Comparison

Netatmo Weather vs Windy.com

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Netatmo Weather

This app allows you to monitor real-time weather and indoor air quality data from your smart weather station directly on your iPhone. View historical data, receive event notifications, and access a 7-day forecast for your specific location.

Highlights
  • Real-time weather monitoring
  • Indoor air quality tracking
  • Historical data graphs
  • Event notifications
  • 7-day weather forecast
  • CO2 and barometer readings
Features
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Discover the first made for iPhone Smart Weather Station and its App! A Netatmo Weather Station is required. Find out more about the Netatmo Weather Station at www.netatmo.com. Become a contributor and be part of this unique Smart Weather Station network: measure locally with your Netatmo Weather Station, monitor directly from your iPhone with the Netatmo app! DASHBOARD: -Access your station’s measurements (temperature, humidity, barometer, felt-like temperature, CO2, air quality, rainfall and wind speed and direction) directly from your iPhone. -Intuitive and easy navigation! Swipe between outdoor measurements and indoor measurements in one easy gesture. LONG TERM OBSERVATION AND TRACKING: -Automatically records your station’s measurements to your Netatmo account. -Displays weather and air quality history in beautiful and intuitive graphs. -Zoom in, zoom out and navigate in time with a single gesture: precise and scientific graphs have never been easier to use! EVENTS AND NOTIFICATIONS: -Notifications for peak and variation events (CO2 concentration, extreme temperatures, low and high pressures…). -Automatically logs events in your personal timeline. EMBEDDED FORECAST: -7 days of forecast, available at your exact Netatmo Weather Station location!

About

Windy.com

This app offers advanced weather forecasting with over 50 detailed maps and 15 weather models, including live radar, satellite imagery, and hurricane tracking. It provides customizable alerts for storms, wind, and snow, making it ideal for outdoor activities and aviation.

Highlights
  • Live weather radar & satellite
  • Over 50 weather maps
  • 15+ weather models
  • Hurricane tracker
  • Customizable weather alerts
  • Aviation-specific forecasts
  • Air quality index
Features
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A UNIQUE WEATHER FORECAST VISUALISATION While most weather forecasting apps rely solely on free global models, Windy has gone a step further by investing heavily in the most accurate weather models available, always at the highest possible resolution, to deliver you the most accurate forecasts in the world. LIVE WEATHER APP - WEATHER RADAR & SATELLITE (Now with Precipitation Type & Lightning tracker) Radar is a highly valued tool for weather forecasting. To provide you with the most accurate radar imagery, we constantly expand our resources so that rain, snow, and storms don't catch you by surprise. Trusted radar sources include NOAA, Met Office, Météo France, DWD, JMA, IMD, BoM & more. The global satellite composite is created from NOAA, EUMETSAT & Himawari data. MORE THAN 50 WEATHER MAPS - Rain radar, Satellite and a unique combined layer of Radar & Satellite images (blue, infrared, visible) - Hurricane tracker, Weather warnings & Extreme forecast - Wind forecast: Wind speed, Wind gusts & Accumulation, models comparison, data from live Weather stations - Temperature: Humidity, Pressure, Dew point, live data from Weather stations - Rain: Thunder & storms, Rain accumulation, Thunderstorms, Precipitation type, CAPE-index - Aviation: Clouds, Cloud tops, Cloud base, Visibility (LIFR, IFR, MVFR, VFR), Fog, Icing, Clear air turbulence, Thermals, Freezing altitude - Marine Forecast: Waves, Swell, Wave power, Tide forecast, Currents, Sea temperature - Solar activity: Solar power, UV index, Wet-bulb temperature - Snow: Snow depth, New snow, Snow density - Air Quality: Air Quality Index (AQI) with Pollen (CAMS), NO2, PM 2.5, Aerosol, SO2, Ozone layer, Surface ozone, CO concentration, Dust mass - Soil moisture, Moisture anomaly, Drought intensity, Fire Danger, Fuel moisture MORE THAN 15 WEATHER MODELS Global weather models: - meteoblue - AI forecast - ECMWF - GFS by NOAA - ICON by DWD Local weather models: - HRRR by NOAA - NAM by NOAA - HRDPS by MSC - ICON-EU by DWD - ICON-D2 by DWD - UKV by Met Office - AROME-HD by Météo France - ALADIN by CHMI - NEMS by meteoblue - MSM by JMA - ACCESS-C by BoM LIVE RAIN, STORM ALERTS & CUSTOM WEATHER ALERTS Want to know before the storm hits near you while you hike, bike or spend time outdoors? You can now access live weather alerts or set up your custom weather alert for wind, sunshine, or new snow. HURRICANE TRACKER FOR STORM TRACKING With Windy's hurricane tracker, you can track the past and projected path of a hurricane or a storm. Windy doesn't rely on just one hurricane model, but will give you all the forecasts available for a storm or hurricane. WINDY MADE FOR PILOTS - 16 altitude levels from the surface to 13.5km/FL450 - 50k+ Airports searchable by ICAO and IATA, including runway info, decoded & raw METAR, TAF & NOTAMs - Detailed Airgram and Meteogram: temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude cloud cover, freezing altitude - Thermals forecast - Route planner WINDY MADE FOR OUTDOOR SPORTS, SURF & BOATING - 67K+ global webcams - Summer & winter outdoor topographic maps by Mapy.com - 4.5K+ Surfing spots - 12.1K+ Paragliding spots - 4.3K+ Kiting spots - Boating tide forecast - Sun & Moon tracker - Plugins with buoy data WINDY AS A WEATHER WIDGET ON YOUR DEVICE Get the weather now on your iPhone, MacOS, iPad, CarPlay & Apple Watch, from forecast, Radar, METAR, Weather stations & Wind, ready for your travels and outdoor sports. WINDY PREMIUM — FORECAST LIKE A PRO - 1-hour & 15-day outlook with 4–6× daily updates - Radar/Satellite 24h loops & 1-year archives - More maps (Tide Forecast) - Model comparison to find the best model Terms of Use: https://account.windy.com/agreements/windy-terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://account.windy.com/agreements/windy-privacy-policy GET IN TOUCH Join us on social media or at community.windy.com to discuss weather-related topics, report bugs, or suggest a new feature. Contact us directly at info@windy.com.

