Wind & Sea Med vs RiscBal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wind & Sea Med
Get detailed sea and wind forecasts for the Mediterranean. Monitor hour-by-hour conditions with accurate, intuitive maps. Receive alerts for deteriorating sea conditions and save/share forecasts.
- Mediterranean sea and wind forecasts
- Hour-by-hour condition monitoring
- Detailed and intuitive weather maps
- Customizable sea condition alerts
- Save and share forecast maps
- Map animation for forecast evolution
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The famous LAMMA weather forecasts for sea and wind in the Mediterranean at your fingertips. View the weather maps of the whole Mediterranean, create the list of your favorite locations and monitor the wind and sea situation hour by hour. It's easy to use and the forecast are easy to navigate with accurate and detailed maps, but at the same time very intuitive, thanks to the choice of the color scale made by the LaMMA consortium. Available parameters: - Wind at 10m - Wind Gust - Wave Height - Wave Period - Swell Height - Swell Period - Precipitation and Cloud Cover - Currents - Sea Temperature (weekly forecast) Available seas: - Mediterranian Sea - MED North Central - MED South Central - Western Mediterranian - Eastern Mediterranian - Ligurian Sea and Northern Tyrrhenian Sea - Southern Tyrrhenian Sea - Sardinia - Sicily - Ionian Sea - Southern Adriatic Sea - Northern Adriatic Sea - Gulf of Genoa - Gulf of Lion - Balearic Islands - Sardinia Channel - French Riviera - Corsica - Tuscan Archipelago - Strait of Bonifacio - Pontines Islands - Aeolian Islands - Ustica - Istrian Peninsula - Tremiti Islands and Gargano - Gulf of Taranto - Corfu and Albanien - Greece - Chalkidiki - Greek Islands - Crete - Turkey - Cyprus and Lebanon Plus: - Receive a notification when sea conditions deteriorate. You can choose the areas of your interest and the activation threshold on sea and wind scales. - Save maps forecasts in the Camera Roll. - Maps animation to control evolution of forecasts of next days. - Pinch to zoom the maps to see the details of available zones. - On startup, displays the map at the current time. - Legend of used scale for sea state, wind. - Share maps on Facebook, Twitter or by email. The forecast are updated twice a day. FOR ANY PROBLEM DON'T HESITATE TO WRITE TO EMAIL ADDRESS OF REFERENCE
RiscBal
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RiscBal-App is an application developed by the Natural Risks and Emergencies Observatory of the Balearic Islands - RiscBal with real-time information on floods, forest fires, mass movements, droughts and destructive storms in the Balearic Islands. This RiscBal-App version is under testing phase; it mainly uses the RiscBal-Control environmental monitoring network. It currently provides information on rainfall, soil wetness, and air temperature every 10 minutes at stations RiscBal-Control stations and rainfall and air temperature every hour from 42 AEMET stations. It also provides information every 5 minutes on water level at 55 RiscBal-Control hydrometric stations located in rivers with a significant flood risk, as well as a 2-hour forecast at these same stations and dangerous places on the road network. Therefore, during risky events, yellow, orange or red alert warnings are issued.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RiscBal at Free against Wind & Sea Med's $2.99. RiscBal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
RiscBal is free to download; Wind & Sea Med costs $2.99 up front. Wind & Sea Med sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RiscBal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wind & Sea Med ships an update every 4 months, RiscBal every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wind & Sea Med | RiscBal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniele Fruzzetti | Fundacio Universitat-Empresa de les Illes Balears |
In-app purchases
Wind & Sea Med
- Weather warning$0.99
RiscBal
No in-app purchases









