Rain Tracker vs Bravo Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rain Tracker
Manually log your daily rainfall measurements from your home rain gauge. Visualize your data with daily, monthly, and yearly charts. Supports multiple gauges and data export/import.
- Manual rain recording
- Daily, monthly, yearly charts
- Multiple rain gauge support
- Data export to CSV
- Data import from CSV
- Metric/imperial unit selection
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*** Important - This app does not automatically pull any rainfall data. All data must be manually entered *** Rain Tracker is a rain diary app that allows you to record daily rain figures from your backyard rain gauge. Rain Tracker will create daily, monthly, yearly charts based on your measurements. Rain Tracker makes rainfall simple to record. Just tap on a calendar date, or new rainfall button select rainfall amount, tap save and you're finished. No sign up or other information required. RainTracker allows for recording with multiple at home rain gauges. Features: • Simple rain recorder • Monthly rainfall calendar view • Monthly rainfall list • Daily bar and line charts • Monthly bar and line charts • Yearly bar and line charts • Compare Months or years in Line chart • Choose your measurement metric millimetres or inches • Choose calendar start day of week Monday or Sunday • Record rain to multiple gauges • Export rain fall Data to CSV • Import rain fall Data from CSV Rain recording fields: • Rain • Gauge • Date • Time • Notes
Bravo Weather
This app provides detailed weather forecasts by showing you the underlying data from multiple global weather models. It uses AI to synthesize these models into a single, reliable forecast, allowing you to see where models agree and disagree for better decision-making.
- AI-powered BravoCast forecast
- View multiple global weather models side-by-side
- Rainfall totals and frost alerts
- Live rain radar and hourly forecasts
- Wind, tides, swell, sun, moon, and UV data
- Plain-English weather briefings
- Customizable email and phone alerts
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A new way to read the weather. Most weather apps give you one number and hide where it came from. Bravo gives you BravoCast, our own AI forecast, and every weather model behind it, so you can see whether they agree. BravoCast is Bravo's machine-learning weather model. It has learned from years of observed rainfall which forecast models to trust, where and when, and turns them into one answer for rain, temperature and wind, anywhere on earth. Behind it sit the world's major weather models, including ECMWF, GFS, ICON, GEM and JMA, with UKMO for Bravo Nerds. They run on different physics and different observations, and when they disagree, that disagreement is the most useful thing on the screen. Every model putting 15 mm on Thursday is worth planning around. Two of them is worth watching and nothing more. Bravo shows you which one you are looking at. WHAT YOU GET • BravoCast: Bravo's own AI forecast, the one answer on every screen and the first row on every grid • Home: today, the next ten days and how sure the forecast is, with every model's rain drawn hour by hour underneath • Every model side by side, each to the end of its own run — up to 16 days ahead — for any location on earth • Frost forecasts on the same models — overnight minimums and how many agree • A full-screen rain map from ten forecast models, with wind and pressure • Live rain radar on the map: the rain that is falling now, and the next hour • Wind, tides, swell, sun, moon and UV, each on its own screen with the answer first • The Big Picture: a plain-English briefing on what is actually driving your region's weather, not just what will fall • Rain and frost alerts on your own thresholds, by email and on your phone • Share the forecast as a picture: every model, every day, ready for Messages, WhatsApp or the family group chat • Your saved places on the home screen, one tap from their forecast • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen: the rain total for the days ahead and every model's number, at a glance FOR ANYONE WHO ACTS ON THE FORECAST If you are deciding whether to go, wait, or move something under cover, "60% chance of rain" is not an answer — knowing whether the models agree is. Bravo works anywhere in the world. FREE AND BRAVO NERD Home, the wind, tides, swell, sun, moon and UV screens, the rain map for the week ahead, live rain radar, search, the frost view and the first seven days of the model grid are free, with no account. Bravo Nerd adds the rest of every model's run (up to 16 days), which model says what on each day, the map's extra models (AIFS, AIGFS, ARPEGE and GRAPES) and the map past the first week, Compare on the map, rain and frost alerts, and the complete Big Picture briefing. Bravo Nerd is A$48 a year, with the first 14 days free for new subscribers. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings at any time. ALERTS Set the amount of rain you are waiting for, how many models must agree, and how far ahead to look. Bravo checks once a day and tells you when your rule is met — once per weather event, not once per day. Every alert arrives by email, and you can switch on a notification for any individual alert to have it reach your phone as well. Frost alerts work the same way, with a threshold defaulting to +2 °C, because models publish screen temperature and the ground runs colder on the nights that matter. Weather data from ECMWF, NOAA, the Met Office and DWD. Radar data powered by Rainbow.ai. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bravoweather.com/privacy Bravo's own terms: https://bravoweather.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bravo Weather at 100% against Rain Tracker's 46%. Bravo Weather also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). Rain Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (44 vs 4). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bravo Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Rain Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bravo Weather holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rain Tracker has 44 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Rain Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bravo Weather's.
Rain Tracker ships an update every 6 months, Bravo Weather every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rain Tracker | Bravo Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (44 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Callum Hill | Andrew Barron |
Customer experience
Rain Tracker
Bravo Weather
In-app purchases
Rain Tracker
No in-app purchases
Bravo Weather
- BravoWeather Pro1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Bravo Weather Nerd14 Days trial$29.001 Year
Questions
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