Comparison

MetService vs MeteoSwiss

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

Head to head
About

MetService

Get detailed weather forecasts and real-time updates for your location. Plan your day with hourly icons, severe weather alerts, and interactive maps. Customize your dashboard and access useful indexes like UV and fire ratings.

Highlights
  • Hourly weather icons
  • Severe weather warnings
  • Customizable dashboard
  • Real-time rain radar
  • 48-hour forecast graphs
  • Interactive temperature map
  • Specialized weather indexes
Features
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MetService NZ Weather Features include: - Morning, afternoon, evening and overnight icons, set by our meteorologists, to help you plan your day - Severe Weather Warnings and Watches for your location - Automatically see the forecast and observations that are most relevant to you, by enabling location services or choosing your suburb, town or city - Customise your weather dashboard, your shortcuts bar, and the order of forecast modules - Real-time, zoomable Rain Radar for your area, with quick link - 48 hour forecast graphs - Interactive national temperature map - Handy ratings and indexes, such as the laundry drying forecast, UV index, fire rating and pet walking forecasts - MetService TV updates - 3 day, zoomable Rain Forecast maps - Live Traffic Cameras for urban locations - Home screen, lock screen and notification centre widgets available Please see the EULA here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MeteoSwiss

Get comprehensive, up-to-date weather information for Switzerland. Receive forecasts, current measurements, and natural hazard warnings with customizable push notifications. Stay informed with weather animations, detailed reports, and a dedicated blog.

Highlights
  • Detailed weather forecasts
  • Natural hazard warnings with push notifications
  • Weather animations and satellite images
  • Current measurements from weather stations
  • Pollen, UV, and air quality data
  • MeteoSwiss blog with weather insights
Features
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Intuitive, personalised and innovative: the MeteoSwiss app is your comprehensive companion for all weather information in Switzerland – compact and always up to date. Get updates on weather forecasts, current measurements, and federal natural hazard warnings. Subscribe to natural hazard warnings as push notifications for your locations, and customize the warning types and thresholds according to your preferences. Stay informed with informative blog posts on weather and climate topics. Detailed features: Weather Forecasts • Weather on-site with a 5-hour forecast for your location • Local forecasts for all places/ZIP codes in Switzerland with an overview for the next 8 days • Wind/temperatures at different altitudes • Weather report for the three language regions of Switzerland, as well as possible developments for the following week, and European isobar map Weather Animations • Measurements and forecasts of precipitation, precipitation type, wind, temperature and clouds • Hail reporting function • Satellite images Natural Hazard Warnings • All warnings on natural hazards from the Federal Authorities (severe weather, floods, avalanches, earthquakes and forest fire) • Warning area overview on an interactive map • Federal natural hazard bulletin • Subscribeable warnings as push notifications for locations and warning types with individual warning thresholds Current Measurements • Overview of weather stations on an interactive map and list view • Selection of various measurement data with up to 10-minute updates Your Locations • Search for all places/ZIP codes in Switzerland • An easy overview of your locations: The app keeps an organised list of your relevant locations. Meteo Reports • Display of submitted reports and images for specific weather events from users of the MeteoSwiss app Sports & Health • Pollen forecast • UV index • Air quality • Snow depth and fresh snow forecast MeteoSwiss Blog • Daily updated posts and information on weather and climate Aviation Weather (available through in-app purchase) • METAR/TAF Switzerland • Aviation weather warnings Switzerland • Windanimations Switzerland on different FL • GAFOR Switzerland • Text forecasts for powered flight, gliding and ballooning • Low Level SWC Alps and Europe • Pressure difference • QNH – Chart • W / T – Chart • Wind – Barbs • Regtherm • Trajectories • Emagramms Legal basis https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/about-us/legal-basis.html Privacy Statement https://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/portrait/informations-juridiques/declaration-de-protection-des-donnees-de-l-app-meteoswiss.html Terms of use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MetService4 screens
MeteoSwiss4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MeteoSwiss at 4.4 against MetService's 3.4. MeteoSwiss also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 20%) and ratings volume (141 vs 13). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MetService sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and MeteoSwiss sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $46.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MeteoSwiss holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MeteoSwiss has 141 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of MetService's written reviews are positive against 62% of MeteoSwiss's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MetService ships an update fortnightly, MeteoSwiss monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
MetService versus MeteoSwiss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetServiceMeteoSwiss
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (13 ratings)4.4 (141 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.1% of reviews62.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13141 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#164 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB194 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMetServiceMeteoSwiss

Customer experience

MetService

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral30.8%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive20.1%
Neutral12.5%
Negative67.4%

MeteoSwiss

All ratings141 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews212 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral9.9%
Negative27.8%

Bugs and requests

MetService

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not working correctly
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Location services not working properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to remove ads for paid users
  • More detailed and localized weather data
  • Improved widget functionality
  • Apple Watch support

MeteoSwiss

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MetService

Subscriptions2
  • Choose Ad Free - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Choose Ad Free - Annual$12.991 Year
1 purchases

MeteoSwiss

Subscriptions1
  • Aviation Weather, 1 year$46.991 Year

Questions

Is MetService free?
MetService is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MeteoSwiss free?
MeteoSwiss is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MetService or MeteoSwiss?
MeteoSwiss is rated higher. MetService averages 3.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while MeteoSwiss averages 4.4 from 141 ratings.
Do MetService or MeteoSwiss have ads?
Neither MetService nor MeteoSwiss shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MetService or MeteoSwiss?
MetService ships an update fortnightly, and MeteoSwiss monthly. Most recently, MetService was updated on October 20, 2026 and MeteoSwiss on October 22, 2026.

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