Comparison

WeatherMax+ vs Magic Weather

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

Magic Weather

Explore a dynamic 3D Earth with live weather data, including clouds, precipitation, and temperature. Get detailed forecasts, smart notifications for weather events, and customizable widgets. Offers AI weather chat on supported devices.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D Earth with live weather layers
  • Detailed hourly and daily forecasts
  • Smart notifications for weather events
  • Customizable widgets for home and lock screens
  • AI Weather Chat on supported devices
  • Apple Watch complications and mini globe
Features
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Magic Weather is a weather companion built around an interactive 3D Earth. Explore the globe, check your cities and follow changing conditions in one place. MAGIC EARTH • Rotate and zoom Earth with day/night lighting and city lights • Explore live clouds, precipitation, temperature, wind and other available environmental layers • Follow available storms, radar and environmental observations • Share the Earth view on an AirPlay display FORECAST • Current conditions, feels-like temperature, today's high and low • Interactive hourly charts for temperature, wind, rain, snow and clouds • Daily outlook and detailed forecasts, with up to 7 days available from supported providers • Wind, pressure, humidity, visibility, UV, dew point, air quality, sunrise and sunset • On-device weather summaries and AI Weather Chat on supported Apple Intelligence devices SMART NOTIFICATIONS Choose the weather events that matter to you: approaching rain or snow, temperature changes, aurora and other sky conditions. Government alerts and storm observations are available where supported by the data source. Live Activities and Dynamic Island can show active precipitation on supported devices. MAKE IT YOURS Choose your weather provider, temperature units, language, themes, app icons and precipitation colors. Arrange detail cards and save cities. Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including forecast charts and an Earth widget. APPLE WATCH Check current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, a wind compass and a mini globe. Add weather complications to supported watch faces. PREMIUM Free weather and basic Earth viewing are available without subscribing. Monthly and Yearly Premium plans unlock additional Earth overlays, the full available forecast, premium alerts and supported AI Weather Chat. Both plans provide the same Premium access. The Yearly plan offers 12 months for the price of 10 monthly payments where displayed, described as 2 months free vs monthly billing. The full annual price is billed upfront. Prices and eligible introductory offers are displayed by the App Store for your region. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled through your App Store settings. Restore Purchase restores an existing Apple subscription, including Premium shared with the native Apple TV app. PRIVACY AND AVAILABILITY No Magic Weather account is required. Location is optional; choose a city manually instead. Selected coordinates are sent to data providers to retrieve local conditions. Optional AI runs on-device. Fresh weather and live datasets require internet. Forecast length, radar, storms, alerts and other observations vary by provider and regional coverage. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://magic-weather.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

WeatherMax+4 screens
Magic Weather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Magic Weather at 5.0 against WeatherMax+'s 4.5. Magic Weather also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Magic Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magic Weather holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of WeatherMax+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Magic Weather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WeatherMax+ ships an update monthly, Magic Weather every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WeatherMax+ versus Magic Weather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeatherMax+Magic Weather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris WilliamsCalin Sirian

Customer experience

WeatherMax+

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

Magic Weather

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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
2 purchases

Magic Weather

Subscriptions2
  • Magic Weather Premium.3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Magic Weather Premium Yearly1 Month trial$19.901 Year

Questions

Is WeatherMax+ free?
WeatherMax+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Magic Weather free?
Magic Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WeatherMax+ or Magic Weather?
Magic Weather is rated higher. WeatherMax+ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Magic Weather averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do WeatherMax+ or Magic Weather have ads?
Neither WeatherMax+ nor Magic Weather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WeatherMax+ or Magic Weather?
WeatherMax+ ships an update monthly, and Magic Weather every 2 days. Most recently, WeatherMax+ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Magic Weather on November 9, 2026.

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