KSL Weather vs Cloudbase Utah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KSL Weather
Get hyper-local weather information with high-resolution radar and satellite imagery. Receive severe weather alerts and detailed forecasts for your favorite locations or current position. Stay informed with real-time updates and traffic information.
- 250 meter radar
- Future radar
- High resolution satellite imagery
- Hourly forecasts
- Save favorite locations
- Severe weather alerts
- Traffic information
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The KSL Weather Team is proud to announce a full featured weather app for the iPhone and iPad platforms. Features • Access to station content specifically for our mobile users • 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available • Future radar to see where severe weather is headed • High resolution satellite cloud imagery • Current weather updated multiple times per hour • Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models • Ability to add and save your favorite locations • A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness • Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service • Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather • Traffic page with traffic flow and incidents
Cloudbase Utah
Provides detailed weather forecasts, real-time readings, and live tracking specifically for paragliding pilots in Utah. Offers insights into wind conditions, thermal strength, and soaring potential, alongside live camera feeds and pilot tracking.
- Current weather station readings
- Hourly and daily forecasts
- Winds aloft and thermal strength
- Live pilot tracking
- Live weather cameras
- Paragliding resource links
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Weather forecast, readings, and live tracking for Utah paragliding pilots. Features include: - Current readings for stations across Utah - Site daily weather and hourly forecasts including winds aloft, thermal strength, and top of lift forecasts by hour - "Big picture" weather including TFRs, weather alerts, soaring forecast, weather forecast discussion, Skew-T, winds aloft forecast - Map of weather station readings (select for history and forecast) - Map of live pilot tracking (select track node to get additional flight track details) - Live weather cameras - Links to paragliding resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cloudbase Utah at 100% against KSL Weather's 11%. Cloudbase Utah also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and ads (none vs shown). KSL Weather's advantage is ratings volume (288 vs 3) and chart position (#97 vs unranked). On price 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cloudbase Utah holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KSL Weather has 288 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of KSL Weather's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cloudbase Utah's.
KSL Weather ships an update every 3 months, Cloudbase Utah weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KSL Weather | Cloudbase Utah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (288 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 288 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #97 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 237 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KSL-TV | Michael Del , Brown |
Customer experience
KSL Weather
Cloudbase Utah
Bugs and requests
KSL Weather
Reported bugs
16 issues- App defaults to national radar instead of saved location
- Rapid zoom from national to local view causes dizziness
- Video forecasts freeze approximately 80% through playback
- Radar layer disappears when selecting future forecast mode
- Precipitation radar not displaying correctly
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- App crashes on startup or during use
- Location services not respecting user preferences
- Air quality maps fail to load consistently
- Inconsistent temperature data between hourly and daily views
- App refreshes data when switching between apps
- Landscape orientation issues on tablets
- Weather icons displaying as grey/grayscale unexpectedly
- Earthquake layer icons showing disproportionately large
- Cannot access app while traveling outside US
- GPS location error messages appearing regularly
- Forecast data contradicts on-air weather reports
Requested features
11 requests- iOS widget for quick weather access
- Feedback/contact form within app
- Minimize or hide customization buttons
- Remember user location preference on startup
- Ability to disable auto-opening of current day forecast
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- Reduce or mute sponsor notifications
- Restore colored weather icons
- Improve video forecast reliability
- Global weather access outside US
- Landscape view optimization
- Settings to control notification frequency and location
Cloudbase Utah
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KSL Weather
No in-app purchases
Cloudbase Utah
No in-app purchases
Questions
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