Whethr vs Weather OS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whethr
Get current, daily, and hourly weather forecasts for your location or any other in the United States. The app offers a simple interface for easy searching and detailed daily information for planning.
- Location-based weather
- Search US locations
- Current weather
- Daily forecasts
- Hourly forecasts
- Detailed daily information
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Whethr provides weather information for your location, or another location within the United States you enter. Whethr's design is a simple interface allowing easy search, providing current, daily and hourly weather information. If you are using an iPad, or you simply use your iPhone in wide view, you'll not just see the hour, daily and summary, but details about the day you can use to aid in your planning.
Weather OS
This application provides weather information and a 3-day forecast for your current location and saved cities. Its unique design mimics a command-line interface, appealing to terminal enthusiasts.
- Current weather display
- 3-day forecast
- Save favorite locations
- Command-line interface design
- Add any city to favorites
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Weather OS is a weather app which shows weather and 3-day forecast for your current location which you can save in the favourites. You can also add any city to the favourites list. The difference between Weather OS and the other weather apps is in design – we made it look and feel like the command line which will definitely appeal to all the command line / terminal / bash aficionados.
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Verdict
Whethr and Weather OS both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Weather OS's written reviews are positive against 0% of Whethr's. Weather OS also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.6). Whethr's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Whethr is free to download; Weather OS costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Whethr against 5.0 for Weather OS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Whethr's written reviews are positive against 100% of Weather OS's.
Whethr ships an update every 2 months, Weather OS every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whethr | Weather OS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Sherwood | Barcelona Code School |
Customer experience
Whethr
Weather OS
In-app purchases
Whethr
No in-app purchases
Weather OS
No in-app purchases
