Weather #1 Interactive Widgets vs Weather AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weather #1 Interactive Widgets
Get live weather updates and advanced forecasts directly on your iPhone's home screen, Dynamic Island, and Lock Screen. Track storms, hurricanes, and view detailed radar maps to plan your activities with confidence.
- Dynamic Island widgets
- Lock Screen widgets
- Home Screen widgets
- Storm and hurricane tracking
- 14-day hourly/daily forecasts
- Real-time weather alerts
- Radar overlay maps
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Best Weather app for iPhone. All advanced home screen widgets available for iPhone: - Dynamic Island - Lock Screen Widgets - Home Screen Widgets Stay prepared for any situation with our advanced storm and hurricane tracking features, perfect for planning your day, weekend, or vacation. Get access to all the weather updates you need from your home screen. Get current weather on Dynamic Island. With our app, you can plan up to 14 days in advance with detailed hourly and daily forecasts. Stay informed and safe with real-time alerts for extreme weather conditions. Our radar overlay allows you to view high-resolution maps of rain and snow areas in your location, making it easy to plan your activities. You can also customize your widgets to match your preferences. You can unlock access to unique storm tracker provides you with the speed, velocity, and directions of every storm cell approaching your location. You can also view hyper-local weather conditions for all your favorite locations. We also offer paid access to air quality reports and fire reports to keep you informed of any potential hazards. Additionally, you can get tracker maps for 2024 hurricanes. Our service provides additional hourly and daily weather data, more radar layers, the ability to change weather providers, more widgets, and more Apple Watch complications. It’s auto-recurring. By subscribing, you authorize us to charge the subscription cost corresponding to the selected subscription length to the iTunes Account. You can cancel at any time. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Our privacy policy can be found at: http://byssmobile.com/priv/priv.html Our terms of use can be found at: http://byssmobile.com/priv/terms.html. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases
Weather AR
Experience weather like never before with augmented reality. See real-time conditions overlaid on your surroundings, view detailed forecasts, and track storms with interactive radar. Adapts to day/night and marine environments.
- Augmented reality weather visualization
- 168-hour hour-by-hour forecast
- 7-day detailed forecast
- Interactive radar for precipitation and storms
- Automatic day/night graphics
- Marine forecast adaptation
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Introducing Weather AR: The most beautiful and accurate Weather app that also shows you Weather conditions around you in Augmented Reality. Simply hold your Device up in the direction of a City or Tropical Cyclone, to see what Weather conditions are like in that area! In addition to our groundbreaking Augmented Reality feature, Weather AR includes full Local Weather Forecast and Radar features as well. Local Weather includes Current Weather, a 7 Day Forecast, and an Hour-by-Hour forecast for an unheard-of 168 Hours. If you want to view more information for a Day or Hour, simply Touch it and additional data is unobtrusively displayed. And with our Interactive Radar feature, viewing Animated Precipitation, Earthquakes, and even Tropical Cyclones is literally a breeze. With our Local Weather feature, you can simply Touch a Day to view a detailed Day/Night Forecast for that Day; or Touch an Hour to view Conditions, Wind Speed, Humidity, and more. And in addition to offering beautiful Daytime Graphics, Weather AR knows when it’s nighttime outside and updates to beautiful Nighttime Graphics as well. Weather AR also automatically knows when you’re on Land or by/on the Water, and morphs from a Weather Forecast to a Marine Forecast when it detects you’re by the Water! With all these features, Weather AR takes the concept of the Weather App, modernizes it, and brings it into the next decade and beyond! Advanced yet Easy to Use Features - Current Weather Conditions - Hour-by-Hour Forecast for the next 168 Hours - Brief and Detailed Weather Forecast for the next 7 days - Automatically updating Daytime/Nighttime Graphics included - Touch Hour or Day for more Detailed Information - Current Humidity, Dew Point, Wind Speed, Visibility, Pressure, and more - Local Weather Forecast feature morphs into a Local Marine Forecast when it detects you’re on/near the Ocean/Water - Interactive Radar displays Animated Precipitation (U.S. only), current Tropical Cyclones, and Earthquakes for the past 24 hours - Augmented Reality (AR) shows you current Weather conditions around you - Simply hold your device up in the direction of a City or Tropical Cyclone to see what Weather conditions are like in that direction - AR displays Weather conditions for Cities within a 25 mile radius of your location, with populations greater than 50,000 - AR displays current Atlantic/Pacific Tropical Cyclones - Works great in iPhone Landscape Orientation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Weather #1 Interactive Widgets at 73% against Weather AR's 0%. Weather #1 Interactive Widgets also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and chart position (#131 vs unranked). Weather AR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Weather #1 Interactive Widgets sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Weather AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Weather #1 Interactive Widgets ships an update weekly, Weather AR every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weather #1 Interactive Widgets | Weather AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #131 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 236 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | byss mobile | Mach Software Design |
Customer experience
Weather #1 Interactive Widgets
Weather AR
Bugs and requests
Weather #1 Interactive Widgets
Reported bugs
4 issues- Widgets not updating properly
- Map layers not functioning as expected
- Subscription issues and billing problems
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Customizable widget layouts
- Live weather radar on home screen
- Ability to share weather data
- Integration with smart home devices
Weather AR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weather #1 Interactive Widgets
- Premium weather service3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Premium Weather$4.997 Days
- Premium Weather service3 Days trial$5.997 Days
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- Premium Weather service$9.991 Year
- Premium Weather service$19.991 Year
Weather AR
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Weather #1 Interactive Widgets free?
Is Weather AR free?
Do Weather #1 Interactive Widgets or Weather AR have ads?
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