Weather Crave vs SimClimat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weather Crave
Access comprehensive weather forecasts from real meteorologists, including daily, hourly, and 15-day outlooks. Compare forecasts from multiple leading models and view detailed maps for global locations. Stay informed with live updates, rain probability, and customizable notifications.
- Expert meteorological forecasts
- Weather model comparison
- Live, hourly, and 15-day forecasts
- Global weather maps
- Rain probability alerts
- Customizable home screen
- User-submitted content
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Finally a weather application with the expertise of real meterologists. Find your forecasts, rain forecasts, videos, a weather comparison too,…. You won't be able to do without it: we warned you! For comprehensive and free forecasts in France, the overseas French territories, but also in Europe and over the world, as well as innovative and exclusive functions, follow the guide.... ;-) • the new section, "All the news", offers quick access to all types of editorial content, articles, videos and images. • streaming is improved with VOD, so you can select and watch just the programmes you want, when you want! • new weather forecast screens: the new interface makes it easier to go from live, to hourly, daily or 15 day forecasts. • our R&D teams have also updated our forecasting model to improve its quality and accuracy (just like the one on the new website)! • and still more places are being added, including villages and lots of other locations • and finally, of course, different application optimisations • DISCOVER THE NO.1 WEATHER COMPARISON SERVICE IN FRANCE! Weather Crave makes your life easier: view, on a single screen, the forecast for the 3 most popular weather models in France: Sources: METEO CONSULT Météo-France NOAA (USA) • PERSONALISE YOUR HOME SCREEN WITH YOUR FAVOURITE CONTENT! • VIEW YOUR FORECASTS LIVE, OVER A QUARTER OF AN HOUR THEN THE NEAREST HOUR Cap or umbrella? You won't need to ask any more thanks to Météo Live which gives you the probability of rain in the next quarter of an hour! • WHEREVER YOU GO, the widget lets you directly check the weather forecast for your location. You can authorise geolocation (or alternatively choose not to) when the app is closed or unused to continue to have up-to-date information and optimise advertising. The widget now displays a 6-hour forecast as well as live weather, and can be resized as you wish. What more could you ask? • WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED MAPS AT YOUR DISPOSAL, YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD National, regional and département-level maps, as well as ones for French overseas territories and countries throughout the world • NOTIFICATIONS • BECOME A REPORTER FOR LA CHAINE METEO Share, view and access photos and contributions posted on the app and Weather Crave website for any location worldwide. • SHARE YOUR CONTENT Share your content with family and friends, either via email, on Facebook or on Twitter. • OPTION FOR WEATHER FANS: - La Chaîne Météo VIP, for an "ad-free" app To get these option, go to the MENU •CHANCE OF RAIN NEW FEATURES of the 5.6.0 version Do you know about the “Observations” section? With this update, discover or rediscover this section which is now called “Chance of rain.” We worked on the quality of the images displayed and the performance of the player to offer you more fluid observations. And now, this observations video is enriched with “now casting” radar images to visualize the chances of precipitation over the next 90 minutes, which has never been done before! Another new feature of this version, the widget now shows six hours of forecast in addition to the live weather, and can be re-sized to your preferences. What more could you need? Weather Crave : the ultimate weather information service Terms & Conditions: https://www.weathercrave.com/weather-services/info/terms-of-service
SimClimat
Explore Earth and planetary climate simulations with a user-friendly interface. This educational tool visualizes the impact of various factors like greenhouse gas emissions and astronomical changes on global temperature, sea level, and ice extent.
- Earth and planetary climate simulation
- Graphical user interface
- Adjustable time scales
- Visualize temperature, sea level, ice extent
- Test influence of climate parameters
- Analyze climate feedbacks
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SimClimat is an educational application to simulate the climate of the Earth and of other planets. It is composed of a graphical interface coupled to a simple physical climate model. Its user-friendly interface allows the user to run climate simulations at different time scales. The results pertaining to global surface temperature, sea level, ice sheet exent and atmospheric composition are displayed as curves and drawings. The user can test the influence of various parameters influencing the climate, such as astronomical parameters, the composition of the atmosphere, continental alteration, volcanism or human greenhouse gas emissions. The user can also plug or unplug some climatic feedbacks to highlight and quantify their effect. This application can for example be used to make climate projections with different scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions, to study the mechanisms and feedbacks involved in current global warming or in past climatic variations (glacial-interglacial variations, past glaciations, snow-ball earth) or to compare the climate of different planets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Weather Crave at 80% against SimClimat's 13%. Weather Crave also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). SimClimat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Weather Crave sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SimClimat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Weather Crave ships an update every 3 weeks, SimClimat every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weather Crave | SimClimat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (112 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 13.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | METEO CONSULT | Alain DESEINE |
Customer experience
Weather Crave
SimClimat
Bugs and requests
Weather Crave
Reported bugs
22 issues- Showing rain when not raining, sun when raining
- Temperatures are wrong
- Super long, unskippable video ads
- Major fluidity bugs
- Future radar predictions are a bit strange
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- Temperatures changed to Fahrenheit after update, difficult to change back
- Live feature rarely works
- Live feature doesn't offer hourly detail
- Ads in languages user doesn't understand
- App is in French, need English
- App changed language to French
- App crashes on loading
- Ads act like phishing links
- Upgrade breaks the app
- App won't open after upgrade
- App hangs at initial country selection screen
- App doesn't work after update
- App doesn't recognize local position after update
- App shows empty field for country input
- App won't load/doesn't work
- Paid version doesn't apply to iPad app
- App crashes when selecting favorite city (Japanese)
Requested features
7 requests- Add widget for lock screen
- Add daily widgets
- Add Mac version
- Add German language option
- Add option to see temperatures in Celsius
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- Change 'morning' to 'night' for midnight to 6 am
- Add landscape mode option
SimClimat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weather Crave
- VIP subscription$1.991 Month
- VIP subscription$14.991 Year
- 1 month$1.99
- 12 months$14.99
SimClimat
No in-app purchases









