Comparison

PanoStory vs Forest Weather

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

Head to head
About

PanoStory

Easily transform your panorama photos into engaging, vertical videos perfect for social media stories. Convert your wide shots into a multi-clip video format for platforms like Instagram in just three simple steps. Share the full beauty of your panoramas with your followers.

Highlights
  • Convert panoramas to vertical video
  • Create multi-video posts
  • Share to Instagram
  • Save to camera roll
  • Maintain original quality
Features
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Turn your panorama photos into animated vertical videos with PanoStory. Choose a panorama, adjust its direction, animation and duration in Studio, then save your video to Photos or share it with your favorite apps. Your original panorama stays intact. PanoStory Premium removes ads and lets you export watermark-free videos. Choose an annual subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock. Purchases are optional; plan availability and local prices are shown in the app. Annual subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account subscription settings. Lifetime unlock is a one-time purchase. Use Restore purchases to recover eligible purchases made with your Apple Account. Privacy Policy: https://ludicrousdesigns.com/panostory/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Forest Weather

Features
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This is not a weather app. It's a photography planning tool Get notified when conditions are perfect for your next sunrise shoot. Forest Weather uses high-resolution models like KNMI Harmonie (2 km) to alert you about fog, sun rays, snow, and visibility, so you never miss the perfect morning. Built by a professional landscape photographer with 15+ years of field experience. Features no other app offers: sun ray (crepuscular ray) alerts, fully customizable condition-based notifications, and a sunrise conditions map covering up to 600x900 km. No ads, no tracking, no data collection. Just the data photographers need. WIDGET - Home screen widget with visibility, humidity, sun percentage, and rain - Color-coded indicators when conditions meet your thresholds - Sunrise and sunset times at a glance - Customizable background color and transparency - Automatic updates at configurable intervals FORECAST - Conditions at sunrise - the golden window for forest photography - Fog, sunray, and snow alerts based on your thresholds - Hourly graphs for visibility, humidity, sun percentage, rain, and snow - Sunrise markers on graphs to plan your timing - Switches to tomorrow's forecast after sunrise TABLE - 3-day hourly table with clouds, afterglow, sun%, visibility, temperature, dew point, humidity, dew, frost, rain, snow, wind speed, and wind direction - Sunlight and moon bars with solar noon and moon transit markers - Color-coded cells for quick visual assessment - Up to 5 custom alert profiles with rules on any parameter, notified within 24 or 48 hours MAP - Sunrise visibility map with interpolated conditions on a meteorological color scale - Sunrise alert map with fog, sunray, and snow alerts - Toggle visibility/alert view or current/+24h with one tap - Grid area: 200x300, 400x600, or 600x900 km - Color-coded: blue for fog, yellow for sunrays, green for both, white for snow LOCATIONS - Fog, sunray, and snow alerts for popular forest locations in the Netherlands - Add custom locations by name or by tapping the map - Per-location notifications - Select which locations to monitor ALERTS & NOTIFICATIONS - Push notifications for fog, sunray, and snow conditions - Forest location notifications - All thresholds fully customizable SETTINGS - GPS or custom location - Metric or Imperial units - Multiple weather models: Auto, KNMI HARMONIE, DMI HARMONIE, DWD ICON-EU, HRRR, CMA GRAPES - Update intervals: 1 to 12 hours - Light, dark, or system theme - English, Dutch, German, Spanish, and French PRIVACY Your privacy matters. Forest Weather: - Does NOT collect any personal data - Does NOT use analytics or ads - Location is only used to fetch weather data - All data stays on your device SUBSCRIPTION Forest Weather is free to use for 7 days - no subscription needed during the trial. After the trial period, the app will stop working. To continue using it, a monthly subscription is required. - Price shown in App Store - Payment is charged to your Apple ID - Subscription renews automatically each month - Cancel anytime in Settings - Subscriptions Privacy Policy: https://ios_apps712614.gitlab.io/ForestWeatherWidget_iOS/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Built with care by Martin Podt - www.martinpodt.com

Screenshots

PanoStory4 screens
Forest Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Forest Weather at Free against PanoStory's $4.99. Forest Weather also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). PanoStory's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On 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

Forest Weather is free to download; PanoStory costs $4.99 up front. PanoStory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year and Forest Weather sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PanoStory ships an update every 2 months, Forest Weather every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PanoStory versus Forest Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanoStoryForest Weather
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA & A Design Inc.Marinus Podt

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PanoStory

Subscriptions1
  • PanoStory Annual$6.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pano Story - Ad Free$2.99
  • PanoStory Lifetime Unlock$14.99
1 purchases

Forest Weather

Subscriptions1
  • Forest Weather Monthly$1.991 Month

Questions

Is PanoStory free?
PanoStory costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Forest Weather free?
Forest Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PanoStory or Forest Weather have ads?
Neither PanoStory nor Forest Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PanoStory or Forest Weather?
PanoStory ships an update every 2 months, and Forest Weather every 2 days. Most recently, PanoStory was updated on November 3, 2026 and Forest Weather on October 31, 2026.

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