SatSquatch vs Pocket Models
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SatSquatch
Visualize and analyze complex weather data with customizable maps. Access satellite imagery, high-resolution radar, and multiple forecast models. Explore historical data and overlay various meteorological analyses for detailed insights.
- Customizable weather map layers
- High-resolution Level II radar
- Multiple satellite imagery bands
- Various forecast models
- Archive mode for historical data
- Overlay NWS warnings and outlooks
- Animated wind and loops
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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
Pocket Models
Access and view detailed weather models like GFS, ECMWF, and NAM directly on your mobile device. This application simplifies weather forecasting by providing an easy-to-use interface, eliminating the need to navigate complex websites.
- View GFS weather models
- Access ECMWF models
- Utilize NAM weather data
- Simplified mobile interface
- Weather model visualization
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This app makes it easy to see weather models on the go. View the GFS, ECMWF, and NAM with more models to come. Forget the hassle of going to the web browser and searching for models with tiny buttons that makes it hard to find what you want.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SatSquatch at 4.3 against Pocket Models's 3.0. SatSquatch also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 50%) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). Pocket Models's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, ads and device support 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. Pocket Models asks for nothing beyond the download.
SatSquatch holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SatSquatch has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of SatSquatch's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pocket Models's.
SatSquatch ships an update weekly, Pocket Models daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SatSquatch | Pocket Models |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (17 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WxByte LLC | Atlas Horne |
Customer experience
SatSquatch
Pocket Models
In-app purchases
SatSquatch
- SatSquatch Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- SatSquatch Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Pocket Models
No in-app purchases
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