Comparison

Weather⁺ vs Weather Widget®

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

Head to head
About

Weather⁺

Experience dynamic weather forecasts with visually engaging video backgrounds that adapt to local conditions. Get detailed weather data, customizable layouts, and convenient widgets. Enjoy animated clocks and full Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Daily & 3-hourly forecasts
  • Humidity, pressure, wind data
  • Animated video backgrounds
  • Customizable forecast layout
  • Animated flip clock
  • Weather widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
Currently charting
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Weather⁺ is more than just the weather! Experience the weather forecast with beautiful video backgrounds that change along the local weather conditions of your location. FREE IN WEATHER⁺ • Forecast Daily & 3-Hourly • Humidity, Precipitation, Pressure, Wind direction & speed • Visibility details • Weather Widgets - Weekly Weather (iPhone & iPad) • Changing Video Background along with weather conditions • Personalize your Forecast Layout screen • Animated Flip Clock • Split View for multitasking support • Full Apple Watch support SUBSCRIPTION TO PREMIUM ACCESS • a 100% Ad Free experience • Full access to all Weather Videos • Premium Customer Support Subscriptions automatically renew each month 24 hours before the end of the current period and your iTunes account will be charged unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from within the app. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. Terms & Conditions: https://impalastudios.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://impalastudios.com/privacy CHANGE THE TIME In the settings, you can switch between ‘Your time’ and ‘Local time.’ To switch between them, click the ‘Your time’ and ‘Local time’ options on the clock's hour section. ADD LOCATION ON APPLE WATCH It’s handy to know that the first location added to your list is set as the location on your Apple Watch. To edit or change this, you can reorder the cities in your location overview on your iPhone. CHANGE MY BACKGROUND VIDEO Unfortunately, you can’t manually select a video to play as a background. The app selects a random video from a pool of weather videos that match the weather for the report you’re currently viewing. You can expand this pool of videos by unlocking videos in the menu screen, which is done by watching a short ad per video. YOUR EXPERIENCE IS IMPORTANT TO US! Please check if the answers are available in the Frequently Asked Questions app Settings. We’re pleased with your feedback, questions, and suggestions. Our support team is always ready to help via support@impalastudios.com. LOVING WEATHER⁺? Please show your support by rating us! Thank you.

About

Weather Widget®

Enhance your device with a beautiful and accurate weather widget. Choose from thousands of customizable styles, including clocks, radar, and air quality. Get detailed forecasts and alerts for any location, all without intrusive ads.

Highlights
  • Thousands of unique widget styles
  • Live weather and hourly forecasts
  • Interactive clock and radar widgets
  • Air quality and UV index tracking
  • Lock screen and StandBy support
  • 14-day weather forecast
  • Weather alerts and notifications
Features
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Looking for an accurate and beautiful weather widget for your iPhone? SkyFlip Weather Widget® is what you need with thousands of unique widget styles, rich functionalities, easily customizable, powered by trusted weather data sources, and No Intrusive Ads. SkyFlip Weather Widget® is a unique weather app that gives you all customizable widgets in one app: Live weather, hourly forecast, clock, radar, storm tracker, air quality, UV, moon phase...All are beautifully designed for your devices (iPhone, iPad, Watch, Carplay...). Powered by top weather providers like Apple, NOAA, Yr, Visual Crossing, DWD(German), JMA(Japan)...we're helping thousands of people worldwide stay ready for any weather condition. FEATURES & BENEFITS: - 100+ Stylish Widgets: Various widget styles for any decoration needs. For example, Digital & Analog clocks for stylish lovers, cat and dog for animal lovers, metallic for strong style, flower styles for flower lovers... And rich functionality: Air quality widget, Weather Radar widget, UV index widgets... - 30+ types of Lock Screen widgets - Support Carplay, StandBy, Lock screen, iPad, Watch... every device you want - Interactive widget: You can tap on the widget to see different information. - Customize widgets with multiple locations: You can customize everything in the widgets with your pictures, unlimited font, colors and set any location. - 14-day Weather forecast for many locations at a glance, supports over 200,000 cities worldwide. - 300-hourly weather forecast - Recommend what to wear based on the Weather conditions. - Free to use: The free version will include many interesting widget styles and let you customize freely. For the pro version, you can use all the widgets and unlock all premium features. Refund and cancel anytime if you don't like it. - Weather Alert, notification: Stay alerted from government data (Support US, Canada, and EU countries). - Weather radar (24h Future and past): You can track rain, snow, hurricanes, and severe weather with live and future radar. Provided by NOAA, Windy, BBC, Aeris. Attached utilities such as warning indicators of environmental pollution - Moon phase: Track moon set, moon rise...with full moon calendar and widget-ready - UV index and UV forecast widget - Air quality index worldwide, support widget - Weather calendar: Let you plan your week easily - View the weather of multiple cities in a single widget - Customize app theme: Choose app wallpapers, icons, and colors to make your own unique weather station. - 100% Safe, we're not tracking any of your data. AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS --*** #1 weather app on US store (09/2020) ***-- --*** App is nominated as 'App of the day' by Design Nominee ***- --*** Featured on iTunes 316 times worldwide***-- FEEDBACK If you have any advice or suggestions, please send your feedback to us: App landing page: http://weatherwidget.activeuser.co Like our fan page: https://www.facebook.com/weatherwidget/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Almost all features are free, but if you want customized functionalities, you can subscribe or purchase Lifetime at a reasonable price. The following will apply: * You'll be charged once a month or once a year, depending on the subscription option you choose. * Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. * Your subscription will automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. * Your account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Prices are in US Dollars and may vary outside of the US. * You can manage your subscription and renewal settings, or discontinue your subscription by going to Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://weatherwidget.activeuser.co/terms-condition/ Privacy policy: https://weatherwidget.activeuser.co/privacy-policy-3/

