Comparison

Bird Up vs Nubuki

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

Head to head
About

Bird Up

Features
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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

About

Nubuki

Features
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Nubuki is the weather app with a soul. A character —fox, cat, bunny or bear— lives on your screen and dresses for the real weather in your city: sunglasses in the heat, an umbrella in the rain, a coat when it freezes. Real precision, plenty of charm: • Current weather with feels-like, wind, humidity, UV index and air quality • Hourly, daily and weekly forecast • Multiple cities: add and switch between your favourite places • Animated backgrounds for every condition: sun, rain, storm, snow, fog, wind and night • Customize your pet • Home screen widget • Dark mode, in Spanish and English • Clean, distraction-free design: just you and your weather Download for free and let your weather dress with you.

Screenshots

Bird Up4 screens
Nubuki4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bird Up at none against Nubuki's 1. Bird Up also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Nubuki sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bird Up asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bird Up ships an update every 8 months, Nubuki every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Bird Up versus Nubuki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBird UpNubuki
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB161 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRobert HowellKissylabs

In-app purchases

None

Bird Up

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Nubuki

One-time1
  • Unlock all pets$2.99

Questions

Is Bird Up free?
Bird Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nubuki free?
Nubuki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bird Up or Nubuki have ads?
Neither Bird Up nor Nubuki shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bird Up or Nubuki?
Bird Up ships an update every 8 months, and Nubuki every 4 months. Most recently, Bird Up was updated on November 3, 2026 and Nubuki on November 5, 2026.

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