AIM Weather vs Hyper Local Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AIM Weather
Get accurate, detailed local weather forecasts with spoken rain alerts and interactive radar maps. This app provides hourly and 7-day forecasts, satellite imagery, and marine information for the United States.
- Spoken rain alert notifications
- Powerful radar view
- Home screen weather widget
- Hourly and 7-day forecasts
- Interactive weather maps
- Marine and moon phase information
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The best weather app just got better. New spoken rain alert notifications when rain approaches your location. Get the most accurate local and detailed weather. What features are exclusive to AIM Weather app? • Powerful radar view with scroll and pan. • Rain alert notification for incoming rain. • Home Screen weather widget. • Uses Location Services to get local weather information automatically. • Hourly weather forecast. • Beautiful Satellite imagery to view clouds and storms moving. • Forecast discussion for in depth forecast patterns. • Push Notifications to receive weather information and warnings. • Interactive Maps that show weather and seas forecast patterns. • Weather charts showing today's temperature, maximum, minimum, humidity and rainfall. • 7 day forecast chart with temperature, mean monthly maximum, mean monthly minimum, humidity and rainfall. • Sunrise and sunset. • Moonrise, moonset, moon transit and major and minor periods information used by fishermen and hunters. • Marine information on tides, seas and wind. INTERACTIVE MAPS: • Max Temperature. • Min Temperature. • Weather. • Hazards. • Temperature. • Wind Speed & Direction. • Dew Point. • Wind Gust. • Sky Cover. • Amount of Precip. • Snow Amount. • Ice Accumulation. • Wave Height. • Apparent Temperature. • Relative Humidity. This app is designed with an intuitive interface and fully equipped with all the weather information you need in your pocket. We provide the most accurate weather information with AI technologies. You can be assured the information is always correct and not sourced outside of the US. FINAL NOTES: - This App contains weather information only about United States of America and its territories. - The data is sourced from United States of America. Any questions, bugs or recommendations should be sent to us support@weatherinfoapp.com or visit us at www.weatherinfoapp.com. Thanks for your support. Terms & Conditions http://weatherinfoapp.com/terms_conditions.php Privacy Policy http://weatherinfoapp.com/privacy.php
Hyper Local Weather
Get hyper-local weather based on your exact elevation, providing street-level temperature accuracy. This app offers instant, pinpoint weather reports, including wind speed and altitude, ideal for outdoor activities. It uses satellite imagery for precise mapping and boasts low battery usage.
- Street-level temperature accuracy
- Current elevation and altitude
- Instant pinpoint weather reports
- Hour-by-hour weather forecasts
- Low battery usage
- Share elevation and weather
- Satellite imagery mapping
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Other apps give you your city temperature and we give you you street temperature. You need HYPER LOCAL weather (because the mountain doesn't have the same weather as valley in the same city) Your elevation above sea level affects weather a lot, get accurate weather NOW! **Why Weather by elevation? The air temperature will drop by 1 degree Celsius for every 150 meter increase in altitude. so the elevation or altitude affects weather more than anything else. when get your weather they will give a general temperature for the area, so you will not get an accurate weather. **watch the one and only James May explaining this in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cimgIhtN-AU **Our app will give you an instant pin point weather depending on your location and elevation. **This could be the difference between snowy and cold day **get current wind speed **current elevation or altitude **current temperature **this app is an altimeter and barometer equivalent **and it is TOTALLY FREE! **it is very fast to get results **using satellite images to map all heights and low grounds **hour by hour weather instant reports **great for hiking or trekking, hikers and runners using runtastic will enjoy knowing the altitude **very low battery usage, works on battery saving GPS location mode **support HD screens, altitude HD app **does not need calibration **share your elevation and weather with your friends, with vivid hd images **instant live weather (instaweather, instaelevation)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AIM Weather at 4.4 against Hyper Local Weather's 2.8. AIM Weather also leads on ratings volume (153 vs 16). Hyper Local Weather's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. AIM Weather sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Hyper Local Weather asks for nothing beyond the download.
AIM Weather holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AIM Weather has 153 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of AIM Weather's written reviews are positive against 55% of Hyper Local Weather's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AIM Weather ships an update every 15 months, Hyper Local Weather every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AIM Weather | Hyper Local Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (153 ratings) — better | 2.8 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.6% of reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mende App Inc. | Abduljabbar AlFaqih |
Customer experience
AIM Weather
Hyper Local Weather
Bugs and requests
AIM Weather
Reported bugs
36 issues- Consistent crashes on iPad with latest update
- App crashes every time on opening
- App won't stay open, closes immediately
- Default favorite locations reappear after deletion
- App crashes and won't open after initial use
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- App has been broken for weeks, uninstall/reinstall doesn't help
- Cannot add locations (town, airport, county)
- Radar map stuck on home location
- App closes every time on opening
- Cannot delete default locations
- App support page shows outdated delete location instructions
- West Virginia weather doesn't work
- Push notifications have wrong location
- Weather for Ithaca, NY shows incorrect data
- No autocomplete while searching
- Can add duplicate entries
- Can't get out of edit mode
- App appears upside down on iPad
- App asks for current location, gets it wrong, and won't allow correction
- App freezes when trying to add cities
- App crashes immediately upon setup
- App reverses in landscape mode
- App keeps adding location multiple times
- Search for cities doesn't work
- Forecast text is cut off mid-word
- Current temp badge doesn't refresh until app is opened
- Radar is slow to load
- Today's weather report is 2 days old
- App stuck on last day used, taking forever to update
- App doesn't start on home town page
- App gives information for wrong location
- Many locations/cities missing
- Current location found to be miles away
- App crashes
- Weather alerts are for a city hundreds of miles away
- Zip code searches yield distant locations
Requested features
24 requests- Allow users to set favorite locations
- Fix the issue with preloaded favorites reappearing
- Improve location accuracy
- Allow deletion of default locations
- Fix West Virginia weather glitch
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- Add Canadian weather reports
- Add foreign city support
- Improve graphics and animation quality
- Add live radar
- Fix discrepancies in precipitation data
- Allow full description of forecast text
- Fix current temp badge refresh issue
- Add a legend to the radar
- Make location search and save features less complicated
- Clarify confusing terminology
- Improve map selection
- Add autocomplete to search
- Allow adding unique entries only
- Fix edit mode exit issue
- Improve search functionality for cities
- Ensure full forecast is accessible
- Fix weather alert location accuracy
- Allow setting default push location
- Provide better app support
Hyper Local Weather
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AIM Weather
- Subscription to Remove Ads$3.991 Year
Hyper Local Weather
No in-app purchases
Questions
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