Climate Warming Stripes vs Weather Basic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Climate Warming Stripes
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View global temperature change over the last 172 years. Changes are shown by color and scale and the app supports both Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. There are four ways to view the data. Rollovers allow you to view the temperature change for each year. Landscape mode is suggested. This is an iOS implementation of the Warming Stripes website. All the code is open source and credit is given to Warming Stripes's creator, Ed Hawkins.
Weather Basic
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Hello everyone! My goal was a quick, intuitive & easy to read interface for glancing at the forecast. Weather Basic exposes the basic components of the forecast to you in a presentable manner. Having no ads & being accessible were key to making it work for me. A few people were interested and tested for a while, so I decided to publish on the app store for more people to hopefully enjoy. Depending on download count and feedback, I can devote more of my time to app improvements, mostly to the quality of the forecast data. If you'd like to request a feature, you can reach out using the 'Report an Issue' button in the settings menu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Climate Warming Stripes at daily against Weather Basic's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Climate Warming Stripes ships an update daily, Weather Basic every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climate Warming Stripes | Weather Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Forest and the Trees, LLC | Nathaniel Murphy |
In-app purchases
Climate Warming Stripes
No in-app purchases
Weather Basic
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Climate Warming Stripes free?
Is Weather Basic free?
Do Climate Warming Stripes or Weather Basic have ads?
Which is updated more often, Climate Warming Stripes or Weather Basic?
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