Comparison

墨迹天气HD vs QWeather

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

Head to head
About

墨迹天气HD

This app provides hyper-local weather forecasts for over 200,000 cities worldwide. It offers hourly and 15-day predictions, air quality reports, and disaster alerts. Users can also explore daily horoscopes and traditional almanac information.

Highlights
  • Hourly weather forecasts
  • 15-day weather predictions
  • Air quality index reporting
  • Weather disaster alerts
  • Global city weather search
  • Daily horoscope and almanac
Features
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【简介】 截止目前,墨迹天气上线11年共支持了约199个国家、超过20多万个城市及地区的生活类天气查询。基于领先的专业技术和庞大的气象、用户数据,提供经纬度级别的精准天气服务,为超7亿用户提供天气服务,天气日查询次数超6亿。 【天气功能】 逐小时预报:轻松查阅24小时内的天气变化,提早预防早晚温差过大。 15天天气预报:天气情况早知道,预知天机出行无惧。 空气质量:人性化地图模式呈现,未来5天内空气质量随时查询。 天气灾害预警:异常天气及时提醒,提供防御指南助您防范气象灾害。 【特色功能】 每日详情:星座奥义、黄历宜祭、一目了然轻松查看。 城市查询:支持全球各地更多城市地点天气查询,一键搜索,您关心的是我们所关注的。 时景功能:查询天气更感知天气,来墨迹时景看你想看的天气美景。

About

QWeather

Visualize global weather trends with detailed map layers and historical data. Receive smart, customized weather alerts for your locations. Access real-time forecasts, air quality, and more for millions of cities worldwide.

Highlights
  • Visualized weather map layers
  • Historical weather data (Time Machine)
  • Smart custom weather reminders
  • Global city weather data
  • Real-time and long-term forecasts
  • Minute precipitation and air quality
  • Typhoons, tides, sunrise/sunset
Features
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* Visualized Weather App! * Visual Weather Feel the global weather condition trends on QWeather's beautiful weather map. Currently supported map layers include: temperature, pressure, humidity, cloud cover, aurora probability, wave height, sea surface temperature, CAPE, snow depth, dew point temperature, radar reflection, and many more, with more being added all the time. * Time Machine What was the temperature today last week? How many times did it rain last year? How many days are there heavy air pollution? Time machine takes you through weather data from the past. * Smart Reminders "Remind me if it rains in Beijing", a weather forecast set up exactly according to your setting, let you know for different weather in different cities, reducing useless notification. * Global data QWeather supports weather data query for millions of cities around the world. Even if you are drifting in the ocean one day, you can pull out your phone to check the sea surface temperature and wave flow direction :P * Various kinds of weather Real-time weather, up to 30-day forecasts and hour-by-hour forecasts, minute precipitation, weather warnings, real-time air quality and forecasts, historical weather, typhoons, tides, sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, moon phases, etc... * All Platform Supports iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, macOS (sold separately) ----------------------- # You are a developer? Visit our develop website at https://dev.qweather.com/en/ ----------------------- # QWeather Pro Subscription Service QWeather Pro Subscription unlocks all features, access to more beautiful weather layers, fun app icons, and no ads. Subscriptions include: * QWeather Pro (yearly): $7.49/year * QWeather Pro (monthly): $0.99/month Please note: 1. Auto-renewal: When you subscribe to the QWeather Pro, your subscription will be automatically renewed and extended before each subscription expires. 2. Cancel at any time: You can cancel your subscription at any time by opening "App Store > Avatar > Subscriptions" and selecting "Cancel QWeather Pro subscription". If you cancel within 24 hours before the subscription expires, the App store will still bill you for the next subscription period. 3. Change the subscription term: You can choose to move from a monthly subscription to an annual subscription to enjoy more discounted offers. When you do so, you will pay for the new subscription period after the current subscription expires. ----------------------- # Terms of Service and Privacy We take your rights and privacy very seriously, please read the following terms carefully before you start using. Privacy Policy: https://staticpages.qweather.com/en/legal/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://staticpages.qweather.com/en/legal/app-tos.html ----------------------- # Your feedback and suggestions are valuable information for us, any questions and ideas, feel free to contact us at: support@qweather.com

Screenshots

QWeather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 墨迹天气HD at none against QWeather's 4. 墨迹天气HD also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (90% vs 73%). QWeather's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. QWeather sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. 墨迹天气HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

墨迹天气HD holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 107 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of 墨迹天气HD's written reviews are positive against 73% of QWeather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

墨迹天气HD ships an update every 2 months, QWeather monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
墨迹天气HD versus QWeather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter墨迹天气HDQWeather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (40 ratings) — better4.1 (107 ratings)
Positive reviews90.1% of reviews — better73.4% of reviews
Number of ratings40107 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB301 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developer北京墨迹风云科技股份有限公司Hefeng Internet Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

墨迹天气HD

All ratings40 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive90.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative7.4%

QWeather

All ratings107 ratings
Positive74.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative18.7%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative20.3%

Bugs and requests

墨迹天气HD

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes and force closes
  • Cannot open app on certain iOS versions
  • Login functionality broken
  • Temperature unit inconsistency (Fahrenheit vs Celsius)
  • Wind force unit mismatch
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  • Update installation failures
  • Sync settings not working properly
  • Incompatibility with older iOS versions

Requested features

8 requests
  • Real-time camera/live background support
  • Humidity and wind speed indicators
  • Extended forecast range
  • Real-time image feature for iPad
  • More international cities
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  • Live background like Windows Phone apps
  • English language option for iPad
  • Synchronization of reminder settings

QWeather

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

墨迹天气HD

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

QWeather

Subscriptions4
  • QWeather Ads-FREE (Monthly)$0.491 Month
  • QWeather Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • QWeather Ads-Free (Annual)$4.491 Year
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  • QWeather Pro (Annual)$7.491 Year

Questions

Is 墨迹天气HD free?
墨迹天气HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QWeather free?
QWeather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 墨迹天气HD or QWeather?
墨迹天气HD is rated higher. 墨迹天气HD averages 4.5 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while QWeather averages 4.1 from 107 ratings.
Do 墨迹天气HD or QWeather have ads?
Both 墨迹天气HD and QWeather show ads.
Which is updated more often, 墨迹天气HD or QWeather?
墨迹天气HD ships an update every 2 months, and QWeather monthly. Most recently, 墨迹天气HD was updated on October 8, 2026 and QWeather on October 19, 2026.

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