Comparison

Weather Radar vs Whumpf

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

Head to head
About

Weather Radar

Get real-time weather updates with a dynamic radar map and detailed forecasts. Customize your view, receive alerts for storms, rain, and snow, and access rich meteorological data. Stay informed with home screen widgets and unit selection.

Highlights
  • Live weather radar map
  • Hourly, daily, and weekly forecasts
  • Storm, rain, and snow alerts
  • Customizable interface and favorite locations
  • Home screen widget
  • Unit selection (Celsius/Fahrenheit, km/h/mph, mm/inch)
Features
Currently charting
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The "Weather Radar - Weather Alerts" application provides you with the most comprehensive and accurate weather. With many outstanding features, this application becomes an indispensable tool to help you update weather information anytime, anywhere. - Live Weather Radar: A 24/7 dynamic weather radar map, allowing you to observe the movement of clouds, rain, snow, and other weather phenomena worldwide. - Accurate Weather Forecast: Provides detailed hourly, daily, and weekly weather forecasts. In addition to temperature, the application also provides information on humidity, wind speed, UV index, and more. - Interface Customization: The application allows you to customize the interface to your personal preferences with various display modes and set favorite locations on the map. - Rich Meteorological Information: Provides detailed information about meteorological factors such as air pressure, visibility, and rain prediction. - Intuitive User Interface: Provides an easy-to-see and intuitive user interface, making it easy for you to recognize and understand meteorological parameters. Support for Multiple Languages: The application supports many languages, including Vietnamese, helping users from different countries easily access and use. - Home Screen Widget: Weather Radar - Weather Alerts provides a weather widget on the home screen, making it easy for you to view weather information without opening the app. - Unit Selection Feature: "Weather Radar - Weather Alerts" allows you to select the measurement unit for temperature (Celsius or Fahrenheit), wind speed (km/h or mph), and rainfall (mm or inch). No matter where, no matter when, Weather Radar - Weather Alerts is a reliable tool to help you capture the most accurate weather information. With this application, you can rest assured that you have the latest and most accurate weather information, helping you better prepare for daily activities. Term of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/weather-alerts-terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/weather-alerts-policy

About

Whumpf

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Whumpf puts the avalanche forecast for every zone you care about on one screen, side by side, with the weather to check it against. When you've picked where to go, Heading Out leaves a trip plan with the people at home and reminds them if you don't check in. COMPARE ZONES ACROSS CENTERS - Pick zones from any Alaska avalanche center and see the danger at all three elevation bands next to each other. From Anchorage that means Hatcher Pass, Turnagain and Valdez at a glance. - Avalanche problems with their likelihood, size, and the aspects and elevations they're on, plus the forecaster's bottom line. - Nearby weather stations and SNOTEL sites: temperature, wind and gusts, new snow and water content over 24 or 72 hours, next to the NWS point forecast. - Recent field observations from the center for each zone. - Page back through the last few days to see how the picture changed. THE FORECAST, EVERY MORNING - Each morning you get a notification for each of your saved zones with the danger at all three elevation bands and a line of station weather. - The full forecast downloads with the notification, even if the app was closed, so it's already on your phone when you lose service at the trailhead. - Your saved zones are stored on your phone and refreshed in the background. HEADING OUT: LEAVE A TRIP PLAN Before you go, Whumpf builds the trip plan a search and rescue team asks for: where you parked, with a map pin; your route and backup plans; who's in the party; what you're wearing and carrying; your vehicle; your satellite messenger's share page; and medical details. - Fill in your profile once and every plan after that is prefilled. Pick the area, set your times, choose your contacts, send. - Your contacts get a link to a page that opens on any phone, no app needed, with everything in the order a rescuer will ask for it and who to call. - Set a back-by time and a worry-by time. If you haven't checked in by then, Whumpf emails your contacts and calls them with an automated message. - Running late? A contact can push the worry-by time back from the page. Whoever hears from you, or calls for help, marks it there and the other contacts see it. - Optional: share your live location with those contacts for that trip only. It stops when you check in, and the trail is deleted with the plan. - Check in with one tap when you're back. FILE AN OBSERVATION Write up what you saw in the field, with photos and the location, and send it to your avalanche center through the center's own form, filled in with what you wrote where the form allows. Or email it with a PDF copy and your photos, or just keep the PDF. No account, no sign-in, free. Forecast data comes from the National Avalanche Center and its member centers. Always read the full forecast from your local avalanche center before making travel decisions. Whumpf does not replace the source forecast. It never contacts rescuers itself: your contacts decide when to call, and their page tells them how. Whumpf is the sound a collapsing weak layer makes underfoot: one of the clearest signs the snowpack is unstable.

Screenshots

Weather Radar4 screens
Whumpf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Whumpf at none against Weather Radar's 7. Whumpf also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Weather Radar's advantage is chart position (#187 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Weather Radar sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whumpf asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weather Radar ships an update fortnightly, Whumpf every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Weather Radar versus Whumpf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather RadarWhumpf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews7.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#187 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTran MinhKai Myers

Bugs and requests

Weather Radar

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Alerts and push notifications not working
  • App crashes and won't load

Requested features

2 requests
  • Longer trial period
  • Allow setting preferred units

Whumpf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Weather Radar

Subscriptions6
  • 1 WEEK SUBSCRIPTION 3D TRIAL3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • 1 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION 7D TRIAL7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 1 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION$9.991 Month
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  • 1 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION 3D TRIAL3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 3D TRIAL3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • LIFETIME$34.99
None

Whumpf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weather Radar free?
Weather Radar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whumpf free?
Whumpf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Weather Radar or Whumpf have ads?
Weather Radar shows ads; Whumpf does not.
Which is updated more often, Weather Radar or Whumpf?
Weather Radar ships an update fortnightly, and Whumpf every 5 days. Most recently, Weather Radar was updated on October 27, 2026 and Whumpf on October 28, 2026.

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