Weather Office+ vs FD Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weather Office+
Get precise local weather data and forecasts for Canada and the USA. Features include uncluttered hourly forecast graphs, radar imagery, and important watches, warnings, and alerts. Designed for a stable, fast, and reliable single-screen experience.
- Uncluttered single-screen layout
- Hourly forecast graphs
- Radar imagery
- Watches, warnings, and alerts
- Environment Canada and NOAA/NWS data
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Weather Office+ provides accurate local weather data and forecasts for Canada and the USA. Features: - A clean layout that gives you the information you need, with no clutter. - Current Location site that updates as you move. - Short-term hourly forecast graph (Temperature, Wind Speed, Precipitation Amount, and Probability of Precipitation). - Radar (DPQPE/N1P). - Watches, warnings, and alerts, with local notifications. - Forecast Widget with small, medium, and large layouts for current conditions, hourly timeline, and multi-day forecast. - Weather Office+ is designed to be easy to use, with stable, fast, and reliable performance. Weather data and forecasts are based on Environment Canada and/or NOAA/NWS sources. * Radar and hourly graphs are not available in all locations. ** Notifications require Background App Refresh and are best effort.
FD Viewer
Access and read detailed text weather products from the National Weather Service. This app reformats Area Forecast Discussions into a user-friendly interface, allowing easy navigation through sections and offices.
- Read Area Forecast Discussions (AFDs)
- View NWS offices on a map
- List offices by distance or alphabetically
- Paginated section navigation
- User-friendly reformatting of weather data
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Area Forecast Discussions (AFDs) are a text weather product released by the National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices to inform and elaborate on the public forecast. FD Viewer presents each office on a map and also displays a list of offices sorted by distance or alphabetically. Selecting an office will display the latest Forecast Discussion paginated by section. Swipe right or left to navigate through each section. This app merely reformats the web-based AFD information in a user-friendly format. All credit for the forecast information goes to all the hardworking people at the NWS. TBD: I plan to support in-app glossary popups that will describe some of the more arcane acronyms and phrases used in the forecast text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FD Viewer at Free against Weather Office+'s $6.99. FD Viewer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Weather Office+'s advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 1) and chart position (#158 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
FD Viewer is free to download; Weather Office+ costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FD Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weather Office+ has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Weather Office+ ships an update every 3 weeks, FD Viewer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weather Office+ | FD Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #158 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | X2 Studios | Neil Cormia |
Customer experience
Weather Office+
FD Viewer
Bugs and requests
Weather Office+
Reported bugs
8 issues- No weather forecast available for any area
- Paid version graph POP bars not working
- Time scale off by an hour during Daylight Saving Time
- App crashes on iPad3 under iOS 8.1.2
- App does not start (V3.0.0)
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- Temperature only refreshes once an hour
- Small fonts and frequent 'Data not observed' messages
- App does not use location services
Requested features
14 requests- Ability to pause radar
- Notifications for weather alerts
- Apple Watch support
- Widget availability
- Sunset and sunrise data
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- Radar at province level
- Push notifications for weather alerts
- 10-day forecast
- More town selection for Nova Scotia
- Help file/documentation
- Improved map functionality
- Location services integration
- Horizontal gesture for city switching
- Human time format (12-hour clock)
FD Viewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weather Office+
No in-app purchases
FD Viewer
No in-app purchases
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