Comparison

Weather Office+ vs Helios UV

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Uncluttered single-screen layout
  • Hourly forecast graphs
  • Radar imagery
  • Watches, warnings, and alerts
  • Environment Canada and NOAA/NWS data
Features
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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.

About

Helios UV

Track the UV index with live forecasts and personalized burn-time predictions based on your skin type. Receive alerts for dangerous UV levels and customize your experience with various color palettes and widgets across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Live UV index forecasts
  • Personalized burn-time predictions
  • Threshold alerts for UV levels
  • Multi-device widgets
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Powered by Apple WeatherKit
Features
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Helios UV is a beautiful, no-nonsense UV-index tracker for every Apple device you own. Live forecasts, burn-time predictions tailored to your skin type, threshold alerts, and widgets that follow the sun across your day. WHAT HELIOS DOES • Live UV index — updated hourly from Apple WeatherKit, with 30-second interpolation between samples so the displayed value tracks reality, not the last forecast tick. • Time to burn — personalized to your Fitzpatrick skin type (I–VI), the same six-type scale widely used in dermatology and public-health sun-safety guidance. Helios maps your skin type to a documented minimum erythemal dose and recomputes minutes-to-burn every 30 seconds against the current UV. • Trend you can read — a 24-hour forecast rendered as a Catmull-Rom-spline sparkline, segments colored by UV intensity. See the peak coming, and the safe-time crossings flagged. • Threshold alerts — pick the UV level that matters to you and Helios fires a local notification when the forecast crosses it (Pro). Dangerous-UV safety alerts are free for everyone. • Widgets — Home Screen, Lock Screen, watch face, Smart Stack, macOS desktop, Apple TV dashboard. Pro unlocks every surface. • 12 Pro color palettes — Mono, Mono Teal, Vegas Neon, Pastel, Response, and more. Standard and a colorblind-friendly High Contrast palette are included free. EVERYWHERE YOU WEAR, CARRY, OR SIT One purchase. Five platforms. Each surface drawn for the device it lives on: • iPhone & iPad — full dashboard, two widget sizes, threshold-crossing notifications • Mac — menu bar status item, dashboard window, four widget sizes • Apple Watch — four complications and a Smart Stack tile • Apple TV — a leanback living-room dashboard POWERED BY APPLE WEATHERKIT Every UV reading in Helios comes from Apple's own forecasting pipeline — the same data that powers Apple's built-in Weather app. No scraped feeds, no third-party API in front of someone else's API. PRIVACY Helios has no analytics SDKs, no advertising, no third-party crash reporters, and no Kludge-operated server. Location goes to Apple WeatherKit; subscriptions go to Apple StoreKit; settings stay on your device. Full privacy policy: https://heliosuv.kludgeltd.com/privacy PRICING Helios is free to use with the full UV index forecast and dangerous-UV safety alerts on every Apple device. Helios UV Pro unlocks every color palette, every widget, watch complications, the macOS menu bar item, custom threshold alerts, and the target-UV picker. • Monthly: $0.99/month • Yearly: $9.99/year (best value per month) • Family Yearly: $14.99/year, shareable with up to 6 family members via Apple Family Sharing All Pro tiers include a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. The minutes-to-burn estimate is a guide, not medical advice. Wear sunscreen, reapply, and consult a dermatologist about your personal sun safety. LEGAL Privacy policy: https://heliosuv.kludgeltd.com/privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Weather Office+4 screens
Helios UV1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Helios UV at Free against Weather Office+'s $6.99. Helios UV also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Weather Office+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (41 vs 1). On update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Helios UV is free to download; Weather Office+ costs $6.99 up front. Helios UV sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Weather Office+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Helios UV 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weather Office+ ships an update every 3 weeks, Helios UV monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Weather Office+ versus Helios UV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather Office+Helios UV
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (41 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#58 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperX2 StudiosKludge Ltd

Customer experience

Weather Office+

All ratings41 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.8%

Helios UV

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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)

Helios UV

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Weather Office+

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Helios UV

Subscriptions3
  • Helios UV Pro Monthly7 Days trial2 variants$0.991 Month
  • Helios UV Pro Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Year
  • Helios UV Pro Family Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Weather Office+ free?
Weather Office+ costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Helios UV free?
Helios UV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Weather Office+ or Helios UV?
Helios UV is rated higher. Weather Office+ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Helios UV averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Weather Office+ or Helios UV have ads?
Neither Weather Office+ nor Helios UV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weather Office+ or Helios UV?
Weather Office+ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Helios UV monthly. Most recently, Weather Office+ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Helios UV on November 5, 2026.

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