GETA Weather Forecasting vs umbrella · will it rain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GETA Weather Forecasting
Experience a traditional Japanese weather ritual by kicking virtual wooden sandals. This app offers an entertaining way to predict the weather and make wishes, inspired by a historical custom.
- Traditional Japanese weather prediction
- Wish-making ritual
- Virtual GETA kicking experience
- Entertainment purposes
- Historical custom simulation
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"This app is intended for entertainment purposes only and does not provide true weather forecasting functionality." This is a Japanese traditional weather forecasting and wish making. GETA is a kind of wooden sandal which most Japanese people were wearing until around 50 years or so. Children had been kicking GETA into the air and forecasting next day's weather by on which side it dropped, wishing it would be a fine day. In this App, you can experience the secret ritual of Japan without making your foot dirty.
umbrella · will it rain
This app provides a simple, at-a-glance weather forecast to help you decide if you need an umbrella. It displays a dynamic scene reflecting the current weather conditions on your lock screen or watch.
- Umbrella need prediction
- Dynamic weather scenes
- Lock screen widget
- Apple Watch app
- Siri integration
- No radar or hourly forecasts
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umbrella tells you whether to bring an umbrella today — nope, maybe, yep, or definitely. behind the answer, a tiny scene of your place, in today's weather. it changes when the sky does. or don't open it at all — it lives on your lock screen, watch, and in siri. no radar, no maps, no hourly. free — no ads, no accounts, nothing collected. made by mike in austin · itsbits.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: umbrella · will it rain at none against GETA Weather Forecasting's shown. umbrella · will it rain also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 25 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). GETA Weather Forecasting's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GETA Weather Forecasting against 5.0 for umbrella · will it rain. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of GETA Weather Forecasting's written reviews are positive against 100% of umbrella · will it rain's.
GETA Weather Forecasting ships an update every 25 months, umbrella · will it rain every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GETA Weather Forecasting | umbrella · will it rain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PointZero Co. | itsbits LLC |
Customer experience
GETA Weather Forecasting
umbrella · will it rain
In-app purchases
GETA Weather Forecasting
No in-app purchases
umbrella · will it rain
No in-app purchases
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