NYSMesonet vs SatSquatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYSMesonet
Access real-time weather data from over 126 state-of-the-art weather stations across New York State. View nearly one million daily observations collected every five minutes, with a history of over one billion archived records.
- Real-time weather data
- 126+ weather stations
- 5-minute data collection
- One million daily observations
- One billion archived observations
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The New York State Mesonet (NYSM) is a network of 126+ state-of-the-art weather stations, collecting data every 5 minutes. Nearly one million observations are collected daily, with over one billion observations archived to date. This mobile application provides users with real-time NYSM data at all surface stations. The NYSM is operated at the University at Albany and supported through the SUNY Research Foundation. This application was developed by the xCITE Laboratory at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center.
SatSquatch
Visualize detailed weather data with customizable maps. Access free satellite imagery and advanced layers with a subscription. Perfect for weather enthusiasts seeking beautiful, high-quality data.
- Customizable weather maps
- GOES weather satellite data
- Real-time high-res mesoanalysis
- MRMS data layers
- User-friendly interface
- Subscription for advanced features
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SatSquatch is your all-in-one professional weather data app: satellite data, full-resolution Level II radar, forecast models, mesoanalysis and more, layered however you like on a fast, GPU-drawn map. SATELLITE • All 16 GOES-East and GOES-West bands, Himawari-9 full disk, True Color and core composites • RGB composites such as Air Mass, Day Cloud Phase and Fire Temperature (Pro) • GLM lightning and LightningCast (Pro) • GOES fire detections RADAR • Level II radar from every NEXRAD and TDWR site: reflectivity, dealiased and storm-relative velocity, spectrum width and the dual-pol moments (ZDR, CC, KDP, PHI) • Every tilt, echo tops, VIL, MESH, azimuthal shear, rotation tracks, ZDR columns and a tornado debris overlay • Storm-relative velocity from the radar's own storm tracks • 15-second refresh, with live sweeps (Pro) • Radar cross-sections (Pro) • MRMS composite reflectivity and precipitation, plus hail, rotation, echo tops, rainfall totals and flash flood guidance (Pro) ARCHIVE MODE (PRO) • Replay any past date: GOES satellite back to 2017, Level II radar back to 1991, MRMS back to 2020, GLM lightning and fire detections • That day's warnings, watches, SPC outlooks and storm reports, as they stood at the time FORECAST MODELS • HRRR, RRFS, GFS, RTMA and URMA • ECMWF IFS and AIFS, RAP, AIGFS, NBM and the GEFS, REFS, AIGEFS and AIFS ENS ensembles (Pro) • Filled contours, labelled contour lines, wind barbs and animated wind particles • 18 built-in presets, from 500 mb heights and vorticity to reflectivity over updraft helicity tracks • Run-to-run trends and one-tap model compare • Point soundings with skew-T, hodograph and parameters, cross-sections and meteograms (Pro) • Ensemble probabilities, spaghetti and plumes (Pro) ANALYSIS AND OVERLAYS • NWS warnings and watches, SPC, WPC and CPC outlooks, METARs, storm reports, ProbSevere, WPC fronts and Nadocast • Mesoanalysis, observed soundings and VAD winds (Pro) • Tropical model tracks, with ensemble tracks (Pro) CUSTOMIZABLE MAPS • Stack any layers in any order, with per-layer opacity and display units • 49 colormap presets and a full colormap editor • GRLevelX colour table import and export (Pro) • Saved presets, saved locations, annotations and a satellite basemap (Pro) • Split screen with synced panes, a data inspector and measuring tools • Animated wind with a level slider from 10 m to 250 mb • Loops of up to 72 frames; export images, GIFs and videos • Settings and favorites synced across devices SatSquatch Pro is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks the features marked (Pro). Also available on the web at satsquatch.wxbyte.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wxbyte.com/satsquatch-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NYSMesonet at none against SatSquatch's 2. NYSMesonet also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. SatSquatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. NYSMesonet asks for nothing beyond the download.
NYSMesonet holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of NYSMesonet's written reviews are positive against 71% of SatSquatch's.
NYSMesonet ships an update every 5 weeks, SatSquatch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NYSMesonet | SatSquatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better | 4.3 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 70.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University at Albany | WxByte LLC |
Customer experience
NYSMesonet
SatSquatch
In-app purchases
NYSMesonet
No in-app purchases
SatSquatch
- SatSquatch Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- SatSquatch Pro$49.991 Year
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