Wind App vs FD Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wind App
This app displays current local wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. It offers customizable units, a live compass, and background color changes based on wind strength. Share wind data or check it quickly on your Apple Watch.
- Current local wind speed and direction
- Live compass for wind direction
- Customizable wind speed units
- Background color changes with wind speed
- Hourly wind updates
- Apple Watch app for quick lookup
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Do you want to go sailing, windsurfing, biking or just out of the door? This application shows the current local outdoor wind speed (in beaufort, mph, km/h and knots) and direction, measured by a nearby weather station for which it uses your current location. Features: - The background color changes with the wind speed - The direction of the wind is shown on a live compass - Change between different wind speed units (beaufort, mph, km/h, m/s, knots) - Change arrow poining direction to either from wind or to wind (weather vane) - The wind is automatically updated every hour - The location is automatically updated when you move more than 5 miles/10km - The current wind date can be shared - Support for iPhone X - Support for the iPad multitasking (split view..) Runs on the Apple Watch: - wind speed and direction - the background color changes with the wind speed - wind mill speed indicates wind speed - watch app and glance interface for a quick lookup
FD Viewer
Access and read detailed text weather products from the National Weather Service. This app reformats Area Forecast Discussions into a user-friendly interface, allowing easy navigation through sections and offices.
- Read Area Forecast Discussions (AFDs)
- View NWS offices on a map
- List offices by distance or alphabetically
- Paginated section navigation
- User-friendly reformatting of weather data
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Area Forecast Discussions (AFDs) are a text weather product released by the National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices to inform and elaborate on the public forecast. FD Viewer presents each office on a map and also displays a list of offices sorted by distance or alphabetically. Selecting an office will display the latest Forecast Discussion paginated by section. Swipe right or left to navigate through each section. This app merely reformats the web-based AFD information in a user-friendly format. All credit for the forecast information goes to all the hardworking people at the NWS. TBD: I plan to support in-app glossary popups that will describe some of the more arcane acronyms and phrases used in the forecast text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FD Viewer at Free against Wind App's $0.99. FD Viewer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Wind App's advantage is chart position (#113 vs unranked) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On 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
FD Viewer is free to download; Wind App costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FD Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wind App has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Wind App ships an update every 3 months, FD Viewer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wind App | FD Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #113 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | Neil Cormia |
Customer experience
Wind App
FD Viewer
In-app purchases
Wind App
No in-app purchases
FD Viewer
No in-app purchases
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