Comparison

Weather Light vs NightFrost

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

Head to head
About

Weather Light

This free app combines a flashlight with current weather information. It displays temperature, cloud conditions, and provides detailed weather data. Users can toggle between Celsius and Fahrenheit.

Highlights
  • Integrated flashlight
  • Current weather display
  • Detailed weather information
  • Celsius/Fahrenheit toggle
  • Location-based weather
  • Animated weather graphics
Features
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Weather Light is two apps in one: the weather where you are, and a flashlight. Tap the sun and the flashlight turns on. Drag a cloud over the sun and the light strobes. That is the trick people loved in 2013, and it is still here. THE WEATHER Weather from Apple Weather, the same data as the built-in Weather app: the temperature now, how it feels, the next 24 hours, the next 10 days, wind, humidity, pressure, UV, sunrise and sunset. Severe weather alerts from your local authority, when there are any. RAIN RADAR Where it is raining right now and where it will in the next two hours, as a loop over the map around you. WIDGET AND LOCK SCREEN A home screen widget with the temperature and the next hours, and, if you want it, the weather on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. THE FLASHLIGHT The camera flash, one tap away, in an app you open anyway. It turns off when you leave the app so it never drains the battery by accident. IN YOUR LANGUAGE 26 languages, Celsius or Fahrenheit, light or dark. FREE A small ad pays for the app. The one-time purchase from 2013 that removes it still works, and restores on any of your devices. Your location is used only to fetch the weather and is never stored on any server of the app. Weather data: Apple Weather. Radar: RainViewer.

About

NightFrost

This app provides precise local frost forecasts to protect your plants and crops. It calculates the probability of night and ground frost, showing dew point and minimum temperatures at different heights. It uses advanced formulas and local conditions for high accuracy.

Highlights
  • Local frost probability calculation
  • Dew point and minimum temperature display
  • Ground and 2m height temperature
  • High accuracy (>90%) frost prediction
  • Considers wind speed, cloud cover, topography
  • Protects sensitive plants and crops
Features
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*** One-time purchase – no ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases forever *** Protect your fields, fruit trees, and gardens with precise frost forecasts – tailored exactly to your location. NightFrost shows the probability of night and ground frost for the next three nights and calculates the minimum temperature at 2 m height and at ground level. Physical background: After sunset, the earth loses heat toward the sky – especially strongly when there are no clouds. As a result, the near-ground air also cools. The cooling stops as soon as the air becomes cold enough for the contained water vapour to condense into dew or fog. This releases heat, which slows down the cooling and can prevent ground frost. How much the temperature drops at night therefore depends on the so-called dew point. If the dew point is at 0 °C or below in the evening, ground frost is to be expected during the following night. The lower the dew point, the higher the risk. The more parameters are taken into account, the more accurate the forecast. NightFrost applies the proven, scientifically based Magnus dew point formula automatically, hour by hour, to the weather forecast for the next three nights – not just to a single snapshot. Additional parameters allow it to achieve a particularly high accuracy of well over 95%. Additional parameters are: • Wind speed • Cloud cover • Topography (e.g. depressions, hills) • Soil moisture • Location (city, settlement, countryside) • Snow cover Why NightFrost is more accurate than a standard weather forecast: Standard weather forecasts are regional and cannot capture every cold air accumulation, valley basin, or other local condition. They therefore only provide regional probabilities, which often do not apply locally. NightFrost combines the automatic forecast with your personal location profile and can additionally be refined with your own on-site measurement: from about an hour before sunset, enter your own measured temperature and humidity to adjust the forecast for the coming night even more precisely to the real conditions. Your benefits: • Reliably plan frost protection measures • Protect sensitive plants and crops • Minimise yield and quality losses With NightFrost, farmers, winegrowers, gardeners, and beekeepers are always one step ahead of the cold. NightFrost – your personal early warning system against night and ground frost.

Screenshots

Weather Light3 screens
NightFrost3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Weather Light at Free against NightFrost's $2.99. Weather Light also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%). NightFrost's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

Weather Light is free to download; NightFrost costs $2.99 up front. Weather Light sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NightFrost asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weather Light ships an update every 10 days, NightFrost weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Weather Light versus NightFrost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeather LightNightFrost
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerasaf bendorHeiko Matthias Maetsch

Customer experience

Weather Light

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NightFrost

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Weather Light

One-time1
  • Ads free$0.99
None

NightFrost

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weather Light free?
Weather Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NightFrost free?
NightFrost costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Weather Light or NightFrost have ads?
Weather Light shows ads; NightFrost does not.
Which is updated more often, Weather Light or NightFrost?
Weather Light ships an update every 10 days, and NightFrost weekly. Most recently, Weather Light was updated on November 1, 2026 and NightFrost on November 5, 2026.

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