Screenshots

Weather⁺4 screens
Weather Widget®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Weather Widget® at none against Weather⁺'s shown. Weather Widget® also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 56%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Weather⁺'s advantage is ratings volume (145K vs 5.5K). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Weather⁺ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Weather Widget® sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Weather⁺ against 4.7 for Weather Widget®. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weather⁺ has 145K ratings behind it against 5.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Weather⁺'s written reviews are positive against 81% of Weather Widget®'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weather⁺ ships an update every 5 weeks, Weather Widget® every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Weather⁺ versus Weather Widget®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather⁺Weather Widget®
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (145K ratings)4.7 (5.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings145K — better5.5K
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#91#88 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB178 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImpala StudiosTien Long Nguyen

Customer experience

Weather⁺

All ratings144,623 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews610 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral8.4%
Negative36.1%

Weather Widget®

All ratings5,521 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews799 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral6.4%
Negative12.6%

User reviews

Weather⁺

From 145K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🌄 Beautiful weather animations
  • ⏱️ Accurate weather forecasts
  • 🌍 Covers many locations worldwide
  • 🕰️ Convenient time display

Room to improve

  • 💸 Subscription model too expensive
  • 🔍 Difficult to customize background videos
  • 📢 Excessive advertisements
  • 🕰️ Clock display takes up too much space
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches

Weather Widget®

From 5.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Awesome app
  • 👍 Accurate and reliable
  • 🎨 Customizable widgets and themes
  • 📊 Detailed weather information
  • 🕰️ Helpful time and date integration

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Difficulty customizing widgets
  • 🔁 Inconsistent widget updates
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🌍 Inaccurate location detection

Bugs and requests

Weather⁺

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect time display for multiple locations
  • App crashes after recent updates
  • Weather information not updating properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to select preferred background videos
  • Longer weather forecast period
  • Widget support for home screen
  • More detailed weather information (e.g., air quality, pollen count)

Weather Widget®

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widget not updating correctly
  • Temperature readings inconsistent with other apps

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free widget options
  • Transparent widget backgrounds
  • Ability to add multiple locations
  • Improved radar functionality

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Weather⁺

Subscriptions9
  • Platinum Membership$0.991 Month
  • Premium Membership Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Weekly Premium Access3 Days trial$1.997 Days
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  • Weekly Premium Access14 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Premium Membership$7.996 Months
  • The Full Weather+ Experience$8.491 Year
  • Annual Limited Time Offer$9.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Access$14.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Access$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Video Pack$0.99
11 purchases

Weather Widget®

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly subscribe$3.997 Days
  • Monthly subscription$5.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time8
  • 3D Weather Widget$1.99
  • Full Weather info Widget(Horizontal clock)$1.99
  • Low poly style$1.99
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  • Home weather station style$1.99
  • Neon weather widget$2.99
  • (One year) Pro version$4.99
  • Super Stylish weather pack$11.99
  • Ultimate lifetime weather pack$39.99

Questions

Is Weather⁺ free?
Weather⁺ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weather Widget® free?
Weather Widget® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Weather⁺ or Weather Widget®?
Weather Widget® is rated higher. Weather⁺ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 145K ratings, while Weather Widget® averages 4.7 from 5.5K ratings.
Do Weather⁺ or Weather Widget® have ads?
Weather⁺ shows ads; Weather Widget® does not.
Which is updated more often, Weather⁺ or Weather Widget®?
Weather⁺ ships an update every 5 weeks, and Weather Widget® every 2 months. Most recently, Weather⁺ was updated on September 24, 2026 and Weather Widget® on September 23, 2026.
Which is more popular, Weather⁺ or Weather Widget®?
Weather⁺ currently peaks at #91 in the App Store charts, and Weather Widget® at #88. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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