Comparison

SmartMeteo vs MoWeSta

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

Head to head

Mobile Weather Station

Free

☀️ Weather

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About

SmartMeteo

Features

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Angezeigt werden sämtliche zugeordneten Wetterstationen. Für jede Station werden für sämtliche Sensoren die Echtzeitwerte und historische Daten über Grafiken angezeigt.

About

MoWeSta

Features

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Transform your device into a Mobile Weather Station and help us to determine whether we can improve weather forecasts using crowd-sourced mobile measurements provided by people like you! Useful features - Access weather forecasts for more than 100000 cities all over the world - View measurements generated by more than 400 weather stations operated by Deutscher Wetterdienst* - Watch beautiful weather videos generated daily from several simulation models computed by Deutscher Wetterdienst* For more information visit https://www.mowesta.com. * This app is not developed by Deutscher Wetterdienst. Instead, it solely uses open data that is published by Deutscher Wetterdienst.

Screenshots

SmartMeteo4 screens

MoWeSta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MoWeSta at every 2 months against SmartMeteo's every 11 months. SmartMeteo's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartMeteo ships an update every 11 months, MoWeSta every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level

SmartMeteo versus MoWeSta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	SmartMeteo	MoWeSta
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 11 months	Every 2 months — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	15.6
Further details — not scored
Size	23 MB	4 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Sarix GmbH	Locoslab GmbH

In-app purchases

None

SmartMeteo

No in-app purchases

None

MoWeSta

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartMeteo free?

SmartMeteo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is MoWeSta free?

MoWeSta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do SmartMeteo or MoWeSta have ads?

Neither SmartMeteo nor MoWeSta shows ads.

Which is updated more often, SmartMeteo or MoWeSta?

SmartMeteo ships an update every 11 months, and MoWeSta every 2 months. Most recently, SmartMeteo was updated on November 7, 2026 and MoWeSta on November 7, 2026.