Tiny Weather vs Shorts or Pants?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Shorts or Pants?
This app provides a clean, customizable weather forecast. See only the details you care about, like temperature, air quality, and precipitation, with optional cards and home screen widgets. It also offers weather alerts and multiple location views.
- Customizable weather detail cards
- Multiple location support
- Home screen widgets
- Weather alerts
- Hourly and daily forecasts
- Choice of units
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NO ADS — Ever SIMPLE — No clutter between you and the weather CUSTOMIZABLE — See only the details you care about BEAUTIFUL — Clean, elegant interface with tasty animations ——— What can you do with Shorts or Pants? Well, yes, you can see if it’s a shorts or a pants sort of day. You can even customize the formula for shorts or pants! But it’s also just a super quick way to find the weather details you care about. Add multiple locations and see the weather for all of them on a single screen. For each location, you can add cards such as: • Shorts or Pants? (Of course) • Temperature • Air Quality • Humidity • Weather Icon • Precipitation • Sunrise & Sunset • Moon Phase • Wind Speed and Direction • UV Index • Wind Chill …with more cards being added all the time! (Many coming directly from user requests) Tap into any card to see daily and hourly forecasts for that metric! You can add any card as a widget to your home screen! On top of all of that: • See weather alerts from your local weather authority for each location • Choose your favorite units for temperature, wind speed, and precipitation • Easily get help, send feedback, and request features, right from the app • Enjoy consistent updates and have your voice heard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shorts or Pants? at none against Tiny Weather's 3. Tiny Weather's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (97% vs 85%). On price, rating, 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. Tiny Weather sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Shorts or Pants? asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tiny Weather against 4.9 for Shorts or Pants?. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Weather has 151 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Tiny Weather's written reviews are positive against 85% of Shorts or Pants?'s.
Tiny Weather ships an update every 4 weeks, Shorts or Pants? every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Weather | Shorts or Pants? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (151 ratings) | 4.9 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.4% of reviews — better | 84.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 151 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Sandberg | Reed Moseng |
Customer experience
Tiny Weather
Shorts or Pants?
Bugs and 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
Shorts or Pants?
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tiny Weather
- Donation (Tier 1)$1.99
- Donation (Tier 2)$4.99
- Donation (Tier 3)$9.99
Shorts or Pants?
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tiny Weather free?
Is Shorts or Pants? free?
Which has better reviews, Tiny Weather or Shorts or Pants??
Do Tiny Weather or Shorts or Pants? have ads?
Which is updated more often, Tiny Weather or Shorts or Pants??
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