Comparison

WeatherLCD vs OO Weather

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

Head to head
About

WeatherLCD

Access comprehensive U.S. weather data, including current conditions, forecasts, radar, and specialized marine and aviation weather. Get detailed METARs, TAFs, and turbulence reports.

Highlights
  • U.S. current conditions and forecasts
  • Animated radar
  • Marine weather predictions
  • Air turbulence map
  • METARs & TAFs
  • Alerts and warnings
Currently charting
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Why pay for multiple apps that provide U.S. current conditions, forecasts, and radar, plus marine weather, when you can get it all and much more with WeatherLCD! On land: - Current U.S. weather conditions - Wind Chill/Heat Index - Dewpoint - 3-hour pressure trend - Decoded METARs & TAF data (where available) - Forecasts (including hourly forecasts and snow accumulation forecasts) - In-depth technical discussions - Alerts (including high surf & rip current) - Animated radar (short-range and Regional GOES-16/17) - City/Zip Code search - Map-based Search - Network/GPS location - Metric conversion (except alerts, snow accumulation, and discussion) Alaska weather note: Some Alaska weather data is experimental and may not be available in all areas at all times. On the water: - Buoy observations - Detailed wind, wave, and other marine condition predictions for the U.S. Pacific Atlantic, and Gulf Coasts, plus Alaskan waters and U.S. portions of the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam/N. Mariana Islands. - Area forecasts farther off shore - Hazardous marine condition bulletins/warnings - Swell height/period for Pacific locations - Text forecasts for Lake Champlain & Lake Tahoe - Metric conversion (except alerts) In the air: - Interactive global air turbulence map primarily based on pilot reports (PIREPS) - Color-coded pins make it easy to grasp turbulence severity - Touch any pin to get details such as reported turbulence altitude range, frequency, and type (chop, clear air turbulence, low-level wind shear, or mountain wave) if reported - Determines aircraft type or airline associated with report, and links to Wikipedia articles. (Note to non-US customers: the vast majority of turbulence reports displayed by WeatherLCD are from the US (incl. AK & air routes to HI) and Canada. A few times a day there are reports from the North Atlantic, Western Pacific, and Caribbean. It is very rare to see data points in other than the aforementioned locations.) All weather data presented by WeatherLCD and all graphics (with the exception of those in the bottom tab bar, the sky and water view backgrounds, and the maps) are from the National Weather Service and not subject to copyright protection. homedatasheet.com, Inc. is not affiliated with the National Weather Service. Disclaimer: WeatherLCD should never be your sole source of information for making personal safety or financial decisions. Aviation data presented by WeatherLCD is for information only and not to be used for flight safety or route planning purposes.

About

OO Weather

Features
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Privacy First Weather Application. Your body, Your device. Your data. Zero trackers, Zero ads, Zero telemetry. OO Weather fetches forecasts from public APIs and keeps everything on your device. Your location is used only to request weather and is never stored on any server we operate. No accounts. No cloud. No sign-up. How we built it: - No Servers Exist. We never built infrastructure to receive your data. There is nothing to hack, subpoena, or sell. - AES-256 Encryption. All data encrypted on-device with keys stored in your device's secure enclave. - Open Source Core. Privacy-critical components are open-sourced on GitHub for anyone to audit. What you get: - Current conditions and multi-day forecast - Clean, minimal interface with no clutter - No sign-up, no login, no permissions you did not ask for What you will never see: - Ads, banners, or sponsored content - Tracking pixels or analytics SDKs - Telemetry, crash reporting, or fingerprinting Privacy by architecture, not by promise. https://onlyoffline.org/privacy.html

Screenshots

WeatherLCD4 screens
OO Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OO Weather at Free against WeatherLCD's $0.99. WeatherLCD's advantage is chart position (#97 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

OO Weather is free to download; WeatherLCD costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
WeatherLCD versus OO Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherLCDOO Weather
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#97 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhomedatasheet.com, Inc.Mandar Karhade

Bugs and requests

WeatherLCD

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App hasn't worked, can't find data for location
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Can't get map on road view after update
  • Will not let me set my own zip code, only tracks airport
  • Tried to enter city for 20 minutes, only got airport in NY
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  • Crashes right from the start
  • Crashes on Edge network
  • Searching usually brings back a completely unrelated city

Requested features

10 requests
  • Animate future lightning probabilities
  • Include icing reports
  • Add real-time lightning detection system
  • Show lightning strikes
  • More detailed radar with strobe
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  • Scroll through saved locations with a swipe
  • Dark mode option
  • County/parish state lines for location context
  • Summary screen for all saved locations
  • Storm tracking feature

OO Weather

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

WeatherLCD

No in-app purchases

None

OO Weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WeatherLCD free?
WeatherLCD costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is OO Weather free?
OO Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WeatherLCD or OO Weather have ads?
Neither WeatherLCD nor OO Weather shows ads.

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