MetService vs Tremor
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/
Tremor
Track earthquakes worldwide in real-time with an interactive 3D globe. Get instant updates from USGS and EMSC, and learn about seismic activity. Offers premium features for ad-free experience and advanced insights.
- Real-time earthquake tracking
- Interactive 3D globe map
- Instant USGS/EMSC data updates
- Accurate quake distance from your location
- Earthquake learning resources
- Ad-free Pro version with smart alerts
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The earth is always moving. Tremor shows you where — live, on a 3D globe you can spin. Tremor pulls earthquake data from the USGS, the global standard for seismic data, every minute. Zoom the globe and watch new quakes pulse in as they're reported. FREE • Live global 3D map of earthquakes • Live feed of the latest earthquakes worldwide • Alerts for strong (M6+) earthquakes anywhere in the world • Tap any quake for magnitude, depth, and details • Data straight from the USGS, refreshed every minute TREMOR PRO • Ad-free — the whole map, none of the clutter • IntelliQuake Alerts — smart notifications tuned to your location • IntelliQuake Facts — instant, readable insight on every significant quake • Fault Lines — see the fractures quakes trace along • Tectonic Plates — the plate boundaries driving it all • Satellite Maps — swap to photoreal terrain Whether you're near a fault, riding out an aftershock sequence, or just fascinated by the planet, Tremor turns raw seismic data into something you can actually watch. — SUBSCRIPTION Tremor Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gettremor.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tremor at 100% against MetService's 20%. Tremor also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.4). MetService's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#174 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. MetService sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Tremor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tremor holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of MetService's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tremor's.
MetService ships an update fortnightly, Tremor monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MetService | Tremor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (13 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — 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 | #174 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MetService | FORTYNINE AND A HALF LABS, LLC |
Customer experience
MetService
Tremor
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
Tremor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MetService
- Choose Ad Free - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Choose Ad Free - Annual$12.991 Year
Tremor
- Tremor Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Tremor Pro Annual$19.991 Year
- Tremor Pro Lifetime$49.99









