Lazy Layers vs Thunder Buddy Weather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lazy Layers
This app helps you decide what to wear based on weather conditions. It provides personalized comfort predictions and a 24-hour layer breakdown. You can also receive notifications for daily layer recommendations and changes.
- Personalized comfort prediction algorithm
- 24-hour layer breakdown
- Detailed layer information
- Closet updates for accurate predictions
- Daily summary push notifications
- Layer change update notifications
- Trip planner for packing recommendations
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Ever struggle with choosing what to wear outside? Our comfort check system builds a personalized algorithm that will predict the layer with the highest level of comfort in all types of weather conditions. Shuffle through a 24 hour layer breakdown displaying the best layer prediction per hour. See detailed layer information along with all previous comfort checks on the stats page. Constantly update your closet and the hourly predictions will be updated accordingly. Want to see the predictions even without opening the app? Setup the daily summary push notification to see the layers you will need for the day along with important weather details. For even more up-to-date layer information, setup layer change updates to be notified when the recommended layer changes due to the weather. PREMIUM: Unlock access to the trip planner which will calculate the layers that should be packed. Plan trips all around the world and get notified when trips are approaching. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Thunder Buddy Weather
Monitor weather alerts for important locations and contacts 24/7. Receive real-time notifications for severe weather and easily check on your contacts' safety with one-tap messages.
- 24/7 weather monitoring for saved locations
- Real-time severe weather alerts
- Live radar with animated storms
- One-tap safety check messages
- Push notification responses
- Customizable alert sensitivity
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Where’s your Thunder Buddy? When the forecast turns serious, you think about people: Mom at home, a friend across town, family along the coast. Thunder Buddy brings their weather and yours together, so you can follow changing conditions and check in with the people you care about. WEATHER FOR YOUR PEOPLE See conditions around your Buddies’ shared locations alongside your own forecast. Organize family and friends into Circles, and keep favorite places close—from home and work to a loved one’s neighborhood. BUDDIES ON ANY PHONE Your people don’t all carry the same phone. Invite family and friends with a link, and connect as Buddies whichever phone they use. PUT YOUR PEOPLE ON THE RADAR Explore animated radar with saved places, Buddies, and weather-warning areas on the same map. Focus on a Circle or a location, open an alert for details, and follow hurricane information when storms are active. CHECK IN WHEN WEATHER CHANGES Receive National Weather Service alert notifications for monitored places and Buddy locations. An active warning leads your Today screen and appears on your Lock Screen, with the time left and who has checked in. Send a personal check-in and see their reply. Everyday forecasts help you stay connected between storms, too. SHARING IS YOUR CHOICE For each Buddy, you answer one question: what can they see? Nothing, the weather at a saved place, or where you are, for as long as you choose. One Privacy screen shows everything anyone can see, and lets you pause it all. Allowing the app to use your location never shares it with anyone. Saved places work with location off. Updates while the app is closed are optional and a separate choice; your phone controls their timing, and a shared location may show the last available update. A shared saved place does not confirm that someone is physically there. HURRICANE MODE When a tropical storm or hurricane is active, follow its official forecast cone and track on the map, and work through a household prep checklist. The cone shows the probable track of the storm’s center, not the size of the storm. YOUR WEATHER, ACROSS APPLE DEVICES • iPhone and iPad: a redesigned Home, Buddy weather, Circles, radar, alerts, and hourly and daily forecasts. • Widgets: place weather, Buddy weather, check-ins, and radar at a glance, refreshed when a warning or check-in arrives. • Messages: an animated Bolty sticker pack, and stickers you can add to a check-in. • Apple Watch: favorite places and Buddies, weather, and supported check-ins on your wrist. • Apple TV: a household weather dashboard with radar, Buddy and place forecasts, a ten-day outlook, and sign-in using your phone. START WITH YOUR INNER CIRCLE New Thunder Buddy Free accounts include two saved places and weather monitoring for two Buddies, plus your current-location weather, check-ins, radar, widgets and Lock Screen warnings. Existing accounts keep their previous allowance. An optional Thunder Buddy Premium subscription adds: • Look after them for me: automatic check-ins for a Buddy during a warning for sudden severe weather, with one text message if they don’t answer. • Your places and Buddies shown against a hurricane’s forecast cone. • Places saved just for a trip, and a forecast sent before a plan. • Unlimited places and Buddies, and alerts by text. Subscription options and pricing are shown in the app. Built for U.S. weather coverage. Weather alerts depend on available source data, connectivity, notification permissions, and the freshness of the monitored location. Thunder Buddy is not an emergency service or a substitute for official warnings and evacuation instructions. Never rely on a single source for emergency alerts. Privacy Policy: https://thunder-buddy.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Thunder Buddy Weather at none against Lazy Layers's shown. Lazy Layers's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Lazy Layers sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Thunder Buddy Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lazy Layers against 5.0 for Thunder Buddy Weather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Lazy Layers ships an update every 8 days, Thunder Buddy Weather monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lazy Layers | Thunder Buddy Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lee Clayberg | Thunder Buddy |
Customer experience
Lazy Layers
Thunder Buddy Weather
In-app purchases
Lazy Layers
- Lazy Layers Premium - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Lazy Layers Premium - Yearly$8.991 Year
Thunder Buddy Weather
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Premium Annual$14.991 Year
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