QWeather vs Elevation Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QWeather
Visualize global weather trends with detailed map layers and historical data. Receive smart, customized weather alerts for your locations. Access real-time forecasts, air quality, and more for millions of cities worldwide.
- Visualized weather map layers
- Historical weather data (Time Machine)
- Smart custom weather reminders
- Global city weather data
- Real-time and long-term forecasts
- Minute precipitation and air quality
- Typhoons, tides, sunrise/sunset
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* Visualized Weather App! * Visual Weather Feel the global weather condition trends on QWeather's beautiful weather map. Currently supported map layers include: temperature, pressure, humidity, cloud cover, aurora probability, wave height, sea surface temperature, CAPE, snow depth, dew point temperature, radar reflection, and many more, with more being added all the time. * Time Machine What was the temperature today last week? How many times did it rain last year? How many days are there heavy air pollution? Time machine takes you through weather data from the past. * Smart Reminders "Remind me if it rains in Beijing", a weather forecast set up exactly according to your setting, let you know for different weather in different cities, reducing useless notification. * Global data QWeather supports weather data query for millions of cities around the world. Even if you are drifting in the ocean one day, you can pull out your phone to check the sea surface temperature and wave flow direction :P * Various kinds of weather Real-time weather, up to 30-day forecasts and hour-by-hour forecasts, minute precipitation, weather warnings, real-time air quality and forecasts, historical weather, typhoons, tides, sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, moon phases, etc... * All Platform Supports iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, macOS (sold separately) ----------------------- # You are a developer? Visit our develop website at https://dev.qweather.com/en/ ----------------------- # QWeather Pro Subscription Service QWeather Pro Subscription unlocks all features, access to more beautiful weather layers, fun app icons, and no ads. Subscriptions include: * QWeather Pro (yearly): $7.49/year * QWeather Pro (monthly): $0.99/month Please note: 1. Auto-renewal: When you subscribe to the QWeather Pro, your subscription will be automatically renewed and extended before each subscription expires. 2. Cancel at any time: You can cancel your subscription at any time by opening "App Store > Avatar > Subscriptions" and selecting "Cancel QWeather Pro subscription". If you cancel within 24 hours before the subscription expires, the App store will still bill you for the next subscription period. 3. Change the subscription term: You can choose to move from a monthly subscription to an annual subscription to enjoy more discounted offers. When you do so, you will pay for the new subscription period after the current subscription expires. ----------------------- # Terms of Service and Privacy We take your rights and privacy very seriously, please read the following terms carefully before you start using. Privacy Policy: https://staticpages.qweather.com/en/legal/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://staticpages.qweather.com/en/legal/app-tos.html ----------------------- # Your feedback and suggestions are valuable information for us, any questions and ideas, feel free to contact us at: support@qweather.com
Elevation Map
This app calculates air pressure, temperature, and oxygen levels based on altitude, and provides mountain weather forecasts. It simulates the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve to help users understand blood oxygen saturation at different heights. Access global elevation data and visualize it with a color map.
- Altitude-based air pressure and temperature calculation
- Oxygen content and partial pressure prediction
- Blood oxygen saturation simulation
- Global elevation data query
- Mountain weather forecasts
- Elevation color map visualization
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As the altitude increases, the air becomes thinner, the temperature decreases, the air pressure decreases, the boiling point of water decreases, the oxygen content in the air decreases, and the oxygen partial pressure decreases. When we climb higher mountains or go to high altitude areas, this knowledge is what we need to know. Elevation Map-Mountain Weather app uses the relationship between altitude and air pressure, air temperature, and oxygen, and uses altitude to calculate air pressure, air temperature, and oxygen or calculate altitude by air pressure. At last, the app provide mountain weather forecast for 7178 mountains in the world. According to the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve, healthy people can maintain normal blood oxygen saturation at an altitude of 3000 meters or even 4000 meters and 5000 meters. However, when the pH drops, the body temperature rises or other reasons will reduce the oxygen affinity, the blood oxygen saturation will drop to an abnormal range at this altitude, causing hypoxia. The app simulates the dissociation curve to help users analyze the influence of body temperature and PH on blood oxygen saturation, and predict blood oxygen saturation at different altitudes. The Elevation Map-Mountain Weather app provides global elevation data, which can be queried on the map or by input longitude and latitude value. Under the query results, you can set the sea level temperature and air pressure to calculate the air pressure, air temperature, boiling point, oxygen content, oxygen partial pressure, and blood oxygen saturation at the elevation. An elevation color map is also provided to visualize global elevation distribution. The Elevation Map-Mountain Weather app is divided into the following five parts: 1. Current: Combining GPS, device barometer, and real-time weather at the current location, get the current location's altitude, air pressure, water boiling point, oxygen content and blood oxygen. 2. Map: Move the map to get the elevation of any location, and calculate the air pressure, air temperature, boiling point, oxygen content, blood oxygen of the location given the sea level air pressure temperature combined with the altitude 3. Tools: The tool part mainly has 6 functions: 1. Elevation search 2. Altitude list 3. Altitude calculate 4. Oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve 5. Blood oxygen log 6. Elevation Color Map 4. Mountain Favorite mountain and mountain weather forecast at different elevation。 Disclaimer:(Mountain weather forecast) This application is not dedicated to predicting various sudden weather disasters in mountainous areas. It mainly informs about meteorological factors that always exist and change with altitude, such as temperature, air pressure, humidity, oxygen content, etc. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APP BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, LOST PROFITS, INDIRECT OR OTHER DAMAGES. When conducting such activities, please choose a more accurate, more specific, and more comprehensive forecast plan 5. Settings 【Pro】 1.Mountain weather forecast 2.unlock all tools Purchase rules: [Month Pro] Purchase a monthly member for $ 2.99 / month and renew it automatically every month. [Annual Pro] 19.99 $ / year to purchase annual annual membership and automatically renew it annually. Purchase Notes: 1. The account will be automatically renewed and deducted the corresponding fee 1 day before the expiration. 2. If you need to cancel the renewal, please cancel in your personal iTunes account at least 1 day in advance. 3. After purchase, users can manage or turn off automatic renewal in personal account settings. Terms of Services : https://www.astronomyobserver.net/h5/elevation/user/en Privacy policy: https://www.astronomyobserver.net/h5/elevation/privacy/en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elevation Map at 4.7 against QWeather's 4.1. Elevation Map also leads on ads (none vs shown). QWeather's advantage is ratings volume (107 vs 23) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. QWeather sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Elevation Map sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Elevation Map holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 107 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of QWeather's written reviews are positive against 67% of Elevation Map's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
QWeather ships an update monthly, Elevation Map every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QWeather | Elevation Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (107 ratings) | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 107 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 301 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hefeng Internet Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | 雪平 王 |
Customer experience
QWeather
Elevation Map
In-app purchases
QWeather
- QWeather Ads-FREE (Monthly)$0.491 Month
- QWeather Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- QWeather Ads-Free (Annual)$4.491 Year
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- QWeather Pro (Annual)$7.491 Year
Elevation Map
- Month Pro$2.991 Month
- Annual Pro$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$49.99









