Whethr vs 479WX
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.
479WX
This app provides a local weather grid for Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley, featuring live radar, active alerts, and community storm reports. It offers a map-first experience to track changing skies, watch live severe weather coverage, and share observations with others.
- Live interactive radar for local storm tracking
- Severe weather alerts, watches, and warnings
- Community storm reports with media
- Live severe weather coverage
- Map layers for weather context
- Focus on Northwest Arkansas and River Valley
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479WX is a local weather grid for Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley, built for the moments when the sky changes fast. Follow live radar, active alerts, community storm reports, and severe weather coverage in one map-first experience. See what is happening nearby, watch live coverage during active weather, and share what you are seeing with your community. Features: • Live interactive radar built for local storm tracking • Severe weather alerts, watches, and warnings on the map • Community storm reports with photos, videos, and location context • Live severe weather coverage when storms are active • Layers for radar, posts, alerts, and other local weather context • Designed around Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley 479WX is intended to help you stay weather-aware, but it should not be your only source for life-safety decisions. Always follow official warnings, emergency management guidance, and instructions from local authorities.
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Verdict
Whethr and 479WX both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of 479WX's written reviews are positive against 0% of Whethr's. 479WX also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Whethr's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Whethr against 5.0 for 479WX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Whethr's written reviews are positive against 100% of 479WX's.
| Parameter | Whethr | 479WX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joshua Sherwood | Denton Sachs |
Customer experience
Whethr
479WX
In-app purchases
Whethr
No in-app purchases
479WX
No in-app purchases
