Comparison

Weather #1 Interactive Widgets vs HamPulse

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

HamPulse

Visualize amateur radio propagation, DX maps, and space weather on your Apple TV. Monitor real-time HF conditions, track satellites, and receive weather alerts with customizable map layers and detailed dashboards.

Highlights
  • Real-time HF propagation dashboard
  • World map with customizable layers
  • Band condition predictions (VOACAP)
  • PSK Reporter integration for digital modes
  • Spot Browser for POTA, SOTA, DX Cluster
  • Satellite tracking with pass predictions
  • Space weather monitoring
  • Severe weather alerts
Features
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HamPulse brings the world of amateur radio to your Apple TV, transforming your living room screen into a real-time ham radio operations dashboard. Whether you are chasing DX, hunting POTA activators, monitoring propagation, tracking satellites, or keeping an eye on space weather, HamPulse puts everything you need on one beautiful display designed for the big screen and the Siri Remote. At the heart of HamPulse is a full-featured world map rendered on an equirectangular projection with a smooth day/night terminator overlay. The base map blends NASA Blue Marble imagery during daylight hours with Black Marble city-light imagery at night, giving you an instant sense of where the sun is and where HF openings are likely. Over 20 toggleable map layers let you customize exactly what you see. VOACAP-powered band condition predictions cover 80 meters through 10 meters across a full 24-hour timeline, letting you plan your operating schedule around predicted openings. The propagation rose provides a directional view of HF conditions from your grid square, showing which headings are open on each band. PSK Reporter integration pulls in live FT8, FT4, and WSPR reception reports so you can see digital mode activity unfolding worldwide. The Spot Browser brings together POTA, SOTA, DX Cluster, and pico balloon spots in one searchable, filterable list. Sort by distance, frequency, or time, filter by band and mode, and select any spot to set it as your DX target with a great circle path on the map. The dedicated POTA and SOTA dashboard shows all active activators with band breakdowns and top activator stats. The watchlist feature highlights callsigns you care about with alert badges. The Contest dashboard displays upcoming and active contests with a visual timeline, band activity breakdown, mode distribution, and exchange details so you can prepare for the next event at a glance. Satellite tracking covers the ISS and other amateur radio satellites with real-time ground tracks, a sky view polar chart, Doppler shift calculations for 2m, 70cm, and 23cm, and upcoming pass predictions with elevation and azimuth details. Favorite satellites for quick access and refresh TLE data on demand. The Space Weather dashboard gives you an instant read on HF conditions with a color-coded impact banner that tells you whether to get on the air. Solar flux, sunspot number, X-ray class, solar wind, Kp index, Bz, Bt, aurora probability, and a 3-day NOAA R/S/G forecast are all presented with plain-language descriptions readable from across the room. Weather alerts from Environment Canada, NOAA, MeteoAlarm, and OpenWeatherMap show active severe weather near your station with a severity-colored halo indicator on the map. The earthquake layer displays recent seismic events from USGS and EMSC with a full dashboard. Air traffic and pico balloon layers round out the situational awareness. HamPulse supports radio control through rigctld for beacon auto-tune and spot tuning. CQ zone overlays, grid locator overlays, and DXCC entity layers provide contest and DX reference directly on the map. No account required. No personal data collected. No ads. Your callsign and grid locator are stored locally on your device and never transmitted to our servers. All data comes from well-known amateur radio community services and public APIs. VOACAP predictions are computed entirely on-device. Built by VE4ELB from Winnipeg, Manitoba (grid EN19). 73 and good DX.

Screenshots

Weather #1 Interactive Widgets4 screens
HamPulse3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Weather #1 Interactive Widgets at 73% against HamPulse's 0%. Weather #1 Interactive Widgets also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and ratings volume (7.3K vs 1). HamPulse's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Weather #1 Interactive Widgets is free to download; HamPulse costs $4.99 up front. Weather #1 Interactive Widgets sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. HamPulse asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HamPulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weather #1 Interactive Widgets has 7.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Weather #1 Interactive Widgets's written reviews are positive against 0% of HamPulse's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weather #1 Interactive Widgets ships an update weekly, HamPulse daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Weather #1 Interactive Widgets versus HamPulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather #1 Interactive WidgetsHamPulse
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.4 (7.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7.3K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#129 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbyss mobileJorge Fabian Lozano

Customer experience

Weather #1 Interactive Widgets

All ratings7,266 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews491 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative17.3%

HamPulse

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

HamPulse

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Weather #1 Interactive Widgets

Subscriptions5
  • 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
None

HamPulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weather #1 Interactive Widgets free?
Weather #1 Interactive Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HamPulse free?
HamPulse costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weather #1 Interactive Widgets or HamPulse?
HamPulse is rated higher. Weather #1 Interactive Widgets averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7.3K ratings, while HamPulse averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Weather #1 Interactive Widgets or HamPulse have ads?
Neither Weather #1 Interactive Widgets nor HamPulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weather #1 Interactive Widgets or HamPulse?
Weather #1 Interactive Widgets ships an update weekly, and HamPulse daily. Most recently, Weather #1 Interactive Widgets was updated on October 14, 2026 and HamPulse on October 13, 2026.

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