Comparison

MetService vs Holfuy

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

Holfuy

Access live weather data from Holfuy automatic stations, including wind speed, temperature, and humidity. View historical data, graphs, and customize units for a personalized experience. Optimized for minimal data usage.

Highlights
  • Live weather measurements
  • Historical data archives
  • Wind and temperature graphs
  • User-selectable units
  • Favorite stations list
  • Automatic data refresh
Features
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The official iOS mobile application for Holfuy automatic weather stations. With this application you can check the following live measurements form Holfuy weather stations: - Wind speed, gust - Wind direction - Air temperature - Wind chill - Humidity - Pressure - Daily rain amount Features: - Favourite stations list with Holfuy account handling - Wind speed, gust, direction and temperature graphs. - Averaged archive data tables - User selectable units (kph, mps, mph and knots, °C and °F for temperature) - Automatic data refresh - User friendly layouts - Minimal mobile data usage - Local time for every single station Learn more about Holfuy stations: https://holfuy.com

Screenshots

MetService4 screens
Holfuy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Holfuy at 76% against MetService's 22%. Holfuy also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). MetService's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, ads and device support 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. Holfuy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Holfuy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MetService has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of MetService's written reviews are positive against 76% of Holfuy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MetService ships an update every 3 weeks, Holfuy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MetService versus Holfuy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetServiceHolfuy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (13 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.0% of reviews76.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMetServiceGipfeliot Mrnki Fejleszt Korltolt Felelssg Trsasg

Customer experience

MetService

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral30.8%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews159 reviews
Positive22.0%
Neutral10.7%
Negative67.3%

Holfuy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral19.0%
Negative4.8%

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

Holfuy

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
None

Holfuy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MetService free?
MetService is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Holfuy free?
Holfuy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MetService or Holfuy?
Holfuy is rated higher. MetService averages 3.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Holfuy averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do MetService or Holfuy have ads?
Neither MetService nor Holfuy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MetService or Holfuy?
MetService ships an update every 3 weeks, and Holfuy every 3 months. Most recently, MetService was updated on September 24, 2026 and Holfuy on September 18, 2026.

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