Irish Weather vs forecast.co.uk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Irish Weather
Access up-to-date weather forecasts for every Irish county. View national outlooks, rainfall radar, and satellite imagery. Get detailed information for this evening, tomorrow, and a 3-day forecast.
- County-specific forecasts
- National weather outlooks
- Rainfall radar
- Satellite imagery
- 3-day forecast
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Get the latest Irish weather for your county with this simple and easy to use app. Select your county to be given regularly updated forecasts for your area. Also included are tailored Irish national forecasts for this evening, tomorrow and a 3 day outlook. The app's built-in rainfall radar can give you a frequently updated view of what's happening in the skies above your head. Satellite imagery is also provided. Copyright & Disclaimer All data used in this application (including forecasts and imagery) comes from Met Éireann (http://www.met.ie). This application is in no way affiliated with Met Éireann. Bugs & feature requests I read every review and value all of your feedback. I consider all feature requests, great and small, and would love to hear from you. Feel free to submit feedback either via email (irishweather@jasonmadigan.com), or by following & contacting me on Twitter (@IrishWeatherApp or @jasonmadigan) or becoming a fan on Facebook (search for "Irish Weather")
forecast.co.uk
Get highly accurate weather forecasts for over 200,000 locations across the UK and globally. View detailed 14-day and hourly predictions, precipitation maps, satellite imagery, and specialized coastal and boating weather information.
- 14-day forecasts
- Hourly weather predictions
- Precipitation forecast maps
- Satellite imagery
- Temperature and wind maps
- Coastal and boating weather
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United Kingdoms's most accurate forecasts for 200.000 places and airports in your iPhone or iPad. Forecasts: - 14 days - Hour by hour for the first 2 days - Turn the phone to see the weather as a diagram Precipitation forecast maps - UK, France, Spain, Greece, Europe, World Satellite images - France, Spain, Europe, World Temperature forecast maps - UK, France, Spain, Greece Wind forecast maps - UK, France, Spain, Greece Pressure forecast maps - Centered on southern Europe, centered on northern Europe Cloudiness maps - UK, France, Spain, Greece Coast and boating weather - 12 coastal area maps - Forecasts for waves - Forecasts for wind - Forecasts for temperature
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: forecast.co.uk at 4.0 against Irish Weather's 1.0. Irish Weather's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (73% vs 49%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
forecast.co.uk holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Irish Weather's written reviews are positive against 49% of forecast.co.uk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Irish Weather ships an update every 2 months, forecast.co.uk every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Irish Weather | forecast.co.uk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 49.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Madigan | Cavum AB |
Customer experience
Irish Weather
forecast.co.uk
Bugs and requests
Irish Weather
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
forecast.co.uk
Reported bugs
46 issues- Frequent crashes
- App takes ages to load
- App won't open or freezes
- App keeps crashing
- App won't load
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- App is not updating
- App stopped working
- App freezes
- App stalls all the time
- App won't load again after closing
- App broken by iOS 26
- App stopped working with IOS 26
- App stalls on iOS
- App won't load
- App crashes every time it's opened
- App crashes when satellite maps accessed
- Rain bars in day by day mode don't make sense
- Local weather not shown ('Disabled in Settings' but no option in settings)
- Color of hours on table charts is hard to see
- Forecasts vary significantly with Met Office
- Search facility has disappeared
- App suddenly stopped loading
- App turns off when searching
- App will not search at all
- Maps part of the app still works, but search page doesn't
- Hourly forecast only shows 23:00 when 'Day' is selected on iPad with iOS 11
- Unable to switch to other locations for weather forecast after update on iPad
- Adverts obscure some of the info
- Latest update has stopped places loading
- Latest iOS update has stopped the maps working
- App won't open after iOS 11 update
- New version is 'miniaturised' and unclear
- Adverts come and go with no means to turn them off
- Cannot switch from Celsius to Fahrenheit
- Display is completely ruined with bits here and there
- Hours at the top and days below with ads in between
- App no longer keeps list of frequently visited places
- History is too short and cannot be reordered
- New interface has a very disjointed feel
- New interface is bitty, crowded and confusing
- New layout is terrible and hard to see forecast
- Maps are too concentrated
- Predictions are inaccurate
- New update is messy and has adverts
- New update has hateful adverts
- New update has overcomplicated features
Requested features
8 requests- Make text black on white background for better readability
- Add vertical mode for iPadOS version
- Bring back landscape mode
- Add % chance of precipitation for each day
- Option to remove ads
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- Revert to previous layout/version
- Allow users to pay to remove ads
- Show temperatures in both Celsius and Fahrenheit
In-app purchases
Irish Weather
No in-app purchases
forecast.co.uk
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Irish Weather free?
Is forecast.co.uk free?
Which has better reviews, Irish Weather or forecast.co.uk?
Do Irish Weather or forecast.co.uk have ads?
Which is updated more often, Irish Weather or forecast.co.uk?
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