Weather Office vs Windly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weather Office
Get accurate 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 layout
- Hourly forecast graph
- Radar imagery
- Watches, warnings, and alerts
- Stable, fast, and reliable performance
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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.
Windly
This app provides detailed current weather conditions and forecasts across the entire Apple ecosystem. It offers photorealistic backgrounds, hourly and 10-day predictions, and customizable widgets. Saved locations sync across devices for easy access.
- Photorealistic weather backgrounds
- 24-hour hourly forecast
- 10-day temperature trend
- Home Screen widgets
- Unlimited favorite locations
- Offline weather caching
- Cross-device syncing
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Windly is a weather app that’s a pleasure to open. A big temperature, a line about your day and a sky that moves on the screen: rain, snow, storms, fog, twilight, stars and the Moon. For iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. No account, no ads, no data collection. HOME SCREEN • A huge temperature and the conditions at a glance • A greeting, a slogan and a description that fit the weather, the time of day and the season • Animated background: rain, snow, hail, lightning, wind, fog, clouds, the Sun by time of day • At night, stars and the Moon with its real phase • A ribbon below: hours, 10 days and the current numbers 10-DAY FORECAST • The next 24 hours with a chart of temperature, precipitation and wind • A list of days: icon, chance of rain, a min–max bar • Tap a day for its hourly forecast, sun arc, daylight, wind, precipitation, pressure, visibility, humidity and UV index • Moon phase, moonrise and moonset, date of the full moon • Weather alerts CITIES • Your current location and any number of favorite cities • City search and quick switching • Favorites sync through iCloud WIDGETS • Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets • Lock Screen widgets: inline, circular, rectangular • Precipitation, hourly entries and the same background as in the app • Choose the city and the refresh rate in Settings MAC AND APPLE TV • Mac: the temperature in the menu bar and a compact window with the weather now, by the hour and your favorite cities; launch at login • Apple TV: weather on the big screen and a detailed forecast OFFLINE AND ACCURACY • Forecasts from Apple WeatherKit • The last weather is available without a network • Celsius and Fahrenheit, wind and pressure units, light and dark theme PRIVACY • Location is used only to get the forecast for your spot • No account, no ads, no trackers The interface is available in English, Russian, German, French and Spanish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Windly at none against Weather Office's shown. Windly also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Weather Office's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Weather Office ships an update every 5 weeks, Windly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weather Office | Windly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (98 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | X2 Studios | Vladislav Sidelnikov |
Customer experience
Weather Office
Windly
Bugs and requests
Weather Office
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not updating with latest weather data
- Radar feature not working consistently
- Compatibility issues with some devices and OS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add previous day high/low and precipitation data
- Improve radar functionality and coverage
- Provide more customization options
- Enhance user interface and readability
Windly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weather Office
No in-app purchases
Windly
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Weather Office free?
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Do Weather Office or Windly have ads?
Which is updated more often, Weather Office or Windly?
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