Mesonet vs NYSMesonet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mesonet
Access real-time weather data and forecasts for Oklahoma. View detailed observations from over 120 stations, including temperature, rainfall, and wind. Stay informed with severe weather advisories and animated radar maps.
- Real-time weather observations from 120 stations
- Home screen widgets for favorite stations
- 5-day National Weather Service forecasts
- Location-based closest station finder
- Maps of various weather conditions
- Severe weather and advisories
- Animated NEXRAD radar data
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Hello Oklahomans! The Mesonet app brings a host of Oklahoma weather information right to your phone, including data from the award-winning Oklahoma Mesonet, plus forecasts, radar and severe weather advisories from the National Weather Service. Get fast access to the same info that the experts use! Features: • Get real-time weather observations from 120 Mesonet weather stations — at least one in every county — across the state. • Add a widget (or two or five) to your home screen for your favorite station(s). • Check out 5-day National Weather Service forecasts for all locations across Oklahoma, updated every hour. • Use your device location to find the closest weather stations. • Access maps of air temperature, rainfall, winds, dewpoint, humidity, soil temperature, soil moisture, pressure, solar radiation, satellite, and upper air conditions. • View NWS advisories for severe weather, fire weather, flooding, wind, heat, cold, winter weather, and visibility. • Animate the most recent NWS radar data from the Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Frederick, Enid, and other regional radars. • Read the latest Mesonet Ticker post. The Mesonet is a joint project of the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, operated by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
NYSMesonet
Access real-time weather data from over 126 state-of-the-art weather stations across New York State. View nearly one million daily observations collected every five minutes, with a history of over one billion archived records.
- Real-time weather data
- 126+ weather stations
- 5-minute data collection
- One million daily observations
- One billion archived observations
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The New York State Mesonet (NYSM) is a network of 126+ state-of-the-art weather stations, collecting data every 5 minutes. Nearly one million observations are collected daily, with over one billion observations archived to date. This mobile application provides users with real-time NYSM data at all surface stations. The NYSM is operated at the University at Albany and supported through the SUNY Research Foundation. This application was developed by the xCITE Laboratory at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NYSMesonet at 4.6 against Mesonet's 4.2. NYSMesonet also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and device support (3 vs 1). Mesonet's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 9). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NYSMesonet holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mesonet has 96 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Mesonet's written reviews are positive against 100% of NYSMesonet's.
Mesonet ships an update every 2 months, NYSMesonet every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mesonet | NYSMesonet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (96 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oklahoma Mesonet | University at Albany |
Customer experience
Mesonet
NYSMesonet
Bugs and requests
Mesonet
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes on opening
- App crashes when accessing Maps page
- App launches and then dies
- App barely opens and immediately crashes
- Maps page crashes app
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- Widgets show Norman as location
- App will no longer show full screen on iPad
- URL error with iOS 7 update
- Newest version radar has ground clutter issues
- Radar doesn't show county lines or as clear as previous version
- Advisories page is all red
Requested features
17 requests- More widgets
- Apple Watch app
- iOS 14 Home Screen widget
- More locations
- Radar zoom
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- Hourly details
- Push notifications for advisories
- YTD rainfall data
- Weather history for each month
- Color-coded advisories page
- Restore storm outlook feature
- Manual radar station selection
- Restore state radar composite
- Plot user's GPS position
- Dark mode
- More advanced analytics
- Alert system
NYSMesonet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mesonet
No in-app purchases
NYSMesonet
No in-app purchases
Questions
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