Meghdoot vs Damini
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meghdoot
This app provides farmers with critical weather information and crop advisories. It aggregates district and crop-specific advice, forecasts, and historical weather data, making it accessible and easy to use. Advisories are also available in local languages.
- District and crop-wise advisories
- Weather forecasts
- Historic weather information
- Vernacular language support
- Easy-to-use interface
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Meghdoot, a joint initiative of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and Indian Council OF Agricultural Research (ICAR) aims to deliver critical information to farmers through a simple and easy to use mobile application. The mobile application was developed by the Digital Agriculture research theme at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad in collaboration with IITM, Pune and IMD, Delhi. The app seamlessly aggregates contextualized district and crop wise advisories issued by Agro Met Field Units (AMFU) every Tuesday and Friday with the forecast and historic weather information to the fingertips of the farmers. The advisories are also issued in vernacular wherever available.
Damini
Receive real-time lightning alerts based on your current location. View lightning strikes on a map with 5, 10, and 15-minute updates. Register to get advance notifications and forecast alerts.
- Real-time lightning alerts
- Location-based warnings
- Lightning map with 5, 10, 15 min updates
- User registration
- Friend and farmer subscriptions
- Advance notification and SMS alerts
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Damini Lightning Alert apps is for giving warning to the user about the lightning on the basic of user location. Lightning is shown in the map on the basis of 5 min lightning, 10 min lightning and 15 min lightning. User can also register for the application. User can get live lightning in total India map and also can subscribe friends & farmers. so notification and alert sms reach in advance & forecast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Meghdoot at 4.0 against Damini's 2.3. Damini's advantage is review sentiment (19% vs 7%) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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.
Meghdoot holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of Meghdoot's written reviews are positive against 19% of Damini's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Meghdoot ships an update every 3 months, Damini every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Meghdoot | Damini |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 6.9% of reviews | 19.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IMD - AAS | sudhir pawar |
Customer experience
Meghdoot
Damini
In-app purchases
Meghdoot
No in-app purchases
Damini
No in-app purchases
