Avy vs Cloudbase Project
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avy
Access nationwide avalanche and weather forecasts, including station data and observations. Plan trips with streamlined information, utilize offline caching for remote areas, and easily submit community observations. Optimized for mountain conditions.
- Nationwide avalanche forecasts
- Weather forecasts and station data
- Streamlined trip planning
- Offline caching for forecasts
- Observation submission
- Collapsible forecast components
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Your local avalanche forecast, mountain weather, and field observations in one place, still on your phone even if you lose service. Avy displays all US avalanche forecast centers. Built by the Northwest Avalanche Center for anyone traveling in the mountains this winter. For backcountry skiing, ski touring, splitboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice climbing, and anyone else heading into avalanche terrain. Offline access when the bars disappear Load the forecast at home. Access it when you lose service. Plan the day on one screen Danger by elevation band, the day's avalanche problems, mountain weather forecast, and recent observations from users in your zone all in one place. See what fell, and where the wind put it New snow totals, wind speed and direction, and temperature trends from the stations that matter for your zone. Report from the field, service or not Tomorrow's forecast is built from what people saw today. Add photos, write what you saw, send. With no signal it queues and uploads the moment you get service, so your report reaches the forecasters while it still counts. Avy is made by the Northwest Avalanche Center, a nonprofit forecast center, and supported by donations and members.
Cloudbase Project
Provides detailed weather forecasts, live readings, and tracking specifically for paragliding pilots. Offers insights into wind conditions, thermal strength, and flying potential, along with radar and satellite imagery.
- Current wind readings with favorites
- Daily and hourly site forecasts
- Flying Potential forecast summary
- Big picture weather analysis
- Weather station map with history
- Live pilot tracking map
- Live weather cameras
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Weather forecast, readings, and live tracking for paragliding pilots. Features include: - Current wind readings (with "Favorites" for quick reference) - Site daily weather and hourly forecasts including winds aloft, thermal strength, and top of lift forecasts by hour - Site "Flying Potential" forecast summary and details - "Big picture" weather including TFRs, weather alerts, soaring forecast, weather forecast discussion, Skew-T, winds aloft forecast - Map of weather station readings (select for history and forecast) - Map layers for storms (radar) and clouds (satellite infrared) - Map of live pilot tracking (select track node to get additional flight track details) - Live weather cameras - Links to paragliding resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cloudbase Project at every 3 days against Avy's monthly. Avy's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 2) and chart position (#176 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Avy against 5.0 for Cloudbase Project. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avy has 44 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Avy ships an update monthly, Cloudbase Project every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avy | Cloudbase Project |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (44 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #176 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Friends of the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center | Michael Del , Brown |
Customer experience
Avy
Cloudbase Project
In-app purchases
Avy
No in-app purchases
Cloudbase Project
No in-app purchases









