Comparison

Thunderstorm Calculator vs widget weather

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

Head to head
About

Thunderstorm Calculator

Measure the distance to a thunderstorm by timing the interval between lightning and thunder. View your storm history to track its movement and toggle between metric and imperial units.

Highlights
  • Lightning and thunder timing
  • Distance calculation
  • Metric and imperial units
  • Storm history tracking
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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This application calculates the distance of a thunder storm by measuring the time between a lightning and the corresponding thunder. How to use: - When you see the lightning press the 'Lightning' button. - Wait until you hear the thunder and press the 'Thunder' button. - Tap the distance to toggle between metric and imperial units. - With the help of the history list you can see whether the storm comes closer and moves away. Background: The speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. By measuring the time between the lightning and corresponding thunder one can easily approach the distance by multiplying the duration with the speed of sound. Apple Watch version: - distance calculation - history list - metric and imperial units - has a Check for a quick start

About

widget weather

This app offers a highly customizable weather widget and application for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Personalize symbols, detail levels, fonts, and backgrounds. It provides two forecast services and saves data locally for offline access.

Highlights
  • Customizable weather widget
  • Animated weather symbols
  • Two forecast services
  • Offline forecast data
  • Apple Watch support
  • Touch responsive meteogram
Features
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Even bad weather can be forecasted beautifully! Works on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac! -"I have tried every widget and this is by far the best. The pixelated weather animations are very cool. It has a ton of options and I like how you can double tap the widget to refresh the info." (New type widget does not support double tapping) -"Maybe the best weather widget on the appstore." -"It's simple, beautiful and does what it says." -"LOVE THIS! Best weather app I've used so far!" -“The app is great, I only ask that the application, on the iPad, can be viewed in landscape. Attach 5 Stars, but, when the landscape is ready, become 7 Stars. Congratulations!” (iPad now supports landscape mode) widget weather is a highly customizable weather app with widgets. Pick your favorite weather symbols, detail level, font and background color. There are even two weather forecast services so pick the most accurate one for your location. On Apple Watch you can use swipe up/down or use the digital crown to travel through time on the current weather page. Tap the screen to go back to current weather. Feature list: -Touch responsive meteogram -Two forecast styles: list and graph (meteogram) -Customizable widgets -Separate locations for widgets -Apple Watch support -20 beautiful weather icon sets -2 animated weather symbol sets -Customizable background -Customizable detail level (rain/wind/units etc.) -Font picker -Forecast for map locations and GPS position -Two forecast services: openweathermap.org and met.no -Choose how often new forecast data should be downloaded -Weather forecast in 49 languages -Universal for iPhone and iPad and the iPad version can be installed on Mac and gives you weather widgets on your desktop Usage tips: -Touch and drag graph or tap list to show forecast details -You can force update a location manually by double clicking the screen in the app -To change the location for a widget: Long press a widget and choose “Edit widget”, then choose from a list of your locations. Add more locations from within the app before selecting them in a widget ### Weather forecast from met.no available in: English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. Weather forecast from openweathermap.org available in: English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Zulu. App menus in English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Screenshots

Thunderstorm Calculator4 screens
widget weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: widget weather at 4.7 against Thunderstorm Calculator's 3.0. widget weather also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (73 vs 3). Thunderstorm Calculator's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, chart position 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

Thunderstorm Calculator costs $0.99 and widget weather $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

widget weather holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: widget weather has 73 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thunderstorm Calculator ships an update every 33 months, widget weather every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Thunderstorm Calculator versus widget weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThunderstorm Calculatorwidget weather
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.7 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—68.9% of reviews
Number of ratings373 — better
Update frequencyEvery 33 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#150#124 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasTrond Rossvoll

Customer experience

Thunderstorm Calculator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

widget weather

All ratings73 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.7%

In-app purchases

None

Thunderstorm Calculator

No in-app purchases

None

widget weather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thunderstorm Calculator free?
Thunderstorm Calculator costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is widget weather free?
widget weather costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thunderstorm Calculator or widget weather?
widget weather is rated higher. Thunderstorm Calculator averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while widget weather averages 4.7 from 73 ratings.
Do Thunderstorm Calculator or widget weather have ads?
Neither Thunderstorm Calculator nor widget weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thunderstorm Calculator or widget weather?
Thunderstorm Calculator ships an update every 33 months, and widget weather every 6 weeks. Most recently, Thunderstorm Calculator was updated on October 23, 2026 and widget weather on October 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Thunderstorm Calculator or widget weather?
Thunderstorm Calculator currently peaks at #150 in the App Store charts, and widget weather at #124. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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