Comparison

Forecast Now vs AIM Weather

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

Head to head
About

Forecast Now

Get detailed local weather forecasts for any US town, including daily and hourly predictions, animated radar, and hazardous weather alerts. Track air quality, UV index, and snowfall with data from official US sources. An optional subscription removes ads and unlocks advanced satellite imagery.

Highlights
  • 7-day daily weather forecast
  • 24-hour hourly forecast
  • Animated radar and satellite views
  • Hazardous weather warnings
  • Predicted snowfall totals
  • Air quality index
  • Ultraviolet index
Features
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Want the latest local weather forecast on your mobile device? For any town in the USA, Forecast Now provides: - the daily local weather forecast for the next 7 days - the hourly forecast for the next 24 hours - animated radar and satellite views - hazardous weather warnings - predicted snowfall totals (winter months) - the air quality index - the ultraviolet index - up to 8 stored locations Weather and climate information comes directly from the US National Weather Service, NOAA, and the EPA. Development of Forecast Now is funded in part by ads, which can be removed by selecting the monthly auto-renewing subscription option "Remove Ads" from the app's settings menu. Subscribing will also give you access all the GOES satellite imagery. The subscription price of 0.99 USD (in your local currency) will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and, for each renewal, within 24 hours prior to the end of the current month. You can cancel the subscription at any time through your iTunes account settings, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current month to avoid being charged, and ads will show again at the start of the subsequent month. Terms of use: https://www.kellytechnology.com/privacy/tac.html Privacy policy: https://www.kellytechnology.com/privacy/privacy_policy.html

About

AIM Weather

Get accurate, detailed local weather forecasts with spoken rain alerts and interactive radar maps. This app provides hourly and 7-day forecasts, satellite imagery, and marine information for the United States.

Highlights
  • Spoken rain alert notifications
  • Powerful radar view
  • Home screen weather widget
  • Hourly and 7-day forecasts
  • Interactive weather maps
  • Marine and moon phase information
Features
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The best weather app just got better. New spoken rain alert notifications when rain approaches your location. Get the most accurate local and detailed weather. What features are exclusive to AIM Weather app? • Powerful radar view with scroll and pan. • Rain alert notification for incoming rain. • Home Screen weather widget. • Uses Location Services to get local weather information automatically. • Hourly weather forecast. • Beautiful Satellite imagery to view clouds and storms moving. • Forecast discussion for in depth forecast patterns. • Push Notifications to receive weather information and warnings. • Interactive Maps that show weather and seas forecast patterns. • Weather charts showing today's temperature, maximum, minimum, humidity and rainfall. • 7 day forecast chart with temperature, mean monthly maximum, mean monthly minimum, humidity and rainfall. • Sunrise and sunset. • Moonrise, moonset, moon transit and major and minor periods information used by fishermen and hunters. • Marine information on tides, seas and wind. INTERACTIVE MAPS: • Max Temperature. • Min Temperature. • Weather. • Hazards. • Temperature. • Wind Speed & Direction. • Dew Point. • Wind Gust. • Sky Cover. • Amount of Precip. • Snow Amount. • Ice Accumulation. • Wave Height. • Apparent Temperature. • Relative Humidity. This app is designed with an intuitive interface and fully equipped with all the weather information you need in your pocket. We provide the most accurate weather information with AI technologies. You can be assured the information is always correct and not sourced outside of the US. FINAL NOTES: - This App contains weather information only about United States of America and its territories. - The data is sourced from United States of America. Any questions, bugs or recommendations should be sent to us support@weatherinfoapp.com or visit us at www.weatherinfoapp.com. Thanks for your support. Terms & Conditions http://weatherinfoapp.com/terms_conditions.php Privacy Policy http://weatherinfoapp.com/privacy.php

Screenshots

Forecast Now4 screens
AIM Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Forecast Now at every 3 weeks against AIM Weather's every 15 months. Forecast Now also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 43%) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 154). AIM Weather's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads 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. Forecast Now sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and AIM Weather sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. 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 — 4.4 for Forecast Now against 4.4 for AIM Weather. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forecast Now has 1.5K ratings behind it against 154, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Forecast Now's written reviews are positive against 43% of AIM Weather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forecast Now ships an update every 3 weeks, AIM Weather every 15 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Forecast Now versus AIM Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForecast NowAIM Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.5K ratings) — better4.4 (154 ratings)
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews — better42.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K — better154
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 15 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB129 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKelly Technology Inc.Mende App Inc.

