Comparison

Weather AR vs Ultimate 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

Ultimate Weather

Features
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Ultimate Weather is your portal for viral weather moments including video of tornadoes, hurricanes, wind, flooding and the most fierce elements of nature. Key Features:- Easy sharing of your own weather pictures and video, Subscribe to notifications for latest news.- Share the latest news via Facebook & Twitter.- Save articles for reading later (supports offline viewing). This is the latest version of the Ultimate Weather app and we have many more features planned. Please share your feedback from within the app by clicking the "Send Us Feedback" link in the menu.

Screenshots

Weather AR4 screens
Ultimate Weather3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Weather AR at none against Ultimate Weather's shown. Ultimate Weather's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Weather AR ships an update every 7 months, Ultimate Weather every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Weather AR versus Ultimate Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather ARUltimate Weather
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB77 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMach Software DesignTownsquare Media, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Weather AR

No in-app purchases

None

Ultimate Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weather AR free?
Weather AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Weather free?
Ultimate Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Weather AR or Ultimate Weather have ads?
Ultimate Weather shows ads; Weather AR does not.
Which is updated more often, Weather AR or Ultimate Weather?
Weather AR ships an update every 7 months, and Ultimate Weather every 3 months. Most recently, Weather AR was updated on November 3, 2026 and Ultimate Weather on November 7, 2026.

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