Comparison

Weather AR vs Elemental Weather

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

Head to head
About

Weather AR

Experience weather like never before with augmented reality. See real-time conditions overlaid on your surroundings, view detailed forecasts, and track storms with interactive radar. Adapts to day/night and marine environments.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality weather visualization
  • 168-hour hour-by-hour forecast
  • 7-day detailed forecast
  • Interactive radar for precipitation and storms
  • Automatic day/night graphics
  • Marine forecast adaptation
Features
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Introducing Weather AR: The most beautiful and accurate Weather app that also shows you Weather conditions around you in Augmented Reality. Simply hold your Device up in the direction of a City or Tropical Cyclone, to see what Weather conditions are like in that area! In addition to our groundbreaking Augmented Reality feature, Weather AR includes full Local Weather Forecast and Radar features as well. Local Weather includes Current Weather, a 7 Day Forecast, and an Hour-by-Hour forecast for an unheard-of 168 Hours. If you want to view more information for a Day or Hour, simply Touch it and additional data is unobtrusively displayed. And with our Interactive Radar feature, viewing Animated Precipitation, Earthquakes, and even Tropical Cyclones is literally a breeze. With our Local Weather feature, you can simply Touch a Day to view a detailed Day/Night Forecast for that Day; or Touch an Hour to view Conditions, Wind Speed, Humidity, and more. And in addition to offering beautiful Daytime Graphics, Weather AR knows when it’s nighttime outside and updates to beautiful Nighttime Graphics as well. Weather AR also automatically knows when you’re on Land or by/on the Water, and morphs from a Weather Forecast to a Marine Forecast when it detects you’re by the Water! With all these features, Weather AR takes the concept of the Weather App, modernizes it, and brings it into the next decade and beyond! Advanced yet Easy to Use Features - Current Weather Conditions - Hour-by-Hour Forecast for the next 168 Hours - Brief and Detailed Weather Forecast for the next 7 days - Automatically updating Daytime/Nighttime Graphics included - Touch Hour or Day for more Detailed Information - Current Humidity, Dew Point, Wind Speed, Visibility, Pressure, and more - Local Weather Forecast feature morphs into a Local Marine Forecast when it detects you’re on/near the Ocean/Water - Interactive Radar displays Animated Precipitation (U.S. only), current Tropical Cyclones, and Earthquakes for the past 24 hours - Augmented Reality (AR) shows you current Weather conditions around you - Simply hold your device up in the direction of a City or Tropical Cyclone to see what Weather conditions are like in that direction - AR displays Weather conditions for Cities within a 25 mile radius of your location, with populations greater than 50,000 - AR displays current Atlantic/Pacific Tropical Cyclones - Works great in iPhone Landscape Orientation

About

Elemental Weather

Access comprehensive weather data, including current conditions, extended forecasts, and historical information. View detailed metrics like temperature, wind, precipitation, and more. Integrates with USGS data for streamflow and water levels.

Highlights
  • Current weather conditions
  • Extended forecasts
  • Historical weather data
  • Detailed weather metrics
  • Buoy and C-MAN station data
  • USGS streamflow and water levels
Features
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Elemental Weather is a cloud-based service and mobile application providing comprehensive weather data, including current conditions, extended forecasts, and historical weather data for web and mobile applications supporting active user communities. Available weather metrics include temperature, rainfall, wind speed (including gusts), snow, perceived temperature, humidity, and air pressure. Historical weather data is available at hourly and daily levels. Forecasts are available for hourly, daily, and 12-hour (day/night) periods. In addition to current, forecasted, and historical weather data, the Elemental Weather API provides hourly observations from the NOAA network of National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buoys and Coastal Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations. All stations measure wind speed, direction, and gust; atmospheric pressure; and air temperature. In addition, all buoy stations, and some C- MAN stations, measure sea surface temperature and wave height and period. Conductivity and water current are measured at selected stations. Weather condition data is also available from offshore oil rigs and ships at sea participating in government data reporting programs. The Elemental Weather app also presents near real-time data provided by the US Geological Services (USGS) Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program. The program supports the collection and delivery of streamflow and water-level information from approximately 8,500 sites and water-level information from more than 1,700 additional sites. Our clients include marine fishery managers (at the federal, state, and local levels), nonprofit environmental and conservation agencies, universities, recreational anglers, outdoor enthusiasts.

Screenshots

Weather AR4 screens
Elemental Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Elemental Weather at 12.0 against Weather AR's 14.0. On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Weather AR versus Elemental Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather ARElemental Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMach Software DesignElemental Methods, LLC

Customer experience

Weather AR

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Elemental Weather

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Weather AR

No in-app purchases

None

Elemental Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weather AR free?
Weather AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elemental Weather free?
Elemental Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Weather AR or Elemental Weather have ads?
Neither Weather AR nor Elemental Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weather AR or Elemental Weather?
Weather AR ships an update every 7 months, and Elemental Weather every 7 months. Most recently, Weather AR was updated on November 3, 2026 and Elemental Weather on November 3, 2026.

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