Mercury Weather vs Ask Cloudman
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mercury Weather
Get hyper-local weather forecasts with beautiful charts and detailed daily predictions. Track storms, plan trips with future forecasts, and receive timely notifications. Includes live widgets for your home and lock screens.
- Beautiful weather charts
- Detailed daily forecast
- Trip Forecast
- Accurate rain forecast
- Hurricane and storm tracking
- Live widgets
- Weather notifications
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"It's a weather app. How much is there to say?" – Malin from Triple Glazed Studios' crack product marketing team TOP FEATURES – Beautiful weather charts – Detailed daily forecast – Trip Forecast – Incredibly accurate rain forecast – Hurricane and storm tracking – Tide forecasts – Weather notifications – Radar map – Simple yet powerful Apple Watch app – Easy to glance home screen and lock screen widgets – Weather normals Privacy policy: https://tripleglazedstudios.com/mercury/privacy Terms of use: https://tripleglazedstudios.com/mercury/terms
Ask Cloudman
This app provides weather forecasts in a conversational format, answering your questions directly instead of presenting raw data. It visually represents the forecast by showing a character dressed appropriately for the day's conditions and offers a home screen widget for quick access.
- Conversational weather queries
- Visual outfit representation of forecast
- Home screen widget
- Daily trip briefs
- Hourly and weekly forecast details
- Nearby weather map
- Personalized weather alerts
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Meet Cloudman. Ask him the questions a forecast can't answer. Most weather apps hand you a grid of numbers and leave the thinking to you. Cloudman does the thinking. He reads the forecast for where you are and dresses for it — one glance at what he's wearing and you know: tee, hoodie, puffy, parka, raincoat. Then you ask him the rest. ASK, DON'T SCROLL "What should I wear?" "Need a coat tonight?" "Best beach day this week?" He answers in a sentence, in plain words. When you ask, the day folds into his pocket and the conversation has the screen; tap him to come home. HE DRESSES FOR IT Cloudman changes outfits when you should. His verdict for the day is one line, and he'll say when it flips — tee till four, hoodie for the ride home. Tap him and he texts you the day in three lines, the third one about what you told him matters. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN The widget wears the weather. The temperature, where the day goes, and Cloudman dressed for it — no app to open. Add it from Settings; he'll walk you through it. THE BEST DAY FOR IT Beach, hike, the weekend — ask which day and he scores the week and names the one, with the hour. ANYWHERE "Check weather in Monterey" hands you a card for there. "Heading to Tahoe Friday" gets a trip brief with the clock at both ends. THE DAY, HONESTLY Tap the Today card: the day as columns you can scrub, feels-like, wind and gusts, rain by the hour, UV, sunrise and sunset. The week in one row a day, with what stands out. WHERE THE SUN IS The Nearby map shows the readings around you, hour by hour, so on a foggy morning you can see which neighbourhood is warm — tap a place to look closer. HE LEARNS YOUR MORNINGS Tell him what matters — the run, the school gate, Friday's bike — and he brings it up when the weather does. FRIDAYS, A POEM Once a week he writes your neighbourhood three lines — about the fog on the hill, the bus that sighs, the sun by one — never a temperature. Tap the card, watch him write, share the page. °F OR °C Every degree in the unit you read. BUILT TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT YOU No account, no sign-in, no ads, no tracking. Location is used only to fetch your forecast and is never stored. Everything the app remembers sits under a random identifier you can erase in one tap from Settings. Weather data by Apple Weather. Replies in chat are generated by AI and can be wrong — check the sky before you trust the coat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ask Cloudman at none against Mercury Weather's 7. Ask Cloudman also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). Mercury Weather's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and chart position (#98 vs unranked). On price 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. Mercury Weather sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ask Cloudman asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ask Cloudman holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mercury Weather has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mercury Weather ships an update every 10 days, Ask Cloudman every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Mercury Weather | Ask Cloudman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #98 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Triple Glazed Studios LLC | James Schulte |
Customer experience
Mercury Weather
Ask Cloudman
Bugs and requests
Mercury Weather
Reported bugs
4 issues- Widgets showing demo mode
- Complications not working
- Scrolling performance issues
- Subscription issues
Requested features
7 requests- Add radar
- Add air quality data
- Add UV forecast
- Add precipitation graph
- Improve widget design and customization
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- Add more data sources
- Improve Apple Watch integration
Ask Cloudman
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mercury Weather
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Monthly (Family)$4.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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- Yearly (Family)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime (Family Upgrade)$39.99
- Lifetime$59.99
- Lifetime (Family)$99.99
Ask Cloudman
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mercury Weather free?
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