ATIS App vs WX Aviation Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ATIS App
Access real-time airport weather and operational information for major US airports. Receive instant notifications when critical updates are made. No account is required to view current data.
- Live Digital ATIS viewing
- Instant push notifications
- No account required
- Default airport setting
- Favorite airports
- Extensive US airport coverage
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ATIS App allows the live viewing of the most current Digital ATIS, or D-ATIS, information for major airports in the United States. You can view ATIS information with no account or signup required. You can also receive instant notifications of new airport ATIS information via push messages. Know exactly when the ATIS changes! This app is perfect for pilots, dispatchers, aviation enthusiasts, and other aviation personnel interested in weather and airport conditions at US airports. You can easily set a "default" airport that will automatically load whenever you launch the app, and you can favorite multiple airports for easy access to your most frequented airfields. Currently, the airports available include: • ABQ - KABQ - Albuquerque International Sunport • ADW - KADW - Joint Base Andrews • ALB - KALB - Albany • ANC - PANC - Ted Stevens Anchorage • ATL - KATL - Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta • AUS - KAUS - Austin Bergstrom • BDL - KBDL - Bradley • BNA - KBNA - Nashville • BOI - KBOI - Boise Air Terminal / Gowen Field • BOS - KBOS - Boston Logan • BUF - KBUF - Buffalo Niagara • BUR - KBUR - Bob Hope Airport • BWI - KBWI - Baltimore/Washington Thurgood • CHS - KCHS - Charleston Air Force Base • CLE - KCLE - Cleveland Hopkins • CLT - KCLT - Charlotte Douglas • CMH - KCMH - John Glenn Columbus • CVG - KCVG - Cincinnati Northern Kentucky • DAL - KDAL - Dallas Love Field • DCA - KDCA - Ronald Reagan Washington National • DEN - KDEN - Denver • DFW - KDFW - Dallas Fort Worth • DTW - KDTW - Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County • ELP - KELP - El Paso • EWR - KEWR - Newark Liberty • FLL - KFLL - Fort Lauderdale Hollywood • GSO - KGSO - Piedmont Triad • HNL - PHNL - Daniel K. Inouye Honolulu • HOU - KHOU - Houston Hobby • HPN - KHPN - Westchester County • IAD - KIAD - Washington Dulles • IAH - KIAH - George Bush Houston Intercontinental • IND - KIND - Indianapolis • JAX - KJAX - Jacksonville • JFK - KJFK - John F. Kennedy • LAS - KLAS - McCarran Las Vegas • LAX - KLAX - Los Angeles • LGA - KLGA - La Guardia • LIT - KLIT - Little Rock Adams Field • MCI - KMCI - Kansas City • MCO - KMCO - Orlando • MDW - KMDW - Chicago Midway • MEM - KMEM - Memphis • MIA - KMIA - Miami • MKE - KMKE - General Mitchell Milwaukee • MSP - KMSP - Minneapolis St. Paul • MSY - KMSY - Louis Armstrong Orleans • OAK - KOAK - Metropolitan Oakland • OKC - KOKC - Will Rogers World • OMA - KOMA - Eppley Airfield • ONT - KONT - Ontario • ORD - KORD - Chicago O'Hare • PBI - KPBI - Palm Beach • PDX - KPDX - Portland • PHL - KPHL - Philadelphia • PHX - KPHX - Phoenix Sky Harbor • PIT - KPIT - Pittsburgh • PVD - KPVD - Theodore Francis Green State • RDU - KRDU - Raleigh Durham • RNO - KRNO - Reno Tahoe • RSW - KRSW - Southwest Florida • SAN - KSAN - San Diego • SAT - KSAT - San Antonio • SDF - KSDF - Louisville Standiford Field • SEA - KSEA - Seattle Tacoma • SFO - KSFO - San Francisco • SJC - KSJC - Norman Y. Mineta San Jose • SJU - TJSJ - Luis Munoz Marin San Juan • SLC - KSLC - Salt Lake City • SMF - KSMF - Sacramento • SNA - KSNA - John Wayne Orange County • STL - KSTL - St. Louis Lambert • TEB - KTEB - Teterboro • TPA - KTPA - Tampa • TUL - KTUL - Tulsa • VNY - KVNY - Van Nuys Disclaimer: ATIS App should not be used as a flight planning tool. No warranty is implied or guaranteed as to the accuracy of the provided information. Plan flights using only FAA approved tools. Use of this app implies consent to this disclaimer.
