Comparison

Elemental Weather vs Storm Window

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

Head to head
About

Elemental Weather

Access comprehensive weather data, including current conditions, extended forecasts, and historical information. View detailed metrics like temperature, wind, precipitation, and more. Integrates with USGS data for streamflow and water levels.

Highlights
  • Current weather conditions
  • Extended forecasts
  • Historical weather data
  • Detailed weather metrics
  • Buoy and C-MAN station data
  • USGS streamflow and water levels
Features
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Elemental Weather is a cloud-based service and mobile application providing comprehensive weather data, including current conditions, extended forecasts, and historical weather data for web and mobile applications supporting active user communities. Available weather metrics include temperature, rainfall, wind speed (including gusts), snow, perceived temperature, humidity, and air pressure. Historical weather data is available at hourly and daily levels. Forecasts are available for hourly, daily, and 12-hour (day/night) periods. In addition to current, forecasted, and historical weather data, the Elemental Weather API provides hourly observations from the NOAA network of National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buoys and Coastal Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations. All stations measure wind speed, direction, and gust; atmospheric pressure; and air temperature. In addition, all buoy stations, and some C- MAN stations, measure sea surface temperature and wave height and period. Conductivity and water current are measured at selected stations. Weather condition data is also available from offshore oil rigs and ships at sea participating in government data reporting programs. The Elemental Weather app also presents near real-time data provided by the US Geological Services (USGS) Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program. The program supports the collection and delivery of streamflow and water-level information from approximately 8,500 sites and water-level information from more than 1,700 additional sites. Our clients include marine fishery managers (at the federal, state, and local levels), nonprofit environmental and conservation agencies, universities, recreational anglers, outdoor enthusiasts.

About

Storm Window

This app transforms raw weather data into clear outdoor risk timelines, highlighting safe periods for outdoor activities. It considers factors like lightning, heat, wind, air quality, and rain to provide actionable guidance.

Highlights
  • Clear outdoor risk guidance
  • 48-hour hourly risk timeline
  • Lightning-aware storm risk
  • Heat, air quality, wind, UV, rain, snow context
  • National Weather Service alert awareness
  • Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch support
  • Activity-specific risk profiles (Pro)
Features
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Storm Window helps you find safer outdoor windows when weather risk is changing. Instead of giving you another raw forecast, Storm Window turns hourly weather data into a clear outdoor risk timeline, highlighting when conditions look clear, marginal, stormy, or severe. Built for runners, cyclists, walkers, golfers, beach days, trail time, work crews, and anyone who plans around lightning, heat, wind, air quality, and rain. Core features: • Clear "go / wait" style outdoor risk guidance • 48-hour hourly risk strip, shown as bars or dots • Lightning-aware storm risk • Heat, air quality, wind, UV, rain, and snow context • National Weather Service alert awareness • Current-location planning, plus one saved place • Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch support • Built-in explanations of what's driving each hour's risk Storm Window Pro adds: • Multiple saved locations • Activity-specific risk profiles (runner, cyclist, golfer, and more) • Custom activity profiles • Personal heat and AQI sensitivity tuning • Full hourly detail on tap • Driest-stretch highlight within your safe window • Per-location widgets and complications Storm Window Pro+ adds: • Trips: pin an upcoming event and get its own safe-window forecast and alerts • "Should I Go?" activity-aware guidance • Forecast change reviews and 48-hour forecast summaries • Apple Intelligence-powered risk explanations on supported devices — all features work without it Storm Window uses deterministic risk rules for its core safety assessment. Pro+ guidance does not replace the underlying risk rating. Storm Window is forecast guidance, not a guarantee of safe conditions. Weather can change quickly. When thunder roars, go indoors. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Elemental Weather4 screens
Storm Window4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Storm Window at 100% against Elemental Weather's 0%. Storm Window also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). Elemental Weather's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Storm Window sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Elemental Weather asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Storm Window holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Elemental Weather's written reviews are positive against 100% of Storm Window's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elemental Weather ships an update every 7 months, Storm Window every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Elemental Weather versus Storm Window: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElemental WeatherStorm Window
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElemental Methods, LLCDaniel Schumacher

Customer experience

Elemental Weather

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Storm Window

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Elemental Weather

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Storm Window

Subscriptions4
  • Storm Window Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro+ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Storm Window Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Pro+ Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Elemental Weather free?
Elemental Weather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Storm Window free?
Storm Window is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Elemental Weather or Storm Window?
Storm Window is rated higher. Elemental Weather averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Storm Window averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Elemental Weather or Storm Window have ads?
Neither Elemental Weather nor Storm Window shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elemental Weather or Storm Window?
Elemental Weather ships an update every 7 months, and Storm Window every 5 days. Most recently, Elemental Weather was updated on November 3, 2026 and Storm Window on November 6, 2026.

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