MetService vs WillyWeather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Hourly weather icons
- Severe weather warnings
- Customizable dashboard
- Real-time rain radar
- 48-hour forecast graphs
- Interactive temperature map
- Specialized weather indexes
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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/
WillyWeather
This app provides highly localized weather forecasts, including detailed information on wind, rain, tides, and UV index. It processes and refines global weather data to offer precise predictions for thousands of specific locations across the US. Users can access interactive radar, satellite views, and real-time observational data.
- Hyper-local weather forecasts
- Interactive rainfall radar
- Detailed tide and swell data
- Global wind forecast model
- Hourly UV index forecasts
- Real-time observational data
- NOAA warnings
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YOUR LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE WillyWeather organizes the world's weather data into the most valuable local information. The app includes radar, satellite, detailed wind, rain, tide, swell and UV forecasts, as well as moon phases, and sunrise and sunset times. Going beyond the average weather service, we process and fine-tune forecast data to the specific coordinates of thousands of locations including all suburbs, towns, beaches, rivers, parks, lakes and islands. WEATHER DATA • WEATHER - Six-day NOAA weather forecasts tailored to each location including min/max temperatures, and detailed weather descriptions. • RADAR - Raw NOAA radar data, refined, processed and integrated with iOS maps. • SATELLITE - National satellite view, displaying cloud cover for the entire US, integrated with iOS maps. • TIDES - The most comprehensive tide times system in the USA, bringing together NOAA standard port data with offsets generated for specific locations by WillyWeather. Includes every beach in the US, and many river systems and inlets. • WIND -The most accurate global wind forecast model gathered from NOAA, interpolated to the exact coordinates for each location, and vetted against real-time wind observations to deliver the best performing information. • UV - Hourly UV index forecasts, including alerts outlining extreme conditions when there is risk of harm from unprotected sun exposure. • MOON PHASES - Full moon and new moon phases, illumination and rise and set times. Deeply integrated with tidal data. • RAINFALL - Intuitive visual indication of rainfall probability for the week ahead. • SWELL - Swell height, period and direction for each beach and surf spot in the USA. • SUNRISE SUNSET - Sunrise and sunset times with first light and last light. • REAL TIME observational data - with trends for all locations including current temperature, feels-like temperature, rain today, rain last hour, humidity, pressure, wind speed, wind direction, wind gusts and dew point. • NOAA WARNINGS - Easily accessible and specifically targeted to the locations affected. FEATURES • Interactive rainfall radar, using iOS maps: pan and zoom like you've always wanted through the national NOAA radar network, to see exactly where rain is falling around you, or your favorite locations. Our mapping features provide more control and detail than any other US weather resource. • Stunning, interactive tide, swell, and wind forecast graphs which allow you to easily interpret the conditions at your favorite surf beach, secret fishing spot or upcoming hike - in real-time, and up to seven days in the future. We're particularly proud of our graphs, we pushed the boundaries to provide you with more context, and more detail for each weather type. • A beautiful, simple and organized interface in which the weather data that is important to you is easy to find, consume, and interact with. Our goal was to present accurate and relevant weather information to you, as quickly, and easily as possible. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WillyWeather at 73% against MetService's 20%. WillyWeather also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (23K vs 13). MetService's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#165 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. MetService sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and WillyWeather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WillyWeather holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WillyWeather has 23K 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 73% of WillyWeather's.
MetService ships an update every 3 weeks, WillyWeather monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | MetService | WillyWeather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (23K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.1% of reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 23K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #165 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MetService | WillyWeather (AU) Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
MetService
WillyWeather
User reviews
MetService
From 13 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Accurate weather information
- 🚀 Comprehensive and easy to use
- 💡 Helpful features like rain radar and tide forecasts
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent inaccuracies in weather forecasts
- 🔍 Limited data for some locations
- 💸 Ads and paid subscriptions
- 🤔 Contradictory information between different parts of the app
WillyWeather
From 23K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Accurate and reliable weather data
- 👍 Comprehensive set of features (tides, wind, UV index, etc.)
- 🌈 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 💰 Good value for money (ad-free version)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🗺️ Inaccurate location detection and weather data for some areas
- 🕰️ Slow to load and update information
- 🔌 Apple Watch app issues (crashes, lack of complications)
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
WillyWeather
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tide data inaccuracies in some locations
- Inconsistent rain/wind forecast information
- Inability to switch between saved locations easily
Requested features
4 requests- Home screen widgets
- Ability to customize main screen layout
- Live lightning map integration
- More granular control over notifications
In-app purchases
MetService
- Choose Ad Free - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Choose Ad Free - Annual$12.991 Year
WillyWeather
- WillyWeather+ (Monthly)1 Month trial$4.001 Month
- WillyWeather+ (Yearly)1 Month trial$36.001 Year