Customer experience

Forecast Now

All ratings1,542 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral6.9%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral8.6%
Negative36.2%

AIM Weather

All ratings153 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral5.2%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive42.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative50.0%

User reviews

Forecast Now

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Favorite weather app
  • 🚀 Accurate and dependable forecasts
  • 💡 Detailed weather information
  • 👍 Easy to use and navigate

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Ads disrupt user experience
  • 🐛 Forecast information not always available
  • 🐛 Slow app performance and crashes
  • 🐛 Difficult to read small text

AIM Weather

From 154 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📊 Impressive displays and graphs
  • 👍 Easy to learn and use
  • ✅ Accurate weather information
  • 🗺️ Excellent map feature
  • 💡 Detailed weather information

Room to improve

  • 💥 Frequent crashes
  • ❌ App won't stay open
  • 📍 Incorrect location data
  • 🗑️ Cannot delete default locations
  • 📉 Poor quality graphics/animation

Bugs and requests

Forecast Now

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Radar and local weather information not working
  • Forecast details disappearing after updates
  • Inability to access more than one location

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add day of week to forecast
  • Improve radar and map functionality
  • Provide more location-specific details
  • Offer a paid ad-free version

AIM Weather

Reported bugs

36 issues
  • Consistent crashes on iPad with latest update
  • App crashes every time on opening
  • App won't stay open, closes immediately
  • Default favorite locations reappear after deletion
  • App crashes and won't open after initial use
Show 31 more
  • App has been broken for weeks, uninstall/reinstall doesn't help
  • Cannot add locations (town, airport, county)
  • Radar map stuck on home location
  • App closes every time on opening
  • Cannot delete default locations
  • App support page shows outdated delete location instructions
  • West Virginia weather doesn't work
  • Push notifications have wrong location
  • Weather for Ithaca, NY shows incorrect data
  • No autocomplete while searching
  • Can add duplicate entries
  • Can't get out of edit mode
  • App appears upside down on iPad
  • App asks for current location, gets it wrong, and won't allow correction
  • App freezes when trying to add cities
  • App crashes immediately upon setup
  • App reverses in landscape mode
  • App keeps adding location multiple times
  • Search for cities doesn't work
  • Forecast text is cut off mid-word
  • Current temp badge doesn't refresh until app is opened
  • Radar is slow to load
  • Today's weather report is 2 days old
  • App stuck on last day used, taking forever to update
  • App doesn't start on home town page
  • App gives information for wrong location
  • Many locations/cities missing
  • Current location found to be miles away
  • App crashes
  • Weather alerts are for a city hundreds of miles away
  • Zip code searches yield distant locations

Requested features

24 requests
  • Allow users to set favorite locations
  • Fix the issue with preloaded favorites reappearing
  • Improve location accuracy
  • Allow deletion of default locations
  • Fix West Virginia weather glitch
Show 19 more
  • Add Canadian weather reports
  • Add foreign city support
  • Improve graphics and animation quality
  • Add live radar
  • Fix discrepancies in precipitation data
  • Allow full description of forecast text
  • Fix current temp badge refresh issue
  • Add a legend to the radar
  • Make location search and save features less complicated
  • Clarify confusing terminology
  • Improve map selection
  • Add autocomplete to search
  • Allow adding unique entries only
  • Fix edit mode exit issue
  • Improve search functionality for cities
  • Ensure full forecast is accessible
  • Fix weather alert location accuracy
  • Allow setting default push location
  • Provide better app support

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Forecast Now

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.991 Month
1 purchases

AIM Weather

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription to Remove Ads$3.991 Year

Questions

Is Forecast Now free?
Forecast Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AIM Weather free?
AIM Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forecast Now or AIM Weather?
Forecast Now is rated higher. Forecast Now averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while AIM Weather averages 4.4 from 154 ratings.
Do Forecast Now or AIM Weather have ads?
Both Forecast Now and AIM Weather show ads.
Which is updated more often, Forecast Now or AIM Weather?
Forecast Now ships an update every 3 weeks, and AIM Weather every 15 months. Most recently, Forecast Now was updated on October 23, 2026 and AIM Weather on October 23, 2026.

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