Bird Up vs Cloudbase Utah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bird Up
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Bird Up is a Tiger Mountain paragliding weather application. - Live weather data is provided by David Wheeler's stations located at drw.selfip.com - Windgrams are courtesy of T. J. Olney's wxtofly.net which generates Dr. Jack's RASP visualizations. - Meteograms are from weather.gov, and are the same as Roland's Soarcast It is likely that more locations will be added. Please submit feedback to contact@birdup.cloud
Cloudbase Utah
Provides detailed weather forecasts, real-time readings, and live tracking specifically for paragliding pilots in Utah. Offers insights into wind conditions, thermal strength, and soaring potential, alongside live camera feeds and pilot tracking.
- Current weather station readings
- Hourly and daily forecasts
- Winds aloft and thermal strength
- Live pilot tracking
- Live weather cameras
- Paragliding resource links
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Weather forecast, readings, and live tracking for Utah paragliding pilots. Features include: - Current readings for stations across Utah - Site daily weather and hourly forecasts including winds aloft, thermal strength, and top of lift forecasts by hour - "Big picture" weather including TFRs, weather alerts, soaring forecast, weather forecast discussion, Skew-T, winds aloft forecast - Map of weather station readings (select for history and forecast) - Map of live pilot tracking (select track node to get additional flight track details) - Live weather cameras - Links to paragliding resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cloudbase Utah at weekly against Bird Up's every 8 months. Bird Up's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bird Up ships an update every 8 months, Cloudbase Utah weekly. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Bird Up | Cloudbase Utah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Howell | Michael Del , Brown |
In-app purchases
Bird Up
No in-app purchases
Cloudbase Utah
No in-app purchases
