WeatherMax+ vs WeatherAlarmApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
WeatherAlarmApp
Receive instant push notifications for National Weather Service warnings for any location you monitor. Get enhanced tornado warning classifications and a 5-day forecast with risk indicators to stay informed about severe weather.
- Instant NWS warning notifications
- Enhanced tornado warning severity classification
- 5-day forecast with risk timeline
- SPC convective outlooks on interactive map
- Monitor unlimited locations
- No account, ads, or tracking required
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WeatherAlarm helps you follow the weather at home and at the other places that matter to you. Add a parent’s house, a child’s college town, or anywhere you want to keep an eye on. Each saved place has its own alerts, conditions, forecast, and weather context. All for free, with no ads, no subscriptions, no tracking, 100% free, like apps used to be. When the National Weather Service issues a warning, WeatherAlarm checks the places you monitor and sends a location-specific alert. Open it to see what happened, which place is affected, and the latest available storm context. WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 3 Apple Watch: See your saved places and their warning status in the paired Watch app. Add a complication for a quick glance from your watch face. Set up and manage places on iPhone. Live Activities: Eligible active Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings can appear on the iPhone Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. See the affected place, warning level, and remaining time as the warning changes. Weather on glass: On a location’s detail screen, weather-inspired light and motion bring current conditions into the scene. The app chooses the effect automatically; you can turn it off in Settings. MORE WAYS TO KEEP WATCH • Monitor multiple saved locations independently • Get official weather alerts for the places you choose • Explore radar, warning areas, and weather layers on the map • See current conditions, hourly details, and a multi-day forecast • Keep alert information close with iPhone widgets • Review storm details after a warning ends when a report is available WeatherAlarm is free, with no ads or subscription. No account signup is required. Severe weather alerts for the people you love. WeatherAlarm is an independent app. National Weather Service alerts and other weather data depend on their source and network availability. Keep more than one way to receive urgent warnings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WeatherAlarmApp at 5.0 against WeatherMax+'s 4.5. WeatherAlarmApp also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. WeatherMax+ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and WeatherAlarmApp sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WeatherAlarmApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of WeatherMax+'s written reviews are positive against 75% of WeatherAlarmApp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WeatherMax+ ships an update monthly, WeatherAlarmApp weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WeatherMax+ | WeatherAlarmApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Williams | Jason Borchardt |
Customer experience
WeatherMax+
WeatherAlarmApp
In-app purchases
WeatherMax+
- 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
WeatherAlarmApp
- Small Coffee$1.99
- Medium cup of coffee$4.99
- Large cup of coffee$9.99
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