Comparison

Cane App vs Nimbus

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

Head to head
About

Cane App

Explore historical and active hurricanes with detailed tracking and stunning 3D animations. Compare storms side-by-side and visualize their paths as if flying through them. Access comprehensive data from leading meteorological sources.

Highlights
  • Replay past hurricanes in animated reproductions
  • Compare multiple storms side-by-side
  • Fly through hurricane paths in 3D animation
  • Access data from National Hurricane Center
  • View current details and projected tracks of active hurricanes
  • Full storm history available
Features
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Cane allows you to pull up past hurricanes and replay them in animated reproductions of the storm. This app gives you options unlike any other tracker out there! The 2 most incredible features that Cane provides are: 1) The ability to pull up past storms side by side with other storms 2) The ability to fly through a hurricane in an animation as if you were flying in an airplane along the actual hurricane path. This animation is so stunning that it has to be seen to be believed! Cane leverages all of the data available from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) and other sources to give you as much information as possible at your fingertips. Cane keeps you up-to-date with the latest information on active hurricanes from the NHC. Cane gives you the full history of each storm, along with its current details and projected track.

About

Nimbus

Features
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See your whole day's weather in one glance. Nimbus lays the day out as a 24-hour clock. Midnight at the top, noon at the bottom, every hour in a fixed place. Rain, temperature, clouds, wind, UV, humidity, and tide each get their own ring. Heavy morning rain is a dense arc at 8 o'clock. A clear afternoon is open space. No hourly list. No scrolling. One picture. The clock tells you when. Nimbus also knows where. Your day isn't spent in one place. It moves from home, through your commute, to work, and back. The forecast moves with it. - Weather along your route, matched to where you'll be at each point of your commute. Not the forecast at home, guessed at from your driveway. - Rain only when radar confirms it. Never a forecast percentage dressed up as fact. - Your whole day mapped home → commute → work → commute → home, in one strip. - Drag to scrub any hour for exact figures. - Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets are part of Nimbus+, $0.99/month. Everything else is free. No account. No tracking. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cane App4 screens
Nimbus3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cane App at none against Nimbus's 1. Cane App also leads on iOS requirement (14.1 vs 26.5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nimbus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Cane App asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cane App versus Nimbus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCane AppNimbus
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB3 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperJeff JolleyLiavante, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Cane App

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Nimbus

Subscriptions1
  • Nimbus Plus$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Cane App free?
Cane App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nimbus free?
Nimbus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cane App or Nimbus have ads?
Neither Cane App nor Nimbus shows ads.

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