WX Aviation Weather
Access real-time aviation weather data, including METAR, TAF, and NOTAMs, for over 50,000 airports globally. This app offers decoded reports, PDF briefings, satellite maps, and powerful tools like twilight and flight time calculators, designed to help pilots plan safer flights.
- Real-time METAR, TAF, NOTAM reports
- Airport database with runway info
- PDF weather briefings
- Satellite weather maps
- Twilight and flight time calculators
- Apple Watch support
- Offline access
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WX Aviation Weather gives pilots fast, accurate aviation weather for 50,000+ airports worldwide — METAR, TAF, NOTAM, SIGMET and PIREP, both raw and fully decoded. Built by and for pilots, it turns raw reports into clear, flight-ready information: runway wind components, ceilings and visibility at a glance, and PDF or text briefings you can share in seconds. WEATHER ALERTS (Premium subscription) - Get a push notification the moment conditions change at the airports you choose to monitor - Flight category changes (VFR / MVFR / IFR / LIFR) - Alerts on your personal minimums (ceiling and visibility) - Crosswind component alerts, per runway - TAF go/no-go window alerts - Tap the bell on any Favorite to start or stop monitoring; tap an alert to jump straight to that airport WEATHER & REPORTS - METAR, TAF, NOTAM and SIGMET — raw and decoded - Weather timeline — METAR history and the TAF forecast on one time axis with a NOW marker; tap any segment to read the decoded wind, temperature, visibility and ceiling - Personal minimums — set your own ceiling, visibility and crosswind limits; periods below them are highlighted right on the timeline - TAF verification — see how the previous TAF actually verified against the observed METARs, with a match rate and an optimistic/conservative breakdown - NOTAM filtering by category — focus on runways, navaids, airspace or obstacles, with critical NOTAMs highlighted, an active-now / active-later status on every NOTAM and an active-only filter so nothing important slips past - METAR, TAF and NOTAM in plain language — flowing prose summaries, no shorthand required - Pilot reports (PIREP) on the map — turbulence and icing reported by other aircraft, color-coded by severity, with a full decoded detail view - Runway wind components for every runway, plus a per-runway crosswind timeline — a color-coded severity bar for recent and forecast crosswind, with your personal limit marked - METAR trend charts — see how wind, visibility and ceiling have changed over recent hours - Aviation weather map layers and satellite imagery - Winds & temperatures aloft map layer: standard wind barbs at your selected flight level, with temperatures and a forecast time slider - Per-airport briefings exported as PDF or text AIRPORT DATABASE (works offline) - 50,000+ airports with runways, frequencies and elevation - ICAO/IATA codes, sunrise/sunset and magnetic variation - Nearby airports, filterable by runway length and METAR/VFR availability FAVORITES & GROUPS - Organize airports into Favorites and Groups - Export a whole group's weather as a single PDF or text briefing - Sync Favorites, Groups and Settings across your devices with iCloud PILOT TOOLS - Density Altitude Calculator: see your true density altitude from elevation, temperature and pressure — know how your aircraft will really perform - Crosswind Calculator: crosswind and headwind/tailwind components for any runway and wind - Twilight Calculator: civil, nautical and astronomical - Flight Time Calculator for day and night logging - Pilot Stopwatch with start, pause, reset and lap times APPLE WATCH - Favorite airports with decoded reports and raw data on your wrist - METAR & TAF in plain language — flowing prose on your wrist - Watch face complication showing up to 4 favorite airports WIDGETS - Weather Timeline, METAR, METAR & TAF, Weather Symbols, and METAR in plain language widgets for your Home Screen Metric and Imperial units are supported throughout, and core data stays available offline. IMPORTANT: If METAR, TAF, NOTAM or SIGMET data is missing, it is unavailable at the source rather than a fault of the app. Always consult official sources for your flight briefing. PURCHASES Premium — auto-renewable subscription (monthly/yearly), 7-day free trial, cancel anytime. Unlocks everything, including Weather Alerts. The core app is free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://wxaviationweather.com/terms-of-use-wx-aviation-weather/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WX Aviation Weather at 4.8 against ATIS App's 4.3. WX Aviation Weather also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). ATIS App's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. ATIS App sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and WX Aviation Weather sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WX Aviation Weather holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WX Aviation Weather has 533 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 62% and 63% positive.
ATIS App ships an update every 2 months, WX Aviation Weather every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | ATIS App | WX Aviation Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (40 ratings) | 4.8 (533 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 533 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #199 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iawix ltd. | Imre Virag |
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ATIS App
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In-app purchases
ATIS App
- ATIS App Ad Free Subscription1 Year trial$4.991 Year
WX Aviation Weather
- Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Pro Version$7.99
Questions
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