Screenshots

Netatmo Weather4 screens
Windy.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Netatmo Weather at none against Windy.com's 10. Windy.com's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (79K vs 1.6K). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Windy.com sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Netatmo Weather asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Windy.com holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Windy.com has 79K ratings behind it against 1.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Netatmo Weather's written reviews are positive against 89% of Windy.com's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Netatmo Weather ships an update every 2 months, Windy.com every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Netatmo Weather versus Windy.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetatmo WeatherWindy.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings)4.8 (79K ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.2% of reviews89.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K79K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#4 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS1716.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB172 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLegrand - Netatmo – BticinoWindyty, SE

Customer experience

Netatmo Weather

All ratings1,596 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews573 reviews
Positive83.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative11.7%

Windy.com

All ratings78,968 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews3,744 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative8.0%

User reviews

Netatmo Weather

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple setup and super effective
  • 👍 Excellent product
  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Smart Weather Station
  • 👍 Qualité

Room to improve

  • 🔋 Expensive
  • 🐛 Requires calibration on setup
  • 🔍 App is good. The hardware doesn't quite cut it for multi room
  • 🐛 Frustrating App
  • 🔋 Flat outdoor battery

Windy.com

From 79K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌊 Accurate weather forecasts
  • 🌍 Comprehensive global coverage
  • 🔍 Detailed weather data and models
  • 🛥️ Useful for marine/sailing activities
  • 🛫 Valuable for aviation planning

Room to improve

  • 🤯 Overwhelming number of features and options
  • 🔍 Small text and cluttered interface on mobile
  • 🤖 Occasional app crashes or stability issues
  • 💰 Paywall for some advanced features
  • 🌐 Lack of offline functionality

Bugs and requests

Netatmo Weather

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Outdoor module constantly loses connection
  • Rain gauge clogs with leaves and pine needles
  • Battery replacement procedure unclear
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  • Firmware upgrade failure
  • Connectivity issues
  • Graphs not as good after update
  • App not working with iOS 16 on iPhone 14 pro
  • Widgets not working properly

Requested features

7 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Allow arbitrary precision for graphs
  • Combine different collection data on the same graph
  • Total rainfall reading for the previous day
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  • Instant readings within the app
  • Apple HomeKit compliance for Netatmo weather and outdoor modules

Windy.com

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Map dragging issues on newer iPhone models
  • Inconsistent temperature display units
  • Premium features not always working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add weather front data on isobar charts
  • Improve font size and layout for better readability
  • Provide option to hide webcams or certain layers
  • Implement weather warning notifications
  • Add support for Apple Watch and other wearables

In-app purchases

None

Netatmo Weather

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Windy.com

Subscriptions4
  • Donate 3 EUR/USD a month$2.991 Month
  • Windy Premium$2.991 Month
  • Donate 6 EUR/USD a month$5.491 Month
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  • Windy Premium2 variants$24.991 Year
One-time5
  • Donate approx 5 EUR/USD$4.99
  • Donate approx 10 EUR/USD$9.99
  • Donate approx 20 EUR/USD$19.99
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  • Windy Premium$29.99
  • Donate approx 50 EUR/USD$49.99

Questions

Is Netatmo Weather free?
Netatmo Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Windy.com free?
Windy.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Netatmo Weather or Windy.com?
Windy.com is rated higher. Netatmo Weather averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Windy.com averages 4.8 from 79K ratings.
Do Netatmo Weather or Windy.com have ads?
Neither Netatmo Weather nor Windy.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Netatmo Weather or Windy.com?
Netatmo Weather ships an update every 2 months, and Windy.com every 3 weeks. Most recently, Netatmo Weather was updated on September 25, 2026 and Windy.com on September 25, 2026.

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