Comparison

WeatherMax+ vs RexWeather

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

Head to head
About

WeatherMax+

Get precise, hyperlocal weather forecasts and radar for your exact location. Receive instant severe weather alerts, view detailed hourly and 10-day predictions, and customize your experience with widgets and Siri integration. Offers advanced features through subscription tiers.

Highlights
  • Hyperlocal forecasts for exact coordinates
  • Severe weather push alerts (free)
  • Hourly and 10-day forecasts
  • Minute-by-minute precipitation
  • Interactive radar map with future radar
  • Home screen widgets
  • Siri integration
Features
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WeatherMax is back completely rebuilt from the ground up with a stunning new design and powerful features that put accurate, hyperlocal weather at your fingertips. WeatherMax+ delivers forecasts for your exact location, not just your city. Whether you're planning your morning commute or tracking an incoming storm, WeatherMax+ gives you the detail you need. Beautiful New Interface A fully redesigned dark interface with animated weather backgrounds, real-time particle effects, and glassmorphism cards that make checking the weather feel as good as it looks. Severe Weather Push Alerts — Always Free Get notified the moment a warning, watch, or advisory is issued for your location — tornado warnings, flash flood watches, freeze advisories, winter storms, and more. Delivered instantly, day or night, even when the app is closed, as Time Sensitive alerts that break through Focus and Do Not Disturb. Choose whether you're notified about everything, or only Severe and Extreme warnings. Hyperlocal Accuracy Forecasts for your precise coordinates. Not a regional average. Not a nearby station. Your exact location. Everything You Need • Current conditions with feels-like, humidity, wind & gusts • Hourly & 10-day forecast • Next-hour precipitation, minute by minute • Air quality index & pollen count • UV index & sun protection guidance • Sunrise & sunset times • Wind direction compass • Interactive radar map with future radar • Live map of active severe weather warnings • "What to Wear" daily recommendation • Apple Watch app Widgets Your Way Home Screen widgets show the next few hours and days at a glance, with the chance of rain and a 5-day forecast with high and low bars. They follow your °F/°C and mph/km/h settings. Ask Siri "WeatherMax will it rain today?", "WeatherMax weather" or "WeatherMax radar". No setup needed. Multiple Locations Save your favorite places and switch between them instantly — home, work, family, anywhere. Up to 3 free, unlimited with WeatherMax+. WEATHERMAX+ ESSENTIAL • Rain alerts — a push before it starts at your location • The full 2-hour future radar timeline (free includes the first 30 minutes) • Lightning on the map • Sky themes, including seasonal designs like Halloween • Lock Screen widgets, plus Details and Hourly chart widget styles • Apple Watch complications • Unlimited saved locations WEATHERMAX+ PRO • Everything in Essential • Pro map layers — storm outlooks, storm reports, wildfire, fire weather • Rain Countdown — a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Rearrange your dashboard and choose your Conditions metrics • Alternate app icons, including holiday designs Severe weather warnings are free for everyone, and always will be. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS WeatherMax+ Essential: $1.99/month or $14.99/year WeatherMax+ Pro: $3.99/month or $29.99/year Limited time: yearly plans start with 1 week free. New subscribers only, in select countries, through December 31, 2026. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use: https://weathermax.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://weathermax.app/privacy Weather data from Apple Weather, the National Weather Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Open-Meteo.

About

RexWeather

Explore historical tornado data, follow severe weather events, and view current local conditions. Features include 3D flyovers of tornado paths, archived warning replays, and a tornado potential score based on atmospheric conditions.

