GOES Viewer vs WeatherSat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GOES Viewer
Easily view and share the latest satellite imagery from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) directly on your mobile device. This app simplifies accessing global satellite views and animations, making it quick to share images via message or save them to your gallery.
- View GOES satellite imagery
- Access global satellite views
- Watch satellite animations
- Easy image sharing
- Save imagery to gallery
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Do you like to view and share the latest satellite imagery of the world? Think the NOAA GOES website is hard to navigate on your phone? Give GOES Viewer a try! This app is designed to give a quick preview of every view NOAA has for it's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) and even lets you view the animations of the most recent imagery. To top that all off, sharing is as easy as tapping the share button which will attach the imagery to a message or let you save it to your gallery!
WeatherSat
View global weather satellite imagery and animations to visualize weather changes. Explore different weather visualizations and enjoy a dynamic view of weather systems. This app offers standalone functionality on Apple Watch and supports various widget types for iPhone.
- Global NOAA weather satellite imagery
- Weather animation feature
- Lightning and wind visualizations
- Standalone Apple Watch app
- iPhone widgets and lock screen support
- Watch complications
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WeatherSat lets you easily view NOAA's weather satellite imagery covering half the globe. Make the weather come alive using the app's animation feature that shows weather changes over the course of a day. Explore different visualizations such as lightening and wind, and enjoy watching the ever-changing flow of weather systems. WeatherSat can run completely standalone on your Watch, and supports iPhone widgets, lock screen widgets, and Watch complications. If you're interested in weather, WeatherSat will let you see it unfold in a whole new way. Privacy policy: https://www.bogbridges.com/weathersatprivacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WeatherSat at every 4 days against GOES Viewer's every 2 months. WeatherSat also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). GOES Viewer's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GOES Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of GOES Viewer's written reviews are positive against 100% of WeatherSat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GOES Viewer ships an update every 2 months, WeatherSat every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GOES Viewer | WeatherSat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better | 4.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emery Silberman | Bog Bridges LLC |
Customer experience
GOES Viewer
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In-app purchases
GOES Viewer
No in-app purchases
WeatherSat
No in-app purchases
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