WeatherOnline vs widget weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WeatherOnline
Access detailed worldwide city weather forecasts, including temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV index. Visualize weather patterns with comprehensive maps and radar imagery for various regions. Customize units and track up to ten locations.
- 1-12 day city forecasts
- 24-hour forecast in 3-hour intervals
- Current weather conditions
- Weather overview maps
- Radar loops for select regions
- Customizable units (C/F, km/miles)
- Up to 10 saved locations
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WeatherOnline offers worldwide city forecasts as well as weather maps Cities: ** 1-12 Days: Tmax; Tmin, Weather -am; -pm; -evening; Rain Risk; Precipitation; Wind Direction and Mean Wind Force -am; -pm; -evening; Sunshine hrs; UV index; Sunrise; Sunset; Moonrise; Moonset; ** 24 hrs Forecast in 3 hrs intervals: Temperature; Wind Direction; Mean Wind Force; Relative Humidity; Weather; Sunshine hrs; Max. Gusts; ** Current Weather: Temperature; Weather; Precipitation; Visibility; Wind -Speed; - Gust; -Bearing; Relative Humidity; Cloud Cover; Cloud Base; SL Pressure; -Trend; Snow Depth; ** Locate your current position ** Choose units (C/F, km/miles) ** Up to 10 locations at a time Maps: ** Weather Overview ** Tmax ** Tmin ** SL Pressure ** Precipitation ** 3 Day Forecasts Radar: ** Loop over the last hours ** View pictures step by step ** Level: Continent; Country; Region (Radar only available for UK, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, the Continental US and Australia). ** Weather data provided by WeatherOnline Ltd. ** Update periods: City: 1-8 Day Forecast every 6 hrs, 1 Day Forecast every 3 hrs, Current Weather Info varies between 30 min and 6 hrs, Radar: 5min (UK), 15 min (Europe), 1hrs (USA, Australia). Maps every 6hrs. ** Timezone: 1. Location Forecast: local time at the forecast location 2. All other times according to the preset time for the device. Please note: ** Language: Available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Greek and Turkish as preset for the device. ** Go to www.weatheronline.co.uk to verify availablility of the requested location, map, radar image. ** In case specific radar images are missing please click reload. Version 1.0: Known issues: ** In order to optimize data processing only the most recent data gets uploaded and only for one menu item at a time. Data older than 48 hours are automatically deleted at every restart. Therefore longer download periods may occur during a complete update or for multiple location updates. ** Send your questions and feedback to iphone@weatheronline.co.uk
widget weather
This app offers a highly customizable weather widget and application for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Personalize symbols, detail levels, fonts, and backgrounds. It provides two forecast services and saves data locally for offline access.
- Customizable weather widget
- Animated weather symbols
- Two forecast services
- Offline forecast data
- Apple Watch support
- Touch responsive meteogram
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Even bad weather can be forecasted beautifully! Works on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac! -"I have tried every widget and this is by far the best. The pixelated weather animations are very cool. It has a ton of options and I like how you can double tap the widget to refresh the info." (New type widget does not support double tapping) -"Maybe the best weather widget on the appstore." -"It's simple, beautiful and does what it says." -"LOVE THIS! Best weather app I've used so far!" -“The app is great, I only ask that the application, on the iPad, can be viewed in landscape. Attach 5 Stars, but, when the landscape is ready, become 7 Stars. Congratulations!” (iPad now supports landscape mode) widget weather is a highly customizable weather app with widgets. Pick your favorite weather symbols, detail level, font and background color. There are even two weather forecast services so pick the most accurate one for your location. On Apple Watch you can use swipe up/down or use the digital crown to travel through time on the current weather page. Tap the screen to go back to current weather. Feature list: -Touch responsive meteogram -Two forecast styles: list and graph (meteogram) -Customizable widgets -Separate locations for widgets -Apple Watch support -20 beautiful weather icon sets -2 animated weather symbol sets -Customizable background -Customizable detail level (rain/wind/units etc.) -Font picker -Forecast for map locations and GPS position -Two forecast services: openweathermap.org and met.no -Choose how often new forecast data should be downloaded -Weather forecast in 49 languages -Universal for iPhone and iPad and the iPad version can be installed on Mac and gives you weather widgets on your desktop Usage tips: -Touch and drag graph or tap list to show forecast details -You can force update a location manually by double clicking the screen in the app -To change the location for a widget: Long press a widget and choose “Edit widget”, then choose from a list of your locations. Add more locations from within the app before selecting them in a widget ### Weather forecast from met.no available in: English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. Weather forecast from openweathermap.org available in: English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Zulu. App menus in English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: widget weather at 4.7 against WeatherOnline's 2.5. widget weather also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (73 vs 2). WeatherOnline's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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
WeatherOnline costs $3.99 and widget weather $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
widget weather holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: widget weather has 73 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of WeatherOnline's written reviews are positive against 69% of widget weather's.
WeatherOnline ships an update every 17 months, widget weather every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WeatherOnline | widget weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews | 68.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #156 | #68 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WeatherOnline Ltd | Trond Rossvoll |
Customer experience
WeatherOnline
widget weather
In-app purchases
WeatherOnline
No in-app purchases
widget weather
No in-app purchases
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