Ecowitt vs Cloudbase Project
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ecowitt
This app connects to professional Wi-Fi weather stations, offering real-time indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, and air quality monitoring. It also supports high-precision rain gauges, providing comprehensive environmental data.
- Wi-Fi weather station integration
- Indoor/outdoor thermometer
- Humidity monitor
- Rain gauge
- Air quality monitor
- Data service support
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We provides professional wifi weather station, wireless indoor outdoor thermometers, humidity monitors, high precision rain gauges, air quality monitors and more, Data service support
Cloudbase Project
Provides detailed weather forecasts, live readings, and tracking specifically for paragliding pilots. Offers insights into wind conditions, thermal strength, and flying potential, along with radar and satellite imagery.
- Current wind readings with favorites
- Daily and hourly site forecasts
- Flying Potential forecast summary
- Big picture weather analysis
- Weather station map with history
- Live pilot tracking map
- Live weather cameras
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Weather forecast, readings, and live tracking for paragliding pilots. Features include: - Current wind readings (with "Favorites" for quick reference) - Site daily weather and hourly forecasts including winds aloft, thermal strength, and top of lift forecasts by hour - Site "Flying Potential" forecast summary and details - "Big picture" weather including TFRs, weather alerts, soaring forecast, weather forecast discussion, Skew-T, winds aloft forecast - Map of weather station readings (select for history and forecast) - Map layers for storms (radar) and clouds (satellite infrared) - Map of live pilot tracking (select track node to get additional flight track details) - Live weather cameras - Links to paragliding resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cloudbase Project at 100% against Ecowitt's 47%. Cloudbase Project also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). Ecowitt's advantage is ratings volume (66 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cloudbase Project holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ecowitt has 66 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Ecowitt's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cloudbase Project's.
Ecowitt ships an update every 6 weeks, Cloudbase Project every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ecowitt | Cloudbase Project |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (66 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 玮 彭 | Michael Del , Brown |
Customer experience
Ecowitt
Cloudbase Project
Bugs and requests
Ecowitt
Reported bugs
15 issues- Version 1.1.27 update caused app-breaking popup loop
- Graphs automatically rotate to landscape mode
- Annual rainfall calculation incorrect - doesn't reset yearly
- App crashes or freezes on iPad after multiple opens
- Login credentials not remembered between sessions
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- Webcam videos don't play within app
- Dew point displays constant zero value
- Graphs hidden behind dynamic island on newer iPhones
- Map refresh delay when navigating
- App won't launch or shows spinning loading icon
- Incompatibility with recent iOS versions
- Connection drops and fails to reconnect
- Sensor ordering resets to default
- Camera share feature unclickable
- Rainfall data not displayed during heavy rain events
Requested features
18 requests- iOS widgets for home screen display
- Apple Watch app and complications
- Push notifications for alerts and alarms
- Support for IFTTT and smart home integration
- 72-hour graph view option
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- Multi-sensor comparison on single graph
- Ability to edit and delete erroneous data
- Monthly and yearly data reports
- Dark mode option
- Font size customization
- Landscape view support on iPad
- Location search feature without scrolling map
- Biometric authentication
- Automatic cache clearing
- Tide chart functionality
- Data export and download options
- Better camera image quality controls
- Customizable graph intervals
Cloudbase Project
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ecowitt
No in-app purchases
Cloudbase Project
No in-app purchases
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