Comparison

TemperAare vs Ideal Conditions

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

Head to head
About

TemperAare

Features
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Is the water warm enough to dare a plunge? TemperAare gives you live temperature data from the Aare river. Temperatures get updated whenever they change by 0.2 degrees Celsius.

About

Ideal Conditions

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Ideal conditions ensures the weather is just right for times that matter. (1) With a glance, view regularly-updated weather forecasts for upcoming events (2) Know when weather conditions are ideal and where ideal conditions have been exceeded. (3) Get directions to your event. In the days and hours preceding your event, no more fussing with a weather app to get to what you care about ... the date, time, and location for a forecast ... and then having to click and scroll around to view all weather conditions of interest.  Based on your ideal conditions, you'll know if it's too hot, too cold, insufficiently breezy, too large a chance of rain, and more ... or perhaps, just right! If you're traveling to the event, choose Open Event in Map to view the destination then go! How? Create an event with a name, date, duration, and forecast location. Ideal Conditions then fetches and displays updated weather forecasts for the months, weeks, days, and hours up to the event. For a distant event date, historical weather displays until the event's date is within forecast range, and then forecast updates begin. Optionally, set a weather filter to see where desired weather conditions have been exceeded. For events you must attend, you'll know the weather conditions in the weeks and days before. For events that depend on the weather, Ideal Conditions indicates if conditions are "just right" or may be questionable. Bicycle without rain and without strong winds. Go to the beach on a sunny day. Fly a kite when it's breezy. Land in another city with a jacket for cool weather. Picnic in mild temps. Do what you like to do. See all this at a glance. No fuss. No clicking and scrolling required. Details - Create hourly and daily events. - Choose forecast location based on phone location and the map via pan, zoom, and point-of-interest search. - View weather in summary view and details view to see hourly/daily forecasts. - See historical weather for events with dates outside the range of current weather forecasts. - Create weather filters with ranges for rain probability, temperature, wind speed, cloud cover, and humidity to define ideal conditions for each event. - See where ideal conditions have been exceeded. - Get directions to an event. - Repeat weekly and daily events. Supports - Home Screen Widgets - Multiple events - Time zones based on event location. - Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature units. - mph and km/h wind speeds. - Miles and kilometers. - Light and dark mode. Terms of Use: https://www.waterontheseed.com/idealconditionstermsofuse

Screenshots

TemperAare3 screens
Ideal Conditions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TemperAare at none against Ideal Conditions's 2. TemperAare also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Ideal Conditions's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months). On price 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. Ideal Conditions sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. TemperAare asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TemperAare ships an update every 13 months, Ideal Conditions every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
TemperAare versus Ideal Conditions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTemperAareIdeal Conditions
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTobias OetikerWater on the Seed Software Company LLC

In-app purchases

None

TemperAare

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ideal Conditions

Subscriptions2
  • All Access$0.991 Month
  • All Access$8.991 Year

Questions

Is TemperAare free?
TemperAare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ideal Conditions free?
Ideal Conditions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TemperAare or Ideal Conditions have ads?
Neither TemperAare nor Ideal Conditions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TemperAare or Ideal Conditions?
TemperAare ships an update every 13 months, and Ideal Conditions every 3 weeks. Most recently, TemperAare was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ideal Conditions on October 24, 2026.

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