rescue situations. Observations from regobs.no, warnings from varsom.no, and support maps from xgeo.no and iskart.no are included. The app is also available in English, such that visitors from abroad may read and submit observations, as well as receive warnings. As a bonus, the app now works well outside Norway. Varsom and the warning services for avalanches, landslides, ice conditions and floods are services provided by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) in co-operation with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
MinID App
This app serves as a two-factor authentication method for MinID logins. It provides an alternative to using PIN codes or SMS codes for enhanced security.
- Two-factor authentication
- Alternative to PIN codes
- Alternative to SMS codes
- MinID login security
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MinID is an authenticator for MinID login. Add the app as a 2FA-method for MinID where it acts as an alternative to PIN- or SMS-code. Tilgjengelighetserklæring: https://uustatus.no/nn/erklaringer/publisert/1185924a-5b56-4158-9059-1f8827ecb255
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MinID App at 13.0 against Varsom's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Varsom ships an update every 6 weeks, MinID App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Varsom | MinID App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Norges Vassdrags- og Energidirektorat | Digitaliseringsdirektoratet |
In-app purchases
Varsom
No in-app purchases
MinID App
No in-app purchases
