Comparison

Weather Station Live vs Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

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

Head to head
About

Weather Station Live

Access real-time weather data from a global network of automatic weather stations. View detailed conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, and precipitation. Supports over 200,000 stations worldwide with fast data refresh.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather data
  • Global station network
  • Detailed weather conditions
  • Fast data refresh
  • Multiple measurement units
  • iPhone and iPad support
Features
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Application shows real-time weather data that are collected from network of automatic weather stations in worldwide. This network consists of low cost automated weather station that anyone can buy, connect it to the Internet and contribute the conditions. Detailed weather info includes temperature, pressure, wind speed/direction, humidity, precipitation and much more. Features: * Very accurate REAL-TIME weather data! * Support for more than 200.000 stations across the world * Fast data refresh * Different weather measurement units supported (Celsius/Fahrenheit) * iPhone/iPad support * Portrait/Landscape support

About

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

Visualize all your Ecowitt weather station data on a single screen. Monitor live conditions, view detailed charts and records, and receive custom alerts for important weather events. Supports multiple stations, Apple Watch, widgets, and Siri.

Highlights
  • Live weather conditions display
  • Detailed sensor readings and charts
  • Customizable weather alerts
  • Historical data and records tracking
  • 5-day forecast and radar
  • Apple Watch and widget support
Features
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Weathervane is the dashboard for your Ecowitt weather station. It connects to your gateway or console over your own Wi-Fi, or to Ecowitt Cloud from anywhere, and puts everything your station and sensors measure on one clear screen: live conditions at the top, a tile for every reading, then charts, records, forecast and radar. It keeps your history, tracks your records, watches the weather around the clock and alerts you when something matters. Multiple stations, Apple Watch, widgets, Siri. Free, with no ads, no account and no tracking. WHAT IT SHOWS • Outdoor temperature with today's high and low • Indoor temperature and humidity • Humidity, dew point, feels like • Pressure with 3-hour trend and outlook • Wind speed, gusts, direction on a compass • Rain rate, hourly, today, event, week, month, year • Rain intensity in words • Solar radiation and UV index • Sunrise, sunset, daylight • Moon phase, moonrise, moonset • Lightning count and distance • Air quality: PM2.5, PM10, CO2, AQI • Soil moisture and soil temperature • Leaf wetness • Water level and distance • Water leaks • Black globe temperature • Comfort: how the air feels • Compared to yesterday • Battery and signal for every sensor • Daily, monthly and all-time records • 5-day forecast, radar and weather warnings SENSORS Every sensor paired to your gateway gets its own card: WH31 and WN31 temperature and humidity, WH51 soil moisture, WN34 temperature probes, WN35 leaf wetness, WH41 and WH43 PM2.5, WH45 air quality and CO2, WH55 water leak, WH57 lightning, WH40 and WN40 rain gauges, WS80, WS85 and WS90 Wittboy sensor arrays, WH65 and WS69 arrays, WN36 black globe, LDS01 water level and distance, and the indoor sensors in the gateway or console. Rename and reorder them as you like. ALERTS Freeze, frost tonight, high and low temperature, rapid drop, rain starting and stopping, heavy rain, rain totals, wind and gusts, pressure falling or rising fast, lightning nearby, a storm building, humidity, air quality, sensor limits you set, low batteries, a sensor gone quiet, a station offline, firmware updates. Weather warnings from the National Weather Service and Europe's national services. Water-leak alarm that repeats until seen. Daily summary, moon alert at sunset, quiet hours. HISTORY AND RECORDS Charts for every reading from one hour to a month, and up to three years on Ecowitt Cloud. Tap a chart for the exact value and time. Highs, lows and totals from today back to all time. Monthly report, CSV export. FORECAST 5-day forecast for your station's location with the chance of rain. National Weather Service written forecasts (US). Live radar (US and Europe). APPLE WATCH Any of your stations on your wrist, with complications for your watch face. With Ecowitt Cloud the watch reads your station itself, without your iPhone. WIDGETS, LIVE ACTIVITY, SIRI Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while it rains or lightning is near. Siri and Shortcuts for conditions, temperature and rain. Share a picture of current conditions. STATIONS As many stations as you have, local or cloud. Reorder, show or hide any card, tile or chart. Two-column iPad layout. Choice of main rain gauge on two-gauge stations. Firmware status for every device. SETTINGS Fahrenheit or Celsius; pressure, wind, rain, solar and distance units; 12-hour or 24-hour time; midnight or 9 am weather day; update interval; light or dark appearance. Demo mode to try it without a station. Keys stay in your Keychain. HARDWARE Gateways GW1100, GW1200, GW2000, GW3000, WS6210 and WS6006 (GW1000 through Ecowitt Cloud); consoles HP25xx, HP3500, WS2320, WS2910, WS38xx, WS39xx, WN18xx and WN19xx; and any station built on these, including Wittboy and Essense3. Newer models usually work too. Readings depend on your gateway, firmware and sensors. Weathervane is independently developed and not affiliated with Ecowitt. Ecowitt and product names are trademarks of their owners.

Screenshots

Weather Station Live3 screens
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather at 100% against Weather Station Live's 0%. Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 44 months). Weather Station Live's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather is free to download; Weather Station Live costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weather Station Live ships an update every 44 months, Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Weather Station Live versus Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather Station LiveDashboard for ECOWITT Weather
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 44 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikola StepanLeech Software

Customer experience

Weather Station Live

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Weather Station Live

No in-app purchases

None

Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weather Station Live free?
Weather Station Live costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather free?
Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Weather Station Live or Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather have ads?
Neither Weather Station Live nor Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weather Station Live or Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather?
Weather Station Live ships an update every 44 months, and Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather every 4 days. Most recently, Weather Station Live was updated on November 7, 2026 and Dashboard for ECOWITT Weather on November 8, 2026.

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