FOX54 Weather vs UseDryTrails
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FOX54 Weather
Get hyper-local weather information with high-resolution radar and future tracking. Receive real-time updates on current conditions, daily and hourly forecasts, and severe weather alerts. Customize by saving favorite locations and enabling push notifications for safety.
- 250 meter high-resolution radar
- Future radar tracking
- High-resolution satellite imagery
- Real-time current weather updates
- Daily and hourly forecasts
- Save favorite locations
- Severe weather alerts
Read full descriptionHide full description
The FOX54 Weather Now App includes: * Access to station content specifically for our mobile users * 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available * Future radar to see where severe weather is headed * High resolution satellite cloud imagery * Current weather updated multiple times per hour * Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models * Ability to add and save your favorite locations * A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness * Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service * Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
UseDryTrails
This app offers essential weather data for outdoor enthusiasts, including current conditions, temperature, sunrise/sunset times, and precipitation forecasts. It also provides soil moisture and temperature, with options for metric or standard units and saved locations.
- Current weather conditions
- Temperature highs and lows
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Precipitation forecasts
- Soil moisture and temperature
- Metric/Standard unit options
- Saved location functionality
Read full descriptionHide full description
UseDryTrails is a simple weather application providing the most important weather information for trail users in one place. Current conditions, current temperature, today's low and high temperatures, today's sunrise and sunset times, precipitation totals for previous three days, today, and next two days, current soil moisture, and current soil temperature. Users can choose Metric or Standard units. Users can get conditions at their location as well as search for locations. Users can save locations with the search name or customize the name of the saved location. Defer to local trail conditions reported by trail stewards, organizations, and/or land managers. Weather data provided by Open-Meteo.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UseDryTrails at 100% against FOX54 Weather's 0%. UseDryTrails also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). FOX54 Weather's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UseDryTrails holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of FOX54 Weather's written reviews are positive against 100% of UseDryTrails's.
FOX54 Weather ships an update every 2 months, UseDryTrails every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FOX54 Weather | UseDryTrails |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 253 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WFXG News | Mike Whaley |
Customer experience
FOX54 Weather
UseDryTrails
In-app purchases
FOX54 Weather
No in-app purchases
UseDryTrails
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is FOX54 Weather free?
Is UseDryTrails free?
Which has better reviews, FOX54 Weather or UseDryTrails?
Do FOX54 Weather or UseDryTrails have ads?
Which is updated more often, FOX54 Weather or UseDryTrails?
Other comparisons
