Apollo Weather vs The Dew Point
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Apollo Weather
Plan your cycling adventures with a weather app designed for athletes. Get hourly ratings based on your ideal conditions and analyze forecasts along your planned routes. Optimize your rides by choosing the best days and times, and prepare accordingly.
- Cyclist-specific weather forecasts
- Hourly ideal condition ratings
- Route analysis with forecast visualization
- Weather Groups for multiple locations
- Customizable ideal conditions
- Apple Watch app with complications
- Home and Lock screen widgets
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Apollo Weather helps you plan better bike rides with forecasts built for real training needs. Made by a cyclist, it answers the questions that matter most: 1. What are the best days to ride this week? 2. What are the best hours each day? 3. How should you prepare? Unlike generic weather apps, Apollo takes a cyclist-first approach to help you make better decisions about when, where, and how you ride. IDEAL CONDITIONS & RATINGS Apollo doesn’t just display temperature or rain chances. It provides clear, easy-to-understand hourly ratings (PERFECT, ACCEPTABLE, or BAD) tailored to your personalized ideal conditions and active times. There are no hidden formulas; you decide what’s ideal for your rides. WEATHER GROUPS & ROUTE ANALYSIS Plan for your actual routes and training sessions. Weather Groups let you track hourly forecasts across multiple locations, helping you choose the right gear, optimal times, and better hydration or fueling strategies. Add a route via existing Health app workouts, GPX, or FIT files, and visualize forecast conditions along the way. Avoid tough headwinds or heat spikes, so you can focus on enjoying the ride. Key benefits: - Select the right gear every time - Choose the best days and hours to ride - Stay ahead on hydration and nutrition - Avoid challenging winds and conditions for a smoother return home ADDITIONAL FEATURES Apollo includes a full-featured daily and hourly 10-day forecast for general use, but it truly shines for cyclists planning the week ahead. Upgrade to Premium to unlock: - Weather Groups & route analysis - Apple Watch app with complications - Home screen and Lock screen widgets - Customizable ideal conditions and active times SUPPORT If you have questions, ideas, or need help, reach out anytime: support@apolloweather.com PRIVACY Your privacy is important! Apollo Weather may ask your permission to read workout data from the Health app. Workout data is used to let you add an optional route in Weather Groups. Apollo keeps all your data secure and on your device. Your data is never sold or shared with any other apps, services or networks. — Apollo uses auto-renewing subscriptions. Apollo PREMIUM includes weather groups with multiple locations, home screen widgets, update ideal conditions and active times. Apollo ULTRA includes all the features of PREMIUM, plus 20 locations and auto-generate locations in Weather Groups. Apollo’s PREMIUM and ULTRA features are only available with a subscription. A subscription payment will be charged to your App Store account if you purchase an Apollo Weather Subscription. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Subscription prices may vary from country to country. — Support: support@apolloweather.com Privacy Policy: https://www.apolloweather.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apolloweather.com/terms-of-use
The Dew Point
This app provides a single, easy-to-understand word summarizing how the weather feels, considering both temperature and dew point. It also displays precipitation types and air quality information.
- One-word comfort summary
- Watch face complications
- Precipitation type display
- Air Quality Index (AQI)
- Current temperature and dew point
- No accounts, ads, or tracking
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The Dew Point turns the current temperature and dew point into one glanceable word that tells you how it actually feels outside — Crisp, Pleasant, Muggy, Steamy. Temperature alone doesn't tell the whole story, and relative humidity is misleading: 90% humidity on a cool morning feels fine, while 50% on a hot afternoon can be brutal. The dew point is an absolute measure of the moisture in the air, and it maps directly to how the air feels on your skin. The Dew Point reads it for you and answers in a single word. FEATURES • One-word comfort summary, designed for your watch face • Complications for rectangular, circular, corner, and inline slots: the word, the dew point, and the EPA Air Quality Index • When it's raining or snowing, the word gives way to what's actually falling: Heavy Rain, Snow Showers, Scattered Thunderstorms • Current temperature, dew point, and AQI at a glance in the app • No accounts, no ads, no tracking The Dew Point runs entirely on Apple Watch — no iPhone app needed. Weather data is provided by Apple Weather. Air quality data comes from EPA AirNow (United States only). Location access is used only to fetch conditions where you are; it never leaves your device except to request weather for your coordinates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Dew Point at none against Apollo Weather's 2. The Dew Point also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Apollo Weather's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Apollo Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. The Dew Point asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Dew Point holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apollo Weather has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Apollo Weather | The Dew Point |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rivera Labs | DANNY BROOK TANNER |
In-app purchases
Apollo Weather
- Apollo Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Apollo ULTRA$29.991 Year
The Dew Point
No in-app purchases
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