Shadow Weather vs Tiny Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Weather
Get accurate weather forecasts, severe weather alerts, and interactive radar with storm tracking. Stay informed about minute-by-minute rain, air quality, and upcoming event forecasts synced with your calendar.
- Daily, hourly, and minutely forecasts
- Severe weather alerts
- Interactive radar with storm tracking
- Real-time lightning tracker
- Minute-by-minute rain forecasting
- Air quality information
- Calendar sync for event forecasts
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Download Shadow Weather to get the most complete and accurate forecast available. Smart weather conditions and notifications will let you know of severe alerts and when the storm will start so you can be ahead of the weather. Once the storm hits you have powerful interactive radar tools with severe storm cell tracking and a real time lightning strike tracker. Minute by minute rain forecasting keeps you on top of the rain. Shadow Weather syncs with your phone's calendar so you can know the forecast for upcoming events easily. Keep track of your health with air quality information. You can easily see the past and current radar using the fastest most powerful and customizable interactive radar. Here are some of the features: daily forecast, hourly forecast, minutely forecasts, weather alerts, air quality, interactive radar, storm tracker, and more! Terms of Use: http://shadowweather.com/terms-and-privacy
Tiny Weather
Get accurate weather forecasts with a beautiful and simple interface. View hourly predictions for the next 24 hours and daily forecasts for the upcoming 8 days. This app prioritizes privacy and is completely free, with optional developer support through donations.
- Beautiful and simple interface
- Hourly forecasts (24 hours)
- Daily forecasts (8 days)
- 100% free
- No ads or subscriptions
- Privacy-first design
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Tiny Weather features: · Beautiful and simple · Hourly forecasts for the next 24 hours · Daily forecasts for the coming 8 days · 100% free without ads or subscriptions you would forget to cancel · Support the developer through donations Planned: · Widgets · Tablet support Feel free to reach out to me at hi@alexandersandberg.com Thanks for checking out Tiny Weather!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tiny Weather at none against Shadow Weather's shown. Tiny Weather also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (97% vs 79%). Shadow Weather's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, 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. Shadow Weather sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tiny Weather sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shadow Weather holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 159 and 151 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Shadow Weather's written reviews are positive against 97% of Tiny Weather's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shadow Weather ships an update every 8 months, Tiny Weather every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow Weather | Tiny Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (159 ratings) — better | 4.7 (151 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.3% of reviews | 97.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 159 — better | 151 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shadow Weather LLC | Alexander Sandberg |
Customer experience
Shadow Weather
Tiny Weather
Bugs and requests
Shadow Weather
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tiny Weather
Reported bugs
1 issue- Sunrise & sunset times are an hour off
Requested features
9 requests- Widget for home/lock screen
- More features
- Humidity level
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Weather alerts
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- Air pressure in inches
- Choose background color or picture
- Full screen on iPad
- Black minimalist widget
In-app purchases
Shadow Weather
- Shadow Weather Premium Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Shadow Weather Premium14 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Premium14 Days trial$10.991 Year
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- Shadow Weather Premium Yearly14 Days trial$12.991 Year
Tiny Weather
- Donation (Tier 1)$1.99
- Donation (Tier 2)$4.99
- Donation (Tier 3)$9.99
Questions
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