Highlights
  • Historical tornado explorer
  • Tornado replay and 3D flyover
  • Tornado potential score
  • Official weather alerts
  • Storm Prediction Center outlooks
  • Animated weather backgrounds
Features
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Explore tornado history, follow severe weather, and see your local conditions with RexWeather. Discover historical tornado paths, replay archived warnings, and take a 3D flyover along the track. HISTORICAL TORNADO EXPLORER Explore U.S. tornado records dating back to 1950, with NOAA SPC history and newer NOAA NCEI records. Search U.S. and Canadian cities, browse nearby events, filter by date and intensity, or jump to famous outbreaks. Where available, NOAA Damage Assessment Toolkit surveys reveal damage footprints colored by EF rating. Canadian history includes Environment and Climate Change Canada records from 1980–2009 and available Northern Tornadoes Project records from 2017 onward. Coverage varies, with gaps before 1980 and during 2010–2016. TORNADO REPLAY AND 3D FLYOVER Replay a tornado’s journey in 2D or follow an animated tornado in 3D. Pause, scrub through time, adjust playback speed, and watch the traveled path appear behind it. Playback follows surveyed tracks or estimated survey centerlines when available, with recorded endpoints as a fallback. Intermediate positions are estimated, and maps show present-day imagery. For supported U.S. events, see historical warning polygons and how warnings evolved—including Particularly Dangerous Situation and Tornado Emergency updates. Tap a warning to read its original message or open the specific event on Iowa Mesonet. TORNADO POTENTIAL Understand how favorable local conditions are for tornado development with a 1-to-10 score and a six-hour outlook. Explore plain-language explanations of instability, wind shear, moisture, and other ingredients. U.S. scores combine available HRRR model data, NWS alerts, SPC outlooks, mesoscale discussions, and nearby storm reports. Canadian locations use GEM model inputs where available, with a global fallback and reduced-coverage indicators. Tornado Potential is an informational indicator, not a probability or an official warning. Canadian scores have not been calibrated against Canadian historical events. OFFICIAL WEATHER ALERTS View location-based National Weather Service alerts in the U.S. and Environment and Climate Change Canada alerts in Canada. Read alert details, affected areas, and expiration times, with clear severity colors and readable cards in light and dark mode. SPC CONVECTIVE OUTLOOKS Explore Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 Storm Prediction Center maps, including categorical risk, tornado, wind, and hail outlooks. Check your location’s risk and read the forecaster discussion. SPC products cover the contiguous United States. WEATHER THAT COMES TO LIFE Enjoy animated skies for clear weather, clouds, rain, thunderstorms, snow, fog, and more, with smooth transitions and moon-phase artwork at night. Preview backgrounds in Settings and customize units, appearance, and map style. SIRI, SHORTCUTS, AND APPLE WATCH Ask Siri for the nearest historical tornado, your tornado outlook, or active weather alerts. Build Shortcuts for your Home Screen or a supported iPhone’s Action button. Check weather and Tornado Potential on Apple Watch, with widgets and complications for quick access. Keep previously downloaded tornado records and cached weather available offline. Live weather, alerts, and uncached map or warning content require connectivity. Always follow official weather warnings and local emergency guidance.

Screenshots

WeatherMax+4 screens
RexWeather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RexWeather at none against WeatherMax+'s 4. RexWeather also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 78%). WeatherMax+'s advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. WeatherMax+ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. RexWeather asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for WeatherMax+ against 4.6 for RexWeather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of WeatherMax+'s written reviews are positive against 88% of RexWeather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WeatherMax+ ships an update monthly, RexWeather every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WeatherMax+ versus RexWeather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherMax+RexWeather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6 ratings)4.6 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings611 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris WilliamsKassim Rasoulian

Customer experience

WeatherMax+

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

RexWeather

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

WeatherMax+

Subscriptions4
  • WeatherMax+ Essential Monthly$1.991 Month
  • WeatherMax+ Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • WeatherMax+ Essential Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • WeatherMax+ Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

RexWeather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WeatherMax+ free?
WeatherMax+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RexWeather free?
RexWeather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WeatherMax+ or RexWeather?
RexWeather is rated higher. WeatherMax+ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while RexWeather averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do WeatherMax+ or RexWeather have ads?
Neither WeatherMax+ nor RexWeather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WeatherMax+ or RexWeather?
WeatherMax+ ships an update monthly, and RexWeather every 5 weeks. Most recently, WeatherMax+ was updated on November 10, 2026 and RexWeather on November 12, 2026.

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