Comparison

SatSquatch vs Recon Weather

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable weather maps
  • GOES weather satellite data
  • Real-time high-res mesoanalysis
  • MRMS data layers
  • User-friendly interface
  • Subscription for advanced features
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

About

Recon Weather

This app offers advanced weather tracking with live radar, storm alerts, and detailed forecasts. It includes specialized features for weather enthusiasts, such as storm chaser feeds and scientific data visualizations. Enjoy an ad-free experience with no account required.

Highlights
  • Live MRMS radar
  • Storm chaser feeds
  • Severe weather alerts
  • Radiosonde data with skew-T diagrams
  • Wildfire tracking
  • NWS warnings with timers
  • GPU-accelerated radar with hail detection
Features
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Recon Weather is a storm research mission you can watch live. RADAR Single-site NEXRAD down to base velocity and storm-relative velocity, a national mosaic, and a loop you can scrub frame by frame. Color tables you can change. WARNINGS THAT FOLLOW YOU Tornado, severe and flash flood warnings for where you actually are, delivered while the app is closed. Not a city you picked once. FROM THE FIELD Live POV video from chase vehicles. Storm reports with photos from the public. Pressure probes dropped in front of storms, reporting as they go. FORECAST TOOLS SPC and ECCC outlooks, mesoanalysis with CAPE, shear and helicity, WPC excessive rainfall, soundings and model data. No ads. No data brokers. Nothing sold. Optional tipping if you want to fund the next probe, and nothing is locked behind it.

Screenshots

SatSquatch4 screens
Recon Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Recon Weather at 4.9 against SatSquatch's 4.3. Recon Weather also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). SatSquatch's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SatSquatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Recon Weather sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recon Weather holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of SatSquatch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Recon Weather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SatSquatch ships an update every 3 weeks, Recon Weather every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SatSquatch versus Recon Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSatSquatchRecon Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (16 ratings)4.9 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1628 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWxByte LLCVincent Waelti

Customer experience

SatSquatch

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.6%

Recon Weather

All ratings29 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SatSquatch

Subscriptions2
  • SatSquatch Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • SatSquatch Pro$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Recon Weather

One-time3
  • Small Support$4.99
  • Medium Support$14.99
  • Large Support$49.99

Questions

Is SatSquatch free?
SatSquatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recon Weather free?
Recon Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SatSquatch or Recon Weather?
Recon Weather is rated higher. SatSquatch averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Recon Weather averages 4.9 from 28 ratings.
Do SatSquatch or Recon Weather have ads?
Neither SatSquatch nor Recon Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SatSquatch or Recon Weather?
SatSquatch ships an update every 3 weeks, and Recon Weather every 5 days. Most recently, SatSquatch was updated on October 27, 2026 and Recon Weather on October 25, 2026.

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