Ski Utah Snow Report vs Cloudbase Project
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ski Utah Snow Report
Get real-time updates on snow conditions, road status, and resort-specific snowfall. Access 5-day forecasts, trail maps, webcams, and lift/trail status to plan your perfect powder day.
- Resort-specific snowfall
- 5-day forecasts
- Trail maps
- Webcams
- Lift and trail status
- Road conditions
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Updated and deeper than ever, the Ski Utah app is your only friend on powder days. Everything you want to know before you head up hill is here. From road conditions to resort specific snowfall, 5-day forecasts, trail maps, webcams and lift and trail status. This is the place for all things pow in Utah.
Cloudbase Project
Provides detailed weather forecasts, live readings, and tracking specifically for paragliding pilots. Offers insights into wind conditions, thermal strength, and flying potential, along with radar and satellite imagery.
- Current wind readings with favorites
- Daily and hourly site forecasts
- Flying Potential forecast summary
- Big picture weather analysis
- Weather station map with history
- Live pilot tracking map
- Live weather cameras
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Weather forecast, readings, and live tracking for paragliding pilots. Features include: - Current wind readings (with "Favorites" for quick reference) - Site daily weather and hourly forecasts including winds aloft, thermal strength, and top of lift forecasts by hour - Site "Flying Potential" forecast summary and details - "Big picture" weather including TFRs, weather alerts, soaring forecast, weather forecast discussion, Skew-T, winds aloft forecast - Map of weather station readings (select for history and forecast) - Map layers for storms (radar) and clouds (satellite infrared) - Map of live pilot tracking (select track node to get additional flight track details) - Live weather cameras - Links to paragliding resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cloudbase Project at every 3 days against Ski Utah Snow Report's every 3 weeks. Cloudbase Project also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Ski Utah Snow Report's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cloudbase Project holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ski Utah Snow Report has 2.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Ski Utah Snow Report's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cloudbase Project's.
Ski Utah Snow Report ships an update every 3 weeks, Cloudbase Project every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ski Utah Snow Report | Cloudbase Project |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.5K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ski Utah | Michael Del , Brown |
Customer experience
Ski Utah Snow Report
Cloudbase Project
Bugs and requests
Ski Utah Snow Report
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on update
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Integrate with Strava for run tracking
- Add heat map of winter activities
- Improve 12-hour snow reporting
- Add ability to zoom in on trail cams
Cloudbase Project
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ski Utah Snow Report
No in-app purchases
Cloudbase Project
No in-app purchases
Questions
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