Weather Office+ vs Helios UV
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.
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.
- Live UV index forecasts
- Personalized burn-time predictions
- Threshold alerts for UV levels
- Multi-device widgets
- Customizable color palettes
- Powered by Apple WeatherKit
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Weather Office+ | Helios UV |
|---|---|---|
| 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 — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #58 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | X2 Studios | Kludge Ltd |
Customer experience
Weather Office+
Helios UV
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
Weather Office+
No in-app purchases
Helios UV
- 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
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