Comparison

Nearest Weather Station vs Cobalt Weather

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

Head to head
About

Nearest Weather Station

Finds nearby weather stations and provides their radio frequencies or phone numbers. You can even make calls from your watch to hear weather reports directly.

Highlights
  • List nearby ASOS/AWOS stations
  • View radio frequency and phone numbers
  • Initiate calls for audio weather reports
  • Dial in station identifiers
  • Uses latest FAA data
Features
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Continuously provides a list of nearby ASOS and AWOS weather stations from FAA sources sorted by distance. Once a station is selected, Nearest Weather Station allows you to view the radio frequency and/or phone number (if available). By selecting the phone number, the watch will initiate a phone call to allow you to hear the ASOS or AWOS report on the watch or connected phone. Also allows you to dial in the identifier of a weather station and view the same information Nearest Weather Station provides you in the default GPS location mode. Uses latest data from FAA at time of release. Requires Watch OS version 10.0 or higher.

About

Cobalt Weather

This app provides hyper-localized weather forecasts and real-time data from personal weather stations. Its interface dynamically changes color based on current conditions, offering detailed charts and severe weather alerts. Users can connect personal weather stations for live, custom readings.

Highlights
  • Dynamic color-coded interface
  • Hour-by-hour and 10-day forecasts
  • Minute-by-minute rain predictions
  • Personal weather station integration
  • Interactive weather charts
  • Severe weather alerts
  • Customizable widgets
Features
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Cobalt is a fast, uncluttered weather app that takes its color from the conditions and puts your own backyard readings right next to the forecast. Open it on a clear afternoon and it is warm and bright. Open it in a thunderstorm and the whole interface shifts. Every screen, chart, and detail sheet is colored by the weather it is describing, in both light and dark mode. FORECASTS • Hour-by-hour and 10-day forecasts, with separate daytime and overnight conditions for every day • Minute-by-minute rain for the next hour where available, so you know when it starts and when it stops • Interactive charts for precipitation, temperature, wind, and atmosphere • Feels like, humidity, dew point, UV index, visibility, cloud cover, pressure, and air quality • Sunrise, sunset, daylight remaining, moonrise, moonset, and moon phase • Tap any day or any hour for a full detail sheet, colored by that day's own forecast SEVERE WEATHER • Official watches, warnings, and advisories, pinned above the forecast • Color-coded by severity, with the exact window each one covers YOUR OWN STATION • Connect an Ambient Weather, Ecowitt, Davis, or Tempest station in a couple of minutes • Live temperature, humidity, wind speed, gusts, direction, rain, and pressure • Rain totals by rate, day, week, month, year, and current event • Station screens take their color from your own sensors, not the regional forecast MADE TO BE YOURS • Save your places and your station, and switch between them with a tap • Jump to your current location instantly • Hide any reading or card you don't need on the forecast page • A forecast widget on your home screen that stays current without opening the app • Pick your own units • Follow your system theme or lock it to light or dark • Made for iPhone Duo and iPad: fills every screen, open or closed COBALT PLUS Cobalt is free, with no account and no sign-in. Cobalt Plus is an optional subscription that adds: • Alerts on your phone: severe weather at up to three saved places, rain about to start, a daily briefing, and limits you set on your own station's readings • An Apple Watch app with the forecast or your own station's readings, and 12 complications for your watch face • Lock Screen widgets on your iPhone with the same readings • A full forecast widget instead of the basic one, up to 3 station widgets, and updates every 30 minutes, not every 2 hours • History: chart any reading from one saved place and up to two stations over the last day, week, month, or year • Your station compared with the forecast, reading by reading, and how the forecast has changed since yesterday • Up to 10 saved places and as many stations as you like (Free includes 2 places and 1 station) • Every extra sensor your station has, from extra temperature channels to soil, lightning, and leak sensors, each one renamable, like Kitchen or Garden Cancel any time. If Plus ends, nothing is deleted for 90 days. PRIVACY Your station credentials are stored in your device's Keychain and are sent only to fetch your own readings. Location is used only to show you the weather where you are. SOMETHING WRONG? Cobalt is made by one person, and I would genuinely rather hear about a problem than have you put up with it. Tell me what happened and what phone you're on: Nick@NickSaulino.com. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cobalt Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nearest Weather Station at none against Cobalt Weather's 2. Cobalt Weather's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Cobalt Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Nearest Weather Station asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nearest Weather Station against 5.0 for Cobalt Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nearest Weather Station ships an update every 3 months, Cobalt Weather weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nearest Weather Station versus Cobalt Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNearest Weather StationCobalt Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJONOTHON CONENicholas Saulino

Customer experience

Nearest Weather Station

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cobalt Weather

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nearest Weather Station

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cobalt Weather

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Nearest Weather Station free?
Nearest Weather Station is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cobalt Weather free?
Cobalt Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nearest Weather Station or Cobalt Weather?
Nearest Weather Station and Cobalt Weather are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Nearest Weather Station or Cobalt Weather have ads?
Neither Nearest Weather Station nor Cobalt Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nearest Weather Station or Cobalt Weather?
Nearest Weather Station ships an update every 3 months, and Cobalt Weather weekly. Most recently, Nearest Weather Station was updated on November 11, 2026 and Cobalt Weather on November 10, 2